# Aircraft handling/service, general - Type: NTSB finding section - Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft handling/service](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0101) › Aircraft handling/service, general - NTSB code: 010100 - Cases: 21 - In the probable cause: 16 - Fatal cases: 3 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010100/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010100/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010100 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 3 / 4 - 2009: 4 / 4 - 2011: 0 / 1 - 2012: 1 / 2 - 2013: 2 / 2 - 2014: 1 / 1 - 2015: 1 / 1 - 2016: 1 / 1 - 2017: 1 / 1 - 2019: 1 / 1 - 2022: 1 / 1 - 2024: 0 / 1 - 2026: 0 / 1 ## Findings - [Aircraft handling/service, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010000): 21 cases, 16 in the probable cause ## Defining events in these cases - [Fuel contamination](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/193): 3 cases - [Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080): 3 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 2 cases - [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 2 cases - [Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901): 1 cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 1 cases - [Loss of lift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500): 1 cases - [Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340): 1 cases - [Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338): 1 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d): 2 cases - [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 2 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44): 1 cases - [Piper PA-25-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235): 1 cases - [Dassault MIRAGE F1 CR](https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-mirage-f1-cr): 1 cases - [Cessna 500](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500): 1 cases - [Cessna 421B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b): 1 cases - [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b): 1 cases - [Cessna 172A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a): 1 cases - [Brantly B-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/brantly-b-2): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 6 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 4 cases - [Preflight inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Installation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062035) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Attention](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Maintenance/inspections, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010500) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [Personnel records](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04033015) (Organizational issues): 1 cases - [Documentation/record keeping, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04033000) (Organizational issues): 1 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN26LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA260), Jul 20, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R44 (N224RH), Emerson, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to verify the loading hose had been disconnected before taking off and the failure of the loader to disconnect the fuel hose from the helicopter. - [NTSB CEN24LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA187), Feb 11, 2024: Aviat A1 (N122HU), Poole, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot’s failure to configure the airplane for takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion. - [NTSB WPR22FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA094), Feb 10, 2022: Dassault Mirage F1 CR (N633AX), Glendale, AZ, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as result of the failure of maintenance personnel to ensure the airplane was serviced with the correct amount of fuel, the failure of maintenance… - [NTSB CEN19LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA244), Jul 24, 2019: Air Tractor AT 602 (N50634), Walls, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper fuel servicing of the airplane, which resulted in water contamination of the airplane's fuel supply and a subsequent loss of engine power. - [NTSB ANC17CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17CA044), Jun 25, 2017: Brantly B2 (N5955X), St. Michael, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate supervision of the refueling process, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to water contamination in the helicopter’s fuel system from the fuel drum and subsequent… - [NTSB CEN16LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA112), Feb 29, 2016: Cirrus Design SR22 (N2711M), Laguna Pueblo, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate oversight of the airplane's refueling and her subsequent failure to verify and monitor the… - [NTSB CEN15LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA199), Apr 17, 2015: Cessna 421B (N421PK), Diboll, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to the use of an improper fuel type. Contributing to the accident were the servicing of the airplane with the improper fuel, noncompliance with an airworthiness… - [NTSB CEN14LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA349), Jul 7, 2014: Air Tractor AT-502 (N9185G), Carthage, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s inability to climb out of ground effect, which resulted from the pilot using a lower power setting than needed for takeoff due to the mechanic’s installation of the wrong engine torque… - [NTSB CEN13LA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA421), Jul 17, 2013: Cessna 208B (N732MD), Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The gate agent’s premature removal of the tailstand without confirming with the flight crew that it was safe to remove, which allowed the airplane to tilt backward when a passenger stood up and… - [NTSB ERA13CA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA182), Feb 23, 2013: Piper PA-46-310P (C-GNEW), Venice, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to secure the airplane before moving the propeller to assist the engine start. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.