NTSB Accidents

During an instructional flight in the tailwheel airplane, the student pilot and flight instructor planned to stay in the traffic pattern at the airport in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for touch and go landing practice. During the landing rollout, the Piper PA-18 started drifting to the left side of the runway. The student pilot applied a hard correction to the right […]

The pilot made an approach for landing on Runway 35 at the airport in Kernville, California. According to airport personnel, the wind was about 170 at 25 knots, creating a tailwind component for landing. During the landing, the Cessna U206-G bounced and touched down further than normal. The airplane subsequently overran the departure end of the […]

The pilot reported that, after the cargo was loaded onto the Beech 58 for the night flight, he performed a contamination check, and the airplane was free of contamination. After performing the run-up checks, he activated the anti-ice systems and taxied onto the runway at the airport in Denver. He noted that air traffic control had […]

According to both the flight instructor and the pilot undergoing instruction, during the landing rollout at the airport in Phoenix, the pilot undergoing instruction inadvertently retracted the landing gear. The landing gear handle was immediately selected to down, however they felt the Piper PA-28R-201 sink to the left. The airplane sustained structural damage to the left wing, […]

The pilot reported that while in cruise flight, the engine rpm of the Rotorway Executive 162F helicopter suddenly increased to the point where the rev limiter activated. At this point the helicopter was about 700 feet above ground level and the pilot performed an autorotation to a baseball field in Plymouth, Indiana. During the forced landing, […]

The pilot reported that, during climbout on the return leg of an out-and-back flight, he noticed the engine hesitate for one or two seconds and then recover to normal operation. He continued climbing the Piper PA-28R and proceeded toward his home airport. While approaching the airport, the engine made abnormal noises, followed by a total loss of power. The […]

The pilot had recently purchased the Zodiac CH-650, an experimental amateur-built airplane. He was flying with a flight instructor to gain flight experience in the airplane. He reported he made a normal left hand pattern and approach to the runway at the airport in Greeley, Colorado. During the flare, he attempted to maneuver the airplane to […]

The pilot was practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings at the airport in Camarillo, California. During the second landing he failed to maintain directional control. The Piper PA-18 subsequently departed the side of the runway, and ground looped, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing and left lift strut. The pilot reported there were no […]

The pilot reported that he executed a normal approach for landing at the airport in Chicago. During the approach, he lowered the Piper PA-31’s landing gear and verified the extended position by checking the landing gear position indicators in the cockpit. Upon touchdown on the runway, the nose landing gear collapsed, and then the right […]