# Return to service - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft handling/service](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0101) › [Maintenance/inspections](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010105) › Return to service - NTSB code: 01010530 - Cases: 14 - In the probable cause: 11 - Fatal cases: 3 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010530/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010530/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010530 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 1 / 1 - 2009: 1 / 1 - 2010: 3 / 3 - 2012: 1 / 1 - 2014: 1 / 2 - 2016: 0 / 1 - 2017: 1 / 1 - 2022: 2 / 2 - 2023: 0 / 1 - 2024: 1 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 6 cases - [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 3 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 2 cases - [Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338): 2 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Rockwell International S-2R](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-s-2r): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 1 cases - [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b): 1 cases - [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg): 1 cases - [Cessna 210J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210j): 1 cases - [Cessna A188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188): 1 cases - [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p): 1 cases - [Beech C-99](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-99): 1 cases - [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58): 1 cases - [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Post maintenance inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061515) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Oil](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071020) (Aircraft): 3 cases - [Recip eng oil sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01058550) (Aircraft): 3 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Scheduled/routine maintenance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062010) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Scheduled maint checks](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010520) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 1 cases - [Adequacy of policy/proc](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04021015) (Organizational issues): 1 cases - [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 1 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB ERA24FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA301), Jul 11, 2024: Cessna 402B (N4167G), Aguadilla, PR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to operate the airplane with known maintenance discrepancies, which resulted in a total loss of right engine power. Contributing to the outcome was the pilot’s failure to… - [NTSB CEN23LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA363), Aug 15, 2023: Beech C-99 (N261SW), Lansing, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly set the rudder trim position which resulted in a loss of directional control during takeoff. Contributing was the pilot’s inadequate checklist procedures prior to… - [NTSB ERA23LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA086), Dec 8, 2022: Beech A36 (N900AW), Covington, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to oil starvation as a result of engine operation with low oil pressure. Contributing to the accident was the failure of two separate maintenance facilities to comply… - [NTSB WPR22LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA149), Apr 8, 2022: Dietrich Ryan S-4 Coyote 1 (N3156D), Chula Vista, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot/owner and maintenance personnel’s improper installation of the right wing’s aft lift strut to the right wing, which resulted in a loss of lift during takeoff, an uncommanded right roll, and… - [NTSB WPR18LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA058), Dec 30, 2017: Cessna 210 (N222AT), San Bernardino, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of the left main landing gear (MLG) saddle, which resulted in the pilot's inability to extend the left MLG. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper decision to fly… - [NTSB ENG16IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG16IA037), Sep 19, 2016: Airbus A320 (P4-AAA), Miami, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: the incorrect latching of the #2 Engine Fan Cowl following a routine maintenance check that resulted in separation of the cowl during takeoff. - [NTSB CEN14LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA331), Jun 27, 2014: Cessna A188 (N8157V), Arlington, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to a loose oil filter adapter, which resulted in oil starvation. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel’s failure to comply with a Federal Aviation… - [NTSB ERA14LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA098), Jan 14, 2014: Israel Aircraft Industries Gulfstream 200 (N720QS), Savannah, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly secure the auxiliary power unit service door before returning the airplane to service, which resulted in substantial damage to the rudder. - [NTSB ERA12LA469](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA469), Jul 20, 2012: Piper PA-28-180 (N3692R), Statesboro, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power as a result of oil exhaustion due to the mechanic's failure to apply appropriate torque to the oil filter. - [NTSB CEN11CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA062), Nov 9, 2010: Cessna 172 (N9747L), Pineville, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot/mechanic’s improper inspection of the airplane following the engine installation. 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.