aviation accidents

During a proficiency flight, one of the pilots was demonstrating a slow-flight recovery procedure. He added power and began retracting the Cessna 182’s flaps. When the flaps passed through 10° toward fully retracted, he felt an uncommanded right yoke control movement. As he applied more pressure to the control yoke to maintain level flight, both […]

After a 90-minute instrument flight rules flight, the pilot descended toward his home airport in Seagoville, Texas, and attempted six unsuccessful instrument approaches in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). The controller terminated three GPS approaches and one instrument landing system approach because the pilot flew through the final approach course; one GPS approach was terminated because […]

The pilot departed the airport for a local flight near Mount Pleasant, Texas, in a Cessna 152. During the flight he observed family and friends on the ground and he maneuvered the airplane to overfly them at low altitude. The plane struck power lines as the pilot set up for the flyover, and both ailerons and […]

The pilot reported he had not flown the Glaster in “some time.” He added that, on the day of the accident, he performed a full power run-up and that the airplane “felt normal.” The takeoff and climbout were normal, however while the plane was at 1,200 feet above ground level, the engine began to lose power. […]

The pilot reported that the tailwheel-equipped CubCrafters CC11-160 nosed over during landing rollout on a grass runway in Middleton, Wisconsin. He informed an FAA inspector that the runway surface varied with both wet and dry areas, which caused a variable braking action. The pilot noted that the accident might have been prevented with more careful brake application. […]

The pilot said the touchdown at the airport in Everett, Washington, in the tailwheel-equipped Taylorcraft BL 65 was normal. After applying the brakes, the plane turned 45° to the left, and left the runway. It crossed the grass infield, went onto a taxiway, and the left wing hit a hangar. The airplane turned right, and the right wing hit another […]

Before the flight in the experimental Thorp T-18, the pilot unbolted and rebolted the pilot’s seat from its middle position to the forward position. He did not check to see if the flight control stick movement would be restricted in this new configuration. During the takeoff roll, the plane would not rotate when he moved the […]

A Piper PA-28-140 and a Pitts Special S-1S collided in midair while both airplanes were on final approach to land in Westminster, Maryland. The Piper was equipped with a two-way radio and the Pitts was not. Both pilots were flying their airplanes on a visual approach to the same runway. The Piper entered the traffic pattern […]

The commercial pilot was conducting a cross-country flight in the experimental Fouga CM 170R Magister. While descending to the destination airport, both engines flamed out. The pilot estimated that the airplane should have had about 1.5 hours of fuel remaining when the engine flameouts occurred. He determined that the plane would not be able to glide to the […]