Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare and subsequent hard landing while demonstrating a short-field landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
Cessna 172 damaged after tail strike on dirt runway
Probable cause: The airplane’s encounter with a depression in a dirt runway during takeoff, which resulted in a tail strike.
New tailwheel pilot hits runway light
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Landing goes awry for new RV-6 owner
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Beech Baron bent after stall
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle-of-attack during a single-engine approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at an altitude too low for the flight instruct
Fuel starvation ends ag pilot’s first flight in a nose over
Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Runway excursion damages Baby Lakes wings
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Student bends Legend Cub
Probable cause: The student pilot’s incorrect brake application during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of directional control.
RV-8 crashes into tree after pilot over corrects during landing roll
Probable cause: The pilot’s overcorrection with the right rudder during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of directional control and a runway excursion.