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 20180103000429ICessna 172RG · San Marcos, TXAircraft departed from kaus in austin, TX for personal operations. Prior to and upon landing at hyi, the gear handle remained in the up position resulting in the aircraft belly skin and propellers contacting the runway causing damage to the aircraft.Incident 20180102000419ICessna 172S · Gainesville, GAPilot reported at final approach, a gust of wind pushed right wing up. Resulting in a hard touchdown on left main gear. Off center line the aircraft went off runway hitting antennas in center median.Incident 20180102000409ICessna 177RG · Scappoose, ORDescription: on 1/2/2018 at approximately 18:35, N33296 landed at the Scappoose Industrial Airpark (ksbp) with the landing gear retracted. The pilot of N33296 was conducting a night currency flight to meet the requirements of 14 CFR part 91.57(b)(1). On the…Incident 20180102000399ICessna 172RG · Olathe, KSDuring preparation for landing on rwy 18, the right main landing gear actuator housing broke causing right main gear to remain retracted. After several failed attempts to force gear into the down and locked position, the pilot elected to land with all three…Accident 20180102000389ACessna T210L · Aurora, OROn January 2, 2018, about 0920, a Cessna T210L, N2122S, was substantially damaged during landing following a right main landing gear collapse at (uao), Aurora, Oregon. The private pilot and[privacy data omitted]of the airplane was not injured. Visual…Incident 20180101007499ISocata TB21TC · Fargo, NDLanding gear would not extend after several attempts. PIC chose to land aircraft with landing gear retracted after attempts to activate the emergency gear extension failed. Failure of the landing gear was caused by a defective relay. Damage to the aicraft was…Accident 20180101000379ACessna 150M · Nampa, IDPilot departed the byi airport approximately 20 minutes behind schedule. In the vicinity of the U76 airport the pilot became disoriented. The pilot then called his father on his cell phone. The father used a tracking app to get the pilots location and gave…Incident 20180101000369ICessna 208B · Oklahoma City, OKOn January 1, 2018 at approximately 1900 CST, a Cessna 208B caravan, aircraft registration number N1037N, at will rogers world airport (okc) struck a taxiway sign while attempting to exit the runway for taxiway alpha. Runway conditions were clear and dry and…Incident 20171231024429ICessna T207A · Emmonak, AKAircraft was landing on runway 16 at Emmonak, AK. Immediately after landing the aircraft began to slide sideways toward the west side of the runway. Steering and braking were ineffective on very slippery runway while wind was blowing from the east at 20KTS…Accident 20171231023939ACostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T · Lynchburg, VAA part 61 training flight was conducted from trenton mercer airport (kttn) to Falwell Airport (W24) the pilot in command stated that upon landing touchdown on RUNWAY28, he lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft subsequenlty pulled to the left where it…Incident 20171231023929ICessna 180A · Seward, AKAircraft was destroyed in unknown circumstances. ELT activated but airman notified coast guard that he was fine and required no assistance. Airman told FAA inspector he was taxiing and airplane got stuck in sand, and subsequently destroyed by surf action.…Incident 20171230023919IPiper PA-28-161 · Merritt Island, FLThe solo student pilot reptd the following: he landed on rwy 29 and was attempting to exit the rwy at the A2 taxiway intersection, when he "applied left rudder to make the turn onto the taxiway" and found that the acft was "not very responsive". He then tried…Incident 20171229024319IBombardier DHC-8-402 · Pullman, WAOn Friday dec 29th, at approximately 1830 local time horizon air flight 2184 (sea-puw) mistakenly landed a Bombardier Q400 DHC8-402 (N412QX) on taxiway a at kpuw (Pullman/Moscow, WA) instead of the intended runway, rwy 6. The flight was cleared on the RNAV m…Incident 20171229023909ICessna 750 · Lincoln, NEN769XJ, Cessna citation x, s/n 750-0269 was performing a maintenance flight, locally around the lnk airport, upon returning to the lnk airport, while landing the nose landing gear collapsed disabling the aircraft on the runway. An emergency was declared by…Incident 20171229023899IFairchild SA227-AC · Sioux Falls, SDOn December 29, 2017 at 0615 MST, a Fairchild SA227-AC model aircraft owned by business aviation courier, inc (dufa), had an incident while taxiing to the runway. VMC conditions prevailed, and IFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft wheel/brake area suffered…Incident 20171229023889ICessna 172S · Centennial, COInstructor pilot (CFI) was demonstrating crosswind landings to a pre solo student pilot on runway 17L at kapa when the tower was reporting winds at 250/23 + 29 on final. Tower offered runway 28, however, the instructor again requested 17L for a crosswind…Accident 20171229023879ACessna 172M · Reese, UTOn December 29, 