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 20170302005519ACessna 172B · Greenville, MEPilot [privacy data omitted] PIC of Cessna 172 N7450X was flying from kold to 3B1 VFR. PIC got weather briefing from kbgr before departing kold and also looked up the weather on foreflight via ipad before departing from kold. Pilot recalls knowing the winds…Incident 20170302004309ICessna 172F · Anchorage, AKDue to the low air temperature of 14 degrees f, the pilot preheated the aircraft for several hours until the EGT read 85 degrees f. he sampled the fuel tanks and found no contaminants. The measured fuel quantity was four gallons in the right tank, and eight…Incident 20170302004199IPiper PA-28-161 · Melbourne, FLEon dra notification description of incident from mlb ATCT: aircraft landed runway 9R. After landing the engine quit on the runway. During a restart attempt, a small fire ignited which was extinguished by the pilot. The aircraft was towed to the ramp. No…Incident 20170302003239ISeabird Avn Australia Ptyltd SB7L-360A · Santa Fe, NMOn March 2, 2017, at 825 MST, a seeker SB7L-360, N603SP, registered to new Mexico state police, nosed over on a taxiway at the Santa Fe, NM airport while on a training flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was…Accident 20170302001949AAero Commander S2R · Fairmont, OKAt approximately 1500 local on 2 March 2017, N1755S a Aero Commander S25 aerial application airplane, made contact with a power line and crashed in a pasture that he was spraying. N1755S was inbound from the north on a spraying run, cleared the first line and…Accident 20170302001939ACessna 182E · Alpine, TXOn March 3, 2017 at approximately 8:10 local time N2892Y a Cessna 182 impacted a high game fence while performing touch and go landings at Alpine Casparis municipal airport. The accident aircraft was on final and about to touch down when a gust of wind caught…Accident 20170302001859ACessna 340A · Fort Lauderdale, FLAircraft N340DW was on landing rollout on rwy 09 at fxe the left gear collapsed.Incident 20170302001179IPiper PA-32RT-300 · Lake Worth, FLAircraft N3016L landed gear up at Palm Beach County Park Airport (lna). Aircraft landed with gear up with a pilot and a passenger on board preforming a safety flight check after the aircraft had a maintenance upgrade to the cockpit instrumentation.Accident 20170302001169ACessna 152 · Tulsa, OKPilot stated that on his first landing attempt for runway 1R, he bounced the aircraft 2 times and then aborted the landing and flew around the pattern again. On the second landing, the student bounced the aircraft again and stated that the aircraft was then…Accident 20170301020539ABellanca 17-30A · Carson, NVAirplane was placed in long term storage on 10 jan 2010 3337.0 hobbs Airplane was removed from long term storage on 1 may 2014 3337.3 hobbs Annual was signed off 2/24/2017 3339.3 hobbs Pilot was witnessed taxing to fuel farm on 3/1/17 (accident date) the…Accident 20170301015039ASmith Douglas J Sonex · Mercey Hot Spri, CAMercy hot springs, CA: N801SX, Sonex (exp), (petaluma-mercy hot springs) pilot reported misjuding landing, was 50 yards short of the runway, hit the top wire of a barbed wire fence and then flipped over. Causing damage to the gear, undercarriage and vertical…Incident 20170301003289ISocata TBM 700 · Monterey, CAMonterey, CA (mry): N700SX, TBM7, blown nose gear and prop strike landing RWY10R. POB: 3, injuries: none, damage: minor. 3/1 1825ZAccident 20170301003199A2010 Xtremeair XA42 · West Palm Beach, FLExperimental exhibition aircraft XA42 took off from Palm Beach county airport. Aircraft lost engine power and attemped landing back on runway but end up touched down in soft terrain which caused the main landing gears to separate. The airplane skidded about…Incident 20170301003079ICessna 421B · Kenosha, WIAfter landing in Kenosha, pilot parked, refueled, loaded medical passenger and began to taxi for departure. Pilot was attempting to exit the ramp at the taxiway and proceeded around a parked aircraft and onto the grass. The pilot stated that he realized he…Incident 20170301003069IPiper PA-34-220T · Milwaukee, WIAircraft was flying an approach to runway 4L expecting to circle to land. Visibility and ceiling went below circling minimums and ATC asked if runway 4L was acceptable. Pilot considered winds (310\12G20)and decided to land 4L using the RNAV LPV approach.