The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance with a vehicle while taxiing.
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Pilot crashes after being blinded by sun glare and haze
The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees during an approach in sun glare and hazy conditions.
Mid-air collision seriously injures glider pilots
The failure of both pilots of each glider to see and avoid one another while maneuvering, which resulted in a mid-air collision.
Human Factors: Whose fault, really?
When a mechanic’s error leads to an accident, does the pilot and aircraft owner share some of the responsibility?
Collision with turkey buzzard bends airplane
The airplane’s collision with a bird during initial climb, which resulted in a forced landing.
The Douglas Dolphin
The Douglas Dolphin, launched at the beginning of the Great Depression, was a niche machine that would serve airlines, business leaders and, ultimately, the military.
Fuel exhaustion just first problem for student pilot
The student pilot’s failure to attain proper pitch attitude of the airplane causing it to exceed its critical angle of attack, enter an aerodynamic stall, and subsequently impact terrain, and his poor decision making and lack of experience that led him to attempt the takeoff from the road.
Pilot crashes while attempting low fly-by
The pilot’s improper decision to fly the airplane at too low an altitude resulting in the airplane impacting terrain.
SR22 crashes after student and CFI fight over controls
The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing with a gusting crosswind and his failure to go around and relinquish control of the airplane when directed by the instructor pilot.