2017, the aircraft departed ogd at 1421 on rwy 17, and departed the area to the west. After passing south of promontory point at about 1434 local time, the aircraft turned to a northwest heading. Radar was lost at 1438 local time due to…Incident 20171229023869ICessna 210J · San Bernardino, CAWhile on final approach to sbd airport and two miles out PIC noted that left main landing gear did not indicate down and locked. A San Bernardino county sheriff?s helicopter was near so they flew next to N222AT and verified left main gear not safe. PIC…Incident 20171228024839IMooney M20C · Casa Grande, AZFlight was being conducted from kingman to Casa Grande. Cross country portion of the flight was uneventful. When the pilot entered the pattern at Casa Grande he got busy watching for other traffic in the pattern. He stated that he was distracted and forgot to…Incident 20171228024729IDehavilland DHC-8 · Newark, NJPOE120 (cglqf) DH8D departed runway 4L at 1300Z for cytz. Possible blown tire on Departure. Panynj inspected runway 4L and found a piece of rubber. ARFF responded. POE120 landed runway 4R at 1412Z, stopped on the runway and shut down Engines for inspection.…Accident 20171228024309APiper PA-32-301T · Spearfish, SDOn 12/28/2017 at 1215 a Piper saratoga PA-32-301T owned/registered to stamm air LLC was involved in an accident during landing while performing a pleasure flight. Clear day conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained substantial…Accident 20171228023859APipistrel D.O.O. Slovenia Virus SW · Paulding, OHOn December 28, 2017, about 1630 eastern standard time, a Pipistrel doo ajdovscina Virus Sw Airplane, N4JW, impacted terrain during a forced landing on a road following an inflight loss of Engine power near Paulding, Ohio. The pilot, who was the sole…Accident 20171227024329ACessna 525A · Michigan City, INOn December 27, 2017, the crew of N525KT, a Cessna 525A aircraft, departed dupage airport (kdpa), Illinois, for Michigan City municipal airport (kmgc), Indiana. The flight was a part 91 repositioning flight to pick up the aircraft owner and continue to the…Incident 20171227023849IMooney M20C · Zephyrhills, FLOn December 27, 2017, at 1225 EST a Mooney, model M20C, N7878V that is registered to 7878 victor inc., had a gearup landing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage due to…Incident 20171227023839IMooney M20R · Kansas City, MOThe pilot stated that after reaching full power for takeoff on runway 19R, the aircraft began to veer left of centerline for an unknown reason. The aircraft skidded off the left side of the runway and came to a stop in the grass island.Incident 20171227023829IPiper PA-28R-180 · Greenville, SCDuring landing at Greenville Downtown (gmu) the right main gear failed to fully extend. The aircraft landed with the left main and nose properly extended in the grass adjacent to runway 28.Incident 20171227023819IPiper PA46-500TP · Latrobe, PAOn December 27, 2017, N999NG a PA46T, departed lawrence g. hanscom field (kbed) at approximately 13:49 EST. The aircraft was enroute to arnold palmer regional airport (klbe). The pilot stated that ?she and her husband were heading to their kids house for the…Incident 20171226023809IConsolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 · Tuscaloosa, ALOn December 26, 2017 at approximately 1415, N2674P departed hunstville, AL (hsv) enroute to Tuscaloosa, AL (tcl). At approximately 1610, N2674P landed at tcl with the landing gear fully retracted. During the interview with the pilot regarding the landing, the…Accident 20171226023799ACessna 182S · Santa Ana, CAOn 12/26/17 this office was notified of the accident. Inspector [privacy data omitted] with lgb FSDO traveled to the scene of the accident and met the pilot, [privacy data omitted]. [privacy data omitted] Was provided with and explained the pilots bill of…Incident 20171225023789ICessna 525B · Jacksonville, FLN525MP, C52B, reported a bird strike while on 4 mile final to runway 32 at 2,000 feet. There was no damage reported. Verified with dom there was no damage to aircraft as a result of the bird strike.Accident 20171225021159ACessna 150L · Perris, CAAircraft departed el monte airport, EMT, going to french valley airport, F70. Engine power was lost during cruise. The aircraft landed in a field and became inverted. Two POB. No injuries. Substantial damage.Accident 20171224024589ACessna 340 · Bartow, FLOn Saturday December 24, 2017 aircraft N247AT filed an IFR flight plan from Bartow municipal airport (kbow) to key west airport (keyw). Weather condition visual estimates were reported to be ¼ mile and 300 ft. with a density altitude of 54 ft. pilot request…Incident 20171224024239IBeech 76 · Orlando, FLOn December 241\ 2017 at approximately 2200 local time, N6002LI was downwind for full stop landing on rwy 25 at Orlando executive airport (korl). Upon extending landing gear, the nose gear locked light failed to illuminate and the intransit light was failed…Accident 20171224023779APiper PA-28R-200 · Riverton, WYThe pilot decided to take off from