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 20210605006829ASchweizer SGS 2-33A · Sanford, MEOn 6/5/21 at about 2308 zulu time, N7776S incurred damage during a ground loop, following landing on a grass strip and Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport (ksfm). There were no injuries reported. The latest weather available at ksfm was wind 270 at 9 KTS, 10…Accident 20210605006809APiper PA-24 · Monticello, NYPilot approached runway 33 at msv. Upon touchdown the right main tire was found to be deflated. Loss of directional control occurred which resulted in right main gear collapse. FOD found in right main tire and tube.Accident 20210605006779ACessna A185F · Coldfoot, AKPilot stated he arrived at Chandalar Lake after departing fairbanks. He checked runway conditions and the direction of the windsock. He checked airspeed vs. ground speed twice and confirmed he had 8 knots of wind on the nose and indicated there were no…Accident 20210605006309ACessna 140 · Alexandria, MN2021-06-05 N3697N, Cessna 140, flipped over while landing at Alexandria kaxn. The PIC had given 5 young eagles introductory flights at axn when the group decided to stop further flights due to bad weather moving in, however the PIC saw there was 1 more young…Incident 20210605006299ICessna 207A · Bethel, AKThe cargo personnel loaded the Cessna 207 aircraft and closed the cargo doors. The airman did another inspection of the aircraft walking around the plane and checking the cargo door. Then secured the front cargo door with the hand lock latch. The airman…Incident 20210605004349IPiper PA-18-150 · El Cajon, CAAfter landing on runway 27R the aircraft departed the left side of the runway between taxi lights and returned to the runway between the next set of taxilights. A METAR was issued 6 minutes prior to the incident with winds reported at 230 degrees at 6 knots,…Accident 20210604019049APiper PA-28-140 · Justin, TXOn June 4, 2021 at approximately 1730 local, the[privacy data omitted]pilot and a family member were Flying N8208N in preparation for a sale scheduled the next day. On their 3rd takeoff from the private airport, the engine failed approximately 100 feet above…Incident 20210604018419IAirbus A320-214 · Washington Dc, DC1. The first officer had a long duty day, and was asked by crew scheduling if he would be willing to extend his duty day past 12 hours. 2. Approach control cleared [privacy data omitted] for the Mt. Vernon visual approach to runway 01, and told [privacy data…Incident 20210604014819ICessna 172N · Big Bear, CAThe airman was approaching to land on runway 26 (field elev. 6752 MSL) and the aircraft ballooned about 15 or so feet into the air. The airman stated that as speed decayed a loss of lift occurred and that the a rapid descent ensued. As power was applied for a…Incident 20210604009449ICirrus SR22 · Philipsburg, OHDescription: on Friday, June 4, 2021 at approximately 1042 EDT, an incident occurred at the K3I7 dayton-phillipsburg airport involving aircraft registration N75SA, a Cirrus SR22, serial number 0955. The pilot-in-command (PIC) lost control of the aircraft…Incident 20210604009439ICessna 525 · Long Beach, CAAircraft departed Long Beach airport (lgb)with both engines operating normal in all respects. At or about 10,000 feet into a climb,the right engine made a loud popping sound,followed by a drop in the itt which resulted in a right engine annunciator failure…Accident 20210604007659ACessna 560XL · Aspen, COOn 06/04/2020 at approximately (0940) hrs (MDT), N615RG, sn 560-5016, Cessna 560XL, after landing runway 15, Aspen/pitkin county airport, CO., (kase). The right main landing gear collapsed under the right wing causing damage to the flap, outboard speedbrake,…Accident 20210604007019AAir Tractor AT-602 · Drew, MSDrew, MS: N51037, AT602, crashed for unknown reasons shortly after takeoff in a field located at 33.857278N090.612556W. (Delayed notification) POB: 1, injuries: minor, pilot suffered concussion and was hospitalized overnight. Damage:substantial. 06/04/2021…Incident 20210604006609ICessna 172P · Richmond, KYDuring touchdown the student pilot placed the aircraft in an extreme nose-down position causing the nose tire to flatten out and the propeller to strike the paved runway. No injuries and no damage to airport propertyIncident 20210604006599IPiper PA-31-350 · Fort Myers, FLOn 06-04-2021, at approximately 1715 EDT (2115 z), N462DH, a PA31 while on a private flight with three soles onboard enroute to page field (fmy - Fort Myers, FL), the aircraft landed on runway 13 and the right main gear collapsed. The aircraft went off the…Accident 20210604005959AHonda HA-420 · Kennesaw, GAOn June 03, 2021, at approximately 1645 a Honda jet model; HA420, N10XN, serial number; 42000038, landed at Cobb-county Mccollum field in Kennesaw, Georgia on runway 27. During rollout the PIC announce to his SIC that he had no brakes, PIC pulled emergency…Accident 20210603006589ASchweizer TH55A/269A · Monroe, LAOn June 3rd, 2021, at approximately 12:15 CDT (1715 UTC), N41G, a Schweizer (Hughes) TH55A/269A rotorcraft, was air taxiing at the Monroe Regional Airport (kmlu) and crashed in the grass between the taxiway and ramp area. N41G, a small two seat helicopter was…Incident 20210603006569ICulver LFA · Compton, CAOn June 03, 2021 a Culver cadet, N34890, (pending) registration to [privacy data omitted], experienced a left and right landing gear collapse after landing at Compton/Woodley Airport (cpm) at approx. 