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 […]
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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 […]
Cessna loses power in cruise flight
The pilot was flying a Cessna 175B near Wellsville, Utah, when during a climb to cruise flight, the engine rpm suddenly reduced. He applied carburetor heat, which momentarily increased engine rpm, then it decreased again. He began troubleshooting the engine and performed the emergency landing checklist. He turned the ignition switch off and back on […]
Poor maintenance blamed for Cessna 337 crash
The accident happened during a test flight of the Cessna 337 from New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot transmitted “mayday mayday” over the control tower’s radio frequency. According to eyewitnesses, the airplane was in a left-wing-down attitude when it crashed into trees and powerlines. A review of data downloaded from the engine […]