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 20161230021219IBoswell Carter H JR Glassair II RG · Arlington, WAThis office and myself were notified at approximately 1430 12/30/2016 of an incident just off the end of the runway in a field at Arlington Municipal Airport. Aircraft had landed in the field and the right gear had collapsed after landing. Pilot reported he…Accident 20161230019639ABeech 76 · Dunnellon, FLWhile performing a short field take off from X35 runway 05 the right engine dual magneto fell off causing engine failure and severe right roll. Crew elected to reduce power and land beside the runway gear up causing substantial damage to left wing, nose,…Accident 20161229023449APiper PA 46-350P · Nashville, TNPIC was preparing to land on runway 20. Attempted a go around due to strong crosswinds. Crashed east of taxiway a.Accident 20161229022289ACessna 525C · Cleveland, OHOn December 29, 2016, at 2257 eastern standard time, a Cessna model 525C (citation CJ4) airplane, N614SB, was destroyed after impacting lake erie shortly after takeoff from runway 24R (6,604 feet by 15O feet, asphalt) at the burke lakefront airport (bkl),…Accident 20161229021569ACessna 182P · Dabob, WAOn 12-29-2016 approximately 18:15 PST Cessna 182-P N52388 left Boeing field with 4 on board including pilot. Aircraft was travelling to port angles, Washington. At approximately 18:45 PST whidbey island naval station had lost contact with aircraft with radar…Accident 20161229019629ADiamond DA-40 · Lake Havasue, AZAircraft was at a cruising alt of 9000' MSL. The engine lost all oil pressure. The pilot made an off field landing on a dirt road.Accident 20161229019539ARobinson R44 II · Mt Baldy, CAN324RS approached Mt Baldy at elevation 9844 feet,and 4 pax weather clear no wind, approached from west end of Mt Baldy, got a low rotor warning light, lowered collective and rolled throttle, N342RS rapidly started to descend, pilot applied full left rudder…Incident 20161229019489IMaule M-7-235C · San Antonio, TXPilot performed fourteen touch and go landings at llano airport (kaqo), llano, TX. Pilot mismanaged fuel selector and induced right wing heavy condition. Flew to Stinson Airport (kssf), San Antonio, TX, and attempted landing with heavy crosswinds gusting to…Incident 20161229019479IEurocopter Deutschland EC135T1 · Coaldale, PAPilot arrived at destination helipad and commenced a steep approach. Allowed helicopter to get too slow. Helicopter entered condition of settling with power. Pilot could not arrest descent before contacting powerlines.Incident 20161228024619IEnstrom F-28FAircraft was conducting cross- country flight instruction. After take-off the CFI noted there was a smell of smoke. It was not clear where the smell was coming from (inside or outside the aircraft). The smell went away and the flight continued. Upon returning…Incident 20161228023599IBombardier DHC-8-202 · Newark, NJNewark, NJ (ewr): N379PH, DH8, returned and landed on runway 4L after reporting a number 2 engine shutdown on 12/28/16 at 1921Z. The original event was identified as, ?#2 engine tq dropped to 30% and shot up to redline?. Aircraft was being operated by jjba…Incident 20161228023439IMaule M-7-235C · Macon, MODuring landing rollout, a gust of wind from the south pushed the aircraft off the runway and into an adjacent field. Minor damage was caused to the aircraft propeller when the aircraft settled in a ditch. No damage was caused to the airframe or powerplant as…Incident 20161228022109IBrooks Dodridge L Quicksilver GT-500 · Bellefontaine, OHHe had departed earlier in the day, just flying around the area, and returned to edj later to land back on rwy 25. There was a crosswind from the left for rwy 25, with recorded weather at 1855Z of winds 190@9, 10SM, clr. He ended up conducted a go-around on…Incident 20161228019469IGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2 · Midlothian, TXOn December 28, 2016 at approximately 1440 central daylight time (CDT), a Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, N3604L, was involved in an incident while landing, during landing roll out. This flight was a 14 CFR part 91 business flight, visual meteorological conditions (VMC)…Accident 20161228017799ACessna 172B · Prairie Du Sac, WIDecember 28, 2016 a Cessna CE-172B registration number N6941X made an emergency landing on the southbound lane of us highway 12 approximately one mile north of sauk Prairie airport(91C) in Prairie Du Sac Wisconsin. Pilot and one passenger were on board the…Accident 20161227023919ACessna 172M · Warwick, NYWhile flying above airport N72, cfi's lesson plan with student pilot included a simulated emergency landing, which the student pilot was performing at the direction of the CFI. Shortly after touchdown of simulated landing, both pilots heard an impact and saw…Accident 20161227023429APiper PA-22-108 · Piedmont, MOThe 