1715 local. Visual meterological conditions prevailed at…Accident 20210603005949ABeech 1900 · Denver, COOn 06/02/2021 at approximately (2000) hrs (MDT), N219VP, sn UB-14, BE-1900, cargo operator [privacy data omitted], during landing runway 17R at Denver International Airport (dia). Reported aircraft landing gear collapsed. Preliminary damage: both engine #1…Incident 20210603002969IGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A · Sagerton, TXOn June 03, 2021, at 1800 CDT, a Grumman ag cat bearing registration number N48374, [privacy data omitted]. Ground loop after landing when it departed the paved surface after landing on [privacy data omitted]. The aircraft was being operated on a 137 aerial…Accident 20210602012889ACessna 172G · Nevada City, CAN3871L was repositioning from sutter county airport (O52) to reno-tahoe international airport (krno). While climbing through 6500 feet MSL, the engine appeared to be running hot, so the pilot attempted to troubleshoot by cycling carburetor heat and increasing…Incident 20210602008829IYamaha Motor Rmax · Glen Ellen, CAGlen Ellen, CA: UAS incident that occurred while performing an agricultural spray operation at [privacy data omitted]Glen Ellen, CaliforniaAccident 20210602007529AMaule M-4 · Cascade, IDPilot indicated he landed at Mahoney Creek air strip without mishap, on runway 04 and taxied back taking pictures. When reaching the end of the runway, he accidently taxied off the end of the runway and the airplane went down into the approximate 8-FT ditch…Incident 20210602007519ILearjet 45 · Cleveland, OHRight windshield developed a hairline crack lower fed of screen extending longitudinal lengthwise of windshield about 50 inches while climbing to 28,000FT. Pilot referred to manual and descended. Flight deviated to cle where it landed without incident.Accident 20210602007509APiper PA-28-161 · San Angelo, TXOn June 2, 2021, at 2050 CDT, a Piper PA-28-161, bearing registration number N2120J registered to [privacy data omitted] suffered a left landing gear collapse. This occurred after landing at San Angelo international airport in San Angelo, TX. The aircraft was…Incident 20210602007499IPiper PA-28-161 · Bedford, MAAircraft was cleared for takeoff runway 29 winds reported from the west. The pilot stated that he experienced a strong left crosswind. The winds shifted to favor 23 during take off. The pilots correction involved left rudder and aileron during which time the…Accident 20210601013119ABraddock Kenneth J Challenger II · Wallingford, IAAfter take-off aircraft was unable to climb and failed to clear trees in it's flight path causing it to impact the ground coming to rest after striking a parked vehicle.Incident 20210601007419IPiper PA-34-200 · Somereset, KYDuring short field touchdown the nose was held high and when landing gear contacted the ground it folded into the partially retracted position causing both props to strike the ground. It was determined that the nose gear actuator rod end linkage broke causing…Accident 20210601007409ABeech A23 · Pinnacle, NCN8780M suffered engine loss for unknown reasons. Fuel selector was found on the right fuel tank and the magneto switch was found in the off position. Aircraft attempted a landing in a field. Aircraft left wing impacted the ground, fuselage impacted the gound…Incident 20210601007259ICessna 150K · Upland, CAAt approximately 18:15 PDT (0115Z), a student pilot was on a local training flight with his flight instructor. After a non-eventful flight to the practice area, N5852G entered the traffic pattern at kccb airport for a full stop landing. Abeam the runway…Incident 20210601004189ICessna 172S · Morrisville, NC[privacy data omitted] Stated she was given a runway change and that started her getting behind the airplane. She was flying the airplane and running the checklist and responding to ATC but lost track of her speed and flaps. As she got set up on final for the…Accident 20210531013249ALet L-23 Super Blanik · Pittsfield, PAOn 5/31/2021 at approximately 14:00 local time, N912B sustained substantial damage during the rollout after a hard landing on runway 27 at P15. The student pilot was the only person on board and did not suffer any injuries. The aircraft touched down at…Incident 20210531009429ICessna 172R · Winchester, VAOn may 31,2021, during landing at okv N2433S hit hard and bounced causing the firewall to wrinkle and the nose tire to bulge out. No other damage