NTSB Accidents

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees while maneuvering at a low altitude.

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to verify the usable fuel in the fuel tanks, which resulted in an inaccurate fuel totalizer setting during preflight, fuel exhaustion, and a total loss of engine power.

Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during departure due to being distracted by looking for his phone.

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure that the aerial pickup towline was not entangled around the horizontal stabilizer after the banner pickup.

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to avoid electrical wires during low-altitude maneuvering, which resulted in a wire strike.

Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the aborted takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.

Probable cause: The pilot’s unstabilized approach, which resulted in the airplane’s wing striking the ground while the pilot was maneuvering to realign with the runway.

Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing on the grass runway.

Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional low-altitude operation, which resulted in his failure to maintain clearance from unmarked utility wires.