# Situational awareness - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Psychological](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0202) › [Perception/orientation/illusion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020220) › Situational awareness - NTSB code: 02022035 - Cases: 111 - In the probable cause: 105 - Fatal cases: 47 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 6 / 7 - 2009: 5 / 5 - 2010: 7 / 7 - 2011: 5 / 5 - 2012: 5 / 5 - 2013: 5 / 5 - 2014: 6 / 7 - 2015: 9 / 10 - 2016: 7 / 8 - 2017: 12 / 12 - 2018: 3 / 3 - 2019: 4 / 4 - 2020: 4 / 4 - 2021: 4 / 4 - 2022: 3 / 5 - 2023: 3 / 3 - 2024: 4 / 4 - 2025: 11 / 11 - 2026: 2 / 2 ## Defining events in these cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 27 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 16 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 7 cases - [VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401): 7 cases - [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 6 cases - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 6 cases - [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 5 cases - [Loss of visual reference](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/402): 3 cases - [Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250): 3 cases - [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 3 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b): 3 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 2 cases - [Rockwell International 690A](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690a): 2 cases - [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 2 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 2 cases - [Airbus A320-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232): 2 cases - [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g): 2 cases - [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 2 cases - [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f): 2 cases - [Air Tractor AT-502B](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b): 2 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 32 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 25 cases - [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 24 cases - [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 20 cases - [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 13 cases - [Below VFR minima](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035075) (Environmental issues): 11 cases - [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 10 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 10 cases - [Mountainous/hilly terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021010) (Environmental issues): 8 cases - [Task monitoring/vigilance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520) (Personnel issues): 8 cases ## Newest cases - [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 ANC26LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA011), Jan 25, 2026: Cessna 150K (N6333G), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s unintentional selection of the wrong, snow-covered landing surface, which resulted in a nose-over. - [NTSB DCA26LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA047), Nov 29, 2025: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR (N317TB), Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: United Airlines flight crew’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from the parked Envoy Airlines airplane while taxiing in winter weather conditions. - [NTSB WPR26LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA053), Nov 10, 2025: Tecnam P2008 (N208CM), Blackfoot, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain altitude and clearance from trees while maneuvering at night. - [NTSB CEN26LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA036), Nov 5, 2025: Air Tractor AT-502 (N7315L), Gueydan, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain situational awareness and clearance from terrain while maneuvering to avoid birds. - [NTSB CEN25LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA356), Sep 1, 2025: Sikorsky S-76 (N36RP), Round Mountain, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s failure to properly identify the heliport in dark night conditions, which resulted in the flight crew attempting to land and a subsequent impact with trees and terrain. - [NTSB ANC25LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA083), Aug 2, 2025: Aviat A-1B (N900HY), Chisana, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain while maneuvering at low altitude. - [NTSB ANC25LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA082), Aug 2, 2025: Cessna U206F (N206GR), Yakutat, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance during approach in gusting wind conditions to a remote airstrip, resulting in a collision with brush. - [NTSB ANC25LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA081), Aug 1, 2025: Cessna 208B (N645AT), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue an unstabilized approach, which resulted in a landing touchdown with insufficient runway remaining and a subsequent runway overrun and a collision with a fence. - [NTSB ANC25LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA067), Jul 3, 2025: Rockwell International 690B (N690AX), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control during takeoff resulting in a gear-up landing on the runway. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s momentary distraction from within the airplane. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.