# Use of alcohol

- 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) › Use of alcohol
- NTSB code: 02013025
- Cases: 4
- In the probable cause: 2
- Fatal cases: 2
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02013025/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02013025/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02013025

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

- 2016: 0 / 2
- 2018: 1 / 1
- 2022: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 1 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 1 cases
- [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 1 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Cub Crafters CC18-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cub-crafters-cc18-180): 1 cases
- [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k): 1 cases
- [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h): 1 cases
- [Makela Urho J RV-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/makela-urho-j-rv-4): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Use of medication/drugs](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02013020) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Alcohol](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012015) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 2 cases
- [Wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Suicide](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051015) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Prescription medication](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012025) (Personnel issues): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN22LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA297), Jul 1, 2022: Cub Crafters CC18-180 (N469AK), Air Force Academy, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the go-around, which resulted in impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s impairment from the effects of alcohol…
- [NTSB CEN18LA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA274), Jul 12, 2018: Cessna 150 (N50183), Lakeview, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s impairment by alcohol and multiple medications, which led to his failure to maintain obstacle clearance during takeoff and the subsequent exceedance of the airplane’s critical…
- [NTSB CEN17FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA016), Oct 16, 2016: Makela RV-4 (N2626C), Oregonia, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to fly at a low altitude, which resulted in the collision with a zipline.
- [NTSB CEN16LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA203), Jun 2, 2016: Cessna 150 (N5679G), Penwell, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into a silo.

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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