The pilot of the twin-engine airplane reported that, while on a visual approach for landing to the airport in Ingleside, Texas, he transmitted the appropriate radio calls and noted that all the Beech 58’s lights were illuminated.
He added that the airplane touched down about 400′ down the runway. That’s when he noticed a truck approaching the runway from the south.
[Read more…]The flight instructor reported that, during an instructional flight, while on short final, he told the student pilot to “pitch down” to maintain airspeed.
He added that the student did not respond and that he again instructed the student to “pitch down now” while simultaneously pressing forward on the yoke.
As he pushed forward on the yoke, the student “pulled [back] with equal force on the yoke,” he said.
Subsequently, the flight instructor pushed forward on the yoke “with greater force” than the previous attempt and stated “my plane” to the student, but “continued to wrestle the controls with the student” as the airplane entered an aerodynamic stall.
[Read more…]The pilot reported that, near the conclusion of a long cross-country flight, the engine suddenly lost partial power.
He declared an emergency with air traffic control and was advised that the nearest airport was about five miles behind him. He reversed course and began heading toward the airport.
Unable to reach the airport, he initiated a landing to an open field near Doniphan, Missouri. During the landing roll, the Cessna 182 hit a fence and a detached garage.
[Read more…]When the pilot taxied the Piper PA-28-235 to park, he was taxiing past his friend, who was using a camera to record the airplane.
The pilot felt a thump and could not see his friend, so he turned the airplane around and saw his friend lying on the ground.
[Read more…]The pilot reported that as he tried to take off in the Piper PA-28 from his turf airstrip in Auburn, Indiana, he attempted to force the airplane into the air.
After a brief ascent, the airplane descended to the ground and touched down hard.
The pilot continued the sequence of lifting off and then touching down again until he determined that he would not be able to clear the trees at the end of the runway.
[Read more…]The private pilot stated that, immediately after takeoff, the McKenna SD-1A’s left wing felt “extremely heavy” and required “an exceptional amount of right aileron” to maintain level flight.
During a precautionary landing near Juneau, Wisconsin, the airplane bounced, turned left, and the left main landing gear collapsed.
[Read more…]The solo student pilot reported that, during the takeoff roll, the pilot’s side window blew open as full power was applied.
He added that he “reached over with [his] right hand to close [the] window,” but as he did so, the Cessna 150 veered off the runway at the airport in Newburyport, Massachusetts, into a wooded area and hit terrain.
[Read more…]The pilot reported that, during the takeoff roll, the Cessna 206 encountered a wind gust and veered left off the runway centerline.
The airplane became airborne. The pilot said he did not have “enough time” to avoid a parked helicopter. Subsequently, the left wing hit the helicopter.
[Read more…]The private pilot stated that, during the landing roll, the right brake of the experimental amateur-built airplane failed. The Velocity SUV subsequently departed the runway at the airport in Puyallup, Washington, and hit an airport fence, resulting in substantial damage.
[Read more…]The private pilot, who was the builder of the Bede BD-5B, said the purpose of the test flight was to obtain rate of climb data on the airplane, which had recently been completed.
Following the sixth climb of the flight, the engine began to run rough. The pilot turned back toward the airport and entered the traffic pattern, and the engine experienced a total loss of power.
The pilot determined that the airplane would not reach the runway and performed an off-airport landing in a field near Portland, Indiana. The field was soft and contained high vegetation, which resulted in a ground loop during landing. [Read more…]
