# Emergency locator beacon - 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) › Emergency locator beacon - NTSB code: 01022562 - Cases: 9 - In the probable cause: 4 - Fatal cases: 9 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022562/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022562/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022562 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2009: 0 / 1 - 2010: 0 / 1 - 2011: 0 / 1 - 2012: 2 / 2 - 2014: 1 / 1 - 2019: 0 / 1 - 2021: 1 / 1 - 2024: 0 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 3 cases - [Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000): 2 cases - [VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401): 1 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 1 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 1 cases - [Fuel contamination](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/193): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA-28R-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180): 1 cases - [Enstrom Helicopter 280F](https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-helicopter-280f): 1 cases - [Dehavilland DHC-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3): 1 cases - [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f): 1 cases - [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r): 1 cases - [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p): 1 cases - [Fortuna Dave SONEX-EXPERIMENTAL](https://openairdocs.org/model/fortuna-dave-sonex-experimental): 1 cases - [Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-ercoupe-415-c): 1 cases - [Agusta A109E](https://openairdocs.org/model/agusta-a109e): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 3 cases - [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 2 cases - [Scheduled/routine inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061520) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Between groups/organizations](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04025020) (Organizational issues): 1 cases - [Safety](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04024010) (Organizational issues): 1 cases - [Adequacy of policy/proc](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04021015) (Organizational issues): 1 cases - [Pressures/demands, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03042000) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Clouds](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035025) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Wind, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Conducive to carburetor icing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031030) (Environmental issues): 1 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN24FA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA312), Aug 7, 2024: Engineering & Research Ercoupe 415-C (N3093H), Elkhart, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An off-airport landing in a soybean field for reasons that could not be determined. Contributing to the severity of the pilot’s injuries and airplane damage was a fire that occurred at an unknown… - [NTSB ANC21FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21FA065), Jul 26, 2021: Cessna 172P (N65698), Eagle River, AK, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: An inflight collision with terrain under unknown circumstances. Contributing to the delayed rescue response was the failure of the emergency locator transmitter (ELT) to activate as designed, and the… - [NTSB WPR20FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20FA016), Oct 25, 2019: Enstrom 280F (N280F), Jordan Valley, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to a worn engine air induction hose, and a subsequent uncontrolled descent into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the failure of maintenance personnel to… - [NTSB ERA14FA464](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA464), Apr 5, 2014: Fortuna Dave Sonex (N229P), Dunnellon, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight collision with a tree in a heavily wooded area during controlled flight while the pilot was attempting a forced landing for reasons that could not be determined based on the available… - [NTSB CEN12FA654](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA654), Sep 22, 2012: Piper PA-28R-180 (N4567J), Roanoke, TX, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during takeoff due to fuel contamination. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel's failure to adequately correct the water contamination effects. Contributing… - [NTSB WPR12FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA184), Apr 25, 2012: Cessna A185F (N243W), Blanding, UT, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during low-level maneuvering flight. Contributing to the pilot’s death was the lack of a timely emergency rescue response due to the lack of effective… - [NTSB WPR12FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA021), Oct 27, 2011: Cessna 182R (N6545E), Lexington, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain situational awareness and terrain clearance on a dark night during the approach to landing. - [NTSB ANC10MA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10MA068), Aug 9, 2010: Dehavilland DHC-3 (N455A), Aleknagik, AK, substantial damage, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's temporary unresponsiveness for reasons that could not be established from the available information. Contributing to the investigation's inability to determine exactly what occurred in… - [NTSB CEN09PA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09PA348), Jun 10, 2009: Agusta A109E (N606SP), Santa Fe, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to take off from a remote, mountainous landing site in dark (moonless) night, windy, instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident were an organizational… 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.