# Inspection, general - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Task performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0206) › [Inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020615) › Inspection, general - NTSB code: 02061500 - Cases: 29 - In the probable cause: 26 - Fatal cases: 1 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061500/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061500/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061500 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 5 / 5 - 2009: 1 / 1 - 2010: 3 / 3 - 2011: 1 / 1 - 2012: 0 / 1 - 2013: 3 / 3 - 2014: 3 / 4 - 2015: 1 / 1 - 2016: 1 / 1 - 2017: 1 / 1 - 2018: 0 / 1 - 2020: 1 / 1 - 2021: 2 / 2 - 2024: 3 / 3 - 2025: 1 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 7 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 3 cases - [Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340): 3 cases - [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 3 cases - [Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333): 2 cases - [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 2 cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 1 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 1 cases - [Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337): 1 cases - [Settling with power/vortex ring state](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/244): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b): 2 cases - [Eurocopter EC 130 B4](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-b4): 1 cases - [Stearman C2](https://openairdocs.org/model/stearman-c2): 1 cases - [Schweizer G-164B](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g-164b): 1 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 1 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28RT-201](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 1 cases - [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Maintenance, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062000) (Personnel issues): 5 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 4 cases - [Recip eng cyl section](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01058530) (Aircraft): 3 cases - [Recip engine power section](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01058520) (Aircraft): 3 cases - [Fuel control/carburetor](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057322) (Aircraft): 3 cases - [Low temperature](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031010) (Environmental issues): 2 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Scheduled/routine maintenance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062010) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Power plant, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057100) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [Scheduled maint checks](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010520) (Aircraft): 2 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN25LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA165), Mar 27, 2025: Cessna T206 (N27DV), Natchez, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s improper maintenance, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as the result of a loose fuel line B-nut. Contributing to the accident was an inadequate… - [NTSB ERA25LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA062), Nov 27, 2024: Alexander S Rolinski BOT Journey (N814B), Ocean Isle Beach, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to identify and remediate a buildup of oxides in one of the engine’s carburetors, which resulted in the seizure of the carburetor’s piston slide and a subsequent total… - [NTSB ERA24LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA094), Jan 19, 2024: Cessna 208 (N1983X), Dulles, VA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command’s approach to the critical angle of attack during initial climb, which resulted in a vibration the flight crew improperly identified as an engine issue and resulted in the… - [NTSB WPR24LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA076), Jan 13, 2024: Piper PA-28-181 (N2886X), Colorado City, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to the failure of the No. 2 piston pin plug, which resulted in oil starvation and subsequent failure of the No. 3 connecting rod. Contributing to the accident was the… - [NTSB ERA22LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA080), Nov 30, 2021: Piper PA-12 (N3098M), Labelle, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel system modification, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. - [NTSB ANC21LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA030), Apr 16, 2021: Beech C-99 (N991AK), Chignik Lagoon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to visually inspect the runway condition before landing, which resulted in a collision with an ice chunk and main landing gear separation during landing. - [NTSB ERA20LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA077), Jan 14, 2020: Velocity Elite RG (N78BM), St. Petersburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the propeller pitch change electric motor, which resulted in an improper setting for takeoff and a subsequent runway overrun. Also causal was the inadequate maintenance and inspection of… - [NTSB GAA18CA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA430), Jul 9, 2018: Robinson R44 (N944DC), Okawville, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight weight and balance calculation, which resulted in his operating the helicopter over its maximum gross takeoff weight and in its subsequent failure to climb. - [NTSB ERA17FA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA265), Aug 6, 2017: North Wing Freedom (N2854L), Green Township, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight setup of the aircraft's foldable wing, during which he incorrectly attached a nylon strap loop pull handle, instead of the steel cable shackle at the end of the strap,… - [NTSB WPR16LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA107), May 12, 2016: Cessna 208B (N1114A), Acampo, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to a fatigue fracture of the fuel pressure line that connected the fuel control unit and the fuel flow transducer due to vibration as the result of a fatigue fracture… 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.