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 20171211023709IAmerican Champion 8KCAB · Daytona Beach, FLN987A, BL8, reported a bird strike on departure roll. Aircraft aborted takeoff and returned to the ramp. Damage: not reported. 12/11 1917Z. Verified with maintenance records there was no damage done to aircraft due to bird strike.Incident 20171211022989IPiper PA-28R-201 · New Smyrna Beac, FLRDDL115, N115ER, P28R, aborted takeoff due to a bird strike on departure runway 25. Aircraft taxied to the ramp. Verified with maintenance department there was no damage to aircraft as a result of the bird strike.Incident 20171211022979ICessna 172R · Brooksville, FLOn December 11, 2017, at 1100 EST a Cessna aircraft, CO., model 172R, N9417Z that is registered to American aviation inc., had a propeller strike against a runway threshold light at the Brooksville hernando county airport on runway 9. The pilot was returning…Incident 20171211018099IMooney M20M · Savannah, GAPilot departed new bedford, mass to Savannah, GA. Late in the afternoon. He successfully performed a gear up landing on the belly of the aircraft. He came to a stop in the middle of the runway. No injuries were reported. Last annual was performed on 7/6/17 @…Incident 20171210023949ICessna 172RG · Livermore, CAAt aprrox. 1451 PST on 12/10/2017 N788KB Cessna 172RG. E/r lvk to lvk. Pilot reported gear problems while inbound to lvk. Acft landed rwy 7L, gear collapsed.Incident 20171210023169IPiper PA-22-150 · Wakefield, VALanded hard on runway 20 and nose landing gear sheared off. Aircraft skidded 135 feet past second contact point and came to rest.Accident 20171210022969ASmith Aerostar 601 · Tamiami, FLPiper Aerostar PA-60, registration N7529S with one person on board flying, took off from Tamiami miami executive airport (tmb). Aircraft last track was at 1.2NM on a heading of 270° west of Tamiami miami executive airport (tmb). Aircraft GPS coordinates of…Accident 20171210022959ACessna U206G · Maunaloa, HIOn December 10, 2017, at approximately 1105 hawaiian standard time, a wheel-equipped Textron aviation (formerly Cessna) U206G airplane, N732DF, impacted remote hills in Maunaloa, Hawaii about 4 miles southwest of the Molokai Airport, kaunakakai, Hawaii while…Incident 20171210022949ICessna 170 · Winter Haven, FLA 1948 Cessna, 170 aircraft left its home base airport at pilot country (X05). The crew of two flew to brooksville (kbkv) to complete some touch and goes before continuing on into Winter Haven. The winds were reported out of the north and favored runway 5 in…Incident 20171209024229IBoeing 737-232 · Red Dog, AKAircraft on commercial cargo flight. During flight, the un-shored tongue jack on a 3600LB equipment trailer failed allowing movement that resulted in loosening of the restraint straps. The trailer moved aft aprox 5 ft, contacting and causing damage to the…Accident 20171209022939APiper PA-28-235 · Pocasset, OKOn December 9, 2017, a private appropriately rated pilot departed chickasha, OK to conduct short field operations at a private sod landing strip near Pocasset, OK. The flight was conducted under 14 CFR part 91 as a pleasure flight. The pilot was making his…Accident 20171209022929ACessna 172 · Algona, IAOn December 9th, 2017 aircraft departed Algona airport on a training flight with the pilot an CFI. During climb out at approximitely 1800 ft the engine quit. The student pilot gave control of the aircraft to the flight instructor. The instructor attepted to…Incident 20171209022919IAirbus Industrie A320-232 · Dulles, VAOn 12/09/2017 united airlines (cala) flight 795-9 acft N425UA from o'hare international airport (ord) arrived at Dulles international airport (iad) . Ground personnel had found a dent on the leading edge of the right Horizontal stabilizer. The weather at both…Accident 20171209022909AZenith CH750 · Franklin, PAThe pilot stated that he had rotated too early during takeoff at a fairly steep attitude. A crosswind gust blew the aircraft left of the center line. The pilot over corrected to the right and believes he may have reduced power. A stall ensued. Aircraft…Accident 20171209022899ACzech Sport Aircraft A S Sportcruiser · Sacramento, CAAfter rotation, as aircraft was climbing the canopy opened. Pilot made an emergency landing on the same runway as just departed. At least one of the landing gear collapsed and aircraft caught fire on the ground. Aircraft was destroyed in fire.Accident 20171209022889ABeech A36 · San Diego, CAAircraft took off from Montgomery Field (myf) heading for torrance (toa) with 4 souls on board. The take off from runway 28R was normal, full power ascent 95 knots with about 45 gallons of fuel. Approximately 1.5 miles west of airport at about 700 feet AGL…Accident 20171208022879ABeech C90 · Geneva, FLOn December 8, 2017, about 1115 eastern standard time, a Beech C90, N19LW, was destroyed when it impacted the waters of lake harney, near Geneva, Florida. The