noted. The FAA was notified June 1,2021. No one was hurt.Incident 20210531007239ICessna 172M · Agoura Hills, CAOn the return flight from cma (camarillo) airport to sna (john wayne) airport, the aircraft engine on N1399U lost power, forcing an off airport landing. The flight instructor safely landed the aircraft on the east bound lane of the US-101 freeway in Agoura…Accident 20210531007229ACessna 182P · Carlsbad, CAOn may 31, 2021 upon landing at kcrq, N47UP touched down on the runway, bounced once then settled back down on the runway where the aircraft veered left off the runway and struck several taxi lights and two runway signs before coming to a stop. There was a…Accident 20210530011699AClewiston, FLHang glider was being towed by an ultra-light. During the take off the hang glider went into the ground and the pilot suffered catastrophic injuries to back and head. He died 1 day later.Accident 20210530009419APiper J4A · Omaha, NEOn may 30, 2021 at approximately 0945 central daylight time, a Piper J4A airplane was substantially damage due to impact with terrain shortly after takeoff at the North Omaha, Nebraska airport (3NO). The pilot planned to depart from 3NO to conduct flight…Incident 20210530007209ILuscombe 8C · Phoenix, AZAfter exiting the runway from doing touch and goes, the aircraft entered a non-movement area to park the aircraft. While executing a 180 turn, the left brake failed and the aircraft struck another parked, not operating or occupied aircraft.Accident 20210530007159ACessna R182 · Minden, NVWhen configured for a touch-and-go landing, the aircraft touched down slightly to the right of centerline in a slight left crab. The right seat pilot/flight instructor stated the left seat pilot overcorrected with excessive left rudder and brakes and then…Accident 20210530007129APiper PA-22-150 · Cashmere, WAAircraft lost power shortly after takeoff. Emergency landing into swampy area was performed. Aircraft flipped over at touchdown in tall grass. Aircraft was not submerged in water.Accident 20210529017109APZL Warszawa-Okecie PZL-104 Wilga 35 · Pearland, TXAircraft landed at the 1000 ft. marker on runway 35 immediately the aircraft swerved to the right rolling off the runway into the ravine between the runways striking the opposite bank.Accident 20210529013239APiper PA-24 · Paris, IDOn may 29, 2021, the pilot and passenger were flying from south valley regional airport (U42) to jackson hole airport (jac) at 9,500 in aircraft N6334P. The pilot noticed the oil temperature rising, and immediately turned towards the nearest airfield, bear…Accident 20210529009409ACessna 182K · Yakutat, AKAircraft took off from talkeetna towards Yakutat, climbing to 12,500 and VFR on top over a cloud layer, through the coastal mountain range area. Aircraft was using VFR flight following with anc center. Aircraft encountered mountain wave, severe turbulence and…Accident 20210529007109AMaxson Phil Zodiac CH601XL · Winder, GAOn June 29, 2021, at approximately 1140 eastern standard time, N601MX, a zodiac CH601XL, was involved in an accident with two people on board at coordinates 33°58?39? North and 83°39?26? West, while conducting a part 91 flight when attempting to land at the…Accident 20210529007099ACessna 501 · Smyrna, TNOn may 29,2021, about 1055 CST, N66BK, a CE-501, was destroyed when it impacted lake percy priest shortly after takeoff from kmqy, Smyrna Tennessee. The pilot, the pilot rated passenger, and the five passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operating…Accident 20210529007089AMaule M-5-235C · Stanley, ID[privacy data omitted] Stated that after a low approach (fly over) the engine started losing power. Pilot in command (PIC) applied carburetor heat with no effect. Aircraft was flown in canyon valley(s) as engine continued to lose power and pilot landed in…Accident 20210529007079APiper PA-32-260 · Flint, MIThe pilot departed Flint airport (kfnt) to a local practice area for the purpose of practicing maneuvers. After about 30 minutes he returned to Flint for practice take off/landings. During the initial approach to runway 9, the pilot's alarm clock went off to…Incident 20210529007069IMooney M20J · Alabaster, ALDuring takeoff roll at rotation, landing gear collapsed, propeller struck runway, pilot in command elected to cut power and land straight ahead.Accident 20210529007059AWeston James Glasair II S FT · Darby, MTPilot reported loss of oil pressure, attempted landing on a private grass strip. Approach speed was excessive, mid field without touching down, powered up to go around, banked left, aircraft started to buffet, lowered nose to advert stall and avoid utility…Accident 20210529004809ACessna 140 · Alvord Desert, OROn final and short final the pilot stated he had no yaw in the aircraft, then after touchdown (no runway) and roll-out on the Desert floor the aircraft started drifting to the right. He was unable to correct with left rudder after pushing it to the floor. The…