# Use of automation - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Task performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0206) › [Use of equip/info](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020630) › Use of automation - NTSB code: 02063010 - Cases: 17 - In the probable cause: 14 - Fatal cases: 7 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063010/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063010/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063010 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 1 / 2 - 2009: 2 / 2 - 2011: 1 / 1 - 2012: 1 / 1 - 2013: 1 / 1 - 2016: 1 / 1 - 2017: 3 / 3 - 2018: 1 / 1 - 2019: 2 / 2 - 2021: 0 / 1 - 2022: 1 / 2 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 7 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 2 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 1 cases - [Wrong surface or wrong airport](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/284): 1 cases - [Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270): 1 cases - [Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/260): 1 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 1 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 1 cases - [Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100): 1 cases - [Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 2 cases - [Quest KODIAK 100](https://openairdocs.org/model/quest-kodiak-100): 1 cases - [Piper PA 46-350P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p): 1 cases - [Grumman American Avn. AA-1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c): 1 cases - [Airbus A319-132](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-132): 1 cases - [Airbus A300 F4-622R](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a300-f4-622r): 1 cases - [Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-s-a-erj-170-200-lr): 1 cases - [Textron 525C](https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-525c): 1 cases - [Cessna 500](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500): 1 cases - [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 5 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 4 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Spatial disorientation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022025) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 3 cases - [Training, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04031000) (Organizational issues): 2 cases - [Ceiling/visibility/precip, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035000) (Environmental issues): 2 cases - [Task performance, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02060000) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 2 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB DCA23LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA060), Nov 3, 2022: Airbus A319 (N519NK), New Orleans, LA, no damage. Probable cause: The captain’s pitch up input to avoid an overspeed condition, which resulted in a flight attendant falling and fracturing her ankle. Contributing was the airplane’s excessive airspeed during the… - [NTSB DCA22LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA133), Jun 21, 2022: Boeing 737-9 (N37513), Pittsburgh, PA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The flightcrew’s misidentification of the intended landing runway, which resulted in approach to and landing on the wrong runway. Contributing to the incident was the distraction caused by the dual… - [NTSB ANC21LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA073), Aug 16, 2021: Cessna 208 (N97HA), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s unexpected encounter with supercooled liquid droplets (SLD), which resulted in a loss of control due to ice accumulation. Contributing to the accident were: (1) the pilot’s failure to… - [NTSB CEN19FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA088), Feb 28, 2019: Piper PA46 (N428CD), Shreveport, LA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's conduct of a departure into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), which resulted in spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was… - [NTSB DCA19MA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19MA086), Feb 23, 2019: Boeing 767 (N1217A), Trinity Bay, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The inappropriate response by the first officer as the pilot flying to an inadvertent activation of the go-around mode, which led to his spatial disorientation and nose-down control inputs that… - [NTSB ERA18FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA092), Feb 28, 2018: Quest Kodiac 100 (N969TB), Georgetown, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots' spatial disorientation while maneuvering for landing in night conditions over unlighted terrain, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and impact with water. - [NTSB ERA17FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA135), Mar 24, 2017: Cessna 500 (N8DX), Marietta, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while manually flying the airplane, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall.… - [NTSB OPS17IA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS17IA014), Feb 16, 2017: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR (N214NN), San Francisco, CA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The local controller's issuance of a landing clearance for runway 28L to the ERJ170, and the subsequent issuance of line up and wait instructions to the A320 for runway 28L, resulting in a runway… - [NTSB CEN17LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA078), Jan 16, 2017: Textron 525C (N525PZ), Howell, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's attempted landing on the ice-covered runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was airport personnel's lack of training regarding… - [NTSB DCA16CA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA113), Mar 5, 2016: Boeing 767 34AF (N305UP), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot flying's failure to maintain airspeed and correct pitch attitude. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain appropriate thrust after disconnecting the autothrottles.… 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.