# Attention

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Psychological](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0202) › [Attention/monitoring](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020215) › Attention
- NTSB code: 02021510
- Cases: 227
- In the probable cause: 212
- Fatal cases: 50
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510

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

- 2008: 13 / 14
- 2009: 13 / 13
- 2010: 10 / 10
- 2011: 12 / 12
- 2012: 17 / 18
- 2013: 6 / 6
- 2014: 6 / 8
- 2015: 13 / 13
- 2016: 11 / 13
- 2017: 10 / 10
- 2018: 19 / 21
- 2019: 25 / 29
- 2020: 8 / 8
- 2021: 8 / 8
- 2022: 7 / 7
- 2023: 7 / 8
- 2024: 6 / 6
- 2025: 14 / 16
- 2026: 7 / 7

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 46 cases
- [Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095): 29 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 17 cases
- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 15 cases
- [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 12 cases
- [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 12 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 11 cases
- [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 10 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 7 cases
- [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 6 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 7 cases
- [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j): 4 cases
- [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f): 4 cases
- [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 4 cases
- [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 4 cases
- [Air Tractor AT-502B](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b): 4 cases
- [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 3 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R44](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44): 2 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 2 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R22](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22): 2 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 87 cases
- [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 36 cases
- [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 34 cases
- [Forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035) (Personnel issues): 30 cases
- [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 27 cases
- [Gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230) (Aircraft): 24 cases
- [Use of checklist](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030) (Personnel issues): 20 cases
- [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 20 cases
- [Angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042) (Aircraft): 20 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 19 cases

## Newest cases

- [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 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 ERA26LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA278), Jun 13, 2026: Textron 182T (N505CP), Fredericksburg, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s distraction during taxi, which resulted in a taxiway excursion.
- [NTSB ERA26LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA234), Jun 8, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R44 (N144CD), Mayesville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to remain clear of a power line during an aerial application flight.
- [NTSB CEN26LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA188), May 13, 2026: Piper PA-34-220T (N6915Z), Corpus Christi, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the main landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in a gear up landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction during the approach.
- [NTSB CEN26LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA128), Mar 1, 2026: Air Tractor AT-502 (N5063N), Larose, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel planning and his failure to adequately monitor the fuel level during flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, and a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the…
- [NTSB CEN26LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA124), Feb 23, 2026: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N279SR), Glencoe, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight.
- [NTSB ERA26LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA037), Nov 9, 2025: Beech 95-A55 (N500CA), Southern Pines, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff at night, while distracted by an animal approaching the runway, which resulted in collision with a runway light.
- [NTSB CEN26LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA028), Oct 22, 2025: Beech A36 (N17826), Hondo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing due to distraction and his failure to conduct the Before Landing checklist.
- [NTSB CEN25LA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA394), Sep 25, 2025: Piper PA46 (N388TW), Henderson, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the main landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in a gear up landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction during the approach.

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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