The airplane’s encounter with a downdraft during the initial climb, which resulted in an impact with trees.
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Pilot bends Beech after failing to familiarize himself with airport’s wind conditions
The pilot’s failure to familiarize himself with the wind conditions at the destination airport and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a long, tailwind landing and subsequent runway overrun.
Visit to friend’s airfield ends in bent Skyhawk
The pilot’s failure to determine the airplane’s takeoff performance from an off-airport field, which resulted in an aborted takeoff and impact with a fence and terrain. Contributing to the accident was the delayed aborted takeoff.
A fun and friendly grassroots fly-in
The Grassroots Fly-In is “a family, fun atmosphere where people not only fly their antique and classic airplanes in, but they fly them throughout the fly-in, said Midwest Antique Airplane Club President Justin Niemyjski. “It’s where guys share rides and let their friends fly their airplanes. You don’t find that happening very often.”
Pilot makes forced landing in school playground
The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
You are fighting me
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted landing and the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action.
First flight after maintenance ends in crash
A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, as a result of an incorrectly placarded fuel selector.
Pilot mistakenly pulls mixture control instead of carb heat
A loss of engine power due to the pilot’s inadvertent closure of the mixture control which starved the engine of fuel and resulted in a hard landing and collision with terrain.
Pilot forgets to remove tow bar before takeoff
The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in his inadvertent departure with the tow bar connected to the nose wheel, and the low approach while returning to the airport, which allowed the tow bar to contact trees.