# Flight compartment equipment - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft systems](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0102) › [Equipment/furnishings](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010225) › Flight compartment equipment - NTSB code: 01022510 - Cases: 37 - In the probable cause: 27 - Fatal cases: 18 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022510/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022510/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022510 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 1 / 2 - 2009: 1 / 1 - 2010: 1 / 1 - 2011: 2 / 2 - 2012: 4 / 5 - 2013: 4 / 4 - 2014: 1 / 2 - 2015: 1 / 1 - 2016: 3 / 3 - 2017: 0 / 1 - 2018: 4 / 5 - 2019: 1 / 1 - 2020: 0 / 1 - 2021: 0 / 2 - 2022: 1 / 2 - 2023: 0 / 1 - 2024: 3 / 3 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 13 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 4 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 3 cases - [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 3 cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 2 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 1 cases - [Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470): 1 cases - [Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390): 1 cases - [Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338): 1 cases - [Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65): 3 cases - [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac): 2 cases - [Sikorsky S-61N](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-61n): 1 cases - [Piper PA-36-285](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28R-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 1 cases - [Piper J3L-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3l-65): 1 cases - [Navion NAVION G](https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-g): 1 cases - [Grumman American Avn. AA-5B](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b): 1 cases - [Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-empresa-brasileira-de-erj-170-200-lr): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 13 cases - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 10 cases - [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 6 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 5 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 5 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 4 cases - [Pitch control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022) (Aircraft): 4 cases - [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 3 cases - [Installation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062035) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Passenger compartment equip](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022520) (Aircraft): 3 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN25LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA046), Nov 15, 2024: Rotor Flight Dynamics Dominator (UNREG), Gilbert, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power and subsequent autorotation to a swamp, that resulted in a rollover. Contributing to the pilot’s delayed egression from the gyroplane, was the lack of a restraint system… - [NTSB ERA24LA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA357), Aug 15, 2024: Cessna 172 (N8400X), Elkwood, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to correctly reinstall the airplane’s left seat, resulting in the movement of the seat during the takeoff roll, and the subsequent loss of control and runway excursion. - [NTSB CEN24LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA315), Jul 11, 2024: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (N23JK), Camdenton, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate maintenance of the seat locking mechanism, which resulted in the pilot’s seat sliding back during takeoff and a subsequent loss of control. - [NTSB WPR23FA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA344), Sep 15, 2023: Seawind 3000 (N57TJ), Bellevue, WA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control after encountering a lake swell and skipping during takeoff. - [NTSB ERA23FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA045), Oct 29, 2022: Bearhawk Patrol (N964RS), Hanover Township, PA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to unlatch his seatbelt during flight, which allowed him to exit the airplane and impact the tail, resulting in a loss of control and impact with terrain. - [NTSB CEN22FA405](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA405), Sep 1, 2022: Cirrus SR22 (N420SS), Tomball, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight, which allowed for an unintentional movement of the mixture control to the cutoff position that remained unnoticed until the airplane lost… - [NTSB CEN22FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA011), Oct 11, 2021: Beech 58TC (N6748V), Mesa, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The maintenance personnel’s failure to properly tighten the turbocharger oil line and the right engine propeller governor, which resulted in a loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was… - [NTSB CEN21FA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA345), Jul 31, 2021: Piper J3C-65 (N42522), Hartford, WI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a simulated engine failure during initial climb after takeoff, which led to an aerodynamic stall/spin and loss of… - [NTSB ANC20LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA077), Aug 5, 2020: Cessna 180 (N9712G), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to place a passenger and baggage in the rear baggage compartment, which resulted in an aft center of gravity, an increase in directional instability, and affected the… - [NTSB ERA19LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA194), Mar 9, 2019: Cessna 172 (N7367G), Mount Holly, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot's seat back due to a sheared bolt during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of directional control and runway excursion. 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/). 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