# Physical fitness

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Physical](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0201) › [Health/Fitness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020130) › Physical fitness
- NTSB code: 02013010
- Cases: 7
- In the probable cause: 2
- Fatal cases: 7
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02013010/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02013010/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02013010

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

- 2009: 0 / 1
- 2014: 0 / 1
- 2015: 0 / 1
- 2018: 1 / 2
- 2022: 1 / 1
- 2024: 0 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 2 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 2 cases
- [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 1 cases
- [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 1 cases
- [Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 1 cases
- [Cessna 310R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r): 1 cases
- [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p): 1 cases
- [Bell UH-1H](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1h): 1 cases
- [Ayres S2R-G10](https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-g10): 1 cases
- [Airtime CYGNET](https://openairdocs.org/model/airtime-cygnet): 1 cases
- [Ercoupe 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 2 cases
- [Preflight inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Fuel planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Incorrect action selection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Total experience w/ equipment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031025) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Qualification/certification](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031010) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Predisposing condition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02013035) (Personnel issues): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB WPR24FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA123), Apr 9, 2024: Ayres S2R-G10 (N40261), Derner, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to adequately monitor his fuel supply, resulting in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and the airplane’s impact with terrain.
- [NTSB WPR22FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA098), Feb 17, 2022: Bell UH-1H (N72297), Coalinga, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of situational awareness for reasons that could not be determined given the available evidence, which led to controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the…
- [NTSB ERA18FA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA235), Aug 27, 2018: Airtime Cygnet (N186AT), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ERA18FA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA187), Jul 8, 2018: Robinson R44 (N616HS), Williamsburg, VA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to safely operate the helicopter due to his impaired cognitive and physical abilities, which resulted in a loss of control.
- [NTSB ERA15FA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA351), Sep 11, 2015: Cessna 172 (N52445), Riegelwood, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The noncertificated pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from terrain for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.
- [NTSB WPR14LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA100), Jan 20, 2014: Ercoupe 415 C (N2076H), Poulsbo, WA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to confirm that the engine oil filler cap was secured before flight, which resulted in oil exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power during cruise flight.
- [NTSB CEN10FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA071), Dec 13, 2009: Cessna 310R (N310CR), Alva, OK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's impairment due to medication use, a migraine headache, or both, and his decision to continue the approach below minimums without the proper visual references, resulting in the subsequent…

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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