Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to retract the flaps following landing and the stall/mush that resulted during the subsequent full-flap takeoff and initial climb.
NTSB Accidents
Pilot loses control after foot stuck under rudder pedal
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll and his subsequent inability to recover due to his foot being stuck.
Fuel exhaustion leads to forced landing for cropduster
Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of engine power.
First flight bends new plane
Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s lack of experience and training in the accident airplane make and model.
Mid-air collision kills pilot
Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane while in level cruise flight, which resulted in a midair collision.
Failure to recover from spin fatal for aerobatic pilot
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to recover from a spin for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
Wrong fuel flow setting contributes to crash
Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to the fuel pump’s fuel flow setting being set too high, which resulted in an excessive fuel flow to the engine.
Maintenance not done, but pilot takes plane for flight
Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because examination of the engine revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Fuel exhaustion leads to forced landing
Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power.






