# Task environment, general - Type: NTSB finding section - Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Task environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0304) › Task environment, general - NTSB code: 030400 - Cases: 7 - In the probable cause: 4 - Fatal cases: 2 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030400/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030400/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030400 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2009: 0 / 1 - 2010: 2 / 2 - 2012: 0 / 1 - 2018: 1 / 1 - 2023: 1 / 1 - 2025: 0 / 1 ## Findings - [Task environment, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03040000): 7 cases, 4 in the probable cause ## Defining events in these cases - [Evacuation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460): 1 cases - [Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250): 1 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 1 cases - [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 1 cases - [Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150): 1 cases - [Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095): 1 cases - [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA-46-310P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161): 1 cases - [Grumman G164C](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g164c): 1 cases - [Mcdonnell Douglas Heli 369FF](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-heli-369ff): 1 cases - [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r): 1 cases - [Boeing 767-322](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-322): 1 cases - [Boeing 757-351](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-351): 1 cases - [Air Tractor AT-802A](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Runway/taxi/approach light](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022012) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Pole](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022010) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Task performance, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02060000) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Training with equipment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031530) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Monitoring other aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021540) (Personnel issues): 1 cases - [Attention/monitoring, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021500) (Personnel issues): 1 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB DCA25LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA084), Jan 10, 2025: Boeing 757 (N589NW), Atlanta, GA, minor damage. Probable cause: Substantial injury to a passenger sustained during evacuation. - [NTSB CEN23LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA292), Jul 5, 2023: Cessna 172R (N64AF), Burlington, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action. - [NTSB GAA18CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA218), Apr 15, 2018: Piper PA 28-161 (N8115Y), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control and long landing in gusting wind conditions due to his shoe getting stuck on the brakes. - [NTSB CEN12FA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA312), May 23, 2012: Air Tractor AT-802A (N4126T), Sedgwick, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The inability of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the distraction of the Air Tractor pilot by a cellular… - [NTSB CEN10CA533](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA533), Sep 12, 2010: Piper PA46-310P (N24WW), Farmington, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s premature retraction of the landing gear and the flaps during landing. Contributing to the accident was the inadvertent dimming of the cockpit lighting, resulting in a perceived unsafe… - [NTSB DCA10IA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10IA082), Aug 4, 2010: Boeing 767-322 (N644UA), Chicago, IL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: the brake fire after landing was caused by hydraulic fluid leaking on to hot brakes. - [NTSB WPR10FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA012), Oct 12, 2009: Mcdonnell Douglas Heli 369FF (N527SH), Fossil, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a power pole to which he was connecting wire-pulling ropes. 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). 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