The private pilot was conducting a business flight in the Piper PA-34-200T. He had obtained weather briefings on the day before and the day of the flight, which indicated marginal visual flight rules conditions. However, upon arrival in the vicinity of the airport in Port Huron, Michigan, instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, with visibility at or […]
NTSB Accidents
Pilot loses control during climbing turn
After accomplishing a touch and go landing at the airport in Wendover, Utah, during a moonless night, the pilot initiated a left climbing turn and orientated himself with the departure end of the runway by looking outside and behind the Cessna 182. While looking outside, he inadvertently put the airplane into a left steep bank […]
Revelation crashes in cemetery after uncertified engine fails
According to the pilot, while in cruise flight over Ellisville, Mississippi, the Revelation’s engine lost total power. During a forced landing to a cemetery, the left wing hit a tree, and the airplane then veered left and hit a tombstone and nosed over. According to the pilot, the fuel tank was about 3/4 full when the engine lost power. Examination […]
Improper installation buckles flap
During a proficiency flight, one of the pilots was demonstrating a slow-flight recovery procedure. He added power and began retracting the Cessna 182’s flaps. When the flaps passed through 10° toward fully retracted, he felt an uncommanded right yoke control movement. As he applied more pressure to the control yoke to maintain level flight, both […]
Pilot crashes after six unsuccessful approaches
After a 90-minute instrument flight rules flight, the pilot descended toward his home airport in Seagoville, Texas, and attempted six unsuccessful instrument approaches in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). The controller terminated three GPS approaches and one instrument landing system approach because the pilot flew through the final approach course; one GPS approach was terminated because […]
152 hits powerlines as pilot flies by family and friends
The pilot departed the airport for a local flight near Mount Pleasant, Texas, in a Cessna 152. During the flight he observed family and friends on the ground and he maneuvered the airplane to overfly them at low altitude. The plane struck power lines as the pilot set up for the flyover, and both ailerons and […]
Rarely flown Glastar crashes in field
The pilot reported he had not flown the Glaster in “some time.” He added that, on the day of the accident, he performed a full power run-up and that the airplane “felt normal.” The takeoff and climbout were normal, however while the plane was at 1,200 feet above ground level, the engine began to lose power. […]
CubCrafters noses over after landing
The pilot reported that the tailwheel-equipped CubCrafters CC11-160 nosed over during landing rollout on a grass runway in Middleton, Wisconsin. He informed an FAA inspector that the runway surface varied with both wet and dry areas, which caused a variable braking action. The pilot noted that the accident might have been prevented with more careful brake application. […]
Taylorcraft hits hangars
The pilot said the touchdown at the airport in Everett, Washington, in the tailwheel-equipped Taylorcraft BL 65 was normal. After applying the brakes, the plane turned 45° to the left, and left the runway. It crossed the grass infield, went onto a taxiway, and the left wing hit a hangar. The airplane turned right, and the right wing hit another […]