# Hoses and tubes

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Fluids/misc hardware](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0107) › [Misc hardware](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010714) › Hoses and tubes
- NTSB code: 01071410
- Cases: 40
- In the probable cause: 34
- Fatal cases: 7
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071410/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071410/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071410

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

- 2008: 3 / 3
- 2009: 2 / 4
- 2010: 4 / 4
- 2011: 2 / 2
- 2012: 4 / 4
- 2014: 1 / 1
- 2015: 0 / 1
- 2017: 3 / 3
- 2018: 1 / 2
- 2019: 3 / 3
- 2020: 1 / 2
- 2021: 2 / 2
- 2022: 1 / 2
- 2023: 1 / 1
- 2024: 3 / 3
- 2025: 1 / 1
- 2026: 2 / 2

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 13 cases
- [Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340): 6 cases
- [Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150): 6 cases
- [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 5 cases
- [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 4 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 1 cases
- [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 1 cases
- [Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337): 1 cases
- [Pressure/environ sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331): 1 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 2 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-32R-301T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-32R-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-32R-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-22-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Scheduled/routine maintenance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062010) (Personnel issues): 9 cases
- [Installation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062035) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Oil](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071020) (Aircraft): 4 cases
- [Fuel distribution](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022820) (Aircraft): 4 cases
- [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 3 cases
- [Recip eng oil sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01058550) (Aircraft): 3 cases
- [Repair](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062015) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Incorrect action selection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010) (Personnel issues): 2 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB WPR26LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA207), Jun 1, 2026: Bell 47G-2 (N88755), Mettler, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure the loading hose had been disconnected before takeoff, which resulted in an interrupted takeoff and subsequent loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the…
- [NTSB ERA26LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA176), Apr 15, 2026: Icon A5 (N558BA), Levittown, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: An oil line separation at a barbed fitting in an experimental airplane, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to oil starvation.
- [NTSB CEN26LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA069), Dec 19, 2025: Cessna 172D (N2536U), Post, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to see the blockage in the fuel tank vent tube during the preflight inspection which resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was…
- [NTSB WPR25LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA046), Nov 24, 2024: Piper PA-28R-200 (N55641), Gillette, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation resulting from a loose B-nut at the engine-driven fuel-pump inlet.
- [NTSB CEN25LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA018), Oct 17, 2024: Piper PA-32R-301 (N81481), Van, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The mechanic’s improper maintenance of the engine’s air induction scat duct, which collapsed during the flight and resulted in a loss of engine power.
- [NTSB ERA24FA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA266), Jun 17, 2024: Lockheed 12 (N2072), Jackson, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly secure the right brake line, which resulted in a loss of right brake effectiveness during the landing roll and a subsequent runway excursion.
- [NTSB WPR23LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA197), May 20, 2023: Cessna 210 (N9433T), Redding, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A fuel leak caused by an age-degraded fuel pressure sender hose, which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was inadequate maintenance.
- [NTSB CEN22LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA225), May 27, 2022: Piper PA-22-160 (N8926D), Roanoke, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate maintenance of the airplane’s brake system that resulted in a hole in the brake line, the loss of brake fluid, and the subsequent loss of brake functionality.
- [NTSB ERA22LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA146), Mar 6, 2022: Beech A35 (N764B), Waco, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the fuel pressure indicator line due to corrosion that was not detected during the last annual inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB WPR22LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA046), Nov 22, 2021: Vans RV10 (N54CT), Hurricane, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to a loose fuel line at the fuel servo outlet port.

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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