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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Incident 20220226002919IPiper PA-28-140 · Groton, CTOn February 26, 2022 at 10:42PM local time, at Groton Airport (kgon) in Groton, CT, aircraft PA-28 N1072Q, [privacy data omitted]of kgon, operated by CFI and student pilot, intentionally exited the runway surface of rw 23 into a snow covered median just south…Accident 20220226002619APiper PA-28-150 · Savannah, GAOn February 26, 2022, at approximately 10:50 local time, the student pilot of N5208W, a PA28 aircraft, was turning base to final for runway 28 at ksav when he reported an engine failure and subsequently was unable to reach the airport. The student pilot was…Incident 20220225002909IAmerican AA-1A · Truth Or Con, NMOn February 25, 2021, at 1530 MDT, an American Aviation AA1A, N7269L, [privacy data omitted] landed hard at Truth or Consequences, NM airport (tsc) while on a personal, part 91 flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a flight plan…Incident 20220225002899IPiper PA 46-350P · Tallahassee, FLOn 02/25/2022 N515TA a Piper PA-46 [privacy data omitted] on climbout from tlh encountered wildlife strike on left wing. Strike was reported to ATC. Upon landing kvrb, noted damage to left leading edge of wing.Incident 20220225002629ICessna 172B · Savannah, GA4. Student pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft when control was possible resulting in a runway excursion. The aircraft exited the runway and came to a stop on the taxiway.Incident 20220224012059ICessna 414 · Charleston, SCPilot landed on runway 15, made a right turn onto taxiway a, followed by a left turn onto taxiway g. he informed ground that he thought he might have run over something on the taxiway. Airport ground crews later found a destroyed taxiway edge light on the…Incident 20220224006949ICessna U206G · Kansas City, MOOn approach to kmci, the pilot stated he observed ice buildup on the windshield while operating in forecasted icing conditions. After attempting to use full windshield defrost heat and falsely assuming that prop deicing fluid would shed the ice, the pilot…Accident 20220224004209ABeech 35-C33 · Perkasie, PAVideo footage obtained from the doylestown airport maintenance camera (kdyl), shows N6129V landing at 16:21:22 EST on runway 5. At 16:23:13 EST, the kdyl maintenance camera shows N6129V in front of the kdyl FBO, with the engine running, as a passenger enters…Incident 20220224002889ICessna 560XL · Montrose, CON824DM flight from kmtj to kosu, diverted into kcmh. Crew reported an anti-skid fail cas message after takeoff from kmtj followed by a hydraulic pressure cas message. The crew discovered that the flap indicator showed slightly aft of the fully stowed…Incident 20220224002879ICessna P210N · Immokalee, FLAircraft landed at Immokalee airport. After touched down on runway 9 for the second time, the mains touched and once the nose wheel touched the runway it collapsed. This caused the prop strike, sudden stop of the engine. The aircraft slid down the runway to a…Incident 20220224002849IDexter Clark O Challenger II · Manistique, MIOn 02/24/2022 at approximately 1525 EDT, a 2011 Dexter Clark O model Challenger II[privacy data omitted], performed an emergency landing on indian lake near Manistique, MI. The aircraft received minor damage during the landing on the snow and ice covered…Accident 20220224002489ARoss Jonathan RV-8 · Pinon, AZOn January 24, 2022, at approximately 9:15 mountain standard time, a Ross Jonathan model RV8 aircraft, N207RV impacted a power line approximately 15 miles northeast of Pinon Arizona. The aircraft departed four corners regional, NM (kfmn) in route to rosamond…Accident 20220224002479ADistar CZ D 13/15 SUN Dancer · Boulder City, NVOn February 24, 2022, at approximately 1412 PST, the las FSDO received notification from the western pacific?s regional operations center, regarding an accident involving a 2017 Distar cz-as, D-13/15 sun dancer single engine motor glider, registration number…Incident 20220224002469ICompagnie Daher TBM 700 · Milwaukee, WIThe incident occurred on February 24, 2022, and was reported through the regional operations center (roc) on February 25, 2022. The incident aircraft, had a wing tip strike during landing on runway 07R at Milwaukee Mitchell international airport (kmke),…Accident 20220224002319ACessna 208B · Oceanside, CAOn the fourth flight during sky diving operations, the airplane made a gradual climb to 12,700 ft. MSL where the skydivers departed the aircraft. After their departure, the pilot initiated a steep descent in excess of 4,500 ft. per min (fpm). The pilot stated…Incident 20220224000959IEmbraer EMB-135LR · Aspen, COThe aircraft landed on runway 15 at Aspen/Pitkin county airport (ase). After landing the pilot deployed the thrust reverser. The pilot applied the aircraft brakes with no response. The number 4 main tire on the right landing gear locked up causing the…Incident 20220223002459ICessna 441 · Honolulu, HIThe pilot was taxing into spot post-flight and was being led by marshaller. Area was congested and pilot and marshaller lost situational awareness and aircraft right wingtip made contact with a chain-link fence post causing minor damage to the wingtip.Accident 20220222007139APiper PA-32-260 · Fostoria, OHN3952W departed effingham airport Indiana (1H2) to findlay airport (fdy). Pilot requested vectors to the RNAV runway 25 approach at fdy. Aircraft was having a difficult time maintaining the proper course so ATC then cleared the pilot for the full RNAV runway…Incident 20220222002449ICessna 172M · Ocean Isle Beac, NCOn 02/22/2022 approximately at 6:45 pm, while departing runway 24 at 60J, a deer ran into the center-line runway path of N9997V at approximately 50 mph. After the collision with the deer, I was able to taxi the plane to where it was originally parked at 60J.