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 20180311001919AJohnson Gerald CR-1 · Altamont, NYOn 03/11/2018, N142DT attempted landing on private airstrip. Aircraft turned approximately 90 degrees from runway and contacted trees with left wing which seperated from aircraft. Remainder of aircraft came to stop in a wooded area approximately 50 yards from…Accident 20180311001909AStinson 108-2 · Cedar Rapids, IAPilot statement: On March 11, 2018 around 2:00 I went flying my Stinson 108-2; n 9457K. L was staying in the pattern to practice three point landings due to recently reading numerous articles about how three point landings are safer due to lower airspeed and…Incident 20180310023739IDehavilland DHC-8 · Bangor, MEDescription Aircaft was in cruise from when a passenger notified the cabin crew of some sparks and smoke coming from the sidewall panel under bin location 13 ab. There was a noticeable burn mark on the sidewall panel and a smell of smoke. The flight deck was…Accident 20180310001899AHughes 269A · Jacksonville, FLPilot stated he did not have any mechanical difficulty with aircraft and while performing a practice auto rotation into a vacant field, mismanaged the landing contacting the left skid first on the ground causing the helicopter to roll over. The landing site…Accident 20180310001889ACzech Sport Piper Sport · Addison, TXOn March 10, 2018, at approximately 1647 central daylight time, a Czech Piper Sport, N422PS, departed Addison Airport on runway 15. Shortly after takeoff, the commercial rated pilot experienced loss of engine power. The pilot madea left turn in an attempt to…Accident 20180310001879APiper PA-22-150 · Hillsboro, OROn Saturday, March 10, 2018, a Piper-22-150, registered as N50KF, serial number 22-4274, was involved in an accident at portland-Hillsboro Airport (khio) in Hillsboro, Oregon. The accident resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft. The aircraft is…Accident 20180310001869APiper PA-28-180 · Montague, CAThe accident was reported as follows; the aircraft hit power lines and crash landed. The reported pilot and the aircraft owner has not responded to the loi. No further information at this time.Accident 20180310001859ALearjet 31A · Mt. Pleasant, MIOn March 10, 2018 at 1730 eastern time, a lear 31 aircraft, N500MP, registered to a corporation and operated by an airline transport pilot, received substantial damage when it struck 2 deer during landing rollout on runway 27 mount Pleasant municipal airport…Incident 20180310001849IExtra Flugzeugbau EA-400 · Rocy Mount, NC[privacy data omitted] Was piloting an Extra 400 from fayetteville, NC to leesburg, VA (jyo). He was on an IFR flight plan and leveled off at cruise altitude of 15K feet. All engine parameters were normal except he noticed higher water temperature powering up…Incident 20180310001839IHughes MH-6C · Cropwell, ALThe police helicopter was operating under public use under ac no: 00-1.1A. The aircraft was dispatched for sar purposes. The helicopter was launched at approximately 0900CST. Power lines were noted by the crew and well-avoided in this area. The crew then…Accident 20180309001829ACessna 180 · Burlington, WAOn March 9, 2018 at, or about, 1150 local time the aircraft was landing on runway 11 at bayview airport (bvs) in Burlington, WA. At the time there was about a 10 knot crosswind. Upon touching down the aircraft bounced once, settled down a second time, the…Accident 20180309001819ABellanca 14-13-2 · Anacortes, WAOn March 9, 2018 the pilot was receiving flight instruction while also accomplishing his flight review. At, or about, 1615 local time while landing on runway 36 at Anacortes (74S) the tail wheel contacted the runway, the aircraft veered to the right with the…Incident 20180309001809IBeech J35 · Dubuque, IAAircraft made landing at Dubuque regional airport. During landing rollout the nose landing gear collapsed. The propeller struck the ground and caused the aircraft to veer to the side of the runway.Incident 20180309001799IPiper PA-28R-200 · Rochester, INDescription: The flight departed new kent county airport, located in quinton, Virginia (W96) enroute to richland, WI with a planned fuel stop in winamac, IN (krwn). The distance between W96 and krwn is 491 NM. At a planned speed of 120 knots the trip was…Incident 20180309001789IAerostar International RX 8 · Namekagon, WIOn March 9, 2018 at approximately 1340 local time, a hot air balloon model RX8 Aerostar international corp., registration N4027S, operated by a commercial pilot with 4 passengers on board, took flight departing from the windward side of lake Namekagon,…Incident 20180309001779IPiper PA-28-140 · Springfield, MOThe pilot stated that he was practicing touch-and-go landings on runway 29 when upon conducting the second landing, the aircraft veered off to the left and exited the runway surface coming to rest approximately 130 feet from the edge of the runway. The pilot…Accident 20180309000119ABeech 76 · Oshkosh, WIOn March 9, 2018 at approximately 1420 local time, a Beech model 76, registration number