FAA incident reports
234,323 FAA reports of aviation accidents and incidents, from the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS) through its Aviation Safety Information Portal. An incident falls short of an accident: a bird strike, say, or a gear-up landing without substantial damage. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one.
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Accident 20231109019089ATextron 172S · Erie, COOn November 9, 2023 at about 1217PM local time, a Cessna 172S landed off-field, resulting in substatial damage to the aircraft. No injuries resulted from the event.Incident 20231109017269IPiper PA-24-250 · Pompano Beach, FLPart 91, Piper aircraft PA-24-250 aircraft registration [privacy data omitted], serial number 24-352 landing on runway 10 at Pompano air park (pmp) during roll out [privacy data omitted] confused gear switch with flap selector retreating gear instead of flaps…Incident 20231109017259IMooney M20E · Medford, NJWhile conducting takeoffs and landings, the pilot was making his first approach for landing utilizing a non-standard approach procedure he saw on a video. During the interview the pilot admitted he did not use the aircraft before landing checklist and that he…Accident 20231109016809APiper PA-12 · Baker City, ORThe airman experienced fuel starvation due to fuel tank depletion ½ mile from runway 35 @ bke. He attempted an off-airport landing in an alfalfa field. During this time, he experienced a quartering crosswind which resulting in a ground loop, flipping the…Accident 20231108021289AGrumman American Avn. AA-5A · Fort Worth, TXAt approx. 0830 local, November 8, 2023, the pilot landed at hicks airport (T67) in Fort Worth, Texas. The pilot was taxiing to a parking spot, he claimed to strike a trash container with the right wing causing him to come into contact with a hangar approx.…Accident 20231108019439AHelicopteres Guimbal Cabri G2 · Claremore, OKOn 11/8/2023 cabri G2 training flight in a was conducted with CFI and student. Aircraft departed airnav: O38-GUNDY'S airport to practice autos and off airport landings. CFI stated, student flared too high, so instructor took controls prior to ground contact…Accident 20231108017579APiper PA-32R-300 · Florala, ALWhile performing touch and go's at 0J4 with CFI in the right seat [privacy data omitted] landed gear up, skidded to a stop and was towed to the ramp. PIC and CFI both walked away uninjured.Accident 20231107022099AGaulden William D Vans RV-4 · London, KYFlight originated on November 07, 2023 at kesn to kmtv and then continued from kmtv for kloz. At approximately 5 p.m. local time radio calls were made for final approach. Airspeed was at 80 mph to account for the extra weight of the passenger and baggage.…Incident 20231107020349IKitfox Kitfox Light Sport · Marathon, FLAircraft experienced loss of engine rpm's and loss of power, aircraft started to lose altitude. The pilot landed the aircraft in the water northwest of Marathon Florida airport (kmth).Incident 20231107018169IBoeing A75N1(PT17) · New Orleans, LAPilot indicated that on 11/7/2023 he was flying to the slidell, LA airport to practice takeoffs and landings in his stearman airplane. He departed from New Orleans Lakefront Airport(new). When he departed new, the tower told the pilot that his transponder was…Accident 20231107016699AAero Commander 500-B · Horton, MIWhile enroute to jxn near dayton, the right engine began to show a fuel pressure fluctuation and started to surge. Pilot turned on the boost pump and that alleviated the surging. He then called dayton, and cancelled his IFR flight plan, and switched to VFR.…Incident 20231107016379IBush Leroy J Velocity XL RG · Palatka, FLOn November 7, 2023 at approximately 15:00 local time, a homebuilt velocity aircraft s/n 3RX-022 experienced an inflight failure of the left exhaust stack tailpipe damaging the EGT and CHT wiring and 2 propeller blades when it departed the aircraft. An…Incident 20231106017499IPiper PA-28R-201T · Hammond, LAAircraft had landed at Hammond municipal airport (khdc) on runway 18 with the landing gear retracted. There was 1 person on board with his dog and no reported injuries. Primary damage to the aircraft underside and propeller was significant but categorized as…Incident 20231105020849ITom Hodgson 29 · Glendale, INExperimental aircraft experienced a hard landing on a grass strip. The propellor blades from both left engines contacted the ground. The aircraft veered left and struck a golf cart near the edge of the runway. One person near the cart was slightly injured.…Incident 20231105018719ICessna 172S · Wichita, KSOn the day of the incident the student pilot was performing his third touch-and-go of his second career solo flight. After touching down and applying full take off power, the aircraft veered to the left and departrd the runway. Contact was made with at least…Incident 20231105017439IBeech 35-B33 · Palo Alto, CAAircraft [privacy data omitted] touched down on runway 13. Aircraft [privacy data omitted] experienced severe nose wheel shimmy The pilot pulls back on the yoke to get the nose gear off of the runway and stop the shimmy. Pilot puts the nose back on the…Accident 20231104021059ABell UH-1H · Firebaugh, CAOn November 4, 2023, [privacy data omitted] a Bell UH-1H helicopter caught fire during the startup of a maintenance check. During the engine startup, it was reported by the pilot that there were no abnormalities. Engine instruments appeared normal.