# High wind

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Conditions/weather/phenomena](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0303) › [Wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030340) › High wind
- NTSB code: 03034055
- Cases: 112
- In the probable cause: 76
- Fatal cases: 19
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034055/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034055/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034055

## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all)

- 2008: 10 / 10
- 2009: 4 / 5
- 2010: 2 / 6
- 2011: 1 / 9
- 2012: 5 / 10
- 2013: 8 / 13
- 2014: 6 / 9
- 2015: 6 / 7
- 2016: 3 / 4
- 2017: 7 / 8
- 2018: 3 / 4
- 2019: 3 / 4
- 2020: 1 / 3
- 2021: 2 / 2
- 2022: 5 / 6
- 2023: 3 / 3
- 2024: 4 / 4
- 2025: 1 / 2
- 2026: 2 / 3

## Defining events in these cases

- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 36 cases
- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 19 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 17 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 6 cases
- [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 4 cases
- [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 3 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 3 cases
- [Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333): 2 cases
- [Dynamic rollover](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/231): 2 cases
- [Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093): 2 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Ultramagic S A N-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/ultramagic-s-a-n-250): 3 cases
- [Ultramagic N-210](https://openairdocs.org/model/ultramagic-n-210): 2 cases
- [Aerostar International RX 8](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-8): 2 cases
- [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b): 2 cases
- [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k): 2 cases
- [Cameron Balloons US N-105](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-n-105): 2 cases
- [Cameron Balloons U S A-315](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-u-s-a-315): 2 cases
- [Silva Richard F SEAWIND](https://openairdocs.org/model/silva-richard-f-seawind): 1 cases
- [Ultramagic T210](https://openairdocs.org/model/ultramagic-t210): 1 cases
- [Ultramagic S-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/ultramagic-s-90): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 56 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 23 cases
- [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 21 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 14 cases
- [Descent rate](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037) (Aircraft): 11 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 10 cases
- [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 9 cases
- [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 8 cases
- [Crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040) (Environmental issues): 7 cases
- [Landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041) (Aircraft): 7 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB ERA26LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA148), Mar 13, 2026: Cessna 208 (N9612B), North Canton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s decision to conduct a training flight in strong, gusting crosswinds, which resulted in the airplane’s right wing impacting the ground during taxi.
- [NTSB CEN26LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA139), Mar 11, 2026: Cessna 172 (N7080T), Denton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while in the run-up area in high wind conditions.
- [NTSB CEN26LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA127), Feb 26, 2026: Raytheon B36TC (N2251Q), Durango, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare and subsequent loss of directional control while attempting to land during high crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB WPR26LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA052), Nov 24, 2025: Cameron Balloons US A-225 (N980VA), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: The balloon landing in increased wind, and the pilot’s inability to maintain the proper descent rate, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ANC25LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA015), Jan 4, 2025: Gippsaero PTY GA8 (N916RK), Nightmute, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control while taxiing in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB CEN25LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA067), Dec 31, 2024: Robinson Helicopter R44 (N441HQ), Galveston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance during the takeoff from the helipad in high and gusting wind conditions, that resulted in the right skid extension embedding in the artificial turf,…
- [NTSB WPR24LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA245), Jul 13, 2024: Kubicek Factory S R O BB26Z (N307CK), Casper, WY, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain control of the balloon after encountering high wind conditions and windshear during the landing, which resulted in the pilot’s ejection from the basket and serious…
- [NTSB CEN24LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA174), May 2, 2024: Cessna 172M (N20095), West Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an encounter with wind while holding short of the runway.
- [NTSB CEN24LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA093), Jan 13, 2024: Balloon Works Firefly 7-15 (N2582U), Albany, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper descent rate during the landing approach in a high wind condition.
- [NTSB WPR24LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA011), Oct 8, 2023: Cameron Balloons US A-105 (N105BM), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: A hard landing to a short field, due to windy conditions and a lack of suitable alternate landing areas, which resulted in a passenger sustaining a broken ankle.

NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted.

Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1).

NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names.

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