# Illness/injury

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Physical](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0201) › [Impairment/incapacitation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020120) › Illness/injury
- NTSB code: 02012010
- Cases: 34
- In the probable cause: 22
- Fatal cases: 16
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012010/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012010/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012010

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

- 2008: 1 / 1
- 2009: 5 / 5
- 2010: 3 / 4
- 2011: 2 / 4
- 2012: 0 / 2
- 2015: 1 / 1
- 2016: 2 / 2
- 2017: 1 / 1
- 2018: 1 / 1
- 2019: 1 / 1
- 2020: 1 / 1
- 2022: 1 / 3
- 2023: 0 / 4
- 2024: 1 / 1
- 2025: 1 / 2
- 2026: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 6 cases
- [Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360): 5 cases
- [Evacuation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460): 2 cases
- [Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270): 2 cases
- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 2 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 2 cases
- [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 2 cases
- [Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901): 1 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 1 cases
- [Medical event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/850): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30): 2 cases
- [Boeing 737-823](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-823): 2 cases
- [Boeing 737-7H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4): 2 cases
- [Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB85Z](https://openairdocs.org/model/balony-kubicek-spol-sro-bb85z): 2 cases
- [Smith AEROSTAR 601](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601): 1 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-32RT-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28-236](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28R-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 8 cases
- [Prescription medication](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012025) (Personnel issues): 6 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 5 cases
- [Clear air turbulence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032015) (Environmental issues): 4 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 4 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 3 cases
- [Oversight of personnel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04032010) (Organizational issues): 2 cases
- [Air quality/dust/smoke](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041025) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Mental/emotional state, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022500) (Personnel issues): 2 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB WPR26LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA167), Apr 24, 2026: Czech Sport Piper Sport (N610PS), Crownpoint, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to correctly identify the runway, which resulted in a landing on a residential driveway and collision with a gate.
- [NTSB DCA25LA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA308), Aug 31, 2025: Airbus Canada BD500 (C-GYLQ), Denver, CO, no damage. Probable cause: Unidentified burned debris in an aft galley oven, which generated smoke and odor in the cabin and led to an air turnback and subsequent evacuation, during which a serious injury occurred.
- [NTSB DCA25LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA185), Apr 17, 2025: Boeing 737 (N7724A), Houston, TX, no damage. Probable cause: Serious Injury to a flight attendant sustained during an evacuation.
- [NTSB WPR24FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA072), Jan 14, 2024: Kubicek BB85Z (N4961D), Eloy, AZ, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to open the rapid deflation valve during flight as a means of descending, which resulted in the deflation of the envelope and hard impact with terrain.
- [NTSB DCA23LA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA421), Aug 18, 2023: Boeing 777-222 (N209UA), Over the (Atlantic Ocean), no damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with clear air turbulence during cruise flight.
- [NTSB DCA23LA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA395), Jul 23, 2023: Airbus A320-214 (N229NV), Fort Lauderdale, FL, no damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s abrupt change in pitch in response to a traffic collision advisory system resolution advisory that resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
- [NTSB DCA23LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA252), Apr 22, 2023: Boeing 777-223 (N770AN), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), no damage. Probable cause: An encounter with inadvertent convective turbulence during cruise flight.
- [NTSB DCA23LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA170), Feb 11, 2023: Boeing 737 (N944AN), Rushville, IN, no damage. Probable cause: An encounter with clear air turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB DCA23LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA090), Dec 3, 2022: Embraer ERJ170 (N85356), Taneytown, MD, no damage. Probable cause: An encounter with turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB CEN22FA405](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA405), Sep 1, 2022: Cirrus SR22 (N420SS), Tomball, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight, which allowed for an unintentional movement of the mixture control to the cutoff position that remained unnoticed until the airplane lost…

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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