# Task performance

- Type: NTSB finding subcategory
- Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › Task performance
- NTSB code: 0206
- Cases: 13661
- In the probable cause: 13200
- Fatal cases: 2385
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0206/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0206/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0206

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

- 2008: 631 / 642
- 2009: 839 / 857
- 2010: 643 / 658
- 2011: 739 / 761
- 2012: 825 / 843
- 2013: 706 / 717
- 2014: 819 / 840
- 2015: 797 / 809
- 2016: 840 / 857
- 2017: 832 / 848
- 2018: 833 / 852
- 2019: 811 / 825
- 2020: 646 / 689
- 2021: 655 / 701
- 2022: 675 / 722
- 2023: 623 / 681
- 2024: 616 / 660
- 2025: 471 / 492
- 2026: 199 / 207

## Sections

- [Use of equip/info](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020630): 10,916 cases, 10,623 in the probable cause
- [Planning/preparation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020610): 1,343 cases, 1,260 in the probable cause
- [Maintenance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020620): 1,074 cases, 964 in the probable cause
- [Inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020615): 777 cases, 713 in the probable cause
- [Communication (personnel)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020635): 211 cases, 176 in the probable cause
- [Task performance, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020600): 137 cases, 131 in the probable cause
- [Workload management](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020640): 49 cases, 42 in the probable cause
- [Record-keeping](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020625): 23 cases, 8 in the probable cause

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 3,025 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 2,469 cases
- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 828 cases
- [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 708 cases
- [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 694 cases
- [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 579 cases
- [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 491 cases
- [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 401 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 324 cases
- [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 320 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 233 cases
- [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 196 cases
- [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 188 cases
- [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 170 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 161 cases
- [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 157 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 131 cases
- [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 131 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 126 cases
- [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 121 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 3,224 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 1,503 cases
- [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 1,333 cases
- [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 1,309 cases
- [Landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041) (Aircraft): 1,045 cases
- [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 977 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 935 cases
- [Angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042) (Aircraft): 918 cases
- [Crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040) (Environmental issues): 834 cases
- [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 512 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN26LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA315), Sep 10, 2026: Progressive Aerodyne Searey (N80515), DeQuincy, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff after encountering a wind gust. Contributing to the accident was nearby convective activity.
- [NTSB ERA26LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA336), Sep 9, 2026: Piper PA-32-300 (N4056W), West Kingston, RI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to bring the airplane to a stop on the available runway, which resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB ERA26LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA327), Sep 3, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta (N276SH), McMinnville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during a practice autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN26LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA304), Sep 1, 2026: Piper PA-28-161 (N47899), Hudson Oaks, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during the rejected takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to abort the takeoff after the…
- [NTSB CEN26LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA307), Aug 29, 2026: Cessna Claassen 305A(0-1A) (N41362), Midland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB ERA26LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA315), Aug 25, 2026: Piper PA-22-150 (N6157D), Rural Retreat, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB ERA26LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA313), Aug 24, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta (N979SH), Milton, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter during a low hover over a grass area, which resulted in left skid contact with the ground and a dynamic rollover to the left.
- [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 CEN26LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA297), Aug 17, 2026: Aeroprakt Manufacturing SP Zoo A22LS (N22FC), Searcy, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB ERA26LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA304), Aug 15, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta (N8316N), Miramar, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter during a hover, which resulted in the left skid contacting ground and a subsequent dynamic rollover.

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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