# Simulated/training event - Type: NTSB defining event - NTSB code: 600 - CICTT category: Simulated/training event - Defining event in: 9 cases - In the sequence of: 173 cases - Fatal cases: 2 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/600/cases.md - Cases with it anywhere in the sequence: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/600/sequence.md - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/600 ## Cases per year (defining / in the sequence) - 2008: 0 / 14 - 2009: 0 / 25 - 2010: 0 / 6 - 2011: 0 / 14 - 2012: 2 / 10 - 2013: 1 / 11 - 2014: 1 / 11 - 2015: 1 / 12 - 2016: 2 / 14 - 2017: 0 / 7 - 2018: 1 / 3 - 2019: 0 / 7 - 2020: 0 / 1 - 2021: 1 / 9 - 2022: 0 / 5 - 2023: 0 / 6 - 2024: 0 / 5 - 2025: 0 / 7 - 2026: 0 / 6 ## Phase of flight - Approach: 2 cases - Maneuvering-low-alt flying: 2 cases - Enroute-cruise: 2 cases - Maneuvering: 1 cases - Initial climb: 1 cases - Takeoff: 1 cases ## In the probable cause of these cases - [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 5 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 4 cases - [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032) (Environmental issues): 2 cases - [Prop/rotor parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062052) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 1 cases - [Low light](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036015) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Terrain, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021000) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Incomplete action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041040) (Personnel issues): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 2 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R22 MARINER](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-mariner): 1 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 1 cases - [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300): 1 cases - [MD Helicopters 369FF](https://openairdocs.org/model/md-helicopters-369ff): 1 cases - [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 1 cases - [Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II](https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-g-103-twin-ii): 1 cases - [Bell OH-58C](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58c): 1 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB WPR21LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA183), May 5, 2021: MD Helicopters 369FF (N6068S), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A tail rotor blade strike to an undetermined object while practicing approaches to unimproved terrain. - [NTSB GAA18CA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA102), Jan 13, 2018: Piper PA 28 (N7085R), Corona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot and flight instructor’s failure to see and avoid powerlines during a simulated emergency landing, which resulted in a wire strike during a go-around. - [NTSB GAA16CA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA312), Jun 11, 2016: Piper PA 28 (N6700J), Gilmer, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to see and avoid powerlines during landing, and the flight instructor's delayed remediation when the student cut the base to final turn short, resulting in a wire strike… - [NTSB GAA16CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA139), Feb 21, 2016: Cessna 172 (N516TG), Willoughby, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to reduce pitch attitude during a simulated engine failure during takeoff initial climb, resulting in a high descent rate and hard landing. Contributing to the accident… - [NTSB CEN15FA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA305), Jul 14, 2015: Piper PA 32-300 (N555PK), Brazoria, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to arrest the descent in a timely manner and the flight instructor's failure to safely intervene in the routine training maneuver for reasons that could not be determined… - [NTSB ERA15FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA085), Dec 29, 2014: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta (N771MM), Lake Worth, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A main rotor stall due to low rotor rpm, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action. - [NTSB WPR13TA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13TA198), Apr 12, 2013: Bell OH-58C (N119FT), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction's delay in adding power during a recovery from a practice autorotation. - [NTSB ERA12LA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA455), Jul 13, 2012: Burkhart Grob G 103 Twin II (N5448G), Hilltown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper decision of the flight instructor receiving instruction to attempt a course reversal rather than land straight ahead following a simulated low-level rope break, and the inadequate… - [NTSB ERA12LA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA399), Jun 14, 2012: Robinson Helicopter R22 Mariner (N1089N), Oak Island, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly execute the helicopter practice autorotation recovery, which resulted in a collision with the water. 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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