Riverton, Wyoming with an inoperative landing light. During take off roll the pilot thought he was running out of runway when he passed the crossing runway and rotated for take off with insufficient speed and or lift. The…Incident 20171224023769IBeech B35 · Destin, FLN5079C was enroute to college station, TX (cll) from new symrne Beach, FL (evb). N5079C made an emergency landing at Destin executive airport(dts) due to a loss of radio communicaitons. Upon landing and roll out on runway 32, the nose landing gear collapsed.Accident 20171224018669ACessna 172N · Union Mills, NCPilot statement ^Michael spina 228 western meander Union Mills. NC 28167^ To whom it may concern with the FAA, December 25, 2017 On December 241th, 2017 around 3:00. I took off from kfqd - rutherford county airport. I flew around the county in VFR conditions.…Incident 20171223024819IStinson 108-2 · Granbury, TXOn 23 December 2017 at 1530, a Stinson 108-2, N949D, while taxiing to takeoff, encountered another aircraft crossing its path at 0TX1, applied excessive brake force, resulting in the propeller striking the taxiway and breaking. No other damage was sustained,…Incident 20171223024339ICessna TR182 · Sidney, NE-VFR pilot encountered non-forecasted icing and low ceiling approximately one hour into flight leg. -Pilot contacted denver center and requested help to the nearest airport. -Pilot was directed to Sidney Municipal Airport (sny). -Aircraft was iced up and…Incident 20171223024259IHawker Beechcraft B200GT · Rosebud, SDPilots were flying out to an airport that does not have much reporting on runway conditions. The airport they were going to was Rosebud, SD (suo). They checked NOTAMS before the flight and there was none issued for that airport. The runway had been plowed but…Accident 20171223024249AMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-33F · Bethel, AK12-23-17 Aircraft N935CE operated by evert's air cargo (fxga) was departing Bethel AK bound for anchorage AK the crew heard a bang and the aircraft began to decompress. The crew returned to Bethel AK and reported a pallet jack had came loose in flight and…Accident 20171223023759AX-Air XA85 · Oskaloosa, IAEyewitnesses reported seeing the aircraft flying low. Crash scene evidence indicated the aircraft struck a powerline and was forced to land. The aircraft came to rest inverted 230 feet from the impact with the powerline. The pilot was fatally injured.Incident 20171223023749ICessna 172S · Ormond Beach, FLPHXA19, N5523Q, C172, reported a bird strike while conducting a touch and go on runway 17. Aircraft landed without incident. No damage reported. 12/23/2017 1715Z. Spoke with maintenance who verified there was no damage to aircraft as a result of the bird…Accident 20171223023629ALet L-23 Super Blanik · Clermont, FLThe canadian student pilot on a solo flight landed, over corrected and cross controlled the flight controls, veered off the runway striking a hangar with the right wingtip. The aircraft then turned around 180 degrees and began to enter the hangar, striking…Accident 20171223023439AKelley Derrick/Leza Aircam · Newport, ORThis was the 2nd leg of the day, olm-ast-onp. The wind was choppy most of the day, with some light turbulence. The pilot stated he checked the winds 10 min prior to landing at onp from the local AWOS. 090/09 KTS was being reported. The pilot stated he was…Incident 20171222023429IPa-25-260 PA-25-260 · Hollywood, FLPilot was pulling his second banner for the day and while over the intercostal waterway he experienced loss of power. He declared mayday and landed in the water.Incident 20171222023419IPiper PA-28 · Vero Beach, FLFAA form 8020-9 states "pilot reported striking a large black bird on climb out approximately 1/2 mile north of the vrb airport. Requested and received priority handling to come back and land at kvrb. Pilot stated that the aircraft sustained a minor dent in…Accident 20171221024159ACessna 172M · Monroe, MIOn 21 December 2017, N4491R was practicing takeoffs and landings at Monroe Custer Airport (kttf). Both the student and instructor were onboard the aircraft. On the sixth landing of the lesson, at approximately 1200 EST, the student was on the controls on…Incident 20171221024149IEmbraer ERJ-170-200LR · Houston, TXOccurrence report filed by the pilot. One medium sized bird struck the windshield after aircraft rotated. The aircraft returned to the airfield for subsequent aircraft inspection. No damage found.Incident 20171221023409IBeech D17S · St Augustine, FLPilot was cleared to land on runway 31. Wind was from the right. As he landed and was slowing down the tower asked if he could make the next turn off at runway at runway 2/20. Replied he would try. As he slowed down and began to brake the aircraft began…Accident 20171221023399AMooney M20K · Venice, FLAfter reducing altitude from 8500? To 4000? To get under a layer of clouds, aircraft began its decent for approach into vnc. Pilot states he thinks he dropped his gear at 10 miles out because that is his usual routine and began a straight in approach to…