The pilot’s failure to see and avoid trees while maneuvering at low altitude, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.
aviation accidents
Fuel starvation proves fatal for pilot
The pilot’s fuel mismanagement during flight, resulting in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Birds interrupt landing
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during an attempted go-around to avoid birds, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent nose-over.
Questions From the Cockpit: Who needs to be enlightened?
There are a lot of stumbling blocks in the way of accurately turning on Pilot Controlled Lighting, so it may be time for a refresher on lighting up the night.
Fuel exhaustion leads to forced landing on a golf course
The pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and inflight fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.
Malfunctioning tailwheel leads to loss of control on landing
The malfunction of the steerable tailwheel, which resulted in a loss of directional control during the landing roll and subsequent impact with the precision approach path indicator lights system.
Initiating takeoff roll from snow-covered taxiway a bad decision
The pilot’s improper decision to initiate the takeoff roll from a snow-covered taxiway, which resulted in a loss of directional control, runway excursion, and impact with a snow berm.
NTSB: CTAF should be required in Alaska
The recommendations come after an NTSB investigation into a midair collision involving a deHavilland DHC-2 and a Piper PA-12 that occurred on July 31, 2020, near Soldotna, Alaska. The pilot and five passengers on the DHC-2 were killed in the collision, as was the pilot on the PA-12.
Pilot seriously injured while hand-propping his Aeronca
The pilot’s improper starting procedure, which allowed the airplane to move forward over the wheel chocks and impact him and a hangar when he subsequently hand propped the engine.