N969RA operated by fox valley technical college landed with the gear up at Wittman Regional Airport (osh) Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The student and flight instructor were on a…Incident 20180308024379IBereznak Bradley J Lancair Legacy · Temple, TXNo visible signs airaft did not run out of fuel.Accident 20180308009639APiper PA-31P · Laredo, TXOn March 8, 2018, Piper navajo N82605, was departing from runway 18R out of Laredo International Airport (klrd) to a southeast practice area. On climbout, the ATC tower noticed smoke coming out of the left engine. The pilot on board was notified and the…Accident 20180308001769AAmerican Champion 8GCBC · Many, LAAirman was practicing takeoffs and landings on a grass runway in his personally owned tailwheel airplane in which he was the sole occupant. Airman stated that during the incident landing-rollout, he ?tapped the brakes? And the aircraft veered slightly to the…Incident 20180308001689IPiper PA-28-151 · Englewood, COOn 03/08/2018 at 12:00 MST, N3939X, a PA-28-151 aircraft sustained minor damage when the propeller struck a runway light as the aircraft skidded off the departure end of runway 10 during landing at centennial airport (apa). The two occupants on board were not…Incident 20180308001599ICessna T206H · Honolulu, HIPilot flew from hnl to ogg and was returning to hnl. Winds at hnl were 010 at 12 kt gusting to 19 kt. Upon landing on runway 4R the propeller struck the ground along with the left wing tip. The aircraft sustained damage on all three blades of the propeller,…Incident 20180308001589IAero Commander 112 · Fort Pierce, FLOn 3/8/18 upon entry into the right downwind for runway 28LPILOT was cleared to land. Upon extending the main landing gear, the nose gear did not show a green light to indicate it was down and locked, only two main gear lights illuminated. Pilot requested to…Accident 20180308001579APiper PA-32R-301T · Big Spring, TXThe pilot stated he departed georgetown (gad) en-route to midland airpark (mdd) at approx. 1815 CST on 3/8/2018. The wing tank quantity gauges indicated 60 gallons of fuel was on board the aircraft at time of pre-flight. During cruise flight at approx. 5700'…Accident 20180307001569ACessna 172C · England, AROn March 7, 2018 at 1700 CST, a Cessna CE-172C, N1889Y, registered to [privacy data omitted]., had an engine failure during the takeoff and climbout phase of flight while departing from walls airstrip (1AR1) a private use grass strip in England, AR. Visual…Incident 20180307001559IHawker Beechcraft G58 · Fresno, CAN969GR, BE58, declared emergency due to smoke in the cockpit on final rwy 11R; acft landed w/out incident, inspected by emergency crew; no inj/dmg reported. 03/07/2018 2012Z. Aircraft was taken to apr repair station. When the mechanics inspected the aircraft…Incident 20180307001549IPiper PA-28-180 · Amarillo, TXOn March 3, 2018, at approximately 1655 CST, N9351J, a Piper PA-28 experienced a loss of engine power and landed in the grass one half mile from end of runway 22 at Amarillo Rick Husband international airport (ama). The aircraft was being operated on a…Accident 20180307001539ACessna 150M · Sinton, TXWhile performing touch and go landings at Alfred C. Thomas Airport Sinton, Texas, aircraft touched down and pilot initiated another takeoff. After lift off and near the end of runway 32 the aircraft engine experienced a partial loss of power. Pilot was unable…Accident 20180307001529ACessna 172R · Lakeland, FLPilot reported the following: purpose of flight was solo pattern work at klal. Weather briefing obtained from ATIS before takeoff and wins were at 340/10 gusting 15. After takeoff and once established on the downwind for runway 27, pilot received a weather…Accident 20180307001519AHughes 369D · Blair, WIOn March 7, 2018 a Hughes 369D helicopter, operated by high line helicopters LLC working out of lacrosse Wisconsin, was transporting human external cargo to support power line repair near Blair, Wisconsin. At approximately 1400 local time, at the work site…Accident 20180306023969AReilly Charles W Escapade · Palatka, FLOn final approach to runway 27 28J aircraft lost power due to preceieved fuel exhaustion. Pilot was able to momentarily restart engine giving just enough thrust not to nose dive into the house he crashed on top of.Accident 20180306021779APiper PA-28R-200 · Paso Robles, CAN33807 was on a training flight that originated in san jose California at the reid hillview airport (krhv) and terminated at the Paso roble municipal airport (kprb); Paso Robles California. The aircraft was fueled with 43 gallons of aviation gasoline. The two…Accident 20180306001509APiper PA-28-140 · Edgewater, FLOn 03/06/2018 at 10:04EST N6764W, a Piper PA-28-140 hit a tree during approach to landing and crashed into a carport located in the town of Edgewater, FL.Accident 20180306001499ACirrus Design SR20 · Churchville, MDThe pilot stated he was flying back to his home airport from calhoun, Georgia. Before departure he looked at the weather using several online weather resources including garmin