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1,180 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: 620 occurrences, 52.5% of occurrences with cause findings. 107 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.52.5%107171
Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capabilityAircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability: 534 occurrences, 45.3% of occurrences with cause findings. 105 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 620).45.3%105173
Personnel issues › Action/decisionPersonnel issues › Action/decision: 324 occurrences, 27.5% of occurrences with cause findings. 76 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 620).27.5%76121
Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomenaEnvironmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena: 191 occurrences, 16.2% of occurrences with cause findings. 45 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 620).16.2%4581
Aircraft › Aircraft power plantAircraft › Aircraft power plant: 171 occurrences, 14.5% of occurrences with cause findings. 26 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 620).14.5%2633
Aircraft › Aircraft systemsAircraft › Aircraft systems: 170 occurrences, 14.4% of occurrences with cause findings. 22 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 620).14.4%2240
Personnel issues › PsychologicalPersonnel issues › Psychological: 122 occurrences, 10.3% of occurrences with cause findings. 43 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 620).10.3%4380
Environmental issues › Physical environmentEnvironmental issues › Physical environment: 113 occurrences, 9.6% of occurrences with cause findings. 20 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 620).9.6%2028
Aircraft › Fluids/miscellaneous hardwareAircraft › Fluids/miscellaneous hardware: 100 occurrences, 8.5% of occurrences with cause findings. 14 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 620).8.5%1417
Not determined › Not determinedNot determined › Not determined: 62 occurrences, 5.3% of occurrences with cause findings. 22 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Personnel issues › Task performance, 620).5.3%2231
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