# Physical workspace

- Type: NTSB finding section
- Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Task environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0304) › Physical workspace
- NTSB code: 030410
- Cases: 70
- In the probable cause: 45
- Fatal cases: 15
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030410/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030410/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030410

## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all)

- 2008: 5 / 8
- 2009: 7 / 9
- 2011: 5 / 5
- 2012: 4 / 5
- 2013: 3 / 3
- 2014: 1 / 2
- 2015: 2 / 3
- 2016: 2 / 5
- 2017: 3 / 6
- 2018: 1 / 3
- 2019: 3 / 5
- 2020: 2 / 2
- 2021: 1 / 2
- 2022: 2 / 3
- 2023: 0 / 3
- 2024: 1 / 2
- 2025: 3 / 4

## Findings

- [Visibility](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041020): 25 cases, 19 in the probable cause
- [Positioning/available space](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041010): 11 cases, 5 in the probable cause
- [Access to equipment/controls](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041015): 10 cases, 6 in the probable cause
- [Air quality/dust/smoke](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041025): 9 cases, 8 in the probable cause
- [Physical workspace, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041000): 5 cases, 2 in the probable cause
- [Controls and displays](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041050): 5 cases, 5 in the probable cause
- [Noise](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041040): 3 cases, 0 in the probable cause
- [Warnings/alarms](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041055): 2 cases, 1 in the probable cause
- [Workspace lighting](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041035): 1 cases, 0 in the probable cause
- [Vibration](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041045): 1 cases, 1 in the probable cause

## Defining events in these cases

- [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 13 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 6 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 6 cases
- [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 5 cases
- [Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150): 5 cases
- [Cabin safety event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110): 5 cases
- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 4 cases
- [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 3 cases
- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 3 cases
- [Evacuation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460): 2 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 2 cases
- [Great Lakes 2T-1A-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/great-lakes-2t-1a-2): 2 cases
- [Embraer EMB-145LR](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr): 2 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 2 cases
- [Bombardier CL-600-2C10](https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2c10): 2 cases
- [Waco RNF](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-rnf): 1 cases
- [Vickers SPITFIRE MARK IX](https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-spitfire-mark-ix): 1 cases
- [Taylorcraft F19](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-f19): 1 cases
- [Taylorcraft BL-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bl-65): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 16 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 11 cases
- [Monitoring other aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021540) (Personnel issues): 10 cases
- [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040) (Environmental issues): 7 cases
- [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 6 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 6 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 5 cases
- [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 4 cases
- [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 4 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB WPR26LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA059), Dec 14, 2025: Waco RNF (N110Y), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The biplane pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from the low-wing airplane while taxiing.
- [NTSB DCA25LA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA308), Aug 31, 2025: Airbus Canada BD500 (C-GYLQ), Denver, CO, no damage. Probable cause: Unidentified burned debris in an aft galley oven, which generated smoke and odor in the cabin and led to an air turnback and subsequent evacuation, during which a serious injury occurred.
- [NTSB CEN25LA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA316), Aug 12, 2025: Xag P100 PRO (N467GE), Depew, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from the unmanned aircraft system during takeoff.
- [NTSB DCA25LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA185), Apr 17, 2025: Boeing 737 (N7724A), Houston, TX, no damage. Probable cause: Serious Injury to a flight attendant sustained during an evacuation.
- [NTSB CEN24LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA137), Mar 16, 2024: Enstrom Helicopter 280C (N280WR), Port Lavaca, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper manual engine mixture management which resulted in a loss of power. Contributing to the accident was the mechanic’s improper setting of the idle mixture adjustment and the…
- [NTSB CEN24LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA097), Jan 21, 2024: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta (N8350M), Kenosha, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter while landing.
- [NTSB CEN23FA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA315), Jul 23, 2023: Cessna 150 (N17043), Houston, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot’s loss of airplane control in dark night conditions.
- [NTSB CEN23LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA202), May 25, 2023: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (N6699Q), Wright, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff with the airplane overloaded which resulted in the airplane settling and subsequently impacting terrain.
- [NTSB DCA23LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA114), Jan 2, 2023: Bombardier CL-600-2D24 (N928XJ), New York, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: ITA Airways flight crew's incorrect evaluation of the clearance between their airplane and another airplane stopped on an adjoining taxiway.
- [NTSB CEN22FA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA331), Jul 21, 2022: Columbia Helicopters CH-47D (N388RA), North Fork, ID, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the flight crew to properly secure a company-issued iPad, leading to its migration into and jamming of the copilot’s left pedal, preventing the pilot from arresting a left yaw, and…

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.

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