# Glare - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Conditions/weather/phenomena](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0303) › [Light condition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030360) › Glare - NTSB code: 03036030 - Cases: 109 - In the probable cause: 63 - Fatal cases: 19 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036030/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036030/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036030 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 8 / 8 - 2009: 4 / 9 - 2010: 2 / 7 - 2011: 2 / 8 - 2012: 4 / 6 - 2013: 3 / 5 - 2014: 5 / 6 - 2015: 2 / 5 - 2016: 5 / 7 - 2017: 2 / 7 - 2018: 6 / 6 - 2019: 5 / 5 - 2020: 2 / 5 - 2021: 0 / 3 - 2022: 5 / 9 - 2023: 1 / 1 - 2024: 3 / 6 - 2025: 3 / 5 - 2026: 1 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 15 cases - [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 15 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 10 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 10 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 9 cases - [Loss of visual reference](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/402): 8 cases - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 5 cases - [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 5 cases - [Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250): 4 cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 3 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f): 3 cases - [Air Tractor AT-502B](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b): 3 cases - [Piper PA-32R-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300): 2 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 2 cases - [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18): 2 cases - [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac): 2 cases - [Cessna 172L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l): 2 cases - [Bellanca 7GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc): 2 cases - [Bell 206L-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3): 2 cases - [Bell 206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b): 2 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 33 cases - [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 23 cases - [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 22 cases - [Wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032) (Environmental issues): 19 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 16 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 13 cases - [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 11 cases - [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 10 cases - [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 8 cases - [Monitoring other aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021540) (Personnel issues): 6 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB WPR26LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA077), Jan 5, 2026: Cessna 150A (N7235X), Coolidge, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from transmission wires. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s partially obscured vision due to sun glare. - [NTSB WPR26LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA025), Oct 20, 2025: Piper PA 46-350P (N699PG), Queen Creek, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper runway alignment and failure to maintain clearance from powerlines. Contributing to the accident was sun glare, which obscured the pilot’s view of the runway. - [NTSB ERA25LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA371), Sep 28, 2025: North American T-6G (N888WV), Rossville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to adequately monitor the airplane’s path during takeoff toward the setting sun. Contributing was the undetected worn and fractured tailwheel locking pin. - [NTSB CEN25LA397](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA397), Sep 27, 2025: De Havilland DH82 (UNREG), Harvard, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during takeoff which resulted in a collision with cornstalks. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s partially obscured vision… - [NTSB ERA25LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA363), Sep 23, 2025: Piper PA-32R-300 (N47630), White Plains, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper glidepath during a night visual approach, which resulted in a collision with the runway lighting system. Contributing to the outcome was the pilot’s momentary… - [NTSB WPR25LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA194), Jun 30, 2025: Bellanca 7GCBC (N50476), Helena, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. - [NTSB ERA25LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA085), Dec 25, 2024: Aeronca 15AC (N6665K), Loganville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance of trees during an attempted go-around in sun glare. - [NTSB CEN24LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA368), Sep 25, 2024: Bell 206 (N92PH), Lexington, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper clearance from powerlines. - [NTSB ANC24LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA068), Jul 20, 2024: Dehavilland Beaver U-6A (N65223), Pedro Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was sun glare. - [NTSB ERA24LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA320), Jul 18, 2024: Cirrus Design SR20 (N89LF), Port St. Lucie, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to correctly identify the airport runway, which resulted in a landing on a road and contact with a power line. Contributing to the outcome was the sun glare. 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). 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