aviation accidents

The pilot, accompanied by a passenger, was practicing touch and go landings in the Luscombe 8A at the airport in Madera, Calif. After a series of uneventful landings, he decided to perform a full-stop landing. As he transitioned from the landing to the ground roll, he applied pressure to the foot brakes, and the plane […]

The student pilot was attempting to land a Cessna 172 in Kremmling, Colo. There were snow and ice berms alongside the runway. According to the student pilot, after touchdown, he thought the right wing was low, so he attempted to correct the airplane’s track with the addition of rudder and aileron. During the ground roll, […]

The pilot of the Cessna 170 reported that after a normal landing at the airport in Livermore, Calif., the tailwheel-equipped airplane began to drift right. He applied control inputs to counteract the drift, then the airplane started to veer to the left. He applied right rudder to stop that movement, however his foot became entangled […]

A lineman who spoke with the pilot/owner of the Beech E90 before its departure from Casa Grande Airport in Arizona reported that the pilot stated that he and a flight instructor were going out to practice for about an hour. The owner had a multiengine certificate and approximately 663 hours in multiengine airplanes, including 112 […]

The pilot was attempting to land the RV6A in Lewisburg, Tenn. During the approach he was flying “slightly high and slightly too fast.” He reduced power in an attempt to make the landing. The airplane bounced hard on the runway and he applied power in an attempt to remain airborne, but lost directional control of […]

The pilot was flying a Cessna 175B near Wellsville, Utah, when during a climb to cruise flight, the engine rpm suddenly reduced. He applied carburetor heat, which momentarily increased engine rpm, then it decreased again. He began troubleshooting the engine and performed the emergency landing checklist. He turned the ignition switch off and back on […]

The accident happened during a test flight of the Cessna 337 from New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot transmitted “mayday mayday” over the control tower’s radio frequency. According to eyewitnesses, the airplane was in a left-wing-down attitude when it crashed into trees and powerlines. A review of data downloaded from the engine […]

The pilot was attempting to takeoff from a runway in Sunburst, Mont., in a Cessna 170B. At the time of the accident he estimated that the wind was 38 knots and gusting to 42 knots. He taxied onto the runway most aligned with the wind and began the takeoff roll. Just as the plane became […]

The non-instrument-rated pilot, copilot, and a passenger were flying in a Cessna 310 from the Bahamas to Florida. A weather front was passing over Florida at the time. The copilot contacted flight service before the initial flight and learned of thunderstorms in the area and the flight had to divert from its planned destination. The […]