…Accident 20231104019059APiper PA-18-150 · Tompkinsville, KYAccording to the pilot's statement: accident flight was a post maintenance flight following an annual inspection. There was one pilot and one passenger onboard the aircraft. The pilot climbed to 3000 feet and performed several maneuvers. There were no…Accident 20231104018449APiper PA-18-150 · Wasilla, AKInstructional flight for tail wheel endorsement practicing conventional wheel landings in PA-18 aircraft with flight instructor sitting in rear seat and student pilot sitting in front seat. Initial plan to conduct training flights at goose bay airport due to…Accident 20231104017799AAerostar International RX 8 · Page, AZOn November 4, 2023, at 08:46 mountain standard time (MST), an Aerostar international, inc. RX-8 hot air balloon [privacy data omitted] operated by an FAA hot air balloon rated certificated commercial pilot experienced a dual burner flameout and an…Incident 20231104017729IPiper J3C-65 · Rosanky, TXOn November 4, 2023, a Piper J-3 cub, struck a power line. Engine lost power and attempted a landing in field. Landing gear collapsed during process. Minor damage to aircraft and no injury to pilot.Accident 20231104017719AJacko Victor W Kitfox Series 5 · Rigby, IDOn novemebr 4, 2023 an experimental Kitfox was substantially damaged as the pilot was practicing off airport landings. During the last landing attempt, the aircraft bounced the pilot pulled back on the stick to bring the tail down while also using heavy…Incident 20231103021409ICommander 114TC · Butler, PAWhile on approach to landing at Butler county airport, [privacy data omitted] entered a left hand turn from base to an approximately 1.5 mile final. While in the turn, the aircraft engine quit and the aircraft made a successful approach and landing to a…Incident 20231103020629IBeech 35-B33 · Cornelia, GAOn November 02, 2023, approximately 1904 local time a pilot was landing a single engine Beech aircraft on runway 24 at Habersham county airport (ajr) in Cornelia, Georgia. Pilot failed to confirm that the gear was down and locked landed with gear up.Incident 20231103020469ICessna 310N · Dayton, OHDay/faa/atc - [privacy data omitted] was on short final when he asked the local controller to check if his nose gear was down. Local controller checked with his binoculars and informed him his gear appeared to be down. [privacy data omitted] Touched down and…Incident 20231103017509IGrassman Timothy B RV-14A · Willis, TXWhile on a straight in visual approach 2 mile final and cleared to land on runway 14 at kcxo, aircraft encountered a group of aproximately 4 large birds. Pilot adjusted pitch down to attempt to avoid but was unsuccessful. One of the birds struck the vertical…Incident 20231102020639ICessna 140 · Winder, GAOn November 02, 2023, approximately 1653 local time, a Cessna C-140 landed at Barrow County Airport on runway 23 on rollout aircraft left main tire went flat causing the aircraft to veer off left side of the runway causing the left main tire to dig into the…Incident 20231102019609IMooney M20M · Solberg, NJPilot was performing a landing at N51 airport and proceeded to exit the left side of the runway close to the departure end of the 3400 foot runway. Examination of the left tire showed a flat spot with a hole in the rubber in the middle of the flat spot. The…Incident 20231102018179ICessna 210L · Cambridge, MNAircraft landed with the gear up after a short flight to calibrate the newly installed angle of attack (AOA) system. No injuries. PIC stated he forgot to put the gear down. Damage to the aircraft included propeller strike and damage to the belly of the…Incident 20231102016199IPiper PA-23-250 · Palm Coast, FLPIC statement: "During closed traffic work at kfin, our left tire tube failed resulting in the tire separating from its rim during a touch and go. This caused us to loose directional control which resulted in the a/c departing the paved surface of RWY6 to the…Incident 20231102013339ICessna 172M · Palmer, AKOn 2 November 2023, the pilot was preparing for his first night flight in well over a year. He was completing recency Requirements before taking anybody with him, this was his chance to see if he felt comfortable flying at night as a private pilot. After his…Incident 20231101013409ITextron B300 · Aiken, SCThe pilot in command (PIC) stated aircraft was assigned a cruise altitude of FL260 and was on initial climb through FL200 in visual flight rule conditions when there was an audible pop. The second in command (SIC) acting as the pilot flying (pf) stated that…Accident 20231031020359ACessna 172M · Pembroke Pines, FLPart 91 flight in night VMC conditions, pilot became spatially disoriented and subsequently impacted the