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NTSB Accidents

Pilot crashes while dragging landing site

By General Aviation News Staff · January 25, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a drag maneuver, which resulted in an overrun and subsequent impact with terrain.

Water contamination leads to loss of engine power

By General Aviation News Staff · January 24, 2025 · 4 Comments

Probable Cause: Water contamination in the fuel system that was not observed during the preflight inspection, resulting in a total loss of engine power and forced landing.

Pilot’s mismanagement of fuel system proves fatal

By General Aviation News Staff · January 22, 2025 · 12 Comments

Probable Cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of the airplane’s fuel system, which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power.

Prop blast bends Cessna 172

By General Aviation News Staff · January 18, 2025 · 4 Comments

Probable Cause: The flight instructor’s decision to taxi behind a large multi-engine airplane, which resulted in an encounter with propeller blast and a loss of airplane control on the ground.

Return to airport fatal for Cessna 414 pilot

By General Aviation News Staff · January 17, 2025 · 3 Comments

Probable Cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and failure to maintain proper airspeed during a turn to final, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction due to a non-critical radio anomaly.

Failure of engine-driven fuel pump leads to total loss of engine power

By General Aviation News Staff · January 15, 2025 · 7 Comments

Probable Cause: The failure of the engine-driven fuel pump, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the failure of the fuel pump was an unknown non-ferrous metallic debris that was noted throughout the airplane’s fuel system.

Engine catches fire after pilot floods it during cold engine start

By General Aviation News Staff · January 13, 2025 · 4 Comments

Probable Cause: The pilot’s flooding the engine with fuel during a cold engine start, which resulted in an engine fire.

Carb ice fatal for CFI and student

By General Aviation News Staff · January 10, 2025 · 8 Comments

The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control after a loss of engine power due to carburetor icing while maneuvering for forced landing in dark night visual meteorological conditions.

Plane crashes while landing on snow-covered runway

By General Aviation News Staff · January 8, 2025 · 2 Comments

Probable Cause: The pilot’s decision to land on the snow-covered runway and his failure to attain/maintain aircraft control during landing rollout.

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