…Incident 20170301002619IPiper PA-32-300 · Morris, OKPilot flying from khpy to ktul had a vacuum pump failure and other anomalies that caused concern and resulted in him switching fuel tank back from a full tank to an empty tank. Lost power while descending and was unable to immediately identify the cause. Felt…Incident 20170301001849ICessna 152 · Denton, TXDuring the landing rollout, the pilot attempted to exit the runway onto a taxiway at an unsafe speed after receiving a tower instruction to turn.Incident 20170301001839ICirrus Design SR22 · Mesa, AZShortly after takeoff from ffz, pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. Aircraft returned to ffz and landed without incident.Accident 20170301001829AMaule MX-7-180A · Live Oak, CAUpon landing at it's home base Grass strip, N600XX prop struck the ground and flipped over. 04/05/2017 - Since the damage to the aircraft was evaluated by the FAA iic on scene and determined to be substantial, this is being reclassified as an accident. Office…Accident 20170301001159ACessna 172S · St. Petersburg, FLWhile performing touch and go's, a student pilot, on his first solo, lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft hit a taxiway sign, then, slid on the grass with the left wing touching the ground , spun 180 degrees and finally collide with a cyclone fence.…Accident 20170228011079AAir Tractor AT-802A · Prentiss, MSDuring take-off, pilotreported a sudden wind change resulting in the aircraft veering uncontrollably to the left which could not be corrected (through control input and/or braking).the subsequent loss of directional controlresulted in the aircraft departing…Incident 20170228007779IBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 · Eagle Pass, TXOn February 28, 2017 at approximately 19:55 a Bell BHT-206-L1 helicopter, N285AE operated by air evac inc. had a small electrical fire and smoke in the cockpit. Location of the incident was [privacy data omitted]., Eagle Pass Texas, helicopter pad 56TE. The…Incident 20170228007329ISocata TB21TC · Salina, KSOn February 28, 2017, at approximately 1438 central standard time, two commercial certificated airmen were involved in a gear-up landing in a Socata trinidad TB-21 at the Salina municipal airport (ksln), Salina, Kansas; the aircraft was operated by 14 CFR…Accident 20170228005449ASonex Lavender, Alan P · Methuen, MAN315AL piloted by alan lavender departed runway 14 at Lawrence Municipal Airport at 1759Z. Mr. Lavender entered into left closed traffic following another airplane in the pattern. During left base for landing runway 14 the airplane went into a steep nose down…Incident 20170228001469ICessna 172S · Daytona Beach, FLDuring level flight aircraft impacted several large birds.Incident 20170228001459IPiper PA46-500TP · Titusville, FLThe pilot in command (PIC) described the approach and touch-down as un-eventful; the PIC was cleared for landing by tix tower on runway 9. The PIC stated that the right main touched down first (due to 9K wind from 110°) then the left main and then nose. The…Accident 20170227007449ABell 407 · Chauvin, LAWestwind helicopters reposition flight, from offshore to base in houma, LA (butler aviation.) Company chdo is houston FSDO. Aircraft reported overdue via skyconnect after failing to transmit automated position report: *10:14 - Departed platform message via…Incident 20170227007319IBoeing 737-7BD · Omaha, NEOn February 27, 2017 at approximately 2150 CST, N7751A, a Boeing 737-7BD, flight 1426 operated by southwest airlines, struck a flock of snow geese while on approach into Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE. The aircraft was on short final at approximately 500 feet AGL…Incident 20170227002779ICirrus Design SR20 · Sanford, FLWhile conducting currency training crew heard a loud thump and aircraft entered into a nose high attitude. Nose high attitude was corrected and aircraft landed with a suspected bird strike.Accident 20170227001819ASocata TBM-7 · Bellingham, WAC-gvws is a canadian registered Socata TBM-7 which was flown by the owner who is a canadian private pilot. The aircraft arrived at Bellingham int'l airport (kbli) earlier on the morning of 27 February, 2017 from boundary bay, Canada. After clearing us customs…Accident 20170227001809ACessna 172S · Berthoud, COOn 02/27/2017 at approximately 0723, N2461N, a Cessna 172S departed kbjc flew north approximately 25 miles and began performing flight maneuvers before impacting the water at culver reservoir at 0743. There were two people on board and both sustained fatal…Accident 20170227001799ACessna T310Q · Riverside, CAThis aircraft was piloted by 83 year old male whom held an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate for single engine land aircraft (sel) with commercial privileges for multi engine land aircraft (MEL). The pilot?s 67 year old wife was seated in the right…Incident 20170227001149IBellanca 14-19-2 · Mesa, AZPIC was on a demonstration flight with a prospective buyer in his Bellanca 14-19-2 cruisemaster, N9842B. Upon returning to Falcon Field, AZ, the PIC entered a right downwind for runway 4R and proceeded to lower the landing gear. The cruisemaster has two…Accident 20170227001139APiper PA-28-181 · Phoenix, AZOn February 27, 2017, about 15:15 local mountain standard time, a Piper PA-28-181 (archer iii) serial number 2843508, N309PA, was departing Deer valley airport Phoenix, Arizona (kdvt) runway on an instructional flight with three persons onboard the aircraft.