According to the pilot in the tailwheel-equipped Great Lakes biplane, he was unable to determine the wind direction during his approach to the airport in Dayton, Ohio.
He circled the airport multiple times and attempted to communicate on the common advisory traffic frequency.
During the landing roll on the runway, the biplane experienced an “unexpected turn to the left similar to being weathercocked,” according to the pilot.
[Read more…]The pilot of the tundra-tired, tailwheel-equipped Aviat A1 reported that, during touchdown at the airport in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, he saw that the left emergency brake was partially engaged.
He added that the left wheel was locked and that the airplane ran off the left side of the runway.
The right landing gear collapsed, and the right wing tip struck the ground.
[Read more…]The pilot reported that, during approach, the automatic weather observation station at the airport in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, reported that the wind was from 170° at 12 knots.
He added there was “very massive choppy wind, including what could have been windshear, updrafts, and downdrafts.”
During the landing roll on Runway 11, a wind gust blew the Cessna 150 off the runway to the left. The pilot attempted to recover, but the plane hit a ditch, sustaining substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing.
[Read more…]The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped Pitts departed from Runway 3 at the airport in Farmville, Virginia, flew out to the aerobatic practice box, completed his practice, and returned to the airport.
He entered a downwind for Runway 3 and announced his location relative to the traffic pattern throughout the landing. He heard another aircraft making calls in the traffic pattern, but nothing he was concerned about.
After he landed, during the rollout about midfield, he heard someone announce on the radio that there was an airplane on the runway. This was the last thing he remembered before hitting the Staudacher S600.
[Read more…]The non-instrument-rated private pilot was conducting a VFR cross-country flight in an area of low clouds and fog layers near Russian Mission, Alaska, in his Cessna 210.
He hit the Yukon River, sustaining fatal injuries and destroying the airplane.
Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the accident site. No record of the pilot receiving a preflight weather briefing could be found.
[Read more…]The pilot was maneuvering to land at the airport in Gustavus, Ohio, after a cross-country flight in dark night, visual meteorological conditions.
The pilot said he became disoriented as he orbited the airport waiting for the airport manager to turn on the runway lights, which resulted in him believing that he was on final approach to Runway 1 instead of Runway 19.
[Read more…]After takeoff, the pilot proceeded south until reaching the Mississippi River when he proceeded to fly along the river at a low altitude.
As the Cessna 172 approached a bend in the river near Ramsey, Minnesota, he entered a shallow left turn to follow the river. The airplane hit power lines spanning the river that were located about 200 yards beyond the bend. Both the pilot and passenger died in the crash.
[Read more…]During a prebuy inspection flight, the airline transport pilot reduced engine power to test the Airbike’s slow-speed handling characteristics. He then increased the throttle to restore full engine power, but the engine seemed to “bog down” and lose power.
He then lowered the airplane’s nose and engine power was restored.
The pilot then chose to return to the airport in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and while on approach, the engine again began to lose power, but lowering the nose did not increase the rpm this time.
The pilot realized the airplane would be unable to reach the airport, so he conducted an off-airport landing in a residential area. The airplane hit a fence.
[Read more…]The Globe GC-1A arrived at the airport in Los Lunas, N.M., as a refuel stop the day before the accident.
During the landing, the airplane ground looped and sustained unknown damage to the airplane.
Over the course of that day and the day of the accident, the pilot, who was also a mechanic, completed repairs to the airplane with the assistance from people at the airport. Repairs included welding to the right main landing gear link assemblies.
[Read more…]The solo student pilot reported that, during landing at the airport in Medina, Ohio, the Cessna 150 landed hard and bounced. He added that the airplane porpoised before coming to rest on the runway.
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