83 hour private pilot was conducting night currency flights at his local airport, kpyn, Piedmont, MO. He made two previous landings on runway 21 and departures on runway 03. The pilot sensed the aircraft was low on base for runway 21 while making the…Accident 20161227022889AMead Bob J RV-8A · Farmington, MOPilot and one passenger departed runway 02 at Farmington Missouri (kfam). Pilot stated that the aircraft preflight and run-up was normal. Pilot stated that on departure just after lift off the left wing rose. He tried to correct it with aileron input but over…Incident 20161227021599IPiper PA-31-350 · Spokane, WAPilot commenced approach and ran before landing checks 2 miles outside faf. Inside faf turbulence increased and pilot became distracted by tail wind and belief plane was crabbed in wrong direction. Pilot saw runway and was focused on determining runway…Accident 20161227020729ACessna 172H · Bridgeport, ALPilot and passenger departed (kapt) for a local flight. Pilot stated that he did not visually check the fuel, but said that his digital fuel totalizer showed 11 gallons of fuel on board. Approximately 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot selected the right…Accident 20161227020689AAir Tractor AT-602 · Willows, CAOn December 27, 2016, about 1553 pacific standard time, an Air tractor AT-602, N602L, was substantially damaged during a forced landing at Willows-glenn county airport (wlw), Willows, California. The commercial pilot was not injured. The airplane was [privacy…Accident 20161227019459AIndependent Technologies Epic LT · Spruce Creek, FLOn December 27, 2016 at approximately 1756 (EST) a 2009 Independent Technologies Inc. Epic Lt (experimental amateur built aircraft) N669WR, s/n 029 piloted by daryl e. ingalsbe was on final approach into Spruce Creek Airport (7FL6) when the aircraft…Incident 20161227019449IPiper PA-32-300 · Big Bear, CADuring normal approach and landing RWY26 at Big Bear airport(L35) a/c began to slide right off of runway. Snow caused nose gear to collapse.Accident 20161226023729ACessna 182H · Gatlinburg, TNAircraft had VFR flight following. Pilot started descent to kgkt 15 miles from airport. Aircraft was in IFR conditions and descended into mountains. Aircraft impacted mountain top at 5500 feet.Incident 20161226023529IAmerican General Acft AG5B · Charlottsville, VAAfter landing pilot was taxiing to parking when the nose wheel started to collapse allowing propeller to hit the ground.Accident 20161226019439APetrus David Wayne S-90 · Fresno, CAAircraft N176PA departed runway 13 at E79 to the north. Performed a high performance take-off and steep climb, then rolled to the right, pulled power, tried to recover then increased power to recover and impacted the shallow water embankment in the lake about…Incident 20161225023739IBeech A36 · Branson, MOThe pilot became distracted by non sterile cockpit procedures while executing a GPS RNAV instrument approach procedure to RUNWAY14 at kbbg. Pilot landed the aircraft with the gear retracted causing minor damage.Incident 20161225019429IMooney M20J · Miami, FLN201HM, a Mooney-20J model aircraft, serial number 24-0233, landed at Dade-Collier Airport (ktnt) runway 09 with gear up on Sunday December 25, 2016 @ 1700ZIncident 20161224023749IBeech 95-B55 (T42A) · Creve Coeur, MOWhile landing in weather below VFR minimums, pilots action resulted in a hard landing possible nose down attitude. Nose gear broke off and collapsed, aircraft continued down runway and came to rest just off the runway. Aircraft sustained substantial impact…Incident 20161224023219IBombardier CL-600-2C10 · Jackson Hole, WYThe aircraft departed salt lake city (slc) for Jackson Hole, WY, (jac) at 2018 LCL and landed at jac at 2124 LCL. After landing at jac, the aircraft failed to stop and ran off the end of jac rwy 19, stopping approximately 21 feet past the end of the runway…Accident 20161224020329ACessna 172S · Palm Coast, FLOn December 24, 2016, at approximately 09.30 am local time, a student pilot lost control while landing N1289Y, a Cessna 172S, during his first supervised solo flight while landing on runway 06 at the Flagler Executive Airport, Florida, (fin). The aircraft…Incident 20161224019419IBeech 95-B55 (T42A) · Orlando, FLThe aircraft while on a VFR approach to land at the Orlando executive airport, the aircraft struck a bird on the left hand wing. The bird struck the wing at or close to its mid-point and stayed wrapped around the leading edge until landing then fell off.