# Delayed action - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Action/decision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0204) › [Action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020410) › Delayed action - NTSB code: 02041025 - Cases: 895 - In the probable cause: 859 - Fatal cases: 67 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 60 / 62 - 2009: 62 / 64 - 2010: 56 / 57 - 2011: 57 / 57 - 2012: 62 / 63 - 2013: 59 / 59 - 2014: 52 / 52 - 2015: 31 / 32 - 2016: 48 / 50 - 2017: 40 / 41 - 2018: 41 / 44 - 2019: 48 / 52 - 2020: 44 / 45 - 2021: 29 / 35 - 2022: 39 / 42 - 2023: 44 / 49 - 2024: 43 / 45 - 2025: 31 / 32 - 2026: 13 / 14 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 156 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 155 cases - [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 113 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 64 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 50 cases - [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 42 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 27 cases - [Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190): 26 cases - [Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370): 20 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 20 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 35 cases - [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 30 cases - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 20 cases - [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 19 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 17 cases - [Cirrus Design SR20](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20): 15 cases - [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 15 cases - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 11 cases - [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 10 cases - [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181): 10 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 412 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 160 cases - [Landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041) (Aircraft): 94 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 84 cases - [Monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535) (Personnel issues): 80 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 69 cases - [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 68 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 65 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 51 cases - [Conducive to carburetor icing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031030) (Environmental issues): 48 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB ERA26LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA330), Sep 4, 2026: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG (N686MF), Leesburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor’s delayed remedial action during an aborted landing, which resulted in a loss of airplane control. - [NTSB CEN26LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA229), Jun 16, 2026: Cessna 152 (N191FS), Carbondale, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during the student pilot’s miscalculated landing flare which resulted in a hard landing and the nose landing gear collapsing. - [NTSB ERA26LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA238), Jun 9, 2026: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P-MENTOR (N410UV), Pompano Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action. - [NTSB CEN26LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA203), May 27, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R66 (N5488H), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action and the student pilot’s failure to maintain helicopter control during hover. - [NTSB CEN26LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA186), May 13, 2026: Piper PA-28R-201 (N31401), West Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to attempt an intersection takeoff and delay to abort the takeoff which resulted in a subsequent runway excursion. - [NTSB WPR26LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA170), Apr 27, 2026: Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB100Z (N355WC), Elk Grove, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s delayed decision to deflate the balloon during a static display in windy conditions, which resulted in a loss of control and impact with a building. Contributing to the accident was the… - [NTSB CEN26LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA158), Apr 3, 2026: Cessna A185 (N430RP), Luverne, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a gusting crosswind landing, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action. - [NTSB CEN26LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA145), Mar 24, 2026: Classic Waco YMF (N43000), Galveston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The biplane pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout while taxiing, which included the failure to perform S-turns to compensate for limited forward visibility. - [NTSB CEN26LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA125), Feb 24, 2026: Vans RV-12IS (N46TB), Appleton, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed during landing and exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with the runway.… - [NTSB CEN26LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA121), Feb 16, 2026: Cessna 140 (N2221V), Antigo, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action. 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.