# Total experience in position - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Experience/knowledge](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0203) › [Experience/qualifications](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020310) › Total experience in position - NTSB code: 02031020 - Cases: 19 - In the probable cause: 12 - Fatal cases: 5 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031020/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031020/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031020 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 2 / 3 - 2009: 2 / 3 - 2010: 2 / 3 - 2011: 1 / 1 - 2012: 1 / 1 - 2013: 1 / 1 - 2015: 1 / 1 - 2016: 0 / 1 - 2017: 0 / 1 - 2019: 1 / 2 - 2021: 1 / 1 - 2025: 0 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 4 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 3 cases - [Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/260): 2 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 2 cases - [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 2 cases - [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 2 cases - [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 2 cases - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 1 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA-25-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235): 2 cases - [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 1 cases - [Gulfstream Aerospace G1159B](https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-g1159b): 1 cases - [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40](https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40): 1 cases - [Cirrus Design SR20](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20): 1 cases - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 1 cases - [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 10 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 4 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 3 cases - [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 2 cases - [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 2 cases - [High density altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031020) (Environmental issues): 2 cases - [Task performance, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02060000) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Incorrect action selection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010) (Personnel issues): 2 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB WPR25LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA283), Sep 17, 2025: Cessna 150F (N8047F), Rigby, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s improper flap position during takeoff, which resulted in degraded climb performance and a subsequent impact with a building. - [NTSB ERA22LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA108), Dec 11, 2021: Cirrus Design SR20 (N910WM), Lake City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control during the landing flare, which resulted in a runway excursion. - [NTSB CEN19LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA264), Aug 9, 2019: Cessna 150 (N8374J), Cordell, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing. - [NTSB ERA19FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA112), Mar 1, 2019: Piper PA25 (N145AB), Fort Lauderdale, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper altitude and clearance while maneuvering during a banner tow flight, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a 19-story building in a heavily congested… - [NTSB CEN17LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA272), Jul 18, 2017: Piper PA-25-235 (N7388Z), Pierce, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees during a low-level agricultural aerial application flight. - [NTSB CEN16FA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA378), Sep 20, 2016: Piper PA 28-235 (N8983W), Lee's Summit, MO, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper control inputs during takeoff, which resulted in the exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and subsequent departure stall, and loss of airplane control. - [NTSB GAA15CA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA244), Sep 1, 2015: Joe Salomone Super CUB SQ2 (N786AB), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a runway excursion, ground loop, and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of… - [NTSB WPR13LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA215), May 4, 2013: Arrow Falcon Exporters OH-58A+ (N911RN), Somerton, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering at a low altitude in dark night conditions, which resulted in collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's… - [NTSB ERA12LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA315), May 2, 2012: Berry Dean Glasair I (N540GZ), Columbus, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a runway sign. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of… - [NTSB OPS11IA653](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS11IA653), Jun 14, 2011: Beech 1900C (N121WV), Fairbanks, AK, incident, no damage. Probable cause: Inadequate air traffic control actions that failed to establish and maintain required separation between the two airplanes. Contributing to the incident was inexperience on the part of the local… 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.