Aircraft: Aeronca Champ. Injuries: None. Location: Valparasio, Indiana. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: As the airplane touched down it veered to the right and went off the runway into a ditch. The main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft: Piper Cherokee. Injuries: 1 Minor. Location: Gerlach, Nev. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was flying the airplane over a large open desert playa. The surface appeared to be flat and dry.
Aircraft: Cessna 182. Injuries: None. Location: Roundup, Mont. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land on a dirt road. He overflew the area, noting a group of cows nearby before entering a left-hand pattern.
Aircraft: Fairchild M-62A-3. Injuries: 1 Minor. Location: Waukegan, Illinois. Aircraft damage:
What reportedly happened: The pilot checked the airplane’s fuel quantity using the fuel gauges but did not perform a visual inspection of the fuel tanks or top off the tanks.
Aircraft: Aero AT-4. Injuries: None. Location: San Diego, Colo. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land. When the airplane was about 3 feet above the ground, the airplane stalled, [Read more...]
Aircraft: Cessna 170. Injuries: None. Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land the tailwheel-equipped airplane on a gravel airstrip. [Read more...]
Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: None. Location: Westminister, Md. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land on the 1,840-foot runway. The plane’s airspeed was higher than recommended for a short-field landing.
Aircraft: Velocity RG. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Sanford, N.C. Aircraft damage: Destroyed.
What reportedly happened: The 375-hour pilot had owned the airplane for seven years and in that time had flown it for a total of 24 hours. His last flight took place 18 months before the fatal accident.
Aircraft: Cessna 120. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Cordele, Ga. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The student pilot was endorsed for solo flight in Cessna 120 and Cessna 150 aircraft. He also had an endorsement to make repeated solo cross-country flights.
Aircraft: Cessna Cardinal. Injuries: None. Location: Rock Springs, Wyo. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The elevation of the airport is 6,764 feet MSL. The density altitude at the time of the accident was calculated to be 7,907 feet.
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