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 20200115006579ICessna P210N · Princeton, NJPilot stated that he had a battery power caution, on his aspen unit, while on instrument approach to kavp (25 miles). He requested clearance to turn back to home base (39N). While on approach to 39N, he experienced complete loss of electrical power. Ran…Incident 20200115004089IPiper PA-28-140 · Bulverde, TXSolo student pilot performed takeoff and landing training at Bulverde Airpark (1T8) in Bulverde, TX. Aircraft experienced a hard landing during VFR conditions. Pilot stated aircraft bounced hard on runway and nose landing gear strut broke at bottom of strut.…Incident 20200115004079IBeech 95-B55 (T42A) · Abilene, TXOn January 22, at approximately 1600 CDT, N3WK, a Beech model 95-B55 during an instruction flight and landed at Abilene Regional Airport in Abilene, Texas. The aircraft was being operated on an instruction flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at…Accident 20200115003599ACessna T-310P · Roy, UTPilot picked up aircraft from kbtf after having maintenance work done on left wingtip fuel tank, mechanic stated that airplane only had 2.5 gallons fuel in that tank. Pilot was aware of fuel state but did not take any additional gas at kbtf before departing…Accident 20200115003589ASouth Florida Ultralights Vans RV-9 · Coleman, FLPilot stated he had performed 3 full stop landings and then was going to perform a touch and go. The pilot stated he took off and he pushed the stick forward and the aircraft was turning to the right. Then he stated the aircraft veered right stalled and the…Incident 20200115003579IPiper PA-31-350 · Rota, CMOn January 15, 2020 at approximately 1030 local time, the PA-31-350 was involve in a dual propeller strike upon attempting to land at gro (Rota International Airport) after a 14 CFR part 135 cargo flight. During landing, the pilot did not realize that the…Incident 20200115003569IPiper PA46R-350T · Crestview, FLAirman was conducting an VFR approach to active runway 17. While on final, a Beechcraft baron reported final to opposite runway 35. Airman elected to break off approach and entered the left downwind for runway 35 to follow the baron. Airman states that he was…Incident 20200114018259ICessna 172RG · Ogallala, NEPilot on a cross country flight from bjc to oga, intended to conduct a low approach only due to strong winds and turbulence. While descending to traffic pattern altitude, the air smoothed out and the pilot decided to do a touch and go. Pilot failed to lower…Incident 20200114004069ICessna 525 · Auburn, MEWithin 2000 feet of touchdown, Cessna 525 aircraft, N135RU slid off runway 22 to the left ending in the packed snow 90 degrees from the runway, nose facing runway. At some point in the slide, side impact to the nose gear caused the yoke with wheel assembly to…Accident 20200114003559AClifton Robert B Aventura II · Palatka, FLPilot states he was flying from Palatka airport to saint johns river for a water landing and forgot to retract the landing gears. When aircraft landed on water the landing gears hit first thus causing the aircraft to flip over and sink. Pilot was able to…Accident 20200114003549AWatson Michael A Velocity Elite RG · St. Petersburg, FLOn January 14, 2020 at approximately 1500, a velocity aircraft, N78BM, registered to barraza marin & associates LLC dba, aborted takeoff at st pete Albert Whitted Airport when it was unable to gain enough speed to become airborne. Visual meteorological…Incident 20200114000669IPiper PA-23-250 · Colorado Spring, COUnintentional gear up landing. CFI and student pilot failed to lower landing gear.Accident 20200113004059AAirborne Windsports PTY Edge XT-912-L · Hawthorne, CAOn January 13, 2020 at approximately 12:15 p.m. pacific time. [privacy data omitted] Despie departed Hawthorne airport (hhr) in N805M (edge XT-912-L s/n:XT-912-0284) for left closed traffic. [privacy data omitted] States that while on final approach he…Incident 20200113003679IMichael Tozoni Velocity Xlfg · Hollywood, FLAt approximately 12:15 pm aircraft registration N455AH, a velocity long ez s/n XLFG505 attempted to take off from (khwo) and was unable to maintain runway 10R (center line) and drifted left and the aircraft departed the runway. Aircraft sustained minor damage…Incident 20200113000559IMooney M20C · Fort Meade, MDAircraft was conducting pattern work. The landing gear was lowered and the gear down light was illuminated. After touchdown the gear horn sounded and the manual gear activation lever flipped down into the gear up position. The aircraft skidded off of the…Incident 20200112000569ICessna R182 · Hastings, MIOn January 12, 2020 at 1500 eastern daylight time, a Cessna R182 aircraft, N4871T, registered to and operated by a commercial rated pilot, received minor damage during an inadvertent gear up landing at Hastings municipal airport (9D9), Hastings, Michigan.