NTSB

Failure to initiate a go-around after landing long and failure to maintain directional control cited as reasons for this accident.

The solo student pilot reported that after he had landed at the airport in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, he taxied to get fuel. He was waved around behind two parked airplanes. After he passed the first airplane, the left wing of his Cessna 172 hit a hangar. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and […]

The pilot reported that after takeoff, and about 150′ above the runway in Brunswick, Georgia, the Cirrus SR20’s engine had a total loss of power. He further reported that a clear liquid sprayed from the upper cowling onto the windscreen. He aborted the takeoff, landed on the runway remaining, but was unable to stop prior […]

The flight instructor reported that while he and the student pilot were on a taxiway in Anchorage, Alaska, under air traffic control (ATC) instruction, the Cessna 172 encountered prop wash, originating from a larger, four engine turbine-powered airplane performing a maintenance engines run-up. The maintenance run-up was performed in a location adjacent to the active […]

The pilot stated that, before takeoff, he waited with the engine running for about 10 minutes while other traffic departed. While waiting, he unlatched the canopy to allow air into the cockpit, however, he failed to re-secure the canopy before takeoff. Just after the RV-6A lifted off the runway at the airport, the canopy tilted […]

The pilot reported that during landing on a coastal beach in Anchor Point, Alaska, the Piper PA-18’s left wing hit a driftwood tree branch that protruded from a higher berm. The airplane spun to the left, which resulted in substantial damage to the elevator and both ailerons. The pilot added he had seen the tree, […]

The pilot reported that while en-route to his destination airport, he saw a “small area of rain” ahead. He further reported that he “circled around for a while” waiting for the weather to clear, but during the circling he “ran out of fuel” and the Cessna 150 lost power. Subsequently, he landed in a corn […]

The pilot and flight instructor were performing a recurrent training flight in the tailwheel-equipped Bellanca 7ECA. Both pilots reported that the takeoff roll and acceleration on the 1,900′ grass runway in Lino Lakes, Minnesota, seemed normal. As the airplane approached the predetermined decision point, they decided to continue the takeoff. The airplane became airborne near […]

The pilot of the parked Cessna 500 reported that he and his co-pilot had just re-entered the airplane at the airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and were having a conversation when he felt the airplane shake and heard a loud noise. He looked out of the right window and saw a Piper PA-34 with its […]