# Recurrent instruct/training - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Experience/knowledge](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0203) › [Training](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020315) › Recurrent instruct/training - NTSB code: 02031520 - Cases: 10 - In the probable cause: 5 - Fatal cases: 7 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031520/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031520/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031520 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2011: 0 / 1 - 2012: 1 / 1 - 2013: 1 / 1 - 2014: 0 / 1 - 2015: 1 / 2 - 2016: 0 / 1 - 2017: 1 / 1 - 2022: 1 / 1 - 2024: 0 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 3 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 1 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 1 cases - [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 1 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 1 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 1 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 1 cases - [Roll over](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/097): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Taylorcraft BL-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bl-65): 1 cases - [Piper PA-38-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160): 1 cases - [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j): 1 cases - [Bell 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407): 1 cases - [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 1 cases - [Air Creation USA SKYPPER](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-creation-usa-skypper): 1 cases - [Newgent Barry S6S](https://openairdocs.org/model/newgent-barry-s6s): 1 cases - [Williams Myron G BOWERS FLY BABY-1A](https://openairdocs.org/model/williams-myron-g-bowers-fly-baby-1a): 1 cases - [Aerotek PITTS S-2A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2a): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 9 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 4 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 3 cases - [Recurrent training](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04031015) (Organizational issues): 1 cases - [Tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Scheduled/routine inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Understanding/comprehension](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041515) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Recent instruct/training recvd](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031525) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Recent experience](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031035) (Personnel issues): 1 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN25LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA024), Oct 19, 2024: Pitts S-2A (N11JC), Stoughton, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing. - [NTSB WPR22FA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA229), Jun 25, 2022: Mooney M20J (N4267H), Kerrville, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during a base leg turn in the airport traffic pattern, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of… - [NTSB ERA17FA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA274), Aug 12, 2017: Bell 407 (N31VA), Charlottesville, VA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of helicopter control after entry into vortex ring state, leading to a high rate of descent to the ground with a right spin. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of… - [NTSB CEN16FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA220), Jun 16, 2016: Piper PA-38-112 (N2412D), Madison, IN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper climb rate after takeoff and the subsequent collision with transmission line structures. - [NTSB ERA15FA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA340), Sep 7, 2015: Beech A36 (N36HT), Kernersville, NC, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was deficient Federal Aviation Administration air traffic… - [NTSB GAA15CA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA253), Aug 29, 2015: Air Creation USA Skypper (N534AC), Stow, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper directional control inputs during the takeoff roll, resulting in a roll over and collision with terrain. - [NTSB WPR14FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA165), Apr 11, 2014: Williams Myron G Bowers FLY Baby 1A (N6054Q), Mariposa, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to an improperly maintained carburetor and the pilot's subsequent failure to maintain aircraft control. - [NTSB ERA13FA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA227), May 4, 2013: Newgent, Barry S6S (N388KB), Suffolk, VA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while turning from the downwind to the base leg of the traffic pattern, which resulted in a subsequent aerodynamic stall, spin, and impact with terrain.… - [NTSB ERA13FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA088), Dec 16, 2012: Piper PA-28-160 (N5714W), Parkton, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the instrument-rated pilot to maintain control of the airplane while in instrument meteorological conditions after reporting a gyro malfunction. Contributing to the accident was the… - [NTSB CEN12LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA012), Oct 8, 2011: Taylorcraft BL-65 (N27492), Easton, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Debris in the fuel system, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Also causal was the pilot not maintaining sufficient airspeed, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. 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.