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 20230418004059APiper PA-30 · Saint Augustine, FLOn 04/18/2023 a PA-30 was landing at ksgj when the pilot became distracted during the approach phase of the flight due to ATC requesting the pilot to do a 360 degree turn while on final and vehicles that he thought he saw on the runway threshold. When cleared…Incident 20230417020029IFlight Design Ctsw · Santa Rosa, CAFirst pilot in command: aircraft taxing on runway following landing, fixed nose gear collapsed due to component failure (shock piston). Runway was clear of obstacles; aircraft did not leave the runway. Aircraft was pushed off runway on to taxiway and then to…Incident 20230417005529IGilbert E Cargill Lancair Legacy · Gulf Shores, ALDuring landing rollout the aircraft nose landing gear bolts sheared. The landing gear contacted the ground causing a nose gear collapse and the propeller to contact the ground. There were no injuries associated with this event.Incident 20230417004389ICessna 182S · Lexington, KYAircraft was on approach in gusting winds and reported wind shear. At 10-20 feet above ground, wind shear was experienced, pilot applied full power attempting to fly out of condition but the aircraft was forced to the runway. Aircraft veered left and departed…Accident 20230417003659ACessna 172S · Fredericksburg, TXWhile attempting to land at T82 under VFR conditions with clear skies and calm winds a teardrop entry into downwind runway 32 was made. While attempting to land, it was noticed that a tail wind was making it harder to reduce speed on short final. When it…Incident 20230417003199IRobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Mertzon, TXOn April 17, 2023, at approximately 1730, a Robinson R22 helicopter bearing registration number [privacy data omitted], sustained damage to its main rotor blades when an individual on the ground threw a rock at the helicopter at a location on us highway 67,…Incident 20230417003099ICessna 310L · Roswell, NMOn 17 April 2023, at approximately 1300, a Cessna 310L aircraft bearing registration number N5YF, registered to 5YF LLC, performed a gear up landing on runway 17 at the Roswell Air Center (row) in Roswell NM. The aircraft was being operated on a personal…Accident 20230417003069AParker, COPilot flew his drone in open space behind his home. The UAS pilot is low time and unexperienced. The pilot was performing maneuvers at the time of the accident. The strap for the battery pack broke causing the battery to become loose from the UAS. This caused…Incident 20230416016419ICessna R172K · Tyrone, OKWhile flying from dodge city Kansas (kddc), heading toward albequerque (kaeg) at approximately 1328, at 4500 MSL, the pilot observed loos of oil pressure. He notified Kansas city center and declared an emergency. The engine began to vibrate and the smell of…Accident 20230416009709ACessna T337G · Upland, CAReturning to land at Cable Airport with a passenger on 04/16/2023, the pilot reported that N38C'S landing gear position indicator lights did not indicate green (down and locked) as called for on the before landing checklist, but that the aircraft had…Incident 20230416008429ICessna 172S · Pembroke Pines, FLPart 91 operation Cessna 172S, registration [privacy data omitted], serial number 172S9026, with one pilot and three passengers on board with pilot reporting not developing enough power departing North Perry Airport (hwo), [privacy data omitted]return to hwo…Incident 20230416004369ICessna R172K · Bucklin, KSEnroute from albequerque (kaeg) to manhattan KS (kmhk), the pilot wished to obtain fuel at sublette, KS (K19S). Then heading to pratt, KS (kptt) for fuel, he experienced engine problems. Still running but losing power, he set the aircraft down near Bucklin,…Accident 20230416004049APiper PA-28-180 · Riverside, CAThe pilot took off from chino. Before take off everything was uneventful... The run up was uneventful. Magnetos checked out good. Flight controls were good. Fuel pump as working well. Flew on the right tank to Riverside. Fuel was at the tabs on take off so…Incident 20230416002529IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Ardmore, TNApril 16, 2023 - received report from dictor of operations that the Ardmore Tennessee base had a bird strike on aproch to base. Pilot completed the landing to base safely. Pilot recived small cut and bruise on the chin. Bird strike report was filed,…Incident 20230415008419ICessna 180J · Naples, FLPart 91 operation Cessna 172S, [privacy data omitted], serial number 172S8801, with student pilot on board had a runway excursion while landing runway 05 at kapf Naples, FL. Pilot for [privacy data omitted] reported going around on the first try and on the…Incident 20230415005229ICessna 180E · Addison, TX- On final turn, stabilized approach with winds from west. - Stable in flair aligned with runway using cross wind correction. - After touchdown crosswind gust raised tail and pushed the tail to right. - Applied maximum control deflection to prevent ground…Incident 20230415004929IBeech