ground, aircraft was destroyed and pilot sustained serious injury.Accident 20231031019789APiper PA-32-300 · Marion, OHMarion, OH: [privacy data omitted], PA32, tol-unkn, acft crashed due to unkn circumstances south of Marion, OH. Post crash fire ensued. ATC services: acft initially departed VFR @ tol and flew southbound. Acft dropped off passenger at lck (rickenbacker intl)…Incident 20231031018829ITextron B300 · Rochester, MNOn oct 31, 2023, at approximately 1330 central daylight time a Textron aviation, inc., model B300, reported a bird strike on climb out of Rochester, Minnesota (krst). Departing on runway three (03) climbing through approximately 3600 – 4000 feet, crew…Incident 20231031016979IBeech 35-C33 · Aurora, ORThe pilot and a passenger departed Aurora airport (uao) around 11:00 LCL on 10-31-23 with the intention of flying to omak, WA (omk), landing, then departing again to return to uao. He fueled the airplane with 60 gallons in uao. His flight planning showed that…Incident 20231031016129ITextron 172S · Salina, KSOn October 31, 2023 at approximately 7:15AM CST started a Cessna 172 smodel. The parking break was set and the pilot reduced the throttle to 1000 RPM, the pilot looked down to conduct the after start checklist during which the aircraft started to roll towards…Accident 20231030017979AMooney M20K · Lamar, CO10/30/2023 - Aircraft departed centralia, illinos airport (kenl) to fly to Lamar, Colorado (klaa). The distance is approxiamately 781 miles. The previous flight from caldwell county airport, north carolina (kmrn) to centralia, illinos airport (kenl). The…Incident 20231030017839IPiper PA-28-181 · Tampa, FLLanded short of Runway 04 after the engine failed while on short Final. Aircraft was towed to the ramp.Accident 20231030013399APiper PA 46-350P · Mc Cook, NEAt the request of the pilot, an FBO employee filled the main (wing) fuel tanks with jet-a and added 10 gallons to the aux (header) tank. The aircraft departed runway 22 with one pilot, one passenger and three dogs. The passenger and the dogs were seated in…Incident 20231029019729IBoeing 787-9 · Newark, NJOn 10/29/2023 at aproximately 05:05 local time, [privacy data omitted] operating as ua 1123 capetown international airport (fact) to Newark Liberty International Airport (kewr) struck a jet bridge while pulling into gate 67A. The LH wing struck the jetbridge…Accident 20231029018729APiper PA-28-235 · Ocklawaha, FLA Piper PA-28-235 cherokee, [privacy data omitted] was on a personal flight departing sebring to the base of operation at Woods & lake airpark (FA-38), in Ocklawaha, FL. The pilot stated that ATC radio observance into the area of ocala/leesburg squawked winds…Incident 20231029018189IPiper PA-24-180 · Beaver, UTOn October 29,2023 a Piper PA-24-180, attemted to land at Beaver Utah airport. During the approach the landing gear would not extendand the pilot belly landed the aircraft on the runway. Aircraft had no insurance at the time of the accident and the pilot…Accident 20231029017989APiper PA-39 · Highgate, VTWhile conducting a local flight, the pilot flew a normal approach and landing to runway 36 at kfso. During the landing rollout the PIC went to retract the flaps and instead hit the gear up switch. PIC immediately realized the mistake and returned the switch…Accident 20231028022129AMustang II · Ashville, ALAircraft had turned onto final for the runway when pilot realized that he was too high and fast. Pilot attempted to correct and when the aircraft touched down, the pilot lost control and ground looped.Accident 20231028020039ASchweizer SGS 2-33A · Elmira, NYOn October 28, 2023, at 1600, a 1973 Schweizer glider model SGS-2-23A operated by an instroctor pilot returned to land at Harris Hill gliderport (4NY8) in Elmira, NY. The pilot had excess altitude that could not be dissipated and which would result in a long…Accident 20231028018349ARobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Ronkonkoma, NYOn 10/28/2023 instructor pilot and student pilot were conducting practice hover in west sod area at isp. Student was having difficultly managing controls, instructor took controls from the student to demonstrate control correlation at 3-5 ft hover. Student…Accident 20231028016209ACessna 305 · Williamston, NCOn 10/28/2023, a Cessna L-19 lost control during touchdown on runway 03 at the Martin County Airport (kmcz) with 2 people on board. The winds were reported to be calm. The pilot stated that just prior to touch down he saw a deer out of his left eye and veered…Incident 20231028016139ICessna 170B · Oxford, CTOn October 28, 2023, the pilot in command (PIC) and one passenger departed from N41 Waterbury airport, Waterbury, Connecticut on a personal flight to koxc Waterbury-Oxford Airport Oxford, Connecticut. PIC stated that the arrival and departure system (adis)…Incident 20231028015349IRobinson R44 · Hnl, HIRobinson R44 conducting part 135 flight out of Hnl; pilot noted high manifold pressure required after take off and performed precautionary landing off airport. During troubleshooting ch found intake valve tip in the cylinder. Submitted service difficulty…