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Home › Safety › Incident Reports › 2023

2023 ASRS incident reports

4,590 voluntary NASA ASRS incident reports for events in 2023.

By flight phase

PhaseReports
Cruise754
Approach732
Taxi569
Ground434
Climb411
Landing411
Takeoff307
Descent289

Top anomaly categories

Anomaly typeReports
Deviation discrepancy procedural published material policy2,634
Aircraft equipment problem critical1,623
Deviation discrepancy procedural clearance1,306
Atc issue all types723
Deviation discrepancy procedural far714
Conflict nmac595
Inflight event encounter cftt cfit547
Ground event encounter loss of aircraft control433
Conflict ground conflict411
Inflight event encounter weather turbulence373

Recent report synopses

  • 2023-12 DCA Tower Controller reported a previously charted hot spot was omitted from the latest airport diagram and may have been a factor in an aircraft on an instrument approach approaching the wrong runway in marginal weather.
  • 2023-12 TRACON Controller reported missing an altitude assignment on frequency resulting in a descent below the minimum vectoring altitude.
  • 2023-12 B737-800 flight crew reported the number 1 engine failed during takeoff resulting in an immediate return to the departure airport.

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

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