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 20180926020839ACessna 182B · Anchorage, AKN2571G/C182, VFR, reported damage to their aircraft after a possible wake turbulence encounter with TREK324/H/C17. There were no reported injuries.Accident 20180926016449APiper PA-32RT-300T · Malad, IDPilot did not begin take-off with appropriate amount of runway ahead of aircraft. Pilot could not rotate or perform a successful aborted take-off which then resulted in the aircraft running off the end of runway, through two drainage ditches, a wire fence and…Accident 20180926009519AMcmains Michael A RV-4 · Austin, AROn September 26, 2018, at approximately 1415 CST, a Mcmains Michael A RV-4 registration N534MM holding an experimental operating amateur built airworthiness certificate, departed north little rock (ork). While flying close to [privacy data omitted]Austin ar…Accident 20180925019239ASmith Aerostar 601P · Heber, UTPilot landed on touchdown markers of runway 22 at the Heber airport. The airplane proceeded down the runway for approximately 1000 feet before leaving the runway to the left hand side where the right main gear collapsed. At the touchdown point there was a…Incident 20180925019229IBloodworth Tommy Lancair ES · West Point, VAA/c practicing missed approach lost power while attempting a go around. Aircraft touched down with 300 feet of runway left. Aircraft ran off the end of the runway and came to a stop 305 feet in the grass. Minor damage to nose wheel strut. Cause of engine…Accident 20180925009509ABeech 200 · Oscoda, MIOn September 25, 2018 at 05:55 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Beechcraft, BE-200 aircraft, N241CK, registered to kalitta equipment LLC dba. And operated by an airline transport pilot for kalitta charters LLC. (KC8A) was destroyed when it struck the ground…Accident 20180924019219ABell OH-58A · Juana Diaz, PR09/24/2018, Helicopter Bell OH-58A N206WH departed mercedita airport (tjps) at/around 1515 hrs. With two passengers in a private flight. According to pilot in command's statement, during climb out from 400 to 1000 ft aircraft engine flamed out, pilot…Incident 20180924019209IDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 NG · Bunnell, FLPIC statement: practicing touch and gos, as soon as we lifted off, at about 20 ft off the runway, a flock of birds flew right in front of the airplane and hit the front canopy on the left side.Accident 20180924016439ACessna 172 · Winter Haven, FLStudent pilot took off on runway 5 and on climb out the aircraft felt like it was not climbing at the proper rate. Pilot glanced at the instruments and saw the airspeed dropping. He immediately elected to do a 180 degree turn and land on runway 23. The…Accident 20180924016429AHeidorn Kenneth J RV-14 · Heber, UTOn 9/24/2018 at 0945 the pilot of N823HE decided to complete a couple touch and goes before continuing his personal flight. Upon the first touchdown, pilot had trouble maintaining directional control. In an effort to correct the aircraft from going to the…Accident 20180924014069AAviat A-1B · Old Forge, NYThis accident occurred on septemeber 24, 2018 at 2:00 pm on raquette lake, NY, near the Old Forge Airport (NK26). The aircraft is registered as N52DA, a husky aviate on whipline amphibious floats, owned by [privacy data omitted] and based at krme (rome NY)…Incident 20180924014059IBeech 58TC · Loveland, COLanded runway 15, taxied clear of runway and then accidentally retracted the landing gear. Pilot believed he was retracting flaps, not landing gear.Accident 20180924014049ACessna U206G · Goodman Pass, AKThe PIC attempted to find a route through the Alaska range in poor weather. The pilot mistakenly flew into a box canyon and crashed into terrain.Accident 20180923016419AKnott Vernon W CH 750 · Deleon Springs, FLThe PIC reported the following: the acft engine lost power in cruise flight, which led to a forced landing to the south in an open field. A steep descent angle was needed to clear power lines on the north side of the field. The acft landed hard on an uphill…Accident 20180923014039ADehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) · Iliamna, AKAircraft operating under part 91 lodge/guide ops, landed on moraine river near the mouth into kukaklek lake to pick up rafters and their gear. After loading pax and gear began takeoff downstream with ~4 knots quartering tail wind. While still trying to get on…Incident 20180923014029ISchleicher Alexander ASH 26 E · Warner Springs, CADuring climb about 400 to 500 feet the engine RPM dropped dramatically. The pilot received a call from the ground indicating they thought they saw smoke from the engine compartment. Aircraft engine shut-down, the prop was stopped and aircraft landed safely.