# Adequacy of equipment

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Organizational issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04) › [Management](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0402) › [Resources](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/040220) › Adequacy of equipment
- NTSB code: 04022025
- Cases: 4
- In the probable cause: 2
- Fatal cases: 0
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04022025/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04022025/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04022025

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

- 2014: 2 / 2
- 2023: 0 / 1
- 2024: 0 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360): 2 cases
- [Fuel contamination](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/193): 2 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Continental Copters TOMCAT MK5A](https://openairdocs.org/model/continental-copters-tomcat-mk5a): 1 cases
- [Boeing 787-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-787-8): 1 cases
- [Boeing 737-7CT](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7ct): 1 cases
- [Bell 206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 2 cases
- [Operational procedures](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04034015) (Organizational issues): 1 cases
- [Testing records](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04033020) (Organizational issues): 1 cases
- [Convective turbulence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032020) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Fuel service/equipment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017065) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [VHF/HF radio](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03016010) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Task overload](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02064025) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Preflight inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Incomplete action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041040) (Personnel issues): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [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 DCA23LA465](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA465), Sep 28, 2023: Boeing 787-8 (N804AN), Lake Erie Beach, NY, no damage. Probable cause: Malfunctioning brakes on a service cart.
- [NTSB CEN14LA390](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA390), Jul 26, 2014: Bell 206B (N240SJ), Bennet, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel contamination, which resulted from the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s failure to properly maintain…
- [NTSB CEN14CA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA391), Jul 25, 2014: Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A (N161SH), Osage, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to water contamination of the fuel, which resulted in the pilot's forced landing and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to…

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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