The pilot’s activation of the auxiliary fuel boost pump shortly after takeoff, which resulted in an excess amount of fuel to the engine and a total loss of engine power.
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Two injured after plane stalls on takeoff
The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during the initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with terrain.
Attempt to take off in snow goes awry
The pilot’s failure to ensure the snow-covered takeoff area was safe, which resulted in a collision with ice and subsequent landing gear damage.
Carb ice leads to forced landing
The total loss of engine power due to carburetor ice.
Cessnas collide on taxiway
The pilot of the Cessna 150’s failure to avoid the taxiing Cessna 172.
Landing to take a picture doesn’t turn out as planned
The pilot’s loss of directional control during an intentional off-airport landing.
Failure to use carb heat brings down Cessna 182
The loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the pilot’s failure to utilize carburetor heat.
No flight experience proves fatal for kit airplane builder
The noncertificated pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and subsequent aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to attempt a flight with no previous flight experience.
Flat light takes out Ingenuity
“When running an accident investigation from 100 million miles away, you don’t have any black boxes or eyewitnesses,” said Ingenuity’s first pilot. Håvard Grip of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). “While multiple scenarios are viable with the available data, we have one we believe is most likely: Lack of surface texture gave the navigation system too little information to work with.”