# Autopilot computer

- 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) › Autopilot computer
- NTSB code: 01022211
- Cases: 1
- In the probable cause: 1
- Fatal cases: 0
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022211/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022211/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022211

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

- 2016: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Facebook UK AQUILA 1A](https://openairdocs.org/model/facebook-uk-aquila-1a): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Convective turbulence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032020) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Main frame (on wing)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035710) (Aircraft): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB DCA16CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA197), Jun 28, 2016: Facebook UK Aquila (N565AQ), Yuma, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: a structural failure of the wing as a result of exceeding the airspeed envelope due to wind gusts which were beyond the capabilities of the autopilot. Contributing to the accident was an insufficient…

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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