…Incident 20180922019199ICessna 152 · Lakeland, FLOn 22SEP2018 around 0930 local, a student pilot was conducting the first supervised solo at klal. During the first solo approach to land, the student had a hard main gear landing making the airplane to bounce. The student did not corrected nor initiated a go…Incident 20180922019189IBurkhart Grob G103 Twin Astir · Clermont, FLUpon landing, student did not respond to "I have controls", student would not relinquish controls and made hard landing.Incident 20180922018569IPiper PA-28-161 · Laconia, NHN116ND, a Piper PA-28, attemped to land at Laconia Airport (lci) in gusty and turbulent conditions and lost control of the aircraft during the landing flare. The pilot stated that he attempted to go around after experiencing a gust and updraft momentum. The…Accident 20180922016409ABeech V35 · Georgetown, SCDuring a training flight a pop was heard and the aircraft started experiencing flight control problems. Aircraft started uncommanded roll to the right. The instructor had taken over control of the aircraft just prior to the control issue. Left aileron was…Incident 20180922014019ICessna 182 · Englewood, COThe aircraft landed on runway 28. The aircraft overran the end of the runway and onto the threshold. While turning around to exit the threshold, the propeller struck a runway end identifier light (REIL) denting one blade of the propeller. VFR. No injuries.Incident 20180922014009IBoeing A75N1(PT17) · Watkins, COAircraft departed runway after touchdown and struck an airport rdr sign with LH wingtip. Minor damage. No injuries. VFR.Incident 20180921020849IBeech 58 · Redmond, ORAircraft departed reno enroute to Redmond. Pilot placed gear selection down and there was no response, circuit breaker popped. Pilot reset circuit breaker and it popped immeadiately. Reset gear selector to up position and reset circuit breaker, selected gear…Incident 20180921019179IAeronca 15AC · Fenton, MIAircraft departed its home base located on lake shannon for a short sight-seeing tour. After landing,the aircraft was taxing to the west when a gust of wind from the northwest lifted the right wing and rolled the aircraft inverted in the water. The pilot and…Accident 20180921016399ACessna 150F · Roseburg, ORFlight departed Roseburg to a local practice area. After brief practice aircraft returned to Roseburg. Pilot selected 40 degree flap for landing and made three point touchdown. Aircraft bounced on landing and yawed. On subsequent touchdown/bounce left wing…Accident 20180921013999AAir Tractor AT-802A · Napoleon, NDWhile attempting to conduct aerial application of herbicide adjacent to a set of power lines, the pilot struck the top of a power line pole with his right wing. The aircraft struck a subsequent power line pole before impacting a nearby pasture area. The pilot…Incident 20180921013989IPiper PA-31T · Wichita, KSPilot attempted to land at jabara airport Wichita, KS(kaao) and had an unsafe gear indication. Departed pattern and attempted to manually extend the gear. After unsuccessful attempt to lower gear manually, the pilot flew to Wichita eisenhouser airport (ict)…Incident 20180920019169ICessna 172S · Spruce Creek, FLOn 9/20/10 at about 8:30 pm, on climb out from the Spruce Creek, FL airport the aircraft struck a small bird. Aircraft returned to Spruce Creek and no damage was observed to aircraft. Ptrs: 201826448Incident 20180920016389IBeech 58 · Oxford, NCOn an instructional flight, doing a simulated engine out (left engine) into hnz, the CFI stated that he believes they brought the gear down and saw three green lights, but stated that he did not check the mirror to see that the gear was down. Regardless, the…Accident 20180920016379AEmbraer EMB-120ER · Houston, TXAircraft with four containers of cargo departed Houston airport (kshv) enroute to Mexico airport (mmqt). Just outside of Houston, Texas the aircraft encountered a storm cell along with a brief moment of turbulance. The turbulance caused cargo stored in the #3…Incident 20180920013979IPiper PA-28-180 · Jucumba, CAAt around 1700 local time, N703TK, flying eastbound from kipl to ksee aircraft started descend trough 6000 ft MSL. Aircraft experienced a steady sudden frequency vibration from the engine. The engine RPM dropped from 2500 to 2300. Pilot unable to clear the…Incident 20180920013969IPiper PA-24-260-B · Pearland, TXDeparted Pearland regional airport at 1900 hours. The intent of flight was a training flight and all standard maneuvers were to be conducted in the airport environment/pattern. The weather was clear with winds 150 at 12 KTS, ceilings 4000 ft sct, visibility…Incident 20180920013949IBeech V35B · Minden, NVPilot has 41 hours of flight experience in make and model of airplane. Pilot conducted traffic pattern training in aircraft at mev on runway 34. Pilot landed airplane on runway 34 with intention of performing a touch and go. Pilot selected the landing gear…Accident 20180920013939ACessna TU206G · Brenham, TXAircraft departed ksjt at 10:40 am on a remote sensing flight with on board cameras. Conducted photography NE of ksjt using flight following then after concealing flight following proceeded VFR in good weather conditions to second photo area north of kgvt.