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Fuel exhaustion ends night flight

By General Aviation News Staff · April 12, 2025 · 2 Comments

Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning. Contributing to the accident were the unreliable fuel quantity gauges and the improperly adjusted mixture control, which increased the fuel consumption above that anticipated by the owner’s manual.

Cub’s propeller breaks during takeoff

By General Aviation News Staff · April 11, 2025 · 3 Comments

Probable Cause: The inflight failure of the propeller blade due to fatigue cracking from corrosion pits.

Failure to discontinue unstabilized approach leads to crash

By General Aviation News Staff · April 9, 2025 · 5 Comments

Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to discontinue an unstabilized approach, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain.

Loss of control fatal for Piper pilot

By General Aviation News Staff · April 5, 2025 · 1 Comment

Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in the exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall.

NTSB introduces new online portal for accident reports

By General Aviation News Staff · April 4, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Now pilots can submit NTSB Form 6120.1 on a phone or computer directly on the NTSB website, “providing a user-friendly option that also ends the need for investigators to manually input the information,” NTSB officials said.

Fuel contamination leads to total loss of engine power

By General Aviation News Staff · April 4, 2025 · 2 Comments

Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power as a result of fuel contamination.

Human Factors: Certified, not qualified

By William E. Dubois · April 2, 2025 · 7 Comments

As it becomes harder to find a CFI, pilots may find they are waiting quite a while for flight training. But a long wait is much better than watching a brand-new airplane broken to pieces right in front of your eyes before you’ve even made the first payment.

Failure to use carb heat after extended ground delay leads to forced landing

By General Aviation News Staff · April 2, 2025 · 3 Comments

Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to use carburetor heat during an extended ground delay before takeoff, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during initial climb due to carburetor ice.

Pilot seriously injured on third flight in new airplane

By General Aviation News Staff · April 1, 2025 · 8 Comments

Probable Cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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