# Drizzle/mist - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Conditions/weather/phenomena](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0303) › [Ceiling/visibility/precip](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030350) › Drizzle/mist - NTSB code: 03035050 - Cases: 18 - In the probable cause: 11 - Fatal cases: 14 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035050/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035050/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035050 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 0 / 1 - 2009: 0 / 1 - 2011: 0 / 2 - 2012: 1 / 2 - 2013: 1 / 1 - 2014: 1 / 1 - 2016: 2 / 2 - 2017: 1 / 1 - 2018: 0 / 1 - 2019: 1 / 1 - 2022: 1 / 1 - 2023: 2 / 3 - 2025: 1 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401): 5 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 4 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 3 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 1 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 1 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 1 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 1 cases - [Structural icing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/210): 1 cases - [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Eurocopter EC 130 B4](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-b4): 1 cases - [Eurocopter AS 350 B2](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2): 1 cases - [Socata TB21](https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb21): 1 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 1 cases - [Raytheon C90A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-c90a): 1 cases - [Raytheon A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36): 1 cases - [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235): 1 cases - [Embraer Executive EMB-505](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-executive-emb-505): 1 cases - [Cessna 340](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 12 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 8 cases - [Low visibility](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035015) (Environmental issues): 7 cases - [Low ceiling](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035010) (Environmental issues): 6 cases - [Spatial disorientation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022025) (Personnel issues): 6 cases - [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 5 cases - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 4 cases - [Fog](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035055) (Environmental issues): 3 cases - [Clouds](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035025) (Environmental issues): 3 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 3 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB ERA25FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA143), Mar 14, 2025: Raytheon A36 (N566C), Greenville, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control shortly after climbing into instrument meteorological conditions due to spatial disorientation (somatogyral illusion). - [NTSB ERA24FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA053), Dec 3, 2023: Beech C23 (N76SB), Midland, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to descend below the minimum decision altitude of the instrument approach without having the appropriate runway visual references distinctively identified and with the visibility… - [NTSB CEN23LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA138), Mar 12, 2023: Socata TB21 (N789TB), Eden Prairie, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s continued flight into icing conditions in an airplane that was not equipped for icing, which led to structural icing, subsequent loss of airplane control and impact with terrain. - [NTSB WPR23FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA080), Jan 2, 2023: Embraer Executive EMB-505 (N555NR), Provo, UT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to deice the airplane before takeoff in weather conditions conducive to ice accumulation, which resulted in an ice-contaminated wing and subsequent stall during takeoff. - [NTSB ERA22FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA153), Mar 11, 2022: American AA-1 (N5774L), Bay Minette, AL, incident, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control during taxi, which resulted in a taxiway overrun and subsequent impact with terrain. Contributing to the incident were the low visibility conditions that existed at the… - [NTSB CEN20FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA003), Oct 6, 2019: Lancair Legacy (N10LG), Bixby, MO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. - [NTSB GAA19CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA001), Oct 1, 2018: Cessna 340 (N89AM), Keokuk, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to correctly identify the runway environment during an instrument approach at night in instrument meteorological conditions because he mistook building lights for runway lights,… - [NTSB CEN17FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA100), Feb 7, 2017: Bell 206B (N978RH), Galveston, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to recognize the flight had encountered instrument meteorological conditions at night, which resulted in an unrecognized descent and collision with water. - [NTSB ERA16FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA140), Mar 26, 2016: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (N911GF), Enterprise, AL, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to perform visual flight rules flight into night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the… - [NTSB CEN16LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA098), Jan 8, 2016: Cessna 441 (N779CC), Fargo, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to cycle the surface deice boots during the instrument approach in icing conditions, which led to ice accumulation on the leading edges of the wings and empennage, and resulted in… 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). 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