The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees during an approach in sun glare and hazy conditions.
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Number of fatal accidents in homebuilts ticks up
For the federal fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022, the FAA reported there were 56 fatal accidents in experimental category aircraft over the preceding 12 months, including 39 in amateur-built aircraft. That compares to 42 total accidents — 33 in amateur-built aircraft — during the 12-month period between October 2020 and September 2021.
Preparing pilots for spatial disorientation
At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, students get the chance to experience spatial disorientation in a safe space in the university’s new Spatial Disorientation Laboratory.
Pilot mistakes taxiway for runway
The pilot’s inadvertent attempt to takeoff on a taxiway, rather than a runway, which resulted in a collision with a fence during takeoff.
Mid-air collision seriously injures glider pilots
The failure of both pilots of each glider to see and avoid one another while maneuvering, which resulted in a mid-air collision.
Human Factors: Whose fault, really?
When a mechanic’s error leads to an accident, does the pilot and aircraft owner share some of the responsibility?
Air Safety Institute video analyzes Wings Over Dallas midair collision
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute (ASI) has released a new video in its Early Analysis series providing an initial examination of the Nov. 12, 2022, midair collision between a Bell P–63F Kingcobra and a Boeing B–17G Flying Fortress during the 2022 Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas WWII Airshow at Dallas Executive Airport in Texas.
Collision with turkey buzzard bends airplane
The airplane’s collision with a bird during initial climb, which resulted in a forced landing.
Fuel exhaustion just first problem for student pilot
The student pilot’s failure to attain proper pitch attitude of the airplane causing it to exceed its critical angle of attack, enter an aerodynamic stall, and subsequently impact terrain, and his poor decision making and lack of experience that led him to attempt the takeoff from the road.