A45 · Cross City, FLOn April 15, 2023, at approximately 12:30 EST, [privacy data omitted], a Beech T-34, s/n G-31, [privacy data omitted], landed at Cross City airport (kcty) with the landing gear in the retracted position. Visual flight rules prevailed at the time of the…Accident 20230415004499AHolland Travis E Velocity · Andrews, NCThis was the aircraft's first flight since being repaired and engine being replaced. The aircraft owner had very little time in this type of aircraft. He hired the accident pilot to conduct this flight. On April 15, 2023, about 1039 eastern daylight time, an…Accident 20230415004031ASchweizer SGS 1-26E · Zebulon, NCOn 04/15/2023 student pilot on a solo flight crashed while attempting to land on runway 22 at 7NC5, Crooked Creek Airport bunn, NC. The glider struck another parked aircraft,[privacy data omitted]. [privacy data omitted] Was unoccupied. Student was injured…Accident 20230415003579AICP Savannah S · Gilford, NHOn April 15, 2023, N5400S landed hard, nose first on runway 8 at klci. The pilot was in the flare when a gust of wind took the plane up. According to the pilot's statement, he applied full power for a go around and the nose pitched down impacting the nose…Incident 20230415003539ICarter Stephen C SX 300 · Leesburg, FLOn April 15, 2023 at approximately 0830 EST, swearengin SX-300; experimental, amateur built aircraft, departed from Leesburg International Airport (klee), Leesburg, Florida en route to umatilla municipal airport (X23), umatilla, Florida with one pilot and no…Accident 20230414014609ACessna 177RG · Crestview, FLPilot had been operating at an altitude approximately 1500 ft north of kcew. Without warning or any other indications, the aircraft expereinced extreme vibration from engine. Concerned the engine would separate from the aircraft and the given distance from…Accident 20230414005549ACessna 172N · North Las Vegas, NVOn April 14, 2023, at 1710 PDT, a Cessna 172N, [privacy data omitted], landed on runway 30R at the north Las Vegas airport (kvgt), North Las Vegas, NV. Just as the aircraft touched down, the aircraft veered to the left off the runway striking a taxiway sign…Accident 20230414004029APiper PA-18A 150 · Garrison, MOThe pilot reported that while in cruise flight at approximately 1500' indicated altitude, the aircraft engine began to sputter and lost power. He attempted a forced landing in a field, striking trees on descent, and ended with the aircraft laying on its side.Incident 20230414002879ICessna 560XL · Bloomington, INOn 4/14/2023, [privacy data omitted] was on short final into kbmg runway 35, a small bird flew right to left glancing the front of the radome just prior to touchdown. The flight was completed without further incident. Upon post flight inspection, blood and…Incident 20230413020219ITextron B300 · Norfolk, VAOn apr 13, 2023, at approximately 0840 eastern daylight time(EDT) a Textron aviation, inc., model B300, reported the right hand upper engine cowl door seperated from the aircraft during flight after departure from Norfolk, Virginia (orf). During climb out of…Accident 20230413010679ARichard Spatz RV-14A · Fallston, MDA RV14 aircraft, crashed approximately 50 feet from the departure end of runway 22 at Fallston airport (W42), Fallston, Maryland for unknown reasons. Pilot was Transported to the hospital via medivac helicopter. POB: 1, Injuries: head trauma, damage: aircraft…Incident 20230413008409IIcon A5 · Key West, FLNose landing gear collasped when aifcraft was decelerating after landing and turning to the taxiway.Incident 20230413005939ICessna 310I · Limon, COOn April 13, 2023 at approximately 1030 MDT the aircraft departed the left side of the runway 16 after landing. The pilot reported that he lowered the landing gear on approach, but did not receive a green light indicating that the landing gear was ‘down and…Incident 20230413005559IPiper PA-28-161 · Williamsburg, KYAircraft caught on fire during engine start.Incident 20230413004839IBoeing A75N1(PT17) · Evansville, INOn 04/13/2023,the aircraft was on a landing roll-out and entered a ground loop. The aircraft exited the runway and the right aileron was damaged.Accident 20230413004509APipistrel Lsa Sinus · Kingsford, MIOn April 13, 2023 at 1140 local time, a light sport aircraft (LSA) Pipistrel Lsa Srl Sinus, [privacy data omitted], registered to and operated by a private pilot received substantial damage following a preflight engine fire on runway 19 at the Iron Mountain…Accident 20230413003249AEdwin Stafford JR ACE · Mammoth Springs, ARAircraft departed a private air strip at approximately 1300 CST, and at approximately 1330 CST, the aircraft was observed flying into an abandoned rock quarry multiple times. When the aircraft failed to emerge following the last pass, multiple witnesses…Accident 20230413002729ATextron 172S · West Mifflin, PADuring the final approach and landing of the flight lesson, the student pilot was on a steeper than normal approach at a slightly slower rate of speed. The CFI allowed the student pilot