NTSB Accidents

Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from powerlines during low altitude flying.

Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power due to an inoperative ignition system.

Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to confirm the throttle position before attempting to start the airplane’s engine by manually rotating the propeller, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.

Probable Cause: The student pilot’s failure to see and avoid powerlines during an unstabilized approach, which resulted in the airplane landing short of the runway and coming to rest inverted.

Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power due to water-contaminated fuel.

Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and the pilot’s mismanagement of the available fuel.

Probable Cause: Corrosion on a landing gear retract rod assembly, which precluded an extension of the gear and resulted in a gear-up landing.

Probable Cause: The pilot’s inadequate inspection of the airplane following an inflight smoke event, which resulted in separation of the exhaust pipe and hot exhaust igniting the engine cowling, and a subsequent loss of engine power.

Probable Cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning that resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.