# Rain - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Conditions/weather/phenomena](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0303) › [Ceiling/visibility/precip](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030350) › Rain - NTSB code: 03035035 - Cases: 56 - In the probable cause: 32 - Fatal cases: 28 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035035/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035035/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035035 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 4 / 7 - 2009: 2 / 3 - 2010: 2 / 7 - 2011: 1 / 4 - 2012: 2 / 3 - 2013: 1 / 3 - 2014: 0 / 1 - 2015: 1 / 1 - 2016: 2 / 3 - 2017: 3 / 4 - 2018: 3 / 5 - 2019: 1 / 1 - 2020: 2 / 2 - 2021: 2 / 4 - 2022: 1 / 2 - 2023: 1 / 1 - 2024: 3 / 4 - 2026: 1 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 16 cases - [VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401): 8 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 7 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 5 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 4 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 3 cases - [Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333): 3 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 2 cases - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 2 cases - [Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Eurocopter EC 130 B4](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-b4): 2 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 2 cases - [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a): 2 cases - [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r): 2 cases - [Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD](https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad): 1 cases - [Rockwell International 690B](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690b): 1 cases - [Raytheon Corporate Jets BAE 125-800A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-corporate-jets-bae-125-800a): 1 cases - [Piper PA-32R-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301): 1 cases - [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28RT-201T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 23 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 20 cases - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 12 cases - [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 10 cases - [Spatial disorientation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022025) (Personnel issues): 9 cases - [Low visibility](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035015) (Environmental issues): 7 cases - [Thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03033010) (Environmental issues): 6 cases - [Weather planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061020) (Personnel issues): 6 cases - [Clouds](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035025) (Environmental issues): 5 cases - [Wet surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010) (Environmental issues): 5 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB ERA26LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA218), May 27, 2026: Gulfstream Aerospace GVII-G600 (N600WE), Birmingham, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s decision to continue the landing approach into adverse weather conditions, which resulted in a loss visual reference and loss airplane control during landing. - [NTSB ERA25LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA073), Dec 11, 2024: Cessna 560 (N981AG), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The vehicle driver’s inadequate visual lookout while driving on a non-licensed vehicle roadway in restricted visibility conditions, which resulted in a collision with a taxiing airplane. - [NTSB WPR24LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA280), Aug 19, 2024: Piper PA-18-150 (N9166T), Island Park, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of lateral control during takeoff due to an accumulation of water in the right wing. - [NTSB ERA24LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA293), Jun 30, 2024: Cessna 525 (N865HC), Richmond, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in rain and gusting wind conditions. - [NTSB ERA24FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA217), May 15, 2024: Beech V35 (N47WT), Franklin, TN, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s flight into convective weather, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation and a subsequent inflight breakup of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the… - [NTSB ERA23FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA109), Jan 13, 2023: Piper PA-28-180 (N4254T), Dawsonville, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to initiate a visual flight rules flight into night instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in a loss of control in-flight due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to… - [NTSB WPR23LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA081), Dec 28, 2022: Embraer Executive EMB-505 (N16DF), Hawthorne, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A runway overrun due to the pilot’s failure to stop the airplane as a result of diminished braking action due to a water contaminated runway surface. - [NTSB WPR22LA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA344), Sep 9, 2022: Gates Lear Jet 36 (N26FN), San Diego, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s fast landing on a wet runway, which resulted in the airplane hydroplaning during the landing roll and subsequently overrunning the runway. - [NTSB ERA22FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA010), Oct 10, 2021: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (N637HP), Cornwall, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot’s continued flight into deteriorating weather conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. - [NTSB ERA21FA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA354), Sep 9, 2021: Cessna 402C (N88833), Provincetown, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s delayed decision to perform an aborted landing late in the landing roll with insufficient runway remaining. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to execute a go-around… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.