…Incident 20220222002439IBeech F90 · Sarasota, FLAmended 05/20/2022: On 02/22/2022, at 1536 EST, N990F, BE90, [privacy data omitted], landed gear-up on runway 32 for unknown reason and skidded onto the grass at Sarasota/bradenton, FL. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The PIC was on a…Accident 20220222001029ASikorsky S-61N · Kekaha, HI02/22/2022: At approximately 10:20 HST an S61N, registration # N615CK, [privacy data omitted] was destroyed on ground impact at barking sands airport. The helicopter was performing a part 133 operation in support of the pacific missile range facility…Incident 20220222000939ICessna 210M · Ashburn, VAInvestigation: I was notified by FAA roc that on February 22, 2022, at 16:34L EST (21:34Z), on an IFR flight which departed newark internationl airport (kewr) en route to dulles international airport (kiad), airman [privacy data omitted] commercial pilot…Incident 20220221002429ICessna 210D · Fayetteville, NCAircraft departed Fayetteville Regional Airport and pilot noticed that the left main landing gear started to retract but about half way up it dropped back down and was dangling. The pilot attempted to cycle the gear with no success. The pilot landed the…Incident 20220221002419IHakes Thomas E Lancair IV · Keokuk, IAUpon landing rollout on runway, the pilot attempted to make a turn onto taxiway. The aircraft began to exit runway onto taxiway at excessive speed and overshot taxiway. Aircraft came into contact with taxiway edge light concrete base, the nose gear collapsed,…Accident 20220221002409ABellanca 7GCBC · Franklin, INOn FEBRUARY21, 2022, at approximately 1355 eastern standard time, a 1977 Bellanca citabria aircraft, N2521, sustained substantial damage following a collision with terrain while on approach to the Franklin Flying Field Airport (3FK) located near Franklin,…Accident 20220221001299ARaytheon Hawker 800XP · Aspen, COPilots stated that they reviewed the weather for the planned flight to austin, Texas. Part of that discussion involved the current ATIS which was 170° at 18 knots gusting to 30 knots. Both pilots stated that the winds were beyond the tailwind limit of 10…Accident 20220221000909ADehavilland DHC-3 · Umiat, AKPilot filed a company VFR flight plan at approximately 0630 Alaska standard time. Flight departed deadhorse at 7 am headed to Umiat with 7 passengers. Pilot stated he was following another company airplane to the same location. As the pilot was approaching…Incident 20220220012049IPiper PA-28-181 · Greenville, SCPilot statement: "The flight was uneventful from khky to kgmu. I had requested flight following services from ATC and had clearance to land on runway 19. The approach to land was stable around 72KTS. The plane was on glideslope with my aiming point in view. I…Incident 20220220011859IPiper PA-18-150 · Manchester, TNThe PIC of incident aircraft[privacy data omitted]. He is a full time charter pilot flying a lear jet 75. His fellow pilot friends had told him about a gravel bank landing area, located on normandy lake, the lake was created by damning the duck river.…Accident 20220220002399ADugger Darrell D Mustang II · Cheyenne, WYN121DD was taking off on runway 13 when it veered sharply to the left shortly after rotation. The aircraft hit the infield sod area , skipped accross the taxiwayand came to rest in the grass between taxi ways echo and charlie.Accident 20220220002389AMooney M20C · Crete, NEThe aircraft started takeoff roll on runway 17 at 1545. Video evidence showed the aircraft began to rotate approximately 50 ft. passed the PAPI lights. The nose landing gear left the ground and shortly thereafter the main landing gear followed. The aircraft…Accident 20220220002379APaul D Spangenberg AR-1KC · Sarasota, FLOn February 20, 2022, at 1443 EST, N65PC, amateur built 2019 Paul D Spangenberg AR-1KC, [privacy data omitted] was involved in an accident where the aircraft departed runway 04 at Sarasota-Bradenton international airport (srq). At midfield, the aircraft…Accident 20220220002369ANavion Navion A · Staunton, ILOn February 20, 2022, N5042K Navion L-17B had to make an emergency landing in a soft field just west of 8437 Illinois state route 4 Staunton, IL, due to engine failure, causing significate damage. All occupants of N5042K related no injuries and refused…Accident 20220219002359AS-7 · Buckeye, AZOn 2/19/2022, N242K was substantially damaged trying to land at Buckeye airport kbxk. Pilot approached trying to locate ultralight runway and incorrectly ended up