Aircraft: Cessna 180. Injuries: None. Location: South Fork, Colo. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land on a runway that had several patches of snow on it. The Cessna encountered a patch of snow during the rollout and veered out of control. The pilot was unable to regain control and the airplane nosed […]
aviation accidents
Hand-propped airplane escapes
Aircraft: Piper Pacer. Injuries: None. Location: Hebron, Neb. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot reported that he could not start the engine using the electric starter, so he decided to attempt to hand-prop it. He set the parking brake and initiated the procedure. The engine started. The parking brake did not hold and the airplane began […]
Low-altitude manuever goes bad
Aircraft: Aventura II. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Laceys Spring, Ala. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The pilot was said to have logged 700 hours, including about 10 flights in the accident airplane. However, his most recent flight review was completed nearly six years prior to the accident and he did not possess the required rating to operate […]
Low-time pilot ground loops C180
Aircraft: Cessna 180. Injuries: None. Location: Conroe, Texas. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The flight instructor, who occupied the right seat, allowed the private pilot to practice landings in the tailwheel airplane. During the second landing, the plane veered sharply off the runway centerline. The flight instructor took over the controls but was unable to regain directional […]
Over-rotation leads to loss of control
Aircraft: Zenair LTD CH 2000. Injuries: None. Location: Warrenton, Va. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The flight instructor and student pilot, who was the owner of the airplane, were practicing simulated engine out/aborted takeoff procedures. The student completed one aborted takeoff without incident. During a second attempt he over-rotated and the airplane climbed to an altitude of […]
Buzzing kills two
Aircraft: Piper Cherokee. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Osborn, Mo. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The airplane made a low pass in front of a witness’s house. The witness made a video recording of the first pass, which showed the airplane at tree-top level. The airplane came around for a second pass and hit the trees. Examination of […]
Second solo, first mishap
Aircraft: Cessna 152. Injuries: None. Location: Miami, Fla. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The student pilot had logged 29 hours, including two hours of solo flight time. The accident happened on his second solo flight. He reported that he felt the wind shift to a light tailwind just prior to landing on runway 27L. When the airplane […]
VFR into IMC kills two
Aircraft: Cessna 210. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Morgan, Utah. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: There was no record of the non-instrument pilot obtaining a weather briefing prior to departure into mountainous terrain. Weather information at the time of the flight reported mountain obscuration and precipitation. The pilot took off to pick up a passenger. After picking up […]
Stall leads to crash
Aircraft: Cessna Turbo 182. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Lebanon, N.H. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The pilot took off from runway 36. A few minutes later when the plane was about a half mile from the runway at an altitude of 1,500 MSL, the pilot advised air traffic control that he needed to return to land. He […]