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Travel Air pilot hits plane on ground

By NTSB · November 5, 2018 ·

Pilot Error NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to see and avoid the airplane stopped ahead of him during taxi.

Inadequate weather planning fatal for pilot

By NTSB · November 2, 2018 ·

Loss of Control NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight weather planning and in-flight weather evaluation, which resulted in an encounter with a strong cold front and the pilot’s subsequent loss of airplane control.

Student’s improper flare results in prop strike

By NTSB · November 1, 2018 ·

Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

Bounced landing bends Luscombe

By NTSB · October 31, 2018 ·

Loss of Control NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a runway excursion.

Pilot hits airport fence during aborted landing

By NTSB · October 30, 2018 ·

Loss of Control NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing in gusty crosswind conditions.

Unstabilized approach bends Yak

By NTSB · October 29, 2018 ·

Pilot Error NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s unstabilized approach and delayed application of full throttle for a go-around, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent.

Landing on grass runway goes awry

By NTSB · October 26, 2018 ·

Loss of Control NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s improper pitch and power control during landing in a straight float-equipped airplane on grass in crosswind conditions, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

Aviat pilot dies in crash

By NTSB · October 25, 2018 ·

Pilot Error NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during the landing approach, which resulted in exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall.

Stearman hits Fairchild on the ground

By NTSB · October 24, 2018 ·

Loss of Control NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The Stearman pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll and to see and avoid the airplane stopped on the edge of the runway.

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