airplane was registered to plane marketing LLC, in vero beach, Florida, and operated by L3 airline…Incident 20171208022869ICessna 414A · Dekalb, GAPilot was on return flight back to little rock with 4 passengers. Weather was snowing hard. Aircraft took runway 21L and started takeoff roll. About midway down the runway, pilot sensed low airspeed and no lift. Pilot aborted takeoff. Aircraft slowed and went…Incident 20171208022859ISchneider Gerald R JR Cozy Mark IV · Everett, WAAircraft was inbound and cleared to land rnwy 16R. Aircraft landed with nose gear retracted (mains do not retract on this model). PIC was able to extend the gear on his own and taxied back to the hanger.Incident 20171208022849IPiper PA-32R-301T · Port Clinton, OHPilot was making a normal landing on runway 27 with his flight instructor when upon landing the nose of the aircraft continued to sink and the propeller impacted the runway. The aircraft continued down the centerline of the runway as it rode the prop until it…Accident 20171208022839ACessna 172N · Everett, WAAircraft was conducting touch and go landings at paine field on runway 16L. Pilot landed and applied more power to take off again, once the aircraft left the ground the pilot noticed he wasn?t producing power like it should and decided to pull power and try…Accident 20171207022829AJones Kent C Vans RV-10 · Limon, COOn the evening of November 07, 2017 at approximately 2000 MST, N9738J came into contact with powerlines while executing a final approach into runway 34 at Limon airport (lic). The powerlines are located .52 nautical miles from where the aircraft first…Accident 20171207022819ACessna 172D · Auburn, WAOn approach to rnwy 16, nose of aircraft veered sharply to left. The PIC corrected with right rudder. At that time the PIC also noted he had zero aileron control and tried to stabilize the aircraft with rudder inputs. The aircraft yawed to the left two more…Incident 20171207022809IPiper PA-24-400 · Seymour, TXDecember 7, 2017, at approximately 1125 CST, N8511P, a 1965 Piper PA-24-400 made an off field landing near the intersection of county road 2070 and county road 435 approximately 9.5 miles south west of Seymour, Texas airport (60F) the engine failure was due…Incident 20171207022799IBeech M35 · Shreveport, LAThe airman was intending to conduct a currency flight. On the initial take-off roll; after approxiately 2000 feet ground roll, the airman experienced a blow-out on the nose tire on runway 32. He aborted the take-off and as he slowed, the aircraft veered off…Accident 20171207022789ABeech 58 · St Croix, VIOn December 7, 2017, approximately at 210 atlantic standard time; an aircraft Beech baron model BE58, registration number N4494A, while climbing after taking off from Henry e. Rohlsen airport (tisx) christiansted, st. Croix usvi, in bound to cyril e king…Accident 20171207016239ASteiner Brock Sport Copter Vortex · Spanish Fork, UTOn 12/07/2017 at 1819 MST, N395SC, an experimental amateur built Sport Copter Vortex experienced fuel exhaustion and attempted a landing on us 89. The aircraft nose wheel came in contact with the front edge roof of a vehicle heading westbound. The aircraft…Accident 20171206022779ARaytheon B36TC · Chesterfield, MON679EA departed deer valley Arizona(kdvt) at 9:26 am central time while on a VFR flight plan. N679EA filed a pop-up IFR flight plan at 11:21 am central time, while en-route over albuquerque international sunport airport. The flight was a direct flight without…Accident 20171205023499APiper PA-34-200T · Glendale, AZOn December 5, 2017 at 1830 local, a Piper seneca ii, N47536, operating on a local training flight ,departed the left side of runway 1 at Glendale AZ after touchdown, following a simulated right engine failure approach. The aircraft traveled through the…Incident 20171205023159ICessna 172H · Monroe, NCPilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft during ground taxi. This cause the aircraft to overrun the taxiway. The aircraft came to rest approximately 90? From the edge of the taxiway, where the front portion of the airframe was embedded into a dense…Accident 20171205022769ARobinson Helicopter R44 · Fort Pierce, FLThe pilot of N99RW just returned from a cross country flight from boca raton back to the Fort Pierce Airport. After landing the pilot proceeded to taxi to the ramp and land. While hovering over the landing spot the pilot stated he lost control of the…Accident 20171205022739ANorth American T-6G · Chesapeake, VAPilot was practicing his second crosswind landing of the day on RW10 with winds of 190/10. Touchdown was on centerline prior to 1000? Markers based on tire track and pilot statement. Approximately midway through the 1000? Markers the left main tire begins a…Accident 20171205022729APiper PA-32-260 · Cheboygan, MIOn December 05, 2017 at 11:30 am eastern standard time, a Piper PA-32-260 aircraft, N4887S, registered to and operated by an on demand