# Physical limitation

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Physical](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0201) › [Physical characteristic](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020110) › Physical limitation
- NTSB code: 02011030
- Cases: 3
- In the probable cause: 2
- Fatal cases: 1
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02011030/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02011030/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02011030

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

- 2013: 0 / 1
- 2018: 1 / 1
- 2021: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 3 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 1 cases
- [Versteeg Robert H JR HELICYCLE](https://openairdocs.org/model/versteeg-robert-h-jr-helicycle): 1 cases
- [Buchanan Dan PULSE 10 METER](https://openairdocs.org/model/buchanan-dan-pulse-10-meter): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 2 cases
- [Dust devil/whirlwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034060) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Airport structure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022042) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Yaw control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062024) (Aircraft): 1 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 1 cases
- [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB ERA22LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA068), Sep 27, 2021: Cessna 172M (N1401U), Indian Trail, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during takeoff and initial climb. Contributing was the pilot’s physical limitation which caused an inadvertent application of left rudder.
- [NTSB WPR18LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA163), Jun 2, 2018: North Wing Pulse (N62073), Mountain Home, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The hang glider's encounter with a developing vortex or dust devil while maneuvering during an airshow routine, which resulted in a loss of control at an altitude that precluded recovery.…
- [NTSB WPR13LA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA360), Aug 5, 2013: Versteeg Helicycle (N234RV), Richland, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain helicycle control during hover due to an inadvertent control input.

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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