…Incident 20161224019409IPiper PA-32R-301T · Fullerton, CAWhile taxiing eastbound on taxiway alpha to runway 24 run up area, just east of taxiway charlie, the aircraft left the left side of taxiway alpha and entered the grass. Because the ground was soft from previous rains the nose wheel sank into the soft…Accident 20161223024429APiper PA-38-112 · Hartford, CTOn December 23 student pilot zi jie siaw piloted N250YA from kpou to khfd. At approximately 1300 LCL, while attempting landing on runway 20 with a 5 knot crosswind, aircraft bounced once and touched down hard at an angle to runway heading. The nose gear…Incident 20161223023759IPilatus PC-12/47 · Chadron, NEOn December 23, at approximately 18:58 central standard time (CST), a Pilatus PC-12 slid off the end of runway-03 (which had patches of ice) during landing. The incident occurred at the Chadron Municipal Airport (kcdr) in Chadron, Nebraska. The aircraft…Accident 20161223022799APiper PA-28-161 · Middlebury, VTWitness reported that after takeoff the engine was "sputtering", then ?looped in a counter-clockwise direction? And was ?going down fast.? Upon inspection of the aircraft, right wing fuel tank was drained from tree impact. Left wing fuel tank was destroyed by…Accident 20161223022369AAeronca 15AC · Waterford, MILeft brake locked/failed on touchdown (conventional gear acft) causing the aircraft to immediately veer left. Pilot attempted go around by adding power and right rudder. Left brake release causing aircraft to veer to the right due to inputs to correct for…Accident 20161223022259ACessna 150F · Warren, MNPilot stated that taxiing in after landing a combination of wind out of the north and the right wheel of the aircraft catching a snow bank led to the aircraft to flip over.Accident 20161223021279ALueck Rod Kitfox 7 · Cody, WYOn 12/23/2016, at approximately 1213 MDT, aircraft N320RJ, an experimental amateur-built Kitfox 7, made an emergency landing short of runway 22 at Yellowstone Regional Airport, Cody, WY, due to a loss of engine power. On roll out, the nose landing gear…Incident 20161222022209IEmbraer Brasilia · Terre Haute, INFreight runners EMB-120 N124HL was repositioning part 91 from kevv to kmke on 12/22/16. While climbing through 15,000 ft MSL, the right engine rolled back to 40-50% torque with pla in climb position. PIC attempted diagnostics, but torque continued to…Incident 20161222019399ICessna 140 · Isle Of Palms, SCWhile level at 600 feet AGL over water and following the coast line. The engine started running rough. During an emergency landing on a beach the aircraft flipped over.Incident 20161222019389IRobinson Helicopter R44 II · Porter, TXPilot stated the aircraft was at 700 ft AGL preparing to join left base to final at North Houston Airport. He began to slow down to traffic pattern when the engine suddenly quit without warning. There were no warning lights, all other indications, were…Accident 20161222019379APiper PA-28-140 · Shreveport, LADuring the landing sequence with a crosswind from the right, upon touchdown on runway 32 the pilot attempted to initiate a go-around after losing control of the aircraft. The aircraft became airborne and rolled left and turned 180 degrees, at this point it…Incident 20161221023779IAeromot AMT-200S · Columbia, MOAircraft landed runway 31 with gear retracted. Pilot stated he forgot to extend the gear prior to landing.Accident 20161221023049ACessna 175C · Millersburg, OHStatement from pilot given to Holmes county deputy stated. On final to runway 27 at 10G airport, 1/2 mile with flaps full down, executed before landing check. Fuel r tank, mixture rich, mags both, engine failed, unable to restart or make runway with a…Incident 20161221019369IGrumman American Avn. AA-5B · Perry, GAOn December 21, 2016 the [privacy data omitted]pilot of N505 was the sole occupant on a routine VFR flight from pine mountain, GA. (Kpim) to Perry, GA. (Kpxe). The aircraft was approximately 14 miles out from kpxe at 4500 ft. when the engine experienced a…Incident 20161221019359ICessna 208B · Reno, NVN90GL landed at Reno tahoe international airport and parked at the general aviation (ga) ramp waiting for an opening at the cargo loading area on the north western side of the airport. The pilot began ground movement of the aircraft from the ga ramp to the…Accident 20161220022519ACessna 210N · Longville, MNAircraft made a hard landing on runway 31 at xvg, touching down on the nose gear first, causing the nose gear fork assembly to break and depart the aircraft. Aircraft bounced and came to a stop at an approximate 220 degree heading just off the southwest edge…Incident 20161220022199ICessna R182 · Richmond, INDecember 20, 2016 at 1645 z, N199TX, a Cessna R182, experienced a hard landing at Richmond Municipal Airport (krid). The registered owner is dayton pilots club, inc., operated by a member/ private pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91. The pilot was…Incident 20161220021919ICessna 152 · San Diego, CAFirst flight of the day the pilot reported in his first attempt to start the engine he primed the engine one time and cranked the engine for 10 seconds. A second attempt was made to start the engine but it failed to start. He waited 10 seconds and then…