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 20210916015819AMooney M20J · Fowlerville, MIIn level cruise at 4500MSL while leaning mixture the engine lost all power and would not restart. PIC made emergency landing in cornfield and the nose landing gear sheared off. Initial check of fuel tanks did not show any fuel in right wing tank and minimal…Accident 20210916015809APiper PA-32-300 · Olga, WAAircraft landed Friday harbor, WA (kfhr) so PIC could investigate suspected oil leak. Mx dispatched, engine inspected, cleaned and run up--no leak noted. Aircraft departed kfhr and at 1500FT PIC noted low oil press. Aircraft leveled off at 2000 ft. engine…Accident 20210916015799AWaco Classic 2T-1A-2 · Battle Creek, MIDuring landing with crosswind conditions, airplane bounced then settled onto runway veering right. PIC applied left rudder, over correcting causing the airplane to ground-loop.Incident 20210916015789ICzech Sport Aircraft A S Sportcruiser · Shelbyville, ILOn September 16, 2021, at approximately 0745 CST, N218JD was being operated on an instructional flight at Shelby County Airport (2H0). The aircraft lifted off of runway 32 with the pilot receiving instruction on the controls. The instructor pilot felt that…Incident 20210916011509IPilatus PC-12/45 · Grand Forks, NDAircraft was repositioning part 91 from fargo, ND (kfar) to home base of Grand Forks, ND (kgfk). While at 2000 feet 10 miles from kgfk they apparently had a bird strike at approximately 0100 hours local. (See photos). The pilot declared an emergency and…Incident 20210915018809IBradley Richard W Jabiru Calypso 450 · Summerville, SCPilot was conducting touch and gos at dyb. On last landing pilot landed long and applied heavy braking and the aircraft veered to the left into the grass.Accident 20210915015779ACessna 172N · Council Bluffs, IAStudent on solo flight lost directional control on runway during touch and go at kcbf, rwy 14. When take off power was applied the aircraft veered off runway into wet grass and lost directional control, sliding sideways and impacting a PAPI light. Damage to…Accident 20210915015769AGordon Scot A RV-6A · Palouse, WAInstructor with student landing at unfamiliar runway touched down hard and bounced airplane resulting in proposing. The aircraft went off the side of runway and flipped inverted.Accident 20210915015759AEurocopter AS 350 B2 · Romeo, MIAircraft N632SD, an Airbus AS350 B2 rotorcraft, experienced a hard landing and blade strike/sudden stoppage during an instructional flight while performing a 180-degree autorotation. The flight instructor stated he explained the autorotation procedure to the…Accident 20210915014559ARobinson Helicopter R66 · Monticello, GA09/15/2021 - N888DV serial # 1000 operated by [privacy data omitted] traveling from thomasville, Georgia to a unknown destination went missing from radar @ 2045 over the oconee national wildlife forrest in jasper county Georgia. 09/16/2021 @ 1245, N888DV was…Accident 20210915014539APiper PA-32R-301 · Stanley, IDPilots first attempt to land was unsuccessful in maintaining directional control due to crosswind. Second attempt, aircraft touched down hard than veered to the right and ran off the runway. Aircraft rolled over large boulders and came to rest facing the…Incident 20210915012449ICessna 172N · Traverse City, MIOn or about September 15, 2021, at approximately 0800 EDT, a 1978 Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing single-engine airplane bearing registration N23GD (sn: 17270903), sustained minor damage after going off the runway and striking a runway edge light at the Cherry…Accident 20210915011519ARobinson Helicopter R66 · Reynoldsville, ILOn 9/15/2021 at 1500 hrs N166LW, a Robinson helicopter, model R66, s/n 0766 hit a powerline while spraying the field below, causing damage to one blade and damage to windshield on the left side of N166LW.. No injuries. N166LW landed safely.Accident 20210914018039AHawker Beechcraft 400APilot reported: we were on a CFR part 91 reposition flight from kyng to kjzi with no passengers. While in a Decent through FL210 to make a crossing restriction for 11,000 feet at trtls on the ospri 7 Star for kjzi, we heard a loud bang and the aircraft yawed…Accident 20210914017479AAmerican Legend AL3 · Andover, NJThe student pilot was performing a solo cross country from old bridge to Andover. While approaching the airport he stated that the winds were reported as variable and he elected to land on the grass strip portion of runway 3. According to the pilot and an…Accident 20210914016529AByler Dan W Kolb Mark III · Steamboat Sprin, COOn September 14, 2021 at approximately 05:30 am MDT, N4365E, an experimental Kolb Mark III, took of from a private grass strip. Shortly after rotation the aircraft impacted the ground causing serious injury to the pilot. The aircraft was substantially…Accident 20210914015749AJohn H Robinson Zenith 750 Cruzer · Edgewater, FLAt approximately 0910 the pilot and friend departed Massey Ranch Airpark (X50) to complete a purchase test flight on the zenith 750 experimental amateur-built aircraft. The pilot had the completed bill of sale and planned to depart X50 and complete his flight…Incident 20210914015699IPiper PA-28-151 · Castaic, CAN32497 departed van nuys airport for a flight to kern valley airport and return to van nuys. On the return flight to van nuys N32947 ran out of fuel and made an emergency landing in a field in Castaic. There was no damage to the aircraft. Both pilots stated…Accident 20210913022099ABeech 58P · Palo Alto, CAPalo Alto, CA (pao): N162DF, BE58, pao -rno , crashed approx 1 mile NE of arpt in marsh area, struck high power voltage line, transported to local hospital w/ non-life threatening injuries. POB: 1, injuries: unknown, damage: substantial. 