# Info processing/decision, general - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Action/decision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0204) › [Info processing/decision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020415) › Info processing/decision, general - NTSB code: 02041500 - Cases: 25 - In the probable cause: 22 - Fatal cases: 6 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041500/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041500/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041500 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 2 / 2 - 2009: 6 / 6 - 2010: 2 / 3 - 2012: 2 / 2 - 2013: 3 / 3 - 2014: 2 / 2 - 2020: 1 / 1 - 2022: 3 / 4 - 2024: 0 / 1 - 2025: 1 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 3 cases - [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 3 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 3 cases - [Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470): 2 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 2 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 2 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 2 cases - [VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401): 1 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 1 cases - [Flight instrument malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/334): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 2 cases - [Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-320): 1 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 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-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161): 1 cases - [American General Acft AG5B](https://openairdocs.org/model/american-general-acft-ag5b): 1 cases - [American Champion 8GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8gcbc): 1 cases - [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n): 1 cases - [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 4 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 4 cases - [Wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032) (Environmental issues): 3 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 3 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 - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 3 cases - [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 2 cases - [Low ceiling](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035010) (Environmental issues): 2 cases - [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel 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 CEN24LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA117), Feb 20, 2024: Cessna 172 (N6762A), San Marcos, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient clearance from a large multi-engine airplane during taxi operations. - [NTSB DCA22LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA201), Sep 11, 2022: Boeing 737-7H4 (N963WN), Chicago, IL, minor damage. Probable cause: Southwest Airlines flight crew’s misjudgment of the distance required to safely pass the American Airlines airplane. - [NTSB CEN22LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA362), Jul 30, 2022: Cessna 172N (N6587E), Longmont, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to properly supervise the student pilot, which resulted in a continued unstablized approach for landing, and the instructor’s delayed recovery that resulted in a loss… - [NTSB CEN22LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA345), Jul 28, 2022: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (N719TF), Ithaca, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines during low level aerial application operations due to a distraction. - [NTSB WPR22FA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA215), Jun 18, 2022: Beech E35 (N13AR), Buckeye, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots’ failure to climb and complete a normal traffic pattern after making a low approach and their failure to extend the flaps for reasons that could not be determined, and the flight… - [NTSB ERA21LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA014), Oct 8, 2020: Pipistrel Alpha Trainer (N227PF), Rural Hall, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control and improper recovery from an unusual attitude, which resulted in an in-flight breakup. - [NTSB CEN14LA449](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA449), Aug 22, 2014: Piper PA 28-161 (N8440N), New Orleans, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight fatigue failure of the crankshaft gear retaining bolt, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident were the pilot/owner’s failure to maintain the… - [NTSB ERA14LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA149), Feb 23, 2014: Piper PA-46-500TP (N3061J), Alabaster, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s delay in aborting the takeoff following the loss of directional control early in the takeoff roll due to a deflated left main landing gear tire. - [NTSB CEN13CA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA277), May 11, 2013: Cessna 140 (N1752V), Groesbeck, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted takeoff. 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.