# Attention/monitoring

- Type: NTSB finding section
- Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Psychological](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0202) › Attention/monitoring
- NTSB code: 020215
- Cases: 1863
- In the probable cause: 1760
- Fatal cases: 356
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020215/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020215/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020215

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

- 2008: 100 / 102
- 2009: 122 / 124
- 2010: 73 / 76
- 2011: 83 / 86
- 2012: 76 / 79
- 2013: 91 / 94
- 2014: 91 / 97
- 2015: 103 / 111
- 2016: 97 / 103
- 2017: 102 / 106
- 2018: 124 / 130
- 2019: 112 / 121
- 2020: 79 / 83
- 2021: 97 / 106
- 2022: 93 / 97
- 2023: 95 / 102
- 2024: 89 / 100
- 2025: 96 / 100
- 2026: 37 / 46

## Findings

- [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): 810 cases, 789 in the probable cause
- [Task monitoring/vigilance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520): 330 cases, 296 in the probable cause
- [Monitoring other aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021540): 231 cases, 222 in the probable cause
- [Attention](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510): 227 cases, 212 in the probable cause
- [Monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535): 200 cases, 189 in the probable cause
- [Monitoring equip/instruments](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021525): 142 cases, 119 in the probable cause
- [Attention/monitoring, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021500): 18 cases, 16 in the probable cause
- [Monitoring communications](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021530): 8 cases, 8 in the probable cause

## Defining events in these cases

- [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 283 cases
- [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 212 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 190 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 144 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 133 cases
- [Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250): 120 cases
- [Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095): 94 cases
- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 91 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 75 cases
- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 63 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 46 cases
- [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 41 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 39 cases
- [Bell 206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b): 38 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 29 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R44](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44): 24 cases
- [Air Tractor AT-502B](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b): 23 cases
- [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181): 22 cases
- [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 20 cases
- [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 19 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 408 cases
- [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 375 cases
- [Wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032) (Environmental issues): 304 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 171 cases
- [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 155 cases
- [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 130 cases
- [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 129 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 109 cases
- [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 105 cases
- [Forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035) (Personnel issues): 85 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB ERA26LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA307), Aug 14, 2026: Piper PA-28-181 (N586MA), Altoona, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s descent below the glidepath and collision with trees during a missed approach.
- [NTSB ERA26LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA300), Aug 14, 2026: Waco Classic 2T-1A-2 (N621GL), Clermont, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees during the landing approach.
- [NTSB ERA26LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA297), Aug 9, 2026: Cessna 172N (N6175G), Morgantown, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fuel truck driver’s distraction and inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision with an airplane.
- [NTSB CEN26LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA286), Aug 1, 2026: Cessna T188C (N9998J), Randolph, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a tree during a low-level aerial application flight.
- [NTSB CEN26LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA278), Aug 1, 2026: Cessna 310 (N3618G), North Little Rock, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor and pilot receiving instruction’s failure to verify that the landing gear was extended before landing, which resulted in a gear-up landing.
- [NTSB ERA26LA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA285), Jul 29, 2026: Bell 206L-3 (N29AE), Tuscumbia, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to keep the tail rotor clear of an obstacle while attempting to land.
- [NTSB WPR26LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA277), Jul 21, 2026: Bell 206B III (N2193X), Stonewall, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines while conducting a low-altitude aerial application.
- [NTSB WPR26LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA272), Jul 20, 2026: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (N76GC), Metaline Falls, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s distracted attention on approach to landing on their failure to attain a proper touchdown point and his inability to stop the landing roll on the grass runway.,
- [NTSB ERA26LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA275), Jul 19, 2026: Jeremy Price Smith Super CUB (N251HF), Allisonia, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate lookout, which resulted in a collision with ground equipment during taxi.
- [NTSB CEN26LA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA289), Jul 18, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R44 Raven 1 (N26EH), Scribner, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines while maneuvering at low-level altitude during an agricultural operation.

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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