# Flight compartment lighting

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft systems](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0102) › [Lighting system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010233) › Flight compartment lighting
- NTSB code: 01023310
- Cases: 5
- In the probable cause: 4
- Fatal cases: 1
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023310/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023310/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023310

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

- 2012: 1 / 1
- 2013: 1 / 1
- 2017: 1 / 1
- 2018: 0 / 1
- 2023: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 2 cases
- [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 1 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 1 cases
- [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [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 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j): 1 cases
- [Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407): 1 cases
- [Supalla Raymond J GLASAIR IIS-FT](https://openairdocs.org/model/supalla-raymond-j-glasair-iis-ft): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [High wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034055) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Use of equip/info, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063000) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Info processing/decision, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041500) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Action, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041000) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Recent experience](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031035) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Total experience w/ equipment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031025) (Personnel 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 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 CEN13CA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA133), Jan 12, 2013: American General Acft AG5B (N897GA), Ankeny, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glide path to the runway in gusty wind conditions and his failure to maintain clearance from obstructions during the subsequent go-around. Contributing to the…
- [NTSB CEN12LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA133), Jan 12, 2012: Cessna 150J (N60676), Denmark, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control due to his alcohol impairment. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to fly at night with a known interior lighting malfunction.

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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