# Stolen/unauthorized

- 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) › Stolen/unauthorized
- NTSB code: 02051020
- Cases: 14
- In the probable cause: 7
- Fatal cases: 5
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051020/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051020/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051020

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

- 2008: 1 / 2
- 2009: 0 / 2
- 2011: 0 / 1
- 2013: 1 / 2
- 2015: 2 / 2
- 2018: 0 / 1
- 2019: 1 / 1
- 2020: 1 / 1
- 2021: 0 / 1
- 2022: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Security/criminal event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350): 6 cases
- [Missing aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/990): 1 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 1 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 1 cases
- [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 1 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 1 cases
- [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 1 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 1 cases
- [Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-32R-301T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t): 1 cases
- [Cessna T182T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t): 1 cases
- [Cessna 182S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s): 1 cases
- [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 1 cases
- [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l): 1 cases
- [Bombardier DHC-8-402](https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-dhc-8-402): 1 cases
- [Beech C90A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90a): 1 cases
- [Sharp Ralph R ZENITH STOL CH 701](https://openairdocs.org/model/sharp-ralph-r-zenith-stol-ch-701): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 5 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Qualification/certification](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031010) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Low ceiling](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035010) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Alcohol](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012015) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 2 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 2 cases
- [Rough terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN22LA428](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA428), Sep 3, 2022: Beech C90A (N342ER), Tupelo, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The uncertificated pilot’s criminal act of stealing the airplane and later performing an off-airport landing that resulted in an impact with terrain.
- [NTSB WPR21LA366](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA366), Sep 24, 2021: Sharp Ralph R Zenith Stol CH 701 (N701SA), Bishop, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of airplane control for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB WPR20LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA279), Aug 19, 2020: Cessna 150 (N11513), Quillayute, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s descent into trees and subsequent impact with terrain for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB GAA20CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA022), Oct 14, 2019: Beech 36 (N8047R), Douglas, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear due to intoxication during an unauthorized flight.
- [NTSB WPR18FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA220), Aug 11, 2018: De Havilland DHC8 (N449QX), Steilacoom, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The NTSB did not determine the probable cause of this event and does not plan to issue an investigative report or open a public docket. The investigation of this event is being conducted under the…
- [NTSB CEN16LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA018), Oct 12, 2015: Diamond DA20-C1 (N165DC), Waskom, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to operate the airplane without the owner’s permission and his lack of preflight planning, which resulted a total loss of engine power due fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB WPR15FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FAMS1), May 8, 2015: Cessna 172S (N191TG), Davenport, CA, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined because the airplane was not located.
- [NTSB ERA14FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA027), Oct 29, 2013: Cessna 172R (C-GRJH), Nashville, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot’s continued visual flight into night instrument flight rules conditions, which resulted in a collision with the runway during an attempted approach to land. Contributing…
- [NTSB ERA13FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA101), Jan 2, 2013: Piper PA-30 (N7700Y), Jasper, AL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot’s poor judgment to take a multiengine airplane for which he did not have experience or permission to operate and depart into night instrument meteorological conditions, which…
- [NTSB ERA11LA457](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA457), Aug 16, 2011: Piper PA-32R-301T (N492ST), Graham, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The individual's fuel mismanagement, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent engine failure. Contributing the accident was the individual’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed following…

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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