# Fuel storage - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft systems](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0102) › [Fuel system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010228) › Fuel storage - NTSB code: 01022810 - Cases: 60 - In the probable cause: 55 - Fatal cases: 12 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022810/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022810/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022810 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 6 / 7 - 2009: 6 / 6 - 2010: 3 / 3 - 2011: 3 / 3 - 2012: 2 / 3 - 2013: 2 / 2 - 2014: 2 / 3 - 2015: 2 / 3 - 2016: 1 / 1 - 2017: 4 / 4 - 2018: 1 / 1 - 2019: 1 / 1 - 2020: 3 / 3 - 2021: 3 / 3 - 2022: 5 / 6 - 2023: 5 / 5 - 2024: 4 / 4 - 2025: 2 / 2 ## Defining events in these cases - [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 14 cases - [Fuel contamination](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/193): 13 cases - [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 9 cases - [Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190): 5 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 4 cases - [Explosion (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/160): 4 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 2 cases - [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 2 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 1 cases - [Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p): 3 cases - [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30): 2 cases - [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a): 2 cases - [Viking Air DHC-6-400](https://openairdocs.org/model/viking-air-dhc-6-400): 1 cases - [Temco GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/temco-gc-1b): 1 cases - [Eurocopter EC 130 B4](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-b4): 1 cases - [Sikorsky S-61N](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-61n): 1 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 1 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 1 cases - [Piper PA-32R-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 35 cases - [Preflight inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510) (Personnel issues): 17 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 5 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 5 cases - [Installation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062035) (Personnel issues): 4 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 4 cases - [Fuel planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 2 cases - [Modification/alteration](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062030) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Repair](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062015) (Personnel issues): 2 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN26LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA084), Dec 26, 2025: Cessna 172 (N172BX), Taylor, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection that resulted in a loss of engine power due to water contamination. - [NTSB ERA25LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA188), Apr 23, 2025: Cessna 172RG (N6386V), Louisburg, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to identify and remediate water contamination of the airplane’s fuel system, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power during initial climb. - [NTSB ERA24LA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA359), Aug 27, 2024: Champion 7ECA (N9580S), Sussex, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly secure the left wing fuel cap, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. - [NTSB CEN24LA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA316), Aug 14, 2024: Cessna A185E (N2248T), Eveleth, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: Water contamination of the fuel system which resulted in a total loss of engine power. Contributing was the pilot’s inadequate preflight. - [NTSB ERA24LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA232), May 27, 2024: Cessna 172P (N658NV), Citronelle, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of a fuel vent line that was clogged by an insect nest. - [NTSB ANC24FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24FA029), Apr 23, 2024: Douglas C54D (N3054V), Fairbanks, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of power of the No. 1 engine for reasons that could not be determined, and the incorrect installation of a B-nut fitting in the propeller feathering system, which allowed engine oil to spray… - [NTSB WPR24LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA009), Oct 1, 2023: Stephen D Phillabaum Helicycle (N519SP), Deer Park, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation resulting from contamination of the fuel system during low-level flight. - [NTSB WPR23LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA349), Sep 20, 2023: Cessna 172N (N733ZN), Compton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power on takeoff due to water-contaminated fuel. Contributing to the accident was the inadequately maintained fuel system, which resulted in water entering the fuel tanks… - [NTSB ERA23LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA336), Aug 13, 2023: Cessna 182P (N22RE), North Myrtle Beach, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly secure the left wing fuel cap, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. - [NTSB WPR23LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA192), May 20, 2023: Viking Air DHC-6-400 (N153QS), Half Moon Bay, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the ferry fuel tank system to transfer fuel during a trans-Pacific flight for reasons that could not be determined, which resulted in fuel starvation and a subsequent ditching into 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). 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