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TACTICS Following are several examples from the NTSB database of accidents related to
crosswind landings. Formatting and notes are added.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A contributing factor was prevailing crosswind.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot's failure to maintain direction control of the airplane while landing with a crosswind. A
contributing factor was the prevailing crosswind.
revealed that at this point [the airplane] was "hit" by a sudden gust of wind causing it to be blown to
the left of the runway. The airplane subsequently impacted a taxiway sign before impacting the ground
and coming to rest upright about 100 to 200 feet off the left side of runway 03. The pilot reported the
wind at the time of the accident was from 150 degrees at 4 knots.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind condition, which resulted in his failure to maintain
directional control during takeoff. Factors associated with the accident included the gusty crosswind
condition and the taxiway sign.
Lesson Plan: Crosswind Operations
The wind, as reported by the ATIS and verified by the windsock, is 315° at 16 knots. The by-the-book
pilot that you are, you realize that you should have some stiff wind correction in place on your slab-
sided Cessna while you make the long taxi to the active – unless, of course, you like the taste of asphalt
and piles of paperwork. While taxiing on a northbound taxiway with a right turn to east at the end, you
immediately apply and plan to apply after the right turn at the end.