# Communication system - Type: NTSB finding section - Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Operating environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0301) › Communication system - NTSB code: 030160 - Cases: 13 - In the probable cause: 8 - Fatal cases: 5 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030160/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030160/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030160 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 1 / 1 - 2011: 1 / 2 - 2012: 3 / 3 - 2013: 0 / 1 - 2015: 1 / 1 - 2016: 1 / 1 - 2020: 1 / 1 - 2021: 0 / 1 - 2024: 0 / 2 ## Findings - [VHF/HF radio](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03016010): 6 cases, 4 in the probable cause - [Communication system, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03016000): 5 cases, 2 in the probable cause - [Datalink](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03016020): 1 cases, 1 in the probable cause - [Visual communication](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03016030): 1 cases, 1 in the probable cause ## Defining events in these cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 2 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 2 cases - [Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095): 2 cases - [VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401): 1 cases - [Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360): 1 cases - [Comm system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/336): 1 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 1 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 1 cases - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 1 cases - [Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Aerospatiale SA365N-1 DAUPHIN](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa365n-1-dauphin): 1 cases - [Aviat S-2C](https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-s-2c): 1 cases - [Piper PA46-500TP](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp): 1 cases - [Gulfstream Aerospace GVI](https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-gvi): 1 cases - [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b): 1 cases - [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f): 1 cases - [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f): 1 cases - [Boeing DHC-8-102](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-dhc-8-102): 1 cases - [Boeing 737-7CT](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7ct): 1 cases - [Boeing 737-8H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8h4): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Adequacy of policy/proc](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04021015) (Organizational issues): 3 cases - [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 2 cases - [Safety programs, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04035000) (Organizational issues): 2 cases - [Oversight of operation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04032015) (Organizational issues): 2 cases - [Training, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04031000) (Organizational issues): 2 cases - [Availability of personnel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04022010) (Organizational issues): 2 cases - [Workload management, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02064000) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 2 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB ERA24LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA313), Jul 6, 2024: Trozzi Thomas Searey (N222D), Eustis, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to properly configure the landing gear before performing a water landing. - [NTSB DCA24FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24FA143), Apr 3, 2024: Boeing 737-7CT (N567WN), Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico), no damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence from a broken line of embedded thunderstorms moving across the region. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the air… - [NTSB OPS21LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS21LA003), Jun 11, 2021: Boeing 737-8H4 (N8674B), San Diego, CA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The blocked go-around radio instruction from the air traffic control tower to the arrival aircraft which resulted in the arrival aircraft continuing the landing approach. This led to a loss of… - [NTSB ERA21LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA056), Nov 25, 2020: Cessna 172 (N8125U), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The Cessna pilot’s failure to tune his radio to the common traffic advisory frequency, which resulted in a lack of awareness of the other aircraft operating at the airport. Contributing to the… - [NTSB ANC17MA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17MA001), Oct 2, 2016: Cessna 208B (N208SD), Togiak, AK, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into deteriorating visibility and their failure to perform an immediate escape maneuver after entry into instrument… - [NTSB CEN16LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA067), Dec 23, 2015: Hawker 400 (XA-MEX), Telluride, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The limitations of the air traffic control equipment that prevented the controller's timely recognition of NOTAM information that was effective immediately and resulted in the issuance of an approach… - [NTSB DCA13MA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13MA120), Jul 6, 2013: Boeing 777-200ER (HL7742), San Francisco, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's mismanagement of the airplane's descent during the visual approach, the pilot flying's unintended deactivation of automatic airspeed control, the flight crew's inadequate monitoring… - [NTSB WPR12CA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA310), Jul 17, 2012: Piper PA-46 (N558RW), Delano, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before touchdown. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to perform the appropriate checklist due to distractions posed by another… - [NTSB WPR12FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA184), Apr 25, 2012: Cessna A185F (N243W), Blanding, UT, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during low-level maneuvering flight. Contributing to the pilot’s death was the lack of a timely emergency rescue response due to the lack of effective… - [NTSB ERA12LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA147), Jan 16, 2012: Boeing DHC-8-102 (N839EX), Huntington, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate communication among ground crew personnel, which resulted in the airplane’s collision with a deice truck. 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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