# Recent experience

- 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) › Recent experience
- NTSB code: 02031035
- Cases: 76
- In the probable cause: 55
- Fatal cases: 46
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031035/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031035/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031035

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

- 2008: 4 / 6
- 2009: 3 / 3
- 2010: 4 / 5
- 2011: 6 / 7
- 2012: 5 / 5
- 2013: 6 / 8
- 2014: 3 / 6
- 2015: 2 / 5
- 2016: 2 / 5
- 2017: 7 / 7
- 2018: 4 / 5
- 2019: 4 / 4
- 2020: 1 / 2
- 2022: 0 / 2
- 2023: 2 / 2
- 2024: 0 / 1
- 2025: 1 / 1
- 2026: 1 / 2

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 29 cases
- [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 8 cases
- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 8 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 7 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 5 cases
- [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 5 cases
- [VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401): 2 cases
- [Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370): 2 cases
- [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 2 cases
- [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 2 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 3 cases
- [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 3 cases
- [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172): 2 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-46-310P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-38-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-11S](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11s): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 51 cases
- [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 17 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 16 cases
- [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 14 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 11 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 10 cases
- [Total experience w/ equipment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031025) (Personnel issues): 7 cases
- [Spatial disorientation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022025) (Personnel issues): 7 cases
- [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 7 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 6 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN26LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA244), Jul 5, 2026: Cassutt Iiim (N45889), Odessa, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during the initial climb, which led to an aerodynamic stall and a loss of airplane control at too low of an altitude to recover.…
- [NTSB WPR26LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA182), May 12, 2026: American AA-5 (N5832L), Jurupa Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to land at night on a runway without illuminated runway lights. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to review NOTAMs for a nightly airport closure.
- [NTSB WPR26LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA055), Dec 9, 2025: Maule M-5-210C (N339X), Eureka, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in crosswind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent flight experience.
- [NTSB ERA24FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA154), Mar 25, 2024: Mooney M20K (N4387W), St. Augustine, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed of the airplane while in the traffic pattern, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin. Contributing was the pilot’s distraction due to the…
- [NTSB ERA24FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA003), Oct 8, 2023: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (N802JR), Croydon, NH, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control during the initial climb in dark night conditions due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in a steep banking descent into trees and terrain. Contributing to the…
- [NTSB WPR23LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA194), May 21, 2023: Cubcrafters CCX-2300 (N668LD), Spanish Fork, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to attempt an unfamiliar takeoff technique, his failure to maintain pitch control during takeoff, and his subsequent decision to retract flaps at a low altitude, which resulted…
- [NTSB CEN22LA418](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA418), Sep 13, 2022: Zenith CH701 (N107GM), Stanton, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a bounced landing and the nose landing gear collapsing.
- [NTSB ANC22LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA065), Aug 12, 2022: Cessna R172K (N736KP), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing.
- [NTSB CEN20LA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA399), Sep 19, 2020: Vans RV9 (N94KJ), Zeeland, MI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a visual approach in dark night conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the…
- [NTSB CEN20CA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA180), May 16, 2020: Rotorway Exec (N311RM), Rochester, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during lift off. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent experience flying a helicopter.

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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