# Flight planning/navigation - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Task performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0206) › [Planning/preparation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020610) › Flight planning/navigation - NTSB code: 02061025 - Cases: 179 - In the probable cause: 168 - Fatal cases: 54 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061025/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061025/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061025 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 23 / 23 - 2009: 11 / 11 - 2010: 12 / 12 - 2011: 13 / 13 - 2012: 14 / 14 - 2013: 9 / 9 - 2014: 18 / 18 - 2015: 8 / 9 - 2016: 8 / 8 - 2017: 7 / 8 - 2018: 10 / 12 - 2019: 6 / 6 - 2020: 3 / 4 - 2021: 7 / 8 - 2022: 5 / 7 - 2023: 5 / 6 - 2024: 6 / 7 - 2025: 3 / 3 - 2026: 0 / 1 ## Defining events in these 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): 17 cases - [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 17 cases - [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 15 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 14 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 7 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 6 cases - [Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470): 5 cases - [VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401): 5 cases - [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 5 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 4 cases - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 4 cases - [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 3 cases - [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p): 3 cases - [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 3 cases - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 3 cases - [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 3 cases - [Bellanca 7GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc): 3 cases - [Air Tractor AT-502B](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b): 3 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R66](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r66): 2 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 46 cases - [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 32 cases - [Wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032) (Environmental issues): 27 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 25 cases - [Mountainous/hilly terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021010) (Environmental issues): 23 cases - [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 22 cases - [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 19 cases - [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 16 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 16 cases - [Below VFR minima](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035075) (Environmental issues): 13 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB WPR26LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA077), Jan 5, 2026: Cessna 150A (N7235X), Coolidge, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from transmission wires. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s partially obscured vision due to sun glare. - [NTSB CEN26LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA019), Oct 10, 2025: Bellanca 7GCBC (N53853), Bonilla, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate flight planning and his failure to maintain aircraft control during the precautionary off-airport landing. - [NTSB WPR25FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA100), Feb 20, 2025: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505 (N118LG), Ririe, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and decision to maneuver the helicopter at a low altitude, and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance from power lines. - [NTSB CEN25LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA075), Jan 12, 2025: Bellanca 7GCBC (N8569V), Batesville, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from powerlines while flying at low altitude. - [NTSB CEN25LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA037), Oct 27, 2024: Beech A36 (N3046K), Pineville, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s collision with a stake on a closed runway. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and failure to see the closed runway markings. - [NTSB WPR24LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA221), Jul 1, 2024: Beech B19 (N6553R), Running Springs, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to maneuver the airplane at a low altitude toward rising terrain, which exceeded the climb capability of the airplane. - [NTSB WPR24FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA201), Jun 20, 2024: Air Tractor AT-802 (N802TP), Arco, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A midair collision between two airplanes during aerial application operations due to both pilots’ insufficient awareness of their proximity to each other and their failure to see and avoid each… - [NTSB WPR24LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA207), Jun 19, 2024: Piper J3C-65 (N3627N), Scheelite, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent entry to a box canyon where the airplane could not outclimb the rising terrain. - [NTSB CEN24FA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA221), Jun 14, 2024: Air Tractor AT502 (N2032K), Whiteface, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Both pilot’s failure to see and avoid the other airplane during simultaneous aerial application operations over the same area. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s poor decision to assign… - [NTSB DCA24FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24FA120), Mar 8, 2024: Boeing 737-8 (N27290), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The captain's decision not to establish and maintain deceleration devices in accordance with company training and standard operating procedures. 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.