…Incident 20180920013929ICessna 310D · Colorado Spring, COStudent pilot receiving instruction, extended landing gear and flaps on base leg prior to turn to final approach to runway 17R at kcos. Aircraft touched down normally and landing gear collapsed. Aircraft came to rest aligned with runway centerline. Day VFR…Accident 20180920013899AHiller UH-12E · Frankfort, KSSeptember 20, 2018 12:30 zulu ? Clear sky with 20-25 mph wind. First flight of the day, the pilot lifted the aircraft off and clear of the helicopter transport trailer. Pilot came to a hover above the seeding bucket on another trailer so that the ground crew…Accident 20180920013889AMooney M20J · Kalaeloa, HIMooney N66201 requested short approach to runway 22L, on departure the aircraft lost power and went down landed with gear up approximately 500 feet from the departure end of the runway and skidded to the runway end. Two individuals onboard, crash fire…Accident 20180920013879ADehavilland DHC-2 · Igiugig, AKThe flight began at the lake near Igiugig AK (igg) for a down stream take off. There were six passengers plus the pilot. The pilot noted that the water conditions at the time were not ideal and a bit rough. The pilot initiated the takeoff down stream and when…Accident 20180920013869APiper PA-18-150 · St. Mary'S, AKPilot and passenger departed bethel, AK at approximately 17:10 and arrived at st. mary?s, AK (ksm) at 18:30. Aircraft fuel was topped-off and then departed ksm at 18:50 to reconnoiter a landing area in the yukon delta nwr that the PIC had landed at 2 weeks…Accident 20180920012639ACessna 150H · Festus, MOThe pilots fiancÉ (the witness) stated the C-150 attempted to land at Festus airport (kfes) at Festus, Missouri at approximately 2218 CDT on September 20, 2018. Before the aircraft made their last fuel stop, they sent a text to the witness stating they had a…Incident 20180919019159ISikorsky S-61N · Fort Pierce, FLFlying north bound about 15MN from fpr airport at 1500FT, MSL the aircraft hit a bird (seagull). The brid hit below the center windshield near the ILS antenna. The aircraft landed at fpr airport to inspect the aircraft for damage other than bird remains no…Accident 20180919018559AJamsek Richard A Rutan Long EZ · Independence, ORAircraft [privacy data omitted] (pilot) was practicing takeoffs and landings. During the accident landing aircraft was observed by witnesses descending at a higher than normal rate of descent. Aircraft touched down on runway 34, during which the nose gear…Accident 20180919016369ACirrus Design SR22 · Frederick, MDThe pilot stated that on landing, his approach was slightly above normal approach speed. Upon starting the flare, the aircraft began to porpoise multiple times and struck the front of the aircraft on the runway. The impact included the prop and broke the nose…Incident 20180919016359ICessna 210-5(205) · Leesburg, VAWhile cruising at 2,500 feet and 130 KTS, a bird struck the left wing at the plexiglass lense of the land/taxi lights. The plexiglass was shattered, and one of the two led light assemblies had dislodged from its mount. ATC was informed and flight continued to…Accident 20180919013909APhiladelphia, PA[privacy data omitted] Gopro karma - FA3A9LA3WW 2.4 Ghz, part 107 The rated UAS pilot was initiating takeoff manuvers. For unknown reasons the pilot was struck in the face by the rotors and the lacerations required sutures. He reported the event through the…Accident 20180919013859APiper PA-28-180 · Pagosa Springs, COWhile conducting part 61 flight instruction near Pagosa Springs, CO, N8003W experienced a loss of engine power and landed in a field 6.2 miles nw of stevens field, Pagosa Springs, CO (pso). Initial touchdown was 386 feet north of leaning pine place. The…Incident 20180919013849IBeech 95-55 · Greenfield, INOn September 19, 2018, at approximately 1215 eastern daylight time, a Beech BE55, N9313Y landed gear up on runway 25 at the Indianapolis Regional Airport (kmqj), Indianapolis, Indiana. The aircraft substained minor damage with skin abraision to the lower…Incident 20180919013839IMccluggage Charles W RV-8 · Arcola, TXAfter landing on roll out the aircraft vered of the runway, the pilot tried to correct by adding power but could not keep the aircraft on the runway. The aircraft rolled into a retaining pond next to the runway.Accident 20180919013829ACessna 206H · Sugarland, TXN247F was inbound on the RNAV 17 to Sugarland, Texas (sgr). The aircraft had leveled off at the minimum descent altitude (mda) of 640 feet when the engine started running rough and lost power. The pilot was able to crash land on a road running perpendicular…Incident 20180919013819IPiper PA-23 · Lancaster, OHOn September 19, 2018 at approximately 1256 zulu time N388ME, a Piper apache serial number 23-322 taxied to the run up area for runway 28 at Fairfield County Airport (lhq). Approximately five minutes later, the pilot noticed a lowering of the RPM and…