# Cabin safety event

- Type: NTSB defining event
- NTSB code: 110
- CICTT category: Cabin Safety
- Defining event in: 87 cases
- In the sequence of: 151 cases
- Fatal cases: 2
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110/cases.md
- Cases with it anywhere in the sequence: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110/sequence.md
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110

## Cases per year (defining / in the sequence)

- 2008: 4 / 5
- 2009: 2 / 10
- 2010: 5 / 13
- 2011: 3 / 14
- 2012: 4 / 11
- 2013: 5 / 8
- 2014: 7 / 23
- 2015: 8 / 11
- 2016: 5 / 5
- 2017: 7 / 7
- 2018: 10 / 11
- 2019: 8 / 8
- 2020: 5 / 5
- 2021: 1 / 2
- 2022: 3 / 4
- 2023: 4 / 7
- 2024: 4 / 5
- 2025: 1 / 1
- 2026: 1 / 1

## Phase of flight

- Enroute-cruise: 17 cases
- Enroute: 15 cases
- Prior to flight: 8 cases
- Takeoff: 6 cases
- Landing-flare/touchdown: 4 cases
- Enroute-descent: 4 cases
- Standing-engine(s) not oper: 4 cases
- Landing-landing roll: 3 cases
- Enroute-climb to cruise: 3 cases
- Taxi-to runway: 3 cases

## In the probable cause of these cases

- [Task performance, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02060000) (Personnel issues): 10 cases
- [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 7 cases
- [Miscellaneous, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02050000) (Personnel issues): 6 cases
- [Action, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041000) (Personnel issues): 5 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Buffet/galleys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022530) (Aircraft): 3 cases
- [Positioning/available space](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041010) (Environmental issues): 2 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Boeing 737-7H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4): 5 cases
- [Boeing 737-8H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8h4): 3 cases
- [Airbus Industrie A320-212](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-212): 2 cases
- [Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-erj-190-100-igw): 2 cases
- [Embraer EMB-145LR](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr): 2 cases
- [Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-empresa-brasileira-de-erj-170-200-lr): 2 cases
- [Boeing 787-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-787-8): 2 cases
- [Boeing 767-432ER](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-432er): 2 cases
- [Boeing 737-924ER](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-924er): 2 cases
- [Boeing 737-3H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4): 2 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB DCA27WA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA27WA015), Oct 1, 2026: Airbus A330-302 (N827NW), Cassano Magnago, Italy
- [NTSB CEN25LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA105), Feb 27, 2025: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (N6555C), Edgemont, SD, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly identify the proper anchor point for the supplemental harness and the crew’s incorrect use of the restraint system structure as an anchor point, which resulted in the…
- [NTSB DCA25WA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA059), Dec 16, 2024: Boeing 737 (G-TAWB), Derby, United Kingdom, no damage
- [NTSB GAA25WA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA075), Oct 24, 2024: Beech 200 (SZ-SSP), Pillanesburg, South Africa, occurrence
- [NTSB GAA24WA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA206), Jun 1, 2024: Hawker Beechcraft C90 (D-IMEP), Biggin Hill, United Kingdom, incident, minor damage
- [NTSB DCA24WA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA103), Feb 1, 2024: Boeing 787 (ZK-NZF), Auckland, New Zealand, incident, no damage
- [NTSB CEN23LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA178), May 6, 2023: Airbus Helicopters EC130 (N254DM), Carta Valley, TX, no damage. Probable cause: The right rear-seat passenger’s improper judgement to release his restraint system and depart the helicopter while in a hover, which resulted in him sustaining serious injuries. Contributing to the…
- [NTSB ERA23LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA212), Apr 28, 2023: Gulfstream Aerospace GVII-G500 (N507GD), Dulles, VA, no damage. Probable cause: The initiation of the takeoff while before the flight attendant had returned to her seat, which resulted in a serious injury during takeoff.
- [NTSB DCA23WA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA165), Feb 9, 2023: Boeing 777 (PH-BQO), Mediterranean Sea, Netherlands, occurrence, no damage
- [NTSB DCA23WA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA135), Jan 7, 2023: Boeing 737 (JA307J), Miyazaki, Japan, no damage

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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