# Heating system

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft systems](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0102) › [Air conditioning system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010221) › Heating system
- NTSB code: 01022140
- Cases: 5
- In the probable cause: 5
- Fatal cases: 3
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022140/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022140/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022140

## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all)

- 2012: 1 / 1
- 2014: 1 / 1
- 2016: 1 / 1
- 2019: 1 / 1
- 2020: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150): 2 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 1 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 1 cases
- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Cessna 340](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340): 1 cases
- [Cessna 401](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401): 1 cases
- [Cessna 310Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q): 1 cases
- [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b): 1 cases
- [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Adequacy of policy/proc](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04021015) (Organizational issues): 1 cases
- [Freezing rain/sleet](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035040) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Scheduled/routine maintenance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062010) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Understanding/comprehension](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041515) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Carbon monoxide](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012040) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 1 cases
- [Landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041) (Aircraft): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN21LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA030), Oct 26, 2020: Cessna 210 (N9622T), Lubbock, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to fly into icing conditions with an airplane that was not equipped for icing, which led to structural icing and a subsequent loss of airplane control, and the pilot’s…
- [NTSB ERA19TA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA211), Jun 29, 2019: Cessna 208 (N80JF), Plant City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare due to reduced visibility from a foggy windshield and his failure to use the airplane’s windshield defrost system, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent…
- [NTSB CEN17FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA045), Dec 1, 2016: Cessna 340 (N123KK), Fargo, ND, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loose fuel fitting on the combustion heater that leaked a lean fuel-air mixture into the nose baggage compartment. The mixture was most likely ignited by the combustion heater, blowing off the…
- [NTSB CEN14LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA159), Mar 8, 2014: Cessna 310Q (N69980), Wapakoneta, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: A fire due to a fuel leak of the cabin heater system. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate maintenance of the airplane, which failed to identify leaks in the heater system.
- [NTSB CEN12FA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA290), May 11, 2012: Cessna 401 (N9DM), Chanute, KS, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The malfunction of the cabin heater, which resulted in an inflight fire and smoke in the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of understanding concerning the status of the…

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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