# Ditching

- Type: NTSB defining event
- NTSB code: 441
- CICTT category: Other
- Defining event in: 4 cases
- In the sequence of: 186 cases
- Fatal cases: 2
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/cases.md
- Cases with it anywhere in the sequence: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441

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

- 2008: 0 / 16
- 2009: 0 / 11
- 2010: 0 / 13
- 2011: 0 / 14
- 2012: 0 / 17
- 2013: 0 / 10
- 2014: 0 / 5
- 2015: 0 / 10
- 2016: 0 / 10
- 2017: 0 / 11
- 2018: 0 / 6
- 2019: 0 / 6
- 2020: 0 / 5
- 2021: 0 / 11
- 2022: 2 / 8
- 2023: 1 / 12
- 2024: 0 / 7
- 2025: 1 / 10
- 2026: 0 / 4

## Phase of flight

- Unknown: 1 cases
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: 1 cases
- Maneuvering: 1 cases
- Takeoff: 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB GAA25WA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA232), Mar 27, 2025: Robinson R22 Beta (VH-KNG), Qld, Australia, destroyed
- [NTSB GAA23WA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA220), Jul 3, 2023: Piper PA18 (F-HYHB), Biscarosse, France, France, substantial damage
- [NTSB GAA23WA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA045), Dec 22, 2022: Bell 412EP (XA-BNA), Ocean, Mexico, 2 fatal
- [NTSB GAA22WA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA307), Jul 28, 2022: Robinson R44 (HC-CLZ), Off shore, Ecuador, substantial damage, 2 fatal

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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