…Accident 20200112000249APiper PA-31-350 · Fairbanks, AKHydraulic fitting failed allowing all hydraulic fluid to leak out , this resulted in only the nose wheel and the left main wheel to extend but left the right main up and locked. The pilot tried the hand pump and the blow down bottle to no availe resulting in…Incident 20200111010289IEmbraer EMB-145LR · Charlotte, NCAfter aircraft landed at Charlotte international airport crew declared emergency for smoke indication in bag bay. Crew discharged bag bay fire extinguisher bottles. Post flight inspection reveled no fire or smoke damage to the aircraft.Incident 20200111004929ICessna 182Q · Clemson, SCAt approximately 0830AM on Saturday, January 11, 2020, N759KJ, a Cessna 182Q had a partial power loss during takeoff climb and returned to the ceu airport, where the pilot made a hard, off-runway landing. No injuries resulted and the aircraft sustained minor…Accident 20200111004049APiper PA 46-350P · Pipe Creek, TXOn January 11, 2020, at approximately 17:30 hours, a Piper PA-46-350 owned by mission flight charters services LLC and operated by islam hindash, crashed on Texas hwy 16 after performing an emergency landing and hitting a state road sign. VFR flight…Accident 20200111004039ACessna TR182 · Billings, MTDuring night VFR conditions the aircraft struck a 185' radio tower 25 miles NE of Billings international airport, Billings Montana. The tower is not depicted on the Billings VFR sectional and is unlit.Accident 20200111003531APiper PA-28-161 · Santa Barbara, CAAircraft taxied into parked G280 on ramp. The pilot stated that it was dark and he had difficulty seeing the taxiway markings. The aircraft tookoff with damage to the right wing tip. The outboard right wing leading edge was crushed back from impact with the…Incident 20200110005129IScott Larry R Vans Aircraft RV-7 · Hobbs, NMOn 01/10/2020, at 1755CST, an experimental vans RV-7 aircraft bearing registration number N712CT, registered to a private owner, smoke filled the cockpit moments after takeoff khob runway 30. Pilot informed ATC, turned left, and landed runway 3. N712CT veered…Incident 20200110003399IPiper PA-28-180 · Punta Gorda, FLOn 01/10/2020, N7786W departed Punta Gorda (pgd), FL, to conduct some practice instrument approaches for the IFR student pilot. According to the pilot in command (PIC), the training was complete and he removed the foggles and flew the remainder of the…Incident 20200110003389IMooney M20J · Marianna, FLDuring landing, pilot failed to extend the landing gear. Aircraft settled onto runway causing a prop strike at a low power setting and came to rest. No injuries.Accident 20200109000439ARobinson Helicopter R66 · Mechanicsburg, PAOn January 9, 2020, Robinson R66, N450MC, departed martin state airport (mtn), baltimore, Maryland, at 1958 eastern standard time (EST) and was destined for buffalo niagara international airport (buf), buffalo, new york. At 2029 (EST), N450MC experienced an…Incident 20200109000019ICessna 402C · Hyannis, MAArriving on 33 from a simulated single engine approach, I retracted the flaps and advised the flying pilot she had 3200 feet of runway remaining and to complete the touch and go previously briefed. Reaching full power, we were exchanging of the throttles we…Accident 20200108010292ACessna 172S · Palm Coast, FLA student pilot was taxiing his airplane into the runup area at what he thought was a safe distance from another airplane that was performing a runup. The moving airplane's left wing contacted the stationary airplane's propeller, resulting in substantial…Accident 20200108007629AHughes OH-6A · Preston, GAOn January 8, 2020, a Hughes OH-6A, N6186U, was substantially damaged following a loss of engine power and subsequent autorotation near Preston, Georgia. The pilot and 1 crew member sustained minor injuries and both were hospitalized. The helicopter was…Accident 20200108003339APiper PA-23 · Helena, MTDeparted with student on an instructional flight to the local practice area. They conducted a shutdown of the left engine and were unable to conduct an air restart. They landed east of the airport in the field, no damage. The student got out and walked back…Incident 20200108003329IRyan Navion · Statesboro, GAOn Wednesday January 8, 2020, at approximately 4:45 p.m. eastern daylight time, a 1948 Ryan, model: Navion with registration N4188K sustained minor damage as a result of a gear up landing, at the Statesboro-bulloch county (ktbr) airport in Statesboro,…Incident 20200108000209IBeech D95A · Carlsbad, CAPilot and instructor where practicing a single engine ILS. Pilot went through landing checklist, gear handle placed in down position. Instructor and pilot did not verify that gear was down via green light. Aircraft was told to go around by tower due to not…Accident 20200107005249ACirrus Design SR22 · Kapolei, HI1/7/2020 At 3:15PM HST the hnl FSDO received a call from DPE [privacy data omitted] that he had been involved in an accident while conducting a private pilot certification of [privacy data omitted] at kalaeloa airport ( phjr). [privacy data omitted] Informed…Incident 20200107004149ICessna 172M · Hickory, NCAircraft was on a VFR flight inbound for landing runway 24, when, after the aircraft touched down, as reported by the pilot, a gust of wind caused the aircraft to become airborne again and blown off the left side of the runway. Wind was reported from the wnw…Incident 20200107003319IGlobe GC-1B · Aurora, ORThe pilot initially departed minden-tahoe airport (mev), NV, for Aurora State Airport (uao), OR. He stopped for fuel at mahlon sweet field airport (eug), OR. After fueling he performed a (throttle up) hot start causing the tailwheel aircraft to tip over onto…Accident 20200107000469ABeech C23 · Chesapeake, VAPrivate pilot and CFI were on a familiarization flight in a Beechcraft C23. The private pilot seated in the left seat had recently become partner in the accident aircraft and sought instruction from the CFI seated in the right seat. After performing maneuvers…Incident 20200106021259ILubbock, TXN789KC, P46T, while 40 miles south of lbb at 13000 ft, reported a large yellow unspecified style 4-FT long UAS with lights on top, passing just below the acft. No evasive action taken. Lubbock county sheriff notified who in turn notified lynn county sheriffAccident 20200106003309ACessna 172H · Newborn, GAAt approximately 1238 EST ^Mr. Milwood ashley dekle,^ holder of private pilots certificate ^3242200,^ departed toccoa airport, ktoc, for cairo-grady county airport,70J. At approximately 1415 EST ^Mr. Dekle's^ aircraft, registration N1216F, crashed near…Incident 20200106003299ICessna 182P · Mobile, ALUpon landing at Mobile Regional Airport (kmob) and during the rollout, the aircraft began to experience a severe vibration (nose wheel shimmy)from the nose landing gear. As the aircraft slowed down, the vibration continued resulting in the dislodging of and…Incident 20200106003279ICessna P210N · Salinas, CAAirman mismanged fuel, engine quit in cruise flight and landed in field short of runway.Accident 20200106003269ACessna 172H · El Monte, CAOn January 6, 2020, at approx. 12:09 pm, a Cessna 172H, N1658F, reregistered to mondo beyond thrill squadron, experienced a propeller blade separation at approx. 3500 feet MSL. Aircraft was approx. 3 miles north of EMT airport in a westbound direction at the…Accident 20200106000229AGancar William G Glasair 1 RG · Mt Sterling, KYThe pilot was accomplishing touch and go landings at Mt Sterling kiob for several landings then to morehead ksym for a landing. He returned to Mt Sterling kiob for a full stop taxi back for takeoff. On departure there was a twin Cessna in the pattern so he…Accident 20200105003249AGrumman American Avn. AA-5A · Rutherfordton, NCOn January 5, 2020 at approximately 1900Z, a Grumman American AA-5A single engine aircraft, N9593U departed on a VFR flight from the hendersonville, NC (0A7) airport. The personal sight seeing flight was conducted in visual meteorological conditions (VMC)…Accident 20200105003239ATyler W Walker/Joseph P Macken Vans RV-6 · Vinemont, ALN420PW, an experimental vans RV-6 departed Cullman airport (cmd) at 12:42 local time. As the aircraft climbed thru approximately 300 feet, witnesses reported hearing a loud noise. Then observed the aircraft begin a sharp 180 degree turn as it descended…Accident 20200104013029ARaytheon B200 · Morristown, NJWhile attempting to land on runway 23 at Morristown airport (mmu), N200HF experienced a runway excursion and overran the end of runway 23. The airplane departed the end of the runway, came to a stop in grass and mud, and the nose landing gear collapsed. On an…Incident 20200104003229ICirrus Design SR22T · Atlanta, TXOn January 4, 2020 at approximately 0000CST a Cirrus SR22T airplane N69HE struck a deer on the runway during the landing roll at the hall-miller municipal airport (kata) in Atlanta, Texas. Initial contact with the deer was to the propeller. This contact…Accident 20200104003219ABalz Gunther W TM-1 Thunder Mustang · Santa Clarita, CAAfter departure, the pilot reported to the vny tower that he had smoke out of the right stack. The pilot then stated he could not see anything and was going to have to put her down. The aircraft experienced engine failure and an attempted off-airport landing.…Accident 20200104000859AAero Commander 100 · Mullin, TXPilot and student departed abilene regional airport in abilene, Texas. The purpose of the flight was for student to satisfy solo tower controlled airport landings requirement for his pilot training. Aircraft was topped off with fuel for the intended flight…Incident 20200104000099IErcoupe 415-C · Olathe, KSPilot departed ixd for a local flight to practice flight maneuvers. During return to the airport, engine power was lost approximately 5.5 miles out and the pilot executed a successful landing in a farm field.Incident 20200104000089IPiper PA-28-180 · Cassville, MODuring normal approach for landing at 94K, the aircraft touched down and veered left during roll out. The aircraft departed the runway and came to rest in a shallow ditch approximately 100 feet from the edge of the runway.