# Identification/recognition - 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) › Identification/recognition - NTSB code: 02041510 - Cases: 559 - In the probable cause: 504 - Fatal cases: 111 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 23 / 23 - 2009: 16 / 16 - 2010: 26 / 26 - 2011: 29 / 31 - 2012: 34 / 34 - 2013: 19 / 20 - 2014: 37 / 40 - 2015: 25 / 26 - 2016: 24 / 25 - 2017: 28 / 29 - 2018: 24 / 25 - 2019: 20 / 24 - 2020: 28 / 30 - 2021: 24 / 27 - 2022: 34 / 40 - 2023: 33 / 39 - 2024: 31 / 42 - 2025: 33 / 42 - 2026: 16 / 20 ## Defining events in these cases - [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 45 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 43 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 40 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 32 cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 28 cases - [Wrong surface or wrong airport](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/284): 21 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 21 cases - [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 21 cases - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 20 cases - [Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190): 20 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 10 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 9 cases - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 8 cases - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 8 cases - [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65): 7 cases - [Air Tractor AT-502B](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b): 7 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44): 6 cases - [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181): 6 cases - [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161): 6 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 6 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 100 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 76 cases - [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 70 cases - [Wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032) (Environmental issues): 63 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 53 cases - [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 43 cases - [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 41 cases - [Conducive to carburetor icing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031030) (Environmental issues): 32 cases - [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 32 cases - [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 30 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN26LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA300), Aug 21, 2026: Cessna T206H (N464PM), Marble, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the final approach in variable and gusting wind conditions. Contributing to the accident were localized wind effects associated with… - [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 WPR26LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA234), Jun 23, 2026: Piper PA-12 (N3013M), Dixie, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to initiate a go-around and subsequent failure to maintain clearance from rising terrain. - [NTSB ERA26LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA248), Jun 23, 2026: Cessna 172 (N413AA), Brooksville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to ensure clearance while taxiing, which resulted in contact with another airplane that was performing an engine run-up. - [NTSB WPR26LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA230), Jun 21, 2026: Stephen Aberle Chipper CH-2A (N618SA), Alva, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to taxi the tailwheel-equipped airplane over uneven terrain while operating with limited forward visibility, which resulted in the left main landing gear entering a hole. - [NTSB WPR26LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA222), Jun 17, 2026: Cessna 172S (N96FA), Death Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed and encounter with a tailwind while landing on a rough runway, which resulted in a runway overrun and subsequent nose over. - [NTSB ERA26LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA229), Jun 4, 2026: Hawker Beechcraft G36 (N726EA), Danbury, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to abort the takeoff with insufficient runway remaining, which resulted in a runway excursion. - [NTSB WPR26LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA172), Apr 29, 2026: Bell 407 (N407BB), Young, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a tree stump during landing in mountainous terrain. - [NTSB WPR26LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA167), Apr 24, 2026: Czech Sport Piper Sport (N610PS), Crownpoint, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to correctly identify the runway, which resulted in a landing on a residential driveway and collision with a gate. - [NTSB CEN26LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA168), Apr 17, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R44 (N445JS), Mount Blanco, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper main rotor rpm during a low-level turn, which resulted in the main rotor rpm drooping, a loss of control at an altitude too low for recovery, and a subsequent… 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.