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The owner of the Cessna 182 and a flight instructor departed on a 90-minute flight, which included multiple practice takeoffs and landings at three different airports. The flight instructor had about 5,300 hours, which included more than 500 hours in C-182s.The private pilot reported about 230 hours, including about 90 hours in C-182s. When the […]

The student pilot was making an approach to the airport at Newcastle, Wyo., in a Cessna 172. When the airplane was about 20 feet above ground level and about 15 feet short of the approach end of the runway, it began to sink. The airplane came down hard off the runway surface. The nosewheel dug […]

The accident happened during the student pilot’s first solo flight at the airport in Ankeny, Iowa. The first landing was good, but on the second approach the airplane touched down flat and bounced several times. The post-flight inspection of the airplane revealed that one propeller blade tip was bent aft and the firewall was buckled. […]

The pilot of the Cessna 182, accompanied by two passengers, was on a scenic flight near Carson City, Nevada. The airplane was climbing southwest, and approaching 9,000 feet MSL. The pilot planned to cross a mountain saddle between 400 and 500 feet AGL. The airplane encountered a strong downdraft and the airspeed dropped to about […]

The pilot of the Cessna 172RG planned to fly from Abbeville, Louisiana, but when he went to start the airplane he found the engine battery was dead. He decided to hand-prop the airplane to start the engine. He tied the tail of the airplane down via a brass snap-hook that attached to a metal fastener […]

The pilot was conducting his first flight in the Rans S-12 XL, a two-seat experimental amateur-built airplane, from a turf runway in Cleveland, Ga. The non-certificated pilot/owner of the aircraft was in the right seat. The pilot flying reported about 1,600 hours, with zero flight hours in make and model. In addition, he had not […]

The ATP-rated pilot, who had logged 19,275 hours, including 178 in the Skybolt, an aerobatic biplane, decided to do some low altitude aerobatic maneuvers near Windsor, N.C. After takeoff, he did two fly-bys along the runway, then pulled up to between 300 and 500 feet AGL and performed a wingover maneuver, although federal regulations prohibit aerobatic […]

The pilot was attempting to land the Cirrus SR20 at the airport in Staples, Minn. The landing was uneventful until the flare, when the airplane bounced. The pilot initiated a go-around. During the attempted go-around, the plane did not achieve takeoff speed before going off the end of the runway and hitting a runway edge […]

The pilot of the Piper Pawnee took off from Baxter Springs, Kan., then noticed a decrease in the engine’s oil pressure, followed by a loss of engine power. The pilot was slightly injured in the forced landing. An examination of the engine revealed that the No. 2 piston had failed. In addition, each of the […]