09/13/2021 2050ZAccident 20210913018609AWaco GXE · Burt, NYOn 09/13/2021 at about 1400 hrs local time, this aircraft departed a private airfield in an easterly direction on wilson-Burt road in Burt, new york with only the pilot on board. The aircraft did not gain altitude and the pilot landed the aircraft in an…Incident 20210913015689ICessna 172F · Blountville, TNOn 9/13/21 [privacy data omitted] was instructing a student in a simulated engine failure at ktri airport. The tower approved the short approach and they were cleared for the option. The aircraft landed on the right edge of the runway and struck and damaged a…Incident 20210913015679IPiper PA-32R-301 · Port Clinton, OHBecause of other aircraft in the traffic pattern, the pilot extended his downwind leg and did not lower the gear where he normally does on the downwind leg. He then continued to base, final and touchdown never lowering the landing gear. Because he was wearing…Incident 20210913015669IBoswell Irving W Aventura II · Ormond Beach, FLAcft landed rwy 9 and exited the runway to the left side into the grass between taxiways a and g. pilot steered back onto the runway and taxied to the ramp via rwy 17 and twy a w/o assistance. Pilot stated the acft has left and right brakes and he apparently…Incident 20210913015659ICessna 310I · Brodnax, VAN3886T, C310, landed on runway 1 at south hill, VA (avc), with the landing gear retracted causing a propeller strike.Accident 20210913015649AAlon A2 · Abingdon, VAPilot stated -turned two mile final to runway 06 at kvji. Winds were calm. Maintained about 67 mph airspeed to the ground. Flared, Landed softly at about sixty mph. When the nose wheel touched the ground the aircraft turned about thirty degrees to the left .…Accident 20210913014619ABeech C24R · St. Augustine, FLThe Beech sierra C24R aircraft departed north Florida regional (sgj) airport with three instructors on board with the intent of performing an aircraft standardization check ride. The CFI was in the left seat and the first instructor performing the check ride…Accident 20210912021949ACessna 170B · Cass, AROn September 12, 2021 on or about 1530 CST, Cessna 170, N2998D, departed Byrd'S Backcountry Airstrip (51AR) runway 7 which is 2500' long. VMC conditions existed with the nearest reported weather having a direct crosswind of 6 gust 15 and a temperature of 88…Incident 20210912021869IBeech 76 · Council Bluffs, IAOn 9/12/2021, the DPE was administering commercial amel practical exam when the DPE failed to notice that the applicant had not put the gear down and landed the aircraft gear-up. After investigating this incident, it was determined that the DPE would receive…Incident 20210912018299IAviat A-1B · Winton, NCThe operator was practicing water landings when after taking off at 250 ft. the engine began to run rough. He landed the aircraft on the water and retarded the power and the engine quit. After several failed attempts to restart, he was going to paddle the…Accident 20210912016169ACessna 177RG · Lake Havasu Cit, AZAircraft departed runway 14 when temperature was 43C/109F, barometric pressure was 28.75 and a field elevation of 780FT. The pilot had just fueled the aircraft prior to flight. A witness, who is a pilot, was interviewed and said that he observed through a…Accident 20210912015639AAmerican Champion 8KCAB · Rhine, GAOn September 12, 2021, at approximately 1930 eastern daylight savings time, a 2015 American Champion Aircraft corporation, model 8KCAB, with registration N390PE was destroyed upon impact with terrain approximately 1.5 miles east of Rhine, GA. The pilot was…Accident 20210912015629APiper PA-44-180 · Magnolia, TXN740FT flight with 01 pilot onboard originating from david wayne hooks memorial airport (kdwh), spring, TX, with full stop shutdown and subsequent takeoff from navasota municipal airport (60R), navasota, TX, returning to kdwh crashed in the high meadow ranch…Incident 20210912015619IAviat A-1C-200 · Santa Rosa, CAAircraft was cleared to land on runway 14 at Sonoma county airport, sts. On landing roll out, the PIC applied excessive braking to clear the runway. The winds were 11 KTS down runway 14. The PIC did not apply back pressure on the elevator control. The braking…Incident 20210912015609ICessna 182S · Pompano Beach, FLPompano Beach, FL (pmp): N2662A, C182, landed on runway 10, while clearing at taxiway bravo veered off the runway surface and struck a taxiway sign and lights. POB: unknown, injuries: none, damage: extent unknown. 