ASRS Reports

Lake pilot recommends AD after engine stops in flight.

Not long after our turn, we immediately saw two Hornet fighters blasting heads-on towards us on the left.

For the safety of aviation and other people, I will tell you how the problem arose from poor maintenance.

Within 500 feet is a near miss air collision according to the FAA. This bozo needs to learn common sense on go-around procedures regardless if it’s at a towered or uncontrolled airport.

I was focused on the approach and touchdown point and didn’t hear any other radio transmissions, so I assumed she was waiting on our arrival. I looked immediately to the left, and saw a Cessna in a climb directly over our wingtip.

Comm #1 was somehow inadvertently set to the wrong frequency and it was not noticed due to expectation that there was no traffic and thus not uncommon for a lack of radio communications for an early morning departure.

The Cessna leaking fuel tanks appear to be a systemic problem and it is inconceivable that the FAA is unaware of the problem and obscene that there have been no ADs issued to warn pilots to have mandatory fuel tank inspections and ground the aircraft anytime there is the smell of fuel in the cockpit or fuel stains behind the filler caps or under the wing above the door.

A ground wire came loose and landed itself onto the ignition switch (where both left and right ignitions attach), which caused both ignition systems to ground and, in turn, shut off ignition to engine during flight.