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Fuel exhaustion leads to forced landing

By General Aviation News Staff · March 22, 2025 ·

Probable Cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.

Failure to activate pitot heat leads to loss of control

By General Aviation News Staff · March 21, 2025 ·

Loss of Control NTSB Accident Report

Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to activate the pitot heat in a timely manner during flight into icing conditions, which resulted in a temporary failure of the flight instruments and a subsequent loss of control.

Wind shear fatal for pilot

By General Aviation News Staff · March 19, 2025 ·

Probable Cause: The airplane’s encounter with low level wind shear associated with moderate turbulence, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.

Failure to ensure proper fuel selector position fatal for pilot

By General Aviation News Staff · March 15, 2025 ·

Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure a proper fuel selector position before takeoff, which resulted in a loss of left engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control after the loss of left engine power.

Taxiing Cessna runs into parked airplane

By General Aviation News Staff · March 14, 2025 ·

The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout during taxi, which resulted in a collision with a parked airplane. Contributing was the marshaller’s improper marshalling techniques.

Pilot with get-there-itis crashes his newly purchased airplane

By General Aviation News Staff · March 12, 2025 ·

Probable Cause: The pilot’s decision to fly the airplane in which he had no experience in strong, gusting wind, which resulted his failure to maintain proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.

Flight into icing conditions ends in crash

By General Aviation News Staff · March 8, 2025 ·

The pilot’s continued flight into icing conditions in an airplane that was not equipped for icing, which led to structural icing, subsequent loss of airplane control and impact with terrain.

Mechanic’s improper servicing of magneto leads to total loss of engine power

By General Aviation News Staff · March 7, 2025 ·

Probable Cause: Maintenance personnel’s improper servicing of the magneto, which resulted in its accelerated wear, failure, and the total loss of engine power.

Human Factors: Déjà vu all over again

By William E. Dubois · March 6, 2025 ·

People just aren’t getting the memo: The quickest way to kill yourself in an airplane is to pressure yourself to fly beyond your capabilities — whether those capabilities are weather, equipment, certification, experience, or simply how much energy you have left over from the day before.

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