Description

Poorly executed cross wind landings are a major cause of runway excursions. Often the outcome is associated with prevailing runway surface friction being other than dry - possibly wet, more often contaminated. Some of the issues following also apply to the maintenance of direction control, during a take off or a rejected take off, but runway excursion outcomes on departure are much less common and are not specifically considered in this article.

Cross Wind as a Factor in Runway Excursions

Investigation of Runway Excursions on landing where the crosswind has been a significant factor usually identify one or more of the following: