Probable Cause: The pilots’ inadequate preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
aviation accidents
A Hail Mary landing (with an emphasis on the hail)
What can we learn from an accident where a Baron is pummeled by hail?
Cold weather, impatience, and the Impossible Turn prove fatal for Cirrus pilot
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control after a partial loss of engine power during initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to follow airplane flight manual procedures and limitations for the turbocharged engine, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to cold weather effects on the turbocharger control system.
Plane hits sign and taxi light after hard landing
Probable Cause: The pilots’ improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing, runway excursion, and subsequent impact with a terminal sign and taxi light.
Unexpected wind shear results in hard landing
Probable Cause: The airplane’s encounter with unexpected wind shear during final approach, which resulted in a hard landing short of the runway.
Excessive speed on landing leads to crash
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing with an excessive touchdown speed that resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain.
Improperly constructed tailwheel locking assembly leads to loss of control
Probable Cause: Loss of directional control during landing due to an improperly constructed and maintained tailwheel locking assembly.
Inflight collision with bird bends Cessna 172
Probable Cause: An inflight collision with a bird during initial climb.
Loss of control leads to ground loop
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in crosswind conditions, which resulted in a ground loop on the runway.