# Lighting system - Type: NTSB finding section - Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft systems](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0102) › Lighting system - NTSB code: 010233 - Cases: 16 - In the probable cause: 13 - Fatal cases: 1 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010233/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010233/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010233 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 2 / 2 - 2011: 1 / 1 - 2012: 1 / 1 - 2013: 2 / 2 - 2014: 0 / 1 - 2015: 2 / 3 - 2016: 1 / 1 - 2017: 2 / 2 - 2018: 1 / 2 - 2023: 1 / 1 ## Findings - [Exterior lighting](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023340): 9 cases, 7 in the probable cause - [Flight compartment lighting](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023310): 5 cases, 4 in the probable cause - [Lighting system, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023300): 2 cases, 2 in the probable cause ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 4 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 2 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 2 cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 1 cases - [Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470): 1 cases - [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 1 cases - [Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250): 1 cases - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 1 cases - [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 1 cases - [Explosion (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/160): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 1 cases - [Raytheon A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200): 1 cases - [Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm-bk-117-b-2): 1 cases - [American General Acft AG5B](https://openairdocs.org/model/american-general-acft-ag5b): 1 cases - [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195): 1 cases - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 1 cases - [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j): 1 cases - [Haphey Bruce Frederic MUSTANG II](https://openairdocs.org/model/haphey-bruce-frederic-mustang-ii): 1 cases - [Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 6 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 5 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 4 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 3 cases - [Taxiway lighting](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017020) (Environmental issues): 2 cases - [Lack of communication](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063510) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Perception](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022040) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [High wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034055) (Environmental issues): 1 cases ## Newest cases - [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 GAA19CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA044), Oct 27, 2018: Stoddard Hamilton Glasair II (N505YR), Laramie, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper pitch attitude during landing at night, which resulted in a porpoised landing. - [NTSB CEN18LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA221), Jun 8, 2018: Beech 58 (N190RS), Baton Rouge, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper insulation of the anticollision light wiring, which resulted in the ignition of combustible fuel vapors in the outboard section of the right wing; the source of the fuel leak could not… - [NTSB CEN18LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA052), Dec 25, 2017: Piper PA 28R-200 (N550D), Riverton, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during the rejected takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airport runway configuration, which led to his… - [NTSB CEN17FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA252), Jul 2, 2017: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland MBB-BK 117 B-2 (N238BK), Perryville, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation due to the pilot’s failure to turn on the fuel transfer pump switches during takeoff, which led to a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper… - [NTSB CEN16LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA247), Jun 26, 2016: Beech E 90 (N92DV), Longmont, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's unintentional activation of the green jump light before the airplane was properly configured and slowed for a jump and the jumpers' improper decision to continue with the jump after they… - [NTSB GAA16CA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA005), Oct 6, 2015: Raytheon A36 (N53WW), Monterey, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid runway signage during taxi after landing, resulting in a collision and substantial damage to the left wing of the airplane. - [NTSB GAA15CA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA290), Sep 20, 2015: Cessna 172M (N20079), Shiocton, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue to land at an unlighted airstrip, at night, after the landing light failed on approach, which resulted in a bounced landing, runway excursion, and collision with… - [NTSB ERA15CA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA264), Jul 11, 2015: Haphey Bruce Frederic Mustang II (N59PB), Palatka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during a balked landing and attempted go-around in dark night conditions and without a landing light, which resulted in collision with terrain. - [NTSB ERA14CA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA175), Mar 30, 2014: Beech S35 (N8985M), Marathon, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's distraction in the cockpit while on a visual approach over water during a dark night resulting in the airplane descending until impact with the water. 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). 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