…Accident 20170226018819ARyan Navion F · Westhampton Bea, NYOn 02/26/2017 aircraft N4529K a Ryan navion model NA-145F aircraft was practicing touch and go landings on runway 33 at fok (Gabreski airport). Wind at this time was reported from 310 degrees at 21 knots gusting to 28 knots. Air traffic controllers who…Accident 20170226004329AEurocopter EC 130 B4 · Las Vegas, NVHover taxiing north bound in between taxiway h and the access road at mccarran international airport, Las Vegas. Monitoring taxi speed and height to stay within company mandated limit of 2-3 foot hoover and no more than 15 knots ground speed. A couple of big…Incident 20170226003329IPiper PA-28-235 · Holland, MIHolland, MI (biv)while on the ILS 26 approach at about 300 ft AGL pilot elected to not deploy additional flaps (flaps was set the first notch as part of the pre-landing checklist) because of a strong crosswind and some gusting (200@13 G18KTS). Pilot kept the…Incident 20170225024189IJeffries Stanley J RV 4 · North Bend, ORUpon landing on runway 31 at koth, the aircraft drifted to the right. The aircraft continued to the right and struck a runway distance remaining sign with the right wing.Incident 20170225017219IThurston Dana H Brand EX · Hampton, NHPilot of an amateur built brandex (sonex) aborted take off, rough running engine.Incident 20170225002969IBeech E18S · Janesville, WIOn approach to Janesville, WI (kjvl) runway 32, the pilot selected gear down and no indication was noted. He states he didn't notice any change to aircraft feel. He requested to circle the airport to run a checklist. He initiated the emergency extend system…Accident 20170225002409ACessna 172H · Panguitch, UT02/25/2017 ? After fueling the aircraft in page, AZ (pga) the pilot and 2 pax left for slc (U42) sometime after 2030 the pilot made what appears to be a 150 degree turn to the east and crashed into the ground (cfit) with excessive speed. Possible causes for…Accident 20170225001789APiper PA-28-140 · Weiser, IDThe student pilot was departing runway 12 at Weiser. On lift- off/climbout, he failed to correct as he drifted left of centerline impacting a 4' snow bank. Due to impact, the aircraft was not able to sustain flight, and settled back to the ground between the…Accident 20170225001779ACessna 152 · Madill, OKStudent pilot of N6132Q stated while taxiing he attempted a left 180 degree turn on the taxiway thinking he had wing clearance from a building on the north side of the taxiway. The aircraft collided right wing tip to the building.Incident 20170225001769ICirrus CIRRUS-SR22 · Santa Ana, CAPIC took off from cxl airport with towbar attached to the nose gear. While in route to sna airport realized he had for gotten to remove and stow the towbar from the landing gear. He contacted sna control tower and they confirmed towbar was still attached. PIC…Accident 20170225001129ASocata TB-20 Trinidad · Melbourne, FLThe pilot stated he departed eyw (key west FL) under IFR flight plan at about 0925 EST on 02/25/2017 with intended destination of dab (daytona beach, FL). The pilot said pre-flight inspection and pre-departure run-up were normal. The pilot stated that the…Incident 20170224021589IPiper PA-34-200 · Gainesville, TXStudent and instructor were on a training flight in the traffic pattern at Gainesville airport (kgle); runway 36. Both pilots on board failed to extend the landing gear during a landing. The airplane landed gear up.Accident 20170224018929ARobinson Helicopter R44 · Chatham, NJAircraft was picked up in richmond, VA (kfci) after completion of major maintenance and engine overhaul. Aircraft stopped in millville, NJ (kmiv) to top off with 100LL fuel and departed kmiv enroute to lincoln park, NJ (N07). Approximately 3 miles south of…Accident 20170224007769ACessna T337G · Linden, NJOn February 24, 2017, at 2050 EST, a Cessna 337G, N685V, registered to alpha golf flyers inc., while doing night pattern work, in visual meterorological conditions, made a hard landing which resulted in the nose gear being sheared off. The pilot was not…Accident 20170224005499ABalloon Works Firefly 7 · Statesville, NCOn 2/24/17 at approximately 1705 EST, the instructor and student pilot departed on a VFR flight in a firefly 7 Balloon, N7423D with the intent to practice landings. The winds were reported as 220 degrees at 3 knots on the surface. 15 Minutes into the flight,…Accident 20170224005459ACessna 120 · Orange, MAOn 2/24/2017, at 1500 local, aircraft N77116 landed on the grass area parallel to runway 19 at Orange Municipal Airport, MA. The grass area was soft, the landing gear wheels sunk into the ground, and the aircraft flipped over. The pilot [privacy data omitted]…