Probable Cause: The pilot’s encounter with severe turbulence at night which resulted in an extended downwind and collision with wires during the base turn.
NTSB Accidents
No one confesses to hard landing that bent wing on flight club’s plane
Probable Cause: A hard landing that resulted in substantial damage to the airplane’s right wing.
Pilot seriously injured after go-around goes awry
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the go-around, that resulted in a runway excursion and an impact with terrain.
Pilot crashes while distracted by sick passenger
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the landing, which resulted in a ground loop.
Student hits fuel truck
Probable Cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from a fuel truck while taxiing. Also contributing was the flight instructor’s inadequate monitoring of the student pilot.
Pilot loses control during aborted landing
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during initial climb after an aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.
Pilot inadvertently retracts landing gear when he meant to retract flaps
Probable Cause: The pilot’s inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during landing rollout, which resulted in a landing gear collapse.
C172 bent when pilot lands on closed waterlogged grass runway
Probable Cause: The pilot’s decision to land at a closed water-soaked grass runway, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Mooney’s test flight goes awry
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and an impact with the runway’s precision approach path indicator (PAPI) lights.