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Home › Safety › Incident Reports › 2018

2018 ASRS incident reports

5,660 voluntary NASA ASRS incident reports for events in 2018.

By flight phase

PhaseReports
Approach1,071
Cruise856
Ground607
Taxi600
Climb563
Descent539
Landing404
Takeoff394

Top anomaly categories

Anomaly typeReports
Deviation discrepancy procedural published material policy2,939
Aircraft equipment problem less severe1,446
Atc issue all types1,223
Deviation discrepancy procedural clearance1,052
Inflight event encounter weather turbulence639
Aircraft equipment problem critical551
Deviation track heading all types471
Inflight event encounter cftt cfit467
Deviation discrepancy procedural far424
Conflict airborne conflict357

Recent report synopses

  • 2018-12 Local Controller and pilot not flying reported an unstable approach led to a go around.
  • 2018-12 CRJ Captain reported an aborted takeoff due to a runway incursion by another aircraft.
  • 2018-12 B747-400 Captain reported a fueler at his aircraft was almost hit by the extension of the leading edge slats during maintenance action.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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