The student pilot, accompanied by a CFI, was practicing maneuvers in a Beech Bonanza near Fort Stockton, Texas. During the approach to landing, the student was instructed to move the fuel selector from the right tank to the left tank. When the plane was on the downwind leg for landing, the instructor told the pilot […]
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Bellanca hits power line
The student pilot, who had logged 24 hours, including eight in the Bellanca Viking, accompanied by a passenger, took off at night from Plainview, Texas, although as a student pilot, flight with a passenger was prohibited. Visual conditions prevailed. During cruise flight, the plane hit a power line located 102 feet above ground. The power line […]
Nosewheel failure for Cessna
The student pilot was practicing touch and goes in a Cessna 152 in College Station, Texas. The first two were normal. During the third landing, the airplane touched down on the main landing gear, and, as the pilot brought the nose down, the nosewheel collapsed. The student pilot was not injured. The post-accident examination of […]
Tailwheel checkout results in flipover
The accident happened in El Reno, Okla., when the pilot of the Cessna 140 was receiving a checkout in the tailwheel airplane. During the takeoff roll he pushed the control yoke forward to lift the tail off the ground. When the tail came up, he lost directional control. The check pilot tried to regain directional […]
Luscombe gets away on roll out
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 […]
Berm bangs up Cessna
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, […]
Rudder pedal snags pilot’s foot
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 […]
Go-around goes bad for twin
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 […]
Bounce bends RV
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 […]