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
NTSB Accidents
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.
Buzzards hit Beech A36
Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a flock of birds.
Plane hits car after improper maintenance
Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s improper installation of the throttle linkage attachment hardware, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power when the hardware separated in flight.
Stuck shoe bends Luscombe
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and ground loop.
Failure to issue NOTAM blamed in crash
Probable cause: The airport’s failure to issue a NOTAM regarding the deployment of the traffic monitoring camera system before the accident, which resulted in the airplane striking the camera system during a short-field approach and landing.