air taxi service, received substantial damage when it departed the runway surface following a loss of directional control…Accident 20171205022719APiper PA-28-180 · Brewton, ALThe pilot and one passenger were traveling from kpdk to kpns on an IFR flight plan. At 4000 feet, on the initial descent to kpns, the engine failed without warning. Efforts to restart the engine were unsuccessful. The pilot attempted to land at 12J but was…Incident 20171205022709IBell BHT-407 · Watkins, COOn December 5, 2017 at 1437 hours, a Bell helicopter model 407, N686AM, serial number 53160, sustained minor damages, following a hard landing, while performing a routine maintenance check flight autorotation, at Front Range Airport (ftg) in Watkins,…Incident 20171205022699IPiper PA-46-310P · Wimauma, FLPilot was attempting to take off from private grass field (FD77) on runway 9. The nose wheel entered loose soil on takeoff roll causing the nose gear to collapse and the takeoff to be aborted. The aircraft suffered minor damage and was subsequently towed off…Accident 20171204023619ABeech C90 · Rockford, ILOn December 4, 2017, N500KR, originated from the kissimmee gateway airport (kism), orlando, Florida to chicago/Rockford international airport (krfd), Rockford, Illinois. Visual meteorological conditions (VFR) prevailed in the area about the time of the…Accident 20171204023509ABeech A36 · Rio Oso, CAAircraft departed mclellan airport (mcc) en-route to marysville (mrv). Preflight, engine start, taxi/takeoff were normal. Enroute to marysville, pilot reported that approximately 10 miles south of marysville, he noticed a light flicker below his seat. Upon…Accident 20171204022689ACessna 402C · Hyannis, MADuring climbout aircraft impacted a flock of birds causing substantial damage. No injury to the pilot.Incident 20171204022679IPiper PA-28-161 · Vero Beach, FLWhile taxing to hanger aircraft started smoking, PIC stoped aircraft and opened cowl to find engine on fire. Fire was put out by ground crew.Incident 20171204022669I2016 Stephen Yoho Sonex Onex · Williamstown, WVPilot stated that upon takeoff roll he may have gotten up to 30 mph and all of a sudden the aircraft took a sharp left and went into the grass beside runway. Nose wheel was bent all the way to the left , strut was also bent and both propeller tips were broken…Incident 20171204022659IEnstrom F-28A · Chino, CAWhile conducting flight operations near the Chino Airport (cno) PIC noted engine running rough. PIC was unable to maintain engine RPM and altitude and made emergency landing in field north of cno.Incident 20171204022649IAirbus Industrie A320-212 · Sacramento, CAAircraft departed smf. During initial climbout, the aircraft encountered a flock of large birds. The aircraft sustained multiple birdstrikes. Birds hit both wing leading edges, the right inboard flap and the radome. Birds were injested into both engines but…Accident 20171203024129ACessna 152 · Everett, WAOn Sunday, December 3, 2017 at approximately 1320 local time, N714TD, a Cessna C-152 departed Snohomish country airport (paine field (kpae)) in Everett Washington on an instructional flight. A student pilot was in the left seat and the flight instructor was…Accident 20171203023519ABoeing A75N1(PT17) · Chino, CAOn December 03/ 2017 N1431C was cleared for the option for landing on runway 26R cno (Chino) airport and went off the runway into a ground loop. There was no damage to airport property however, the aircraft had damage to the left lower wing and aileron.Accident 20171203022639ACessna 180 · Frederick, MDOn touch down at fdk, the pilot stated the left tire blew out. Aircraft came to rest on it nose causing structural damage. The weather (weather underground)reported dew point was 30.2 f and humidity was 38%, winds 9.2 mph out of the south, visibility 6 miles.Accident 20171203022629ATitan Tornado II · Ravenna, OH12/03/2017 Received call from regional operations center regarding a fatal aircraft accident near the Ravenna county airport (kpov) that occurred sometime between 1130 and 1730 local time. The aircraft, a Titan Tornado II was located behind a residential home…Incident 20171203022619ILindstrand Balloons 90A · Center, WIPilot was attempting to land in an open corn field but landed in a ditch with the envelope draped over power wires.Accident 20171203022609APiper PA-31-310 · Jeffersonville, INOn December 3, 2017, at approximately 19:00 eastern time (2300Z), a Piper PA-31, N722CF, landed with the landing gear retracted on runway 18 at the Clark Regional Airport (kjvy), Jeffersonville, Indiana. It was determined the aircraft received substantial…Incident 20171203022599IPiper PA-32R-301 · Plainville, CTPilot and passenger departed block island (kbid) en-route back to home base, Robertson airport (4B8) with ATC flight following in VMC conditions. Pilot stated he was too high for landing upon seeing 4B8 and he removed all aircraft power in order to enter the…