09/12/2021 2150ZIncident 20210912015599ISproul Keith A 83K-16 · Ryegate, VTThe involved balloon was reported to be one of the 2 free balloons that departed post mills airport in thetford, Vermont during the experimental balloon and airship association meet on the day of the crash. 20 of the 22 balloons at the meet cancelled the…Incident 20210911022979IGrumman TBM-3 · Hagerstown, MDNarrative of event: Abeam the numbers on a right down wnd, the aircraft was configured to land. During the base to final turn, aircraft was slowed to ~90 kt. Over the numbers, the aircraft continued to decelerate through 75KT, and was held off for a perfect 3…Accident 20210911022619ACessna 172P · Kennesaw, GAAircraft was on approach, on initial contact the airplane hit hard and bounced off and ballooned into the air 3 times. Severe damage to nose landing gear , firewall and cockpit floor structure.Accident 20210911018669ABeech 35-B33 · Baker, NVThe pilot reported that before the flight, his mechanic replaced the exhaust push rod for the no. 1 cylinder. The engine was ground run at various power settings with no anomalies noted. The mechanic subsequently deemed the airplane safe to fly back to the…Incident 20210911018599IRockwell International 112TC · Ocean City, NJAirman conducted round-trip cross country flight departing monmouth executive airport (kblm) to tampa north aero park (X39). Pilot landed for fuel at intermediate fuel stop with minimal reserves and experienced fuel burn of 12 gallons per hour. Airmen's…Incident 20210911017939IBombardier CL-600-2D24 · Richmond, VASunday September 11, 2021 [privacy data omitted]flying from kclt to kbgr diverted to kric due to captain illness and becoming incapacitated for a short period of time. Dispatch was notified of the diversion via acars when the first officer sent message…Accident 20210911015589ARalph Trapaga Vans RV-8 · Peachtree City, GAOn sept. 21, 2021, RV-8 landed at Peachtree City, Falcon field (ffc). Upon landing passenger in rear strech his left leg out to relieve a cramp and push down on the left rudder pedal causing aircraft to veer off the left. Pilot was unable to control aircaft.Incident 20210911015579ICessna 172M · Bay Minette, ALDuring a supervised solo, the student lost directional control upon landing, departing the paved surface of the runway, hit a sign and came to a stop between the runway and taxiway.Accident 20210911015569AQuad City Ultralight Challenger II · Rogers City, MIOn September 11, 2021, at approximately 07:50 local time, an experimental light-sport aircraft a model Challenger II, N788H, [privacy data omitted]operated by a non-certificated pilot, received substantial damage when it impacted the runway seconds after…Incident 20210911015559IPiper PA-28-181 · Ft. Pierce, FLThe acft departed boca raton (bct) about 1200 local time headed back to orlando executive (orl). This was a training flight for commercial planned approach practices. While inbound for Ft. Pierce (fpr) practice approach, the aircraft encountered a bird strike…Incident 20210911015549IBeech S35 · Santa Paula, CADo to heavy radio traffic at the Santa Paula Airport the pilot was distracted from the check list and did not confirm that the gear was down and locked. Pilot landed the airplane with landing gear retracted. Propeller struck the ground engine stopped running…Accident 20210911014079ACessna 177 · Ayer, MAOn Saturday, September 11, 2021, N912VW, a Cessna 177, departed henniker, new hampshire (NH86) for a final destination of cranland airport (28M) with a planned stop at minute man air field (6B6). The prevailing conditions were VFR. Based on the pilot?s…Accident 20210910022399APiper PA-18-150 · Talkeetna, AKPIC attempted to make an off airport landing in the Talkeetna mountains. The PIC landed a little past his intended touchdown spot. The aircraft slowed down, slower than the PIC anticipated causing the aircraft to crest the hill and start traveling down the…Accident 20210910021659ACessna 175 · Hot Springs, SDOn the morning of 09/10/2021, N9343B, a Cessna CE175 with a tailwheel conversion returned to hsr airport from wall,SD airport and landed on runway 24 hsr. On landing rollout the right main gear collapsed causing substantial damage to the aircraft. [privacy…Incident 20210910015539IBombardier CL-600-2D24 · New York, NYAircraft struck bird on final approach to jfk. Capt entered the birdstrike in aml. Radome was damaged. Radome was removed and replaced. Aircraft returned to service the next day. All procedures appear to be properly accomplished.Incident 20210910015529IBeech A36 · Yucca Valley, CAPilot departed L22 (Yucca Valley, CA) via runway 6. Within 30 seconds of Departing fuel started running out of the left wing fuel cap. He turned back toward the airport (L22) to make an emergency landing. He landed gear up on runway 24.