landing on parking lot at bxk. Pilot saw power lines (35? AGL) on short final, made abrupt…Incident 20220219002349ISocata TBM 700 · Bullhead City, AZPart 91 personal flight from fullerton, CA. To Laughlin airport pilot[privacy data omitted] and one passenger. During landing at 1300 local time, pilot states that winds were gusty and turbulent causing the nose to pitch down before he could correct and the…Incident 20220219002209IBell 47G-4A · Titusville, FLPilot was with a student who had about 100 hours in helicopters. They were practicing a circling approach and student was directed to hover over the landing area, but instead was setting it down. Realizing the decent rate was to fast and the mis-communication…Accident 20220219002199AQuad City Challenger II · Mountain Home, TXNon-certificated pilot stated he took off and immediately set the aircraft back down. Then took off again and added flaps after rotation. The addition of flaps led to a nose high attitude causing the aircraft to stall. The aircraft came to rest in-between two…Incident 20220219002189IPiper PA-28-181 · Cory, INAt approximately 1500 EST on 02/19/2022, a Piper PA-28 (N8414N) was in route from airlake airport, MN (klvn) to monroe county airport, IN (kbmg). Approximately 11 to 12 miles southeast of Terre Haute Regional Airport (khuf), the pilot declared an emergancy…Incident 20220219002179ICessna 182D · Waller, TXOn 2/19/2022 at approximately 1250 CST, a parachute tandem jump incident occurred near skydive houston, Waller, Texas. The incident resulted in serious injuries to the student and in fatal injuries to the instructor. The instructor and student were the 2nd of…Accident 20220219002169AMckenzie John P Europa XS · Tucson, AZOn February 19, 2022, after completing four touch and go landings on 6R at Ryan airfield near Tucson AZ in N523WS, the pilot porpoised two times on the fifth landing. The pilot reported that the aircraft came down on the nose wheel, porpoised and when the…Accident 20220219002159ATerry D Johnstone Kitfox S7 Supersport · Phoenix, AZPIC woke up at approximately 4AM. Preflight was completed and aircraft was flown to a competition with an arrival around 8:45AM. PIC walked around the competition grounds for several hours until the competition ended at 5PM. PIC departed with no issues. PIC…Accident 20220219002149AMoynihan Richard D Vans RV-7A · White Hills, AZThe aircraft crashed for unknown reasons in an area of private aircraft hangars, located at the Triangle Airpark, (AZ50), in White Hills, Arizona. The pilot was killed by extensive traumatic injuries upon impact. There were no passengers onboard the aircraft.…Accident 20220219002139ARobinson Helicopter R44 · Miami, FLPart 91ROBINSON helicopter R44, registration N544SB, serial number 1759 departed marathon heliport (2FD5) with one pilot and two-passenger to north perry Florida airport (hwo) lost power and crashed off the beach area, south beach Miami. Pilot and both…Accident 20220219001009AMcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 500N · Newport Beach, CAOn 02/19/2022, approximately 18:30 pacific standard time, huntington Beach police helicopter, MD500N, N521HB, operating as a public aircraft, responded to a call near the lido peninsula in Newport Beach, CA. While performing right hand orbits over the scene…Accident 20220218006529AEmbraer Executive EMB-500 · Detroit, MIPilot was advised on approach that runway braking action reported as 3-1-3, due to compacted snow and ice. Pilot ran interpolated approach and landing distance analysis on ipad, showed factored landing distance of 4605', pilot elected to continue with landing…Accident 20220218002129ATaylorcraft BC12-65 · Murphy, IDPilot departed off from man with 1 passenger in N36430, Taylorcraft BC12-65 aircraft. Flew to 1U3 for landing runway 12, uphill, lost control from unknown reasons, departed the runway to the east across HW78, through business parking lots and came to rest by…Accident 20220218002119AAmerican Legend AL11C-100 · Placerville, CAEvidence of the wreckage from N800SW and a statement from the pilot indicate that the aircraft attempted to land on runway 05 at the Placerville Airport (pvf). The pilot stated that he decided to land with a slight tailwind due to the low sun angle shining…Accident 20220218002109AChristopher P Gage Shortfield Explorer · Hayden, IDDuring landing practice at kcoe, the pilot was performing a wheel landing (conventional gear-type aircraft), ballooned, and attempted to force the aircraft to the ground with a pitch down control input. The propeller struck the ground and the aircraft's…Incident 20220218002099IPilatus PC-12/45 · San Angelo, TXOn February 18, 2022, at approximately 1500, a Pilatus PC12 aircraft bearing registration number N541PB, registered to a private owner, experienced a right hand main landing gear tire failure (blowout) on landing at Mathis Field, sjt, in San Angelo, TX. The…Incident 20220217005989IEmbraer EMB-145XR · Houston, TXHouston, TX (iah): [privacy data omitted], E145, hrl-iah, reported a red UAS at 6,000 feet from the 9 o'clock position while e bound at 5,800 feet 25 se iah. No evasive Action taken. Fbi notified at [privacy data omitted]02/17/2022 1918Z