# Suicide

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Miscellaneous](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0205) › [Intentional act](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020510) › Suicide
- NTSB code: 02051015
- Cases: 23
- In the probable cause: 23
- Fatal cases: 22
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051015/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051015/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051015

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

- 2010: 2 / 2
- 2011: 1 / 1
- 2012: 1 / 1
- 2013: 2 / 2
- 2015: 4 / 4
- 2016: 3 / 3
- 2018: 1 / 1
- 2019: 1 / 1
- 2021: 1 / 1
- 2022: 1 / 1
- 2023: 2 / 2
- 2024: 4 / 4

## Defining events in these cases

- [Security/criminal event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350): 10 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 8 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 3 cases
- [Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470): 1 cases
- [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Ultramagic S A Z-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/ultramagic-s-a-z-90): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-34-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28RT-201T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28-236](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-11](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11): 1 cases
- [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j): 1 cases
- [Cirrus Design SR20](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20): 1 cases
- [Cessna 525](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 3 cases
- [Mental/emotional state, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022500) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Use of alcohol](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02013025) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Use of medication/drugs](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02013020) (Personnel issues): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB ERA24LA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA346), Aug 16, 2024: Piper J3 (N21811), Mooresburg, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into a building as an act of suicide.
- [NTSB WPR24LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA142), May 4, 2024: Ultramagic Z-90 (N290UM), Del Mar, CA, no damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The passenger’s intentional departure from the balloon in flight as an act of suicide.
- [NTSB CEN24LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA157), Apr 12, 2024: Piper PA-28-161 (N564PU), Montmorenci, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into terrain as an act of suicide.
- [NTSB CEN24LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA099), Jan 25, 2024: Textron 172S (N23107), Direct, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot died by suicide.
- [NTSB CEN23FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA155), Apr 13, 2023: Junior Ace (N5545), Mammoth Springs, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into terrain as an act of suicide.
- [NTSB CEN23LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA093), Jan 24, 2023: Cirrus Design SR20 (N99EC), Indianapolis, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into terrain as an act of suicide.
- [NTSB ERA22LA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA375), Aug 18, 2022: Cessna 172 (N6713A), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's suicide.
- [NTSB CEN22FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA017), Oct 19, 2021: Piper PA-28-181 (N820ND), Buxton, ND, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into terrain as an act of suicide.
- [NTSB ERA19FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA184), May 29, 2019: Mooney M20J (N201DG), Cape May, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional flight into water as an act of suicide.
- [NTSB CEN18FA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA326), Aug 13, 2018: Cessna 525 (N526CP), Payson City, UT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional flight into his residence.

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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