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1,587 occurrences have findings that the NTSB designated as a cause. These are the most common areas of those findings; an occurrence can have causes in several areas. Share is of occurrences with cause findings.

Cause areas
Cause areaOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
Personnel issues › Task performancePersonnel issues › Task performance: 759 occurrences, 47.8% of occurrences with cause findings. 151 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.47.8%151223
Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capabilityAircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability: 712 occurrences, 44.9% of occurrences with cause findings. 153 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 759).44.9%153231
Personnel issues › Action/decisionPersonnel issues › Action/decision: 461 occurrences, 29.0% of occurrences with cause findings. 98 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 759).29.0%98163
Aircraft › Aircraft systemsAircraft › Aircraft systems: 187 occurrences, 11.8% of occurrences with cause findings. 12 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 759).11.8%1217
Not determined › Not determinedNot determined › Not determined: 163 occurrences, 10.3% of occurrences with cause findings. 35 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 759).10.3%3552
Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomenaEnvironmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena: 143 occurrences, 9.0% of occurrences with cause findings. 29 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 759).9.0%2943
Aircraft › Aircraft power plantAircraft › Aircraft power plant: 135 occurrences, 8.5% of occurrences with cause findings. 12 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 759).8.5%1217
Aircraft › Fluids/miscellaneous hardwareAircraft › Fluids/miscellaneous hardware: 117 occurrences, 7.4% of occurrences with cause findings. 11 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 759).7.4%1114
Personnel issues › PsychologicalPersonnel issues › Psychological: 97 occurrences, 6.1% of occurrences with cause findings. 32 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 759).6.1%3253
Environmental issues › Physical environmentEnvironmental issues › Physical environment: 58 occurrences, 3.7% of occurrences with cause findings. 7 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 759).3.7%710
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