aviation accidents

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to attain adequate airspeed during the short field takeoff, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall.

Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird.

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to see and avoid power wires.

Probable cause: The in-flight separation of a portion of the propeller, which subsequently penetrated the right rudder, as a result of the failure of the bond line between two of the propeller’s wood layers. Contributing to the failure of the propeller was the manufacturer’s use of an inappropriate bonding agent.

Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing.

Probable cause: The failure of the engine-driven fuel pump and the pilot’s failure to identify the pump’s failure, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and a forced landing on a road, during which the airplane hit obstacles.

Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird.

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to use taxiways shown on the airport diagrams and his subsequent failure to avoid a ditch.