NTSB Accidents

The pilot of the Champion7GCAA was practicing touch and goes on a frozen lake in Oshkosh, Wis. On the last landing he intended to do a full stop landing. The top of the lake was covered with snow that had been plowed. After a smooth landing, and while taxiing to park, the left wheel strut […]

The pilot of the Cessna 172, who landed on Runway 32 in Jenison, Mich., noted the runway was covered with ice and snow. During the roll-out the airplane began drifting to the right. He attempted to correct for the drift with left rudder pedal input, but the airplane continued to move to the right. The […]

The flight instructor and a student pilot were practicing touch-and-go landings in the Beech Musketeer. The CFI noted there was a “light” crosswind from the right. During the takeoff roll, the plane encountered a low-level wind shear just as it was beginning to rotate. The nose and right wing lifted up until the left wing […]

The pilot of the Cessna 206 was approaching to land on a private unimproved runway near Sabinal, Texas. The field immediately adjacent to the landing area had been recently plowed. He was landing into the direction of the rising sun, which was just coming over the horizon as he was making his approach. He mistakenly […]

The pilot of the Cessna Cardinal reported that the engine experienced a total loss of power while in cruise flight near Elcho, Wis. He attempted to restart the engine without success, so he made a forced landing on a snow-covered field. Upon landing, the plane nosed over and then came to rest on its back. […]

The pilot of the Bellanca 7ECA reported that after touchdown in the tail wheel-equipped airplane in Santa Paula, Calif., the airplane began to veer to the left, He applied right rudder and right brake but was unable to keep the airplane on the runway. The airplane departed the side of the runway and subsequently hit […]

According to the passenger, the pilot of the Super Cub was making a second low pass over friends just before the accident in Sterling, Alaska. Witnesses reported seeing the airplane flying very slowly, about 300 feet above the ground, with the engine at a low power setting. The right wing dipped, and it subsequently entered […]

The pilot, who was flying a Rans S-5 Coyote over desert near Lake Pleasant, Ariz., had been in cruise flight for about 30 minutes when he advanced the throttle to increase airspeed. The engine power unexpectedly dropped to idle. The pilot restarted the engine and discovered it would only operate at idle power before it quit. The […]

The pilot was attempting to land the Luscombe 8 in Elkhart, Indiana. The airplane touched down on the left main landing gear and bounced. He attempted to recover from the bounce by reducing pitch so that the main landing gear wheels would touch down simultaneously, but he inadvertently applied too much pitch control and simultaneously […]