to continue to the point of shouting "pull back, pull back" causing the…Incident 20230412020529ICessna 172I · Morristown, NJOn April 12, 2023 at approximately 12:15 local time the aircraft was performing landings at mmu with an instructor and student onboard. The instructor stated that they "landed a little hard". It appears that the nose gear struck first during the landing,…Incident 20230412012609IBeech V35A · Fergus Falls, MN04/12/2023 Flight from flying cloud (kfcm) to Fergus Falls (kffm), 2 people on board, PIC and qualified CFI as a passenger in right seat. On final approach to runway 31 at kffm the landing gear was selected down. The down lock light did not illuminate. The…Incident 20230412004019IPiper PA-32-300 · Memphis, TNOn April 12th at approximately 1530 local time. A Piper PA32-300 took off from General Dewitt Spain Airport in Memphis, TN (M01). The aircraft was on climb out approximately 1500. The aircraft suffered a loss of engine power. After communicating with ATC, the…Incident 20230412003499IPiper PA-32R-301T · Kalamazoo, MIOn or about April 12, 2023, at approximately 1246 EDT, a 2001 Piper PA-32R-310T, a fixed-wing single-engine airplane, sustained minor damage after landing without the landing gear extended at the Kalamazoo / Battle Creek international airport (kazo) in…Accident 20230411011059ACessna 172M · Terrel, TXThis was a training flight, there was a crosswind, so the nose was crabbed into the wind during landing. When aircraft crossed the threshold, the student pilot pulled power to idle which caused the aircraft to drift from the center line to right. The aircraft…Accident 20230411005909ACessna 172H · Charles Town, WVPIC narrative: Flying at 2000MSL 17:06 the RPM dropped from 2300 to idling at 1000. Until securing the aircraft 100AGL above the ground, the rpm’s would continue the oscillation (2300-1000) with different intervals (1-8 second intervals) of idling before…Incident 20230411005139ICessna 340 · Tooele, UTPilot's description of flight - VFR flight plan filed (kogd to 67L) for departure at 14:00 on 4/11/2023 using foreflight. Pilot arrived early at kogd, [privacy data omitted] topped off tip and wing tanks (160 gal), performed preflight inspection according to…Accident 20230411004769AMullins David J JR Glastar · Calnevari, NVOn April 11, 2023, approximately 4:10 am local, [privacy data omitted] an experimental amature built Glastar airplane collided with terrain shortly after takeoff from Kidwell Airport (1L7) in cal-nav-ari, Nevada. Aircraft impacted ground close to a landing…Accident 20230411004009AJones George C Acro Sport II · Skiatook, OKPilot was practicing touch and go landings at Skiatook Municipal Airport (2F6), Oklahoma before stopping to get fuel on a leg of a trip from Alabama to Texas after recently purchasing the aircraft. On the fourth touch and go landing the pilot stated the winds…Accident 20230411003999AMiller Glenn F RV-12 · Climax, NCOn April 11,2023 at 1132 EST, an experimental amateur-built RV-12 airplane, [privacy data omitted], was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near the greensboro executive airport (3A4), in Climax, north carolina. The left seat pilot had fatal…Incident 20230411003989IBeech J35 · San Marcos, TXOn 4/11/2023 at 9:30 am CDT, pilot on board [privacy data omitted], Beech model J35 at San Marcos airport (hyi) was performing touch and go on runway 08. Aircraft landed fine then PIC applied full power to clime and put gear up but, engine stopped producing…Accident 20230411003549ARyan Navion A · New Waverly, TXAircraft, with one person onboard, departed culpeper regional airport (cjr) elkwood, VA, enroute to estates airpark airport (XS09), New Waverly, TX, with a fuel stop at scottsboro municipal field (4A6), scottsboro, AL. Pilot stated he departed 4A6 with 100…Incident 20230411003129ICessna 172N · Broomfield, COOn April 11, 2023 at approximately 1430 MDT, a Cessna CE-172N aircraft encountered a gust of wind during landing rollout, lifting the aircraft's right landing gear and wing. The aircraft pitched in a downward direction striking the propeller with the runway.…Accident 20230410006379APiper PA-28-181 · West Mifflin, PAStudent pilot on second solo flight was cleared for takeoff on runway 28 at Allegheny County Airport. After becoming airborne, the student became nervous and decided to abort the takeoff. Upon touchdown, insufficient runway remained to stop the aircraft. The…Accident 20230410003979ACessna 152 · Danbury, CTOn March 10, 2023 at approximately 1750 EST, aircraft lost power and crashed in a residential area striking a house and coming to rest against an adjacent home approximately 1 mile east of Danbury Municipal Airport (dxr). The pilot was asked about his fuel…Incident 20230410002759ICessna 560XL · Clewiston, FLWhile climbing through 21400 ft enroute to ksrq from kpbi a loud bang was heard followed by a left downward yaw. The aircraft began a hard shudder and was difficult to control. ATC was immediately notified of a mayday and request to return to pbi. No other…