Phase of flight and conditions

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Phase of flight

The phase in which the NTSB's defining event happened.

Phase of flight
Phase	Occurrences	Share	Fatal occurrences	Fatalities
En route	En route: 44 occurrences, 30.8% of the occurrences shown. 15 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.	30.8%	15	39
Landing	Landing: 37 occurrences, 25.9% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (En route, 44).	25.9%	0	0
Approach	Approach: 20 occurrences, 14.0% of the occurrences shown. 7 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (En route, 44).	14.0%	7	12
Initial climb	Initial climb: 16 occurrences, 11.2% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (En route, 44).	11.2%	1	4
Takeoff	Takeoff: 11 occurrences, 7.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (En route, 44).	7.7%	1	2
Taxi	Taxi: 6 occurrences, 4.2% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (En route, 44).	4.2%	0	0
Maneuvering	Maneuvering: 4 occurrences, 2.8% of the occurrences shown. 3 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (En route, 44).	2.8%	3	5
Unknown	Unknown: 2 occurrences, 1.4% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (En route, 44).	1.4%	1	1
Post-impact	Post-impact: 1 occurrences, 0.7% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (En route, 44).	0.7%	0	0
Standing	Standing: 1 occurrences, 0.7% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (En route, 44).	0.7%	0	0
Uncontrolled descent	Uncontrolled descent: 1 occurrences, 0.7% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (En route, 44).	0.7%	0	0

Most common defining events

The NTSB picks one defining event per accident to group similar accidents. It is not meant to indicate or suggest a cause.

Most common defining events
Defining event	Occurrences	Share	Fatal occurrences	Fatalities
Loss of control in flight	Loss of control in flight: 8 occurrences, 5.6% of the occurrences shown. 3 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.	5.6%	3	5
Loss of control on ground	Loss of control on ground: 8 occurrences, 5.6% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Loss of control in flight, 8).	5.6%	0	0
System/component malfunction/failure (non-power)	System/component malfunction/failure (non-power): 3 occurrences, 2.1% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Loss of control in flight, 8).	2.1%	0	0
Fire/smoke (non-impact)	Fire/smoke (non-impact): 2 occurrences, 1.4% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Loss of control in flight, 8).	1.4%	0	0
Fuel exhaustion	Fuel exhaustion: 2 occurrences, 1.4% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Loss of control in flight, 8).	1.4%	0	0
Runway excursion	Runway excursion: 2 occurrences, 1.4% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Loss of control in flight, 8).

Weather conditions

Visual (VMC) or instrument (IMC) meteorological conditions at the time of the event.

Weather conditions
Conditions	Occurrences	Share	Fatal occurrences	Fatalities
Visual Meteorological Cond	Visual Meteorological Cond: 116 occurrences, 81.1% of the occurrences shown. 11 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.	81.1%	11	15
Instrument Meteorological Cond	Instrument Meteorological Cond: 25 occurrences, 17.5% of the occurrences shown. 17 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Visual Meteorological Cond, 116).	17.5%	17	48
Unknown	Unknown: 1 occurrences, 0.7% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Visual Meteorological Cond, 116).	0.7%	0	0
Not recorded	Not recorded: 1 occurrences, 0.7% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Visual Meteorological Cond, 116).	0.7%	0	0

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