# Engine fuel and control, general

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft power plant](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0105) › [Engine fuel and control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010573) › Engine fuel and control, general
- NTSB code: 01057300
- Cases: 49
- In the probable cause: 45
- Fatal cases: 4
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057300/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057300/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057300

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

- 2008: 5 / 6
- 2009: 3 / 3
- 2010: 3 / 3
- 2011: 5 / 5
- 2012: 2 / 2
- 2013: 2 / 2
- 2014: 3 / 3
- 2015: 4 / 4
- 2016: 1 / 1
- 2018: 2 / 2
- 2019: 4 / 5
- 2020: 1 / 2
- 2022: 4 / 5
- 2023: 4 / 4
- 2024: 1 / 1
- 2025: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 28 cases
- [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 4 cases
- [Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340): 4 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 3 cases
- [Fuel contamination](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/193): 2 cases
- [Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150): 2 cases
- [Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470): 1 cases
- [Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380): 1 cases
- [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 1 cases
- [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Eurocopter AS 350 B2](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2): 1 cases
- [Rockwell International S-2R](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-s-2r): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-46-310P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28-151](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 1 cases
- [North American T-6G](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-6g): 1 cases
- [North American AT-6D](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-at-6d): 1 cases
- [Navion NAVION A](https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a): 1 cases
- [Mooney M-20G](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-20g): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 6 cases
- [Installation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062035) (Personnel issues): 6 cases
- [Scheduled/routine maintenance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062010) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 4 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Engine (turbine/turboprop), general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057200) (Aircraft): 3 cases
- [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Rough terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Terrain, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021000) (Environmental issues): 2 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB WPR26LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA056), Dec 8, 2025: Rotorway Exec (C-GBZD), Lake Havasu City, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper securing hardware installation, which resulted in a loss of throttle control and a loss of engine power.
- [NTSB CEN24LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA286), Jul 28, 2024: Piper PA46 (N4646G), Radisson, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated mechanic’s failure to properly tighten and torque the fuel system pressure test port cap, which resulted in a total loss of engine power, and a subsequent forced landing.
- [NTSB ERA24LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA043), Nov 17, 2023: Lancair IV (N37MB), Perry, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A rapid throttle advancement after a period of idling, which resulted in a flooded engine and total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB ENG24FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG24FA003), Oct 18, 2023: Boeing 767-300F (N287FE), Memphis, TN, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: A high-pressure fuel leak from a gap in the bolted flange interface between the main fuel pump’s fuel crossover supply tube and the hydromechanical unit idler adapter pad, which resulted in the…
- [NTSB ERA23LA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA360), Sep 1, 2023: Brown Benjamin C Challenger II (N2480Y), Moultonborough, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to a loss of compression in one of the engine’s two cylinders.
- [NTSB ERA23LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA118), Jan 23, 2023: Piper PA28 (N747PK), Raleigh/Durham, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's flooding the engine with fuel during a cold engine start, which resulted in an engine fire.
- [NTSB ERA22LA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA372), Aug 13, 2022: Thomas Wayne L THOMAS' Flyer (N35WT), Searsmont, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during the initial climb for reasons that could not be determined.
- [NTSB CEN22LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA194), May 10, 2022: Cessna 172S (N184NW), Traverse City, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of maintenance personnel to properly torque a fuel line “B” nut, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB CEN22LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA146), Mar 17, 2022: Hughes 369 (N500MZ), Adair, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The mechanic’s failure to properly torque a fuel control unit B-nut, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power, an attempted autorotation, and an impact with terrain.
- [NTSB WPR22LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA117), Mar 2, 2022: Six Chuter Legend (N290TQ), Toquerville, UT, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper throttle input which resulted in a loss of engine power and subsequent impact with terrain.

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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