# Documentation/record keeping - Type: NTSB finding section - Path: [Organizational issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04) › [Support/oversight/monitoring](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0403) › Documentation/record keeping - NTSB code: 040330 - Cases: 39 - In the probable cause: 21 - Fatal cases: 16 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/040330/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/040330/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/040330 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 0 / 3 - 2009: 2 / 5 - 2010: 1 / 1 - 2011: 0 / 2 - 2012: 4 / 6 - 2013: 2 / 2 - 2014: 3 / 4 - 2015: 1 / 4 - 2016: 0 / 1 - 2018: 3 / 3 - 2019: 3 / 3 - 2022: 0 / 1 - 2023: 1 / 2 - 2024: 0 / 1 - 2025: 1 / 1 ## Findings - [Maintenance records](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04033025): 16 cases, 9 in the probable cause - [Documentation/record keeping, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04033000): 12 cases, 6 in the probable cause - [Personnel records](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04033015): 6 cases, 2 in the probable cause - [Operation records](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04033010): 4 cases, 3 in the probable cause - [Testing records](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04033020): 1 cases, 1 in the probable cause ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 8 cases - [Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340): 3 cases - [Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338): 3 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 2 cases - [Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333): 2 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 2 cases - [Ground resonance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/232): 2 cases - [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 2 cases - [Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901): 1 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Dehavilland DHC-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3): 2 cases - [Williams Helicopter UH-1H](https://openairdocs.org/model/williams-helicopter-uh-1h): 1 cases - [Texas Helicopter OH-13E/M74](https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-helicopter-oh-13e-m74): 1 cases - [Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD](https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad): 1 cases - [Schweizer 269C-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1): 1 cases - [Schweizer 269C](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c): 1 cases - [Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-st3kr): 1 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44): 1 cases - [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350): 1 cases - [Piper PA-18-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Installation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062035) (Personnel issues): 7 cases - [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 5 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 5 cases - [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 5 cases - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 4 cases - [Oversight of operation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04032015) (Organizational issues): 3 cases - [Adequacy of policy/proc](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04021015) (Organizational issues): 3 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Adequacy of safety program](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04035015) (Organizational issues): 2 cases - [Oversight of reg compliance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04032040) (Organizational issues): 2 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN25LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA101), Feb 20, 2025: Cessna 177A (N30413), Farlinville, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power that resulted from fuel contamination when it was treated with a 70% isopropyl alcohol solution (antiseptic) that contained water. Contributing to the accident were vague fuel… - [NTSB WPR24FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA080), Jan 30, 2024: Swanson R/Swanson S RV-6 (N30AK), Concord, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during takeoff due to a separated fuel line and the pilot’s subsequent failure to maintain control of the airplane. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's medical… - [NTSB ENG24FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG24FA003), Oct 18, 2023: Boeing 767-300F (N287FE), Memphis, TN, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: A high-pressure fuel leak from a gap in the bolted flange interface between the main fuel pump’s fuel crossover supply tube and the hydromechanical unit idler adapter pad, which resulted in the… - [NTSB WPR23LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA107), Feb 7, 2023: Bell OH-58A (N36FA), Yuma, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined. - [NTSB DCA22MA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22MA193), Sep 4, 2022: Dehavilland DHC-3 (N725TH), Freeland, WA, destroyed, 10 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight unthreading of the clamp nut from the horizontal stabilizer trim actuator barrel due to a missing lock ring, which resulted in the horizontal stabilizer moving to an extreme… - [NTSB DCA19CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA192), Aug 6, 2019: Boeing 737 (N37437), SFO International Airport, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: the ramp controller directing a Boeing 737 to hold in a location that was marked for a regional jet. - [NTSB ANC19FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19FA019), May 20, 2019: De Havilland DHC 2 (N67667), Metlakatla, AK, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate compensation for a quartering tailwind during a water landing, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent nose-over. Contributing to the accident was the company’s… - [NTSB DCA19MA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19MA086), Feb 23, 2019: Boeing 767 (N1217A), Trinity Bay, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The inappropriate response by the first officer as the pilot flying to an inadvertent activation of the go-around mode, which led to his spatial disorientation and nose-down control inputs that… - [NTSB ERA18FA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA264), Sep 27, 2018: Dassault Falcon 50 (N114TD), Greenville, SC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The operator's decision to allow a flight in an airplane with known, unresolved maintenance discrepancies, and the flight crew's failure to properly configure the airplane in a way that would have… - [NTSB WPR18FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA143), May 19, 2018: I.C.A.-Brasov IS 29D (N38ES), Avenal, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper installation of the wings onto the glider, which resulted in an in-flight wing separation. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's limited familiarity with the design and a… 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.