pilot, flyq, and wunderground, all were reporting his destination to be VFR. About…Accident 20180306001489ACessna 172S · Stow, OHPilot was in landing phase at kent state airport, 1G3. On flare out on runway 01, a deer ran into the left side of aircraft. Pilot was able to maintain control and taxied to parking. Pilot found damage to the left horizontal stablizer inboard leading edge. No…Incident 20180305001479IMulcahy Roger Bushby Mustang · Wallace, NCOn 03/05/2018 at approximately 03:00 EST the above airman attempted a takeoff from rwy 09 at the kacz airport. Prior to rotation the aircraft departed the left side of the runway and came into contact with a runway lighting control box. The aircraft sustained…Accident 20180305001469AMacdonald Craig MAC CUB · West Point, UTOn 5 March 2018, pilot and passenger decided to practice landings for about 30 minutes around btf. They decided to go sightseeing. About 20 miles north of bountiful Utah the engine started experiencing power surges and lose of power. The pilot immediately…Accident 20180305001459A2015 Robert Snyder Autogyro Calidus · Beaufort, SCOn March 5, 2018, about 0935 eastern standard time, an experimental, amateur-built Autogyro Calidus gyroplane, N221YT, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain during the initial climb from Beaufort County Airport (arw), Beaufort, south carolina.…Incident 20180305001449IPiper PA-28-140 · Fayetteville, NCDuring an instructional flight the aircraft bounced on a landing attempt and started to drift left of center line, the student pilot pushed the right rudder and the aircraft abruptly veered to the right before the CFI could correct it. The aircrafts left wing…Accident 20180304013739APiper PA-32-260 · Camas, WAPilot was practicing power off stalls at 1500AGL when he experienced power loss. Pilot pitched for best glide and with time remaining attempted to verify probable cause. At 900' he aimed for a field and landed in the field on the roll out hit a drainage ditch…Incident 20180304009699ICessna 310K · Abbevile, LAOn Sunday March 4,2018 at approxiatemaly 1330 a normal VFR Landing was performed by aircraft N7067L on runway 16 at kiya . Weather was clear and wind was south at 4 knots. Gear was placed in the down position on down win leg. All normal gear lights were…Incident 20180304001439IMooney M20J · Myrtle Beach, SCDuring touchdown, aircraft departed runway 36 with a suspected blown tire. Later determined it was a broken steering component in the nose gear. No injuries. Weather was not a factor. Aircraft: Mooney M20J, sn: 24-0087, tail number N201RDAccident 20180304001429AMesserschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 B-2 · Sheboygan, WIOn March 4, 2018, about 2324 central standard time, a Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm bk 117 B-2 helicopter, N1174U, operated by air methods englewood, Colorado departed fond du lac, Wisconsin (fld) enroute to st. nicholas hospital (WS56) Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The…Accident 20180304001419ARaytheon A36 · Enumclaw, WAAcft departed yuma, AZ (nyz) for paine field, everett, WA (pae). Report from ATC sea center: acft declares an emergency with smoke and loss of power. ATC delivers instructions guiding acft to WN76 aprt (bergseth aprt). Contact lost. Acft was unable to make…Incident 20180303001409ICessna 172RG · Galvestion, TXPIC reported a bird strike during cruise flight at approximately 1500 MSL, 5NM northwest of kgls, Galvestion, TX. No inuries reported.Incident 20180303001399IJust Highlander · Chehalis, WAOn March 3, 2018, at about 1230 PST, a Just Aircraft LLC operated under FAR part 91 flew from eagles nest, Oregon (OR65) to Chehalis, Washington (cls) and proceeded to land at runway 34 at Chehalis-Centralia Airport. PIC stated that he intended to fly a…Incident 20180303001389IEmbraer ERJ 170-100LR · Nashville, TNRepublic airline flight 5894 departed Nashville international (bna) airport enroute to lagurdia (lga) airport. The aircraft hit a large bird after rotation, and continued to lga, without incident. Upon arrival, maintenance performed a bird strike inspection.…Incident 20180302018601IEmbraer ERJ-195-E2 · Fairbanks, AKN678GA exited runway and taxied to parking at Alaska aerofuel on the west ramp of Fairbanks international airport. Aircraft was met by one ground crew who marshalled the aircraft with lighted wands. No asphalt or taxi lines or markings visible due to snow…Accident 20180302001379AAero Commander 100-180 · Dupont, TXN3733X departed cox field (prx) after completing preflight check, including sumping fuel twice and completing runup. Approximately one minute after leveling off at 500 AGL, engine sputtered once and stopped. After emergency landing in a field, the aircraft…Accident 20180302001369APiper PA-28-161 · Vero Beach, FLOn March 2, 2018 at about 1230 pm the student pilot attempted a light crosswind landing on runway 4 at the Vero Beach, Florida airport. During the flare to touchdown, control of the aircraft was lost and the aircraft exited off the side of the runway and…