# Lack of communication - 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) › Lack of communication - NTSB code: 02063510 - Cases: 84 - In the probable cause: 72 - Fatal cases: 21 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063510/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063510/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063510 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 12 / 13 - 2009: 7 / 8 - 2010: 2 / 2 - 2011: 5 / 5 - 2012: 1 / 1 - 2013: 6 / 8 - 2014: 4 / 4 - 2015: 6 / 8 - 2016: 5 / 5 - 2017: 2 / 2 - 2018: 3 / 3 - 2019: 5 / 5 - 2020: 3 / 6 - 2021: 3 / 3 - 2022: 0 / 2 - 2023: 4 / 4 - 2024: 4 / 4 - 2025: 0 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 11 cases - [Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250): 9 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 9 cases - [Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320): 6 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 4 cases - [Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360): 4 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 4 cases - [Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270): 3 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 3 cases - [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 3 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 4 cases - [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 4 cases - [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 3 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 2 cases - [Bombardier CL-600-2C10](https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2c10): 2 cases - [Boeing 737-7H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4): 2 cases - [Piper PA 46-350P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p): 2 cases - [Vickers SPITFIRE MARK IX](https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-spitfire-mark-ix): 1 cases - [Taylorcraft BL-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bl-65): 1 cases - [Sikorsky S-76B](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-76b): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 19 cases - [Monitoring other aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021540) (Personnel issues): 15 cases - [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 13 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 11 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 11 cases - [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 7 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 7 cases - [Air traffic/operating proc, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03014000) (Environmental issues): 6 cases - [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 6 cases - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 6 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB WPR25LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA087), Feb 1, 2025: American Legend AL3 (N79LC), Upland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate separation during landing, which resulted in a runway collision with another airplane. - [NTSB CEN25FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA019), Oct 21, 2024: Robinson R44 (N881KE), Houston, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a lighted radio tower during a visual night flight. Contributing to the accident was the air traffic controller’s failure to issue a safety alert… - [NTSB ERA24LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA352), Jul 19, 2024: Cessna 172 (N9991E), Danville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while landing and his inadequate communication to the pilot-rated passenger of her role during the flight. - [NTSB DCA24LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24LA241), Jul 17, 2024: Airbus A320-232 (N633NK), Orlando, FL, no damage. Probable cause: The captain’s inadvertent aggressive application of the brakes during taxi which resulted in a sudden stop. Contributing to the accident was the flight attendants’ failure to notify the flight crew… - [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 WPR23FA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA345), Sep 17, 2023: North American T-6G (N2897G), Reno, NV, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both the Race 14 and Race 6 pilots to see and avoid each other while in the airport traffic pattern. Contributing to the accident was both pilots’ failure to fly the standard downwind… - [NTSB CEN23LA385](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA385), Aug 27, 2023: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206 (N19BH), Hibbing, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The ground crew’s failure to secure the backpack at the landing zone (LZ), that resulted in the tail rotor impacting the backpack during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s… - [NTSB CEN23LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA197), May 22, 2023: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Gulfstream AM G-164B (N8337K), Gueydan, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other resulting in a collision on the airstrip. Contributing was the pilots’ failure to announce their intentions over their radios as they were… - [NTSB DCA23FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23FA149), Feb 4, 2023: Boeing 737-79P (N7827A), Austin, TX, incident, no damage. Probable cause: the local controller’s incorrect assumption that the Southwest Airlines (SWA) airplane would depart from the runway before the Federal Express airplane arrived on the same runway, which resulted in a… - [NTSB WPR22LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA271), Jul 23, 2022: Piper PA-32-301 (N300BH), San Jose, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and fuel management, which resulted in fuel starvation, a total loss of engine power, and an impact with terrain. 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.