The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with sign.
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Training for tailwheel endorsement bends Cessna 170
The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and ground-loop, and the flight instructor’s failure to adequately monitor the pilot.
Excessive braking bends Cessna 140
The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control and his use of excessive braking while taxiing.
Back to the Backcountry
Now available to view for free is a recording of an Air Safety Institute webinar that looks at accidents in the backcountry, with an eye towards preventing these accidents in the future. Not a backcountry pilot? You can still learn something, says Bill McGlynn, president of the Recreational Aviation Foundation, who was one of the panelists on the webinar, along with Mike Patey, and the presidents of the Utah Back Country Pilots Association and the Montana Pilots Association.
Pilot ground loops after landing on grass between taxiway and runway
The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in impact with a knoll and a subsequent ground-loop.
Student’s failure to relinquish control results in plane hitting airport fence
The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action and the student’s failure to relinquish control, which resulted in a runway overrun and impact with a fence.
Attempt to hand-prop C182 ends in crash
The pilot’s failure to set the friction lock on the throttle before hand propping the engine, which allowed the airplane to move forward and hit a credit card machine. Contributing to the accident was the malfunction of the parking brake for reasons that could not be determined.
Fuel exhaustion leads to serious injuries for the pilot
The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel inspection.
Attempt to take selfie leads to ditching in open water
The student pilot’s inadvertent movement of the fuel shutoff switch to the “off” position while attempting to take a picture of himself, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and a subsequent ditching in open water.