The noncertificated pilot’s exceedance of the aircraft’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
aviation accidents
Two die when Piper lost at sea
The pilot’s loss of control due to spatial disorientation.
Pilot hits power lines while attempt to avoid flock of birds
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines while making an evasive maneuver to avoid birds.
Pilot crashes after having heart attack
The incapacitating effects of an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), which resulted in the pilot’s loss of airplane control and impact with terrain.
Fuel starvation results when pilot puts fuel selector in wrong spot
The pilot’s fuel mismanagement and his improper use and placement of the fuel selector, contrary to operating procedures, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Student ends up in ditch after rejected takeoff
The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a rejected takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a ditch.
Mechanic’s lack of experience contributes to crash
The airframe and powerplant mechanic’s lack of experience in the overhaul of the engine model and the improper torque of the crankshaft gear bolt, which resulted in fatigue failure of the bolt and a total loss of engine power during an approach for landing.
It could happen to anybody…
“We all want to know, as pilots, what happened in an accident. Sadly, you want to learn from what they did. We need to at least not let them die in vain, to learn from what happened to them so that this will not happen to anybody else.”
Trapped in ice
The case study recreates the events that led to two ill-fated flights in April 2018 when a large swath of hazardous icing conditions and mountain obscuration in IMC proved to be no match for the pilots or their airplanes, which were not anti-icing or deicing equipped.