# Communication (personnel), general - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Task performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0206) › [Communication (personnel)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020635) › Communication (personnel), general - NTSB code: 02063500 - Cases: 17 - In the probable cause: 11 - Fatal cases: 4 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063500/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063500/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063500 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 2 / 2 - 2010: 1 / 1 - 2011: 0 / 1 - 2012: 3 / 3 - 2013: 1 / 1 - 2014: 0 / 1 - 2016: 1 / 2 - 2017: 1 / 1 - 2018: 1 / 2 - 2019: 0 / 1 - 2020: 1 / 1 - 2026: 0 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 2 cases - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 2 cases - [External load event (Rotorcraft)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/480): 1 cases - [Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390): 1 cases - [Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380): 1 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 1 cases - [Electrical system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332): 1 cases - [Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270): 1 cases - [Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250): 1 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Swearingen SA226-T(B)](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226-t-b): 1 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44): 1 cases - [Piper PA-32RT-300T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t): 1 cases - [North American B-25J](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-b-25j): 1 cases - [Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d): 1 cases - [Airbus Industrie A319-132](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-132): 1 cases - [Dehavilland DHC-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2): 1 cases - [Dassault-Breguet FALCON 50](https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-breguet-falcon-50): 1 cases - [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 1 cases - [Cirrus Design SR20](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 6 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Task monitoring/vigilance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Low ceiling](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035010) (Environmental issues): 1 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN26LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA260), Jul 20, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R44 (N224RH), Emerson, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to verify the loading hose had been disconnected before taking off and the failure of the loader to disconnect the fuel hose from the helicopter. - [NTSB CEN20CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA100), Feb 22, 2020: Commander 114 (N374JW), Coldwater, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate communication with the pilot under review about his intention to simulate a single-engine failure and his subsequent exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of… - [NTSB WPR19TA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19TA110), Apr 14, 2019: Kubicek BB100 (N355WC), St. Helena, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: The balloon pilot's encounter with unforecasted wind, which resulted in his decision to land in unsuitable terrain and a subsequent hard landing. Contributing to the severity of passenger injury was… - [NTSB ERA18LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA109), Mar 16, 2018: Cirrus Design SR20 (N486DA), Palatka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Both pilots’ and the flight instructor’s failure to identify, see, and avoid the other airplane, which resulted in a midair collision. - [NTSB ERA18LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA091), Jan 11, 2018: Hughes 369 (N571HH), San Juan, PR, no damage. Probable cause: The helicopter pilot's improper decision to use an open-end grapple, instead of an A-frame attachment, to lift and move a ladder with a lineman on it and the lineman's improper decision to be lifted… - [NTSB CEN17LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA121), Feb 14, 2017: Beech C90A (N1551C), Rattan, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of electrical power due to the pilot’s inadvertent selection of the engine start switches and the subsequent fuel exhaustion to the left engine as the pilot attempted to locate visual… - [NTSB GAA16CA527](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA527), Jun 20, 2016: Swearingen SA226 (N127WD), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing and his failure to use the Before Landing checklist. Contributing to the accident was the pilots’ failure to maintain a… - [NTSB ERA16FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA133), Mar 18, 2016: Cessna 340 (N6239X), Tampa, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The intentional low altitude maneuvering during takeoff in response to a near-miss with an airplane departing from a converging runway, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical… - [NTSB ERA14FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA192), Apr 11, 2014: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N39965), Hugheston, WV, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control while operating in instrument flight rules conditions. - [NTSB ERA13FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA105), Jan 4, 2013: Beech H35 (N375B), Palm Coast, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power after the failure of the No. 4 connecting rod due to oil starvation, which resulted in a subsequent forced landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure… 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. 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