# Fuselage, general

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft structures](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0103) › [Fuselage](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010353) › Fuselage, general
- NTSB code: 01035300
- Cases: 4
- In the probable cause: 3
- Fatal cases: 1
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035300/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035300/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035300

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

- 2009: 1 / 2
- 2016: 1 / 1
- 2023: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901): 1 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 1 cases
- [Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337): 1 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Airbus Industrie A320-214](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-214): 1 cases
- [Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO](https://openairdocs.org/model/alisport-silent-2-electro): 1 cases
- [Mckenna James E AVID-CATALINA](https://openairdocs.org/model/mckenna-james-e-avid-catalina): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Policy/procedure, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04021000) (Organizational issues): 1 cases
- [Equip certification/testing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04012015) (Organizational issues): 1 cases
- [Other pressure/demand](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03042040) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Air traffic/operating proc, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03014000) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Following instructions](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063537) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Maintenance, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062000) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042) (Aircraft): 1 cases
- [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN23LA405](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA405), Sep 7, 2023: Alisport Silent 2 Electro (N321AD), Giddings, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The glider’s encounter with flutter during cruise flight that resulted in structural damage to the fuselage.
- [NTSB ERA16LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA265), Apr 26, 2016: Eurocopter Deutschland MBB BK 117 C-2 (N145HN), Pittsburgh, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly secure the left vertical fin cowling during recent maintenance, which resulted in its separation and subsequent contact with the tail rotor system during…
- [NTSB CEN09LA611](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA611), Sep 30, 2009: Mckenna James E AVID-CATAL (N1945J), Inks Lake, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to take off with a known airframe deficiency.
- [NTSB DCA09MA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09MA026), Jan 15, 2009: Airbus A320 (N106US), Weehawken, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The ingestion of large birds into each engine, which resulted in an almost total loss of thrust in both engines and the subsequent ditching on the Hudson River. Contributing to the fuselage damage…

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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