# Fence/fence post - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Physical environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0302) › [Object/animal/substance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030220) › Fence/fence post - NTSB code: 03022047 - Cases: 315 - In the probable cause: 82 - Fatal cases: 5 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 12 / 35 - 2009: 2 / 17 - 2010: 1 / 16 - 2011: 1 / 6 - 2012: 2 / 11 - 2013: 1 / 11 - 2014: 0 / 20 - 2015: 0 / 27 - 2016: 2 / 30 - 2017: 3 / 34 - 2018: 3 / 26 - 2019: 16 / 22 - 2020: 11 / 12 - 2021: 2 / 9 - 2022: 6 / 11 - 2023: 5 / 10 - 2024: 7 / 8 - 2025: 4 / 5 - 2026: 4 / 5 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 51 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 44 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 28 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 28 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 25 cases - [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 17 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 16 cases - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 13 cases - [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 13 cases - [Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470): 10 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 7 cases - [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 6 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 6 cases - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 5 cases - [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q): 5 cases - [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 5 cases - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 5 cases - [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300): 4 cases - [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 4 cases - [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23): 4 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 106 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 56 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 54 cases - [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 37 cases - [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 27 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 22 cases - [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 21 cases - [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 20 cases - [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 19 cases - [Fuel planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030) (Personnel issues): 17 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB WPR26LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA268), Jul 18, 2026: Piper PA-18 (N7590K), Colusa, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel planning and in-flight decision making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. - [NTSB WPR26LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA263), Jul 15, 2026: Schleicher ASW-27 (N920KB), Montague, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to see and avoid a piece of loose wire in a field during an off-airport landing in a glider, which resulted in a ground loop. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s… - [NTSB CEN26LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA272), May 3, 2026: Piper PA-28-236 (N2904R), Glenwood Springs, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a fuel farm fence while taxiing. - [NTSB CEN26LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA167), Apr 17, 2026: Cessna 172 (N84794), Topeka, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain situational awareness while taxiing which resulted in a collision with fence poles on either side of a gate which was not intended for airplanes. - [NTSB ERA26LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA130), Feb 27, 2026: Textron 680A (N519QS), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from the blast fence during taxi to the runway for departure, and their inadequate inspection of the airplane after it contacted the blast… - [NTSB CEN25LA403](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA403), Sep 29, 2025: Aeronca 11AC (N86326), Longmont, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing. - [NTSB CEN25LA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA391), Sep 20, 2025: Cessna 150G (N2500Q), Seagoville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. - [NTSB CEN25LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA299), Jul 23, 2025: Piper J5A (N35025), Grenada, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight and improper decision to continue with a takeoff after the airplane swerved off the runway. Contributing to the accident was the student… - [NTSB ERA25LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA209), May 22, 2025: Cessna 182 (N1298M), Montgomery, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from a fence during taxi. - [NTSB ANC25LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA016), Jan 10, 2025: Piper PA-31-350 (N59826), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to recognize that an automated taxiway gate was closing, and the pilot’s failure stop for the closing gate. 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.