# Auto flight system, general - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft systems](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0102) › [Auto flight system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010222) › Auto flight system, general - NTSB code: 01022200 - Cases: 8 - In the probable cause: 7 - Fatal cases: 4 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022200/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022200/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022200 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2017: 1 / 1 - 2018: 0 / 1 - 2019: 3 / 3 - 2023: 2 / 2 - 2024: 1 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 4 cases - [Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000): 2 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 1 cases - [Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cirrus Design SR22T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22t): 1 cases - [Boeing 767-375](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-375): 1 cases - [Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407): 1 cases - [Beech E-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55): 1 cases - [Beech A36TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc): 1 cases - [Xag P100 PRO](https://openairdocs.org/model/xag-p100-pro): 1 cases - [Bell Helicopter Textron APT70](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-apt70): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Personnel records](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04033015) (Organizational issues): 1 cases - [Other pressure/demand](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03042040) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Equipment/operational](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03042030) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [GPS](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03011020) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Use of automation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063010) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Repair](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062015) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 1 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN24LA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA380), Aug 7, 2024: Xag P100 PRO (N268MQ), Francesville, IN, minor damage. Probable cause: The remote pilot’s in-flight loss of control of the unmanned aircraft due to GPS signal fluctuations, which resulted in a collision with, and serious injury to, a person assisting the operation. - [NTSB ERA24FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA003), Oct 8, 2023: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (N802JR), Croydon, NH, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control during the initial climb in dark night conditions due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in a steep banking descent into trees and terrain. Contributing to the… - [NTSB CEN23LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA135), Mar 14, 2023: Bell Helicopter Textron APT70 (N314AL), Mineral Wells, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s loss of control of the unmanned aircraft due to software limitations. Contributing to the accident was the overly restrictive low voltage threshold limits. - [NTSB ERA19FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA201), Jun 27, 2019: Beech E55 (N664AR), Hope Mills, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to disengage an uncommanded nose-down pitch input. Contributing to the accident was improper maintenance of the pitch trim servo, which would have precluded a physical override of… - [NTSB DCA19LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19LA154), Jun 4, 2019: Aurora PAV (N83AU), Manassas, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of hover lift thrust provided by the eight lift motors due to a false on-ground rotor speed reduction command, resulting from excessive vibration. - [NTSB DCA19MA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19MA086), Feb 23, 2019: Boeing 767 (N1217A), Trinity Bay, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The inappropriate response by the first officer as the pilot flying to an inadvertent activation of the go-around mode, which led to his spatial disorientation and nose-down control inputs that… - [NTSB CEN18FA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA400), Jan 3, 2018: Cirrus Design SR22T (N325JK), Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico), destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's incapacitation resulted in impact with the Gulf of Mexico. The reason the hypoxia recognition system did not descend the airplane as designed could not be determined as the airplane was… - [NTSB WPR17IA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17IA086), Apr 10, 2017: Beech A36TC (N755R), Livermore, CA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: A mistrim condition while the autopilot was engaged for reasons that could not be determined based on available evidence, and the pilot’s subsequent failure to confirm the command bar status before… 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.