According to the student pilot, during landing on a solo flight at the airport in Payson, Arizona, the Cessna 172 porpoised.

After landing he repositioned the airplane, but prior to takeoff, a fellow pilot, who witnessed the porpoise, contacted him on the VHF radio, and informed him that he should have the airplane checked out before attempting to takeoff. The student pilot taxied to the parking area and the airport manager and airframe and powerplant mechanic inspected the airplane. [Read more…]

The sport pilot reported that, as he was approaching the runway at the airport in Hilton Head, S.C., he retarded the throttle and descended from 1,300′ to 1,000′ mean sea level.

He added that, a few seconds after retarding the throttle, the engine “ran rough” for a few seconds and then lost all power and would not restart. [Read more…]

The pilot reported that about five hours into a night cross-country flight the Beech A23’s engine started running rough.

He switched between the left and right fuel tanks several times, adjusted the mixture, but was unsuccessful in correcting the issue. [Read more…]

The pilot reported that during taxi through a high traffic density ramp area at the airport in Punta Gorda, Florida, the Cessna 172’s left wing hit a light pole, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. [Read more…]

According to the pilot of the tailwheel-equipped Champion 7ECA, after performing a flight near Kinder, Louisiana, he made a normal approach to a dirt and grass covered airstrip.

As he executed a wheel landing, the airplane veered left of the airstrip as the left main landing gear began to sink into the mud. The airplane hit a barbed wire fence and came to rest nose down in a water-filled ditch. [Read more…]

The pilot reported that during the initial climb, the Bowers Fly Baby aerodynamically stalled.

He was unable to recover the airplane due to the low altitude and the plane hit a field off the departure end of the runway in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, right wing, and right elevator, while the pilot sustained minor injuries. [Read more…]

The sport pilot/mechanic reported that the accident happened on the first flight in the experimental, amateur-built Ginny B after he installed an overhauled engine.

About 30 minutes after takeoff, the engine experienced a sudden and total loss of power and would not restart. The pilot conducted a forced landing to a grass field near South Harrison Township, N.J., and the airplane nosed over. [Read more…]

The pilot reported that while landing on a grass airstrip in Allison, Iowa, the RV-9’s nose landing gear “caught” on the soft turf and collapsed. The airplane slid about 60′, the forward portion of the fuselage hit terrain, and the airplane nosed over. [Read more…]

The non-certificated pilot reported that he conducted a low approach over the turf runway in Neshkoro, Wisconsin, at 50′ above ground level with the engine power at idle.

About halfway down the runway, he applied full power, but the engine did not respond. He entered a shallow left turn and slowed the Challenger II to stall speed before hitting trees. The pilot was seriously injured in the crash [Read more…]

The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll about 60 knots with a “slight” crosswind, he “felt an abrupt” turn to the right, heard a “huge steady scrape” sound, and noted a vibration.

Airborne at 65 knots, he reported a strong gust of wind from the left that felt like a quartering tail wind. He reported he did not believe he had touched back down on the runway after becoming airborne.

The pilot then flew the American AA1 over the airport where a local pilot on the ground reported to him that the nose landing gear was bent. [Read more…]