# Action/decision, general

- Type: NTSB finding section
- Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Action/decision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0204) › Action/decision, general
- NTSB code: 020400
- Cases: 56
- In the probable cause: 50
- Fatal cases: 17
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020400/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020400/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020400

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

- 2008: 3 / 3
- 2009: 4 / 4
- 2010: 7 / 9
- 2011: 9 / 9
- 2012: 10 / 10
- 2013: 5 / 5
- 2014: 3 / 3
- 2015: 1 / 1
- 2016: 2 / 2
- 2017: 2 / 2
- 2019: 1 / 1
- 2020: 0 / 1
- 2021: 0 / 2
- 2023: 0 / 1
- 2025: 3 / 3

## Findings

- [Action/decision, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02040000): 56 cases, 50 in the probable cause

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 9 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 7 cases
- [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 6 cases
- [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 5 cases
- [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 4 cases
- [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 3 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 2 cases
- [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 2 cases
- [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 2 cases
- [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 2 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 1 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 1 cases
- [Raytheon A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-32R-301T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-22-108](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108): 1 cases
- [Pilatus PC-12/47](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-47): 1 cases
- [Pilatus PC-12/45](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45): 1 cases
- [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c): 1 cases
- [Hughes 369A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369a): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 6 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 5 cases
- [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 5 cases
- [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 5 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 3 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 3 cases
- [Low visibility](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035015) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Ceiling/visibility/precip, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035000) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 2 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN25LA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA370), Sep 7, 2025: Boeing E75 (N75675), Benton, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a moving vehicle during an evasive maneuver from a perceived conflict with another airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot of the other…
- [NTSB CEN25LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA337), Aug 23, 2025: Bell OH-58A (N707EE), Caseville, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The front seat passenger’s inadvertent movement of the cyclic control resulting in a dynamic rollover after landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to leave the dual flight…
- [NTSB CEN25LA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA344), Aug 21, 2025: Cessna 210 (N761SV), Markesan, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point which resulted in a long landing and subsequent runway overrun.
- [NTSB ERA24FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA050), Nov 27, 2023: Piper PA32R (N4187Q), Attalla, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The undetected wear of both pawl retaining rivets of the left magneto impulse coupling and fatigue failure of one pawl retaining rivet, which led to cascading fractures of the second pawl retaining…
- [NTSB CEN22LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA033), Nov 10, 2021: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta (N7198A), Freer, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s encounter with ‘settling with power’ while maneuvering at a low altitude, which resulted in a rapid descent and subsequent hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA21LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA190), Apr 20, 2021: Cessna 182M (N91606), Eufaula, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
- [NTSB CEN20LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA159), Apr 23, 2020: Pilatus PC12 (N477SS), Mesquite, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to a mis-rigged beta control cable (propeller reversing cable), which resulted in a loss of thrust inflight.
- [NTSB CEN20FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA019), Nov 20, 2019: Raytheon A36 (N88855), San Marcos, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control shortly after takeoff in instrument meteorological conditions for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
- [NTSB CEN17LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA336), Sep 2, 2017: Hughes 369A (N50MP), Burnet, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate inflight decision making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB WPR17LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA190), Aug 29, 2017: Beech M35 (N339Z), Lake Havasu City, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's incorrect positioning of the fuel tank selector valve during a tank switch, which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the worn…

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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