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 20160917018749ICessna 402COn approach into st thomas the pilot received a report from company frequency warning the pilot of a landing gear problem after gear extension. The pilot diverted to san juan declared an emergency and landed safely. The right lower main landing gear torque…Accident 20160917018729AAlex Michael Bantum/Tercel USA TERCEL-GYROPLANE · Blairstown, NJThe pilot stated that he positioned the aircraft on runway 25 to practice take-off and landings and engaged the breaks. He brought the stick vertical and then gradually engaged the pre-rotator and brought the rotor RPM to 180. At that point he disengaged the…Accident 20160917017969AGrumman G-44A · Lakeport, CAOn September 17, 2016 at approximately 18:25Z on clearlake lake, Lakeport, CA. N111W, Grumman G-44A / navy J4F-2, widgeon (floatplane). As the floatplane was setting-up for a water landing onto clearlake lake 1/8 of a mile from the shore line north-northwest…Incident 20160917016389IMooney M20J · Tampa, FLWhile performing pattern approaches aircraft landed runway 36 gear up. Pilot admitted that he just failed to lower the gear on his first approach. Inspection revealed forward lower fuselage skin damage, lower antenna damage, propeller damage. Inspection of…Accident 20160917015709AOGG Richard A OGG-GLASAIR I · Reno, NVDuring the sport class bronze heat, (race) while operation in waivered airspace at the Reno championship air races, N70GG, experience a sudden engine power loss, followed by smoke in the cockpit and an emergency landing. After landing a post landing fire…Accident 20160917012359ACessna 182P · Gilbert, AZOn Saturday 9/17 at about 1900, a Cessna 182P N20844 jump plane departed VFR from Chandler (chd) airport and climbed to about 5300 feet while making right 360 turns and leveled off and held position 6 miles west of gateway airport for their queue to perform…Incident 20160917009719IBowden Mark H QCU CH II · Mt. Carmel, ALPilot stated he had been flying for 15 minutes, at 1500 MSL, when the engine began running rough. Engine power began decreasing. Advancing the throttle provided very little extra power and resulted in decreased RPM. Pilot made emergency landing and landed…Accident 20160916024329ABeech B23 · Fuquay Verina, NCOn September 16th, at approximately 636 pm local, N4002T departed ksvh statesville direct to 5W5 fuqua varina. The flight was to take about 1 hour 14 minutes. The pilot obtained flight following and with a headwind, arrived at 5W5 at approximately 750 pm,…Accident 20160916023089ACessna A188 · Alapaha, GAOn 09/16/2016, about 09:15, aircraft N3547Q a Cessna A188, s/n 188-0497, was destroyed when it impacted the ground while performing agricultural maneuvers in Alapaha, GA. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from berrien county airport (4J2),…Accident 20160916021729AJeffrey D Tuttle BDK Carbon Concepts · Wasilla, AKPilot took off to the west from Anderson Lake strip north of Wasilla. On climbout the left wing slat separated from the wing at the middle attach point causing the slat to buckle upward and lay against the top of the wing surface. Pilot attempted to return to…Accident 20160916018719ABeech G35Departed Shearer and landed at moose creek (1U1) for voluntary forest service maintenance. On return flight later in the day, failed to extend the landing gear prior to landing. Landing resulted in substantial damage.Accident 20160916018709ACessna 172S · Tooele, UTThe student was practicing landings as a part of a part 141 solo flight lesson. She had completed two touch-and-go landings prior the accident. The student stated that the landing had felt normal, however she may have been slightly nose down, but the landing…Incident 20160916018669ICessna 172M · Missoula, MTOn September 16, 2015 at approximately 1115 MST, a Cessna CE-172M, sustained no damage after taking off from Missoula international airport, (mso) Missoula, Montana and suffering total engine failure. That led to an emergency landing in a field approximately…Accident 20160916018659ACessna P210N · Lititz, PAAircraft was cleared to land on rwy 8 at lns. Pilot states the landing gear position lever was in the down position. Pilot indicated the landing gear indicator showed the gear down and locked. There was no audible gear unsafe horn heard. ATC observed the…Incident 20160916018649ISocota TBM-700 · Johnstown, PAOn September 16, 2016, aircraft N940KD bounced when landing on runway 15 at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria county airport (jst) damaging the five bladed composite propeller. The pilot stated he landed too fast and pulled power back to flight idle and the…Incident 20160916018639IBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 · Potosi, MOOn September 16, 2016 at 02:45 am central standard time, N59AE, a BHT-206L-1+ helicopter, had just executed an approach to the landing pad from the north, landing south, and was in a hover approximately 3-4 feet off the ground. The pilot was executing a left…Accident 20160916018609AHelio H-295 · Livengood, AKOn September 16 2016 at 0801, the pilot in command with one passenger of a Helio H-295 flying for wrights air service was taking off from a grass airstrip next to birch creek approximately 20 miles east of Livengood Alaska. During the takeoff roll the…Accident 20160916015699ADehavilland DH115 Vampire · Reno, NVDuring the national championship air races in Reno/Stead, NV N4861K experience sudden power loss. The airmen departed the race course and went over the field to troubleshoot. When the airmen determined that power was not going to be regained, the airmen…Incident 20160916015689IBellanca 7ECA · Palo Alto, CAPalo Alto, CA (pao): N5054B, CH7A, at 2141Z N5054B declared an emergency 1 mile off the departure end of RWY31. Training was in progress in lc, the lc instructor issued the winds, sent two a/c around on final, and cleared the a/c to land RWY31 or RWY13, their…Incident 20160916015679ICessna T210M · San Carlos, CAOn September 16, 2016 the pilot of N12PF, a Cessna CE-T210M was taxiing on the non-movement area at San Carlos airport (sql) and hit a fence on the ramp.Accident 20160916015669AAirtime Cygnet · Venice, FLAircraft was departing runway 23 with student and CFI. Student froze on the controls and the CFI was unable to regain control of the aircraft. The aircraft veered to the right and flipped over. This is a weight shift control aircraft. Aircraft inspection…Accident 20160916015659AGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2 · Port St. Lucie, FLOn September 16, 2016, about 1935 eastern daylight time, a Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, two place tandem bi-plane with a standard category certificate, N3771F, incurred substantial damage after undershooting runway 9, at the Treasure Coast Airpark (FL37), in Port st…Incident 20160915022489IColumbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG · Watkins, COOn take off roll from runway 08, aircraft engine "hesitated" several times. Pilot elected to abort takeoff. Aircraft exited runway and propeller struck taxiway light causing minor damage to one propeller blade and dent on left wheel cover.Incident 20160915018599IAviat A-1A · Hanksville, UTUpon landing the aircraft struck two portapotty's placed on the runway for a camping activity to begin the next day. The portapotty's color closely matched the surrounding terrain and was not seen until they were hit on rollout.Accident 20160915018329APiper PA-28-180 · Valparaiso, INOn September 15, 2016, the pilot in command (PIC) of N3331R, a Piper cherokee, was involved in an aircraft accident at the porter county regional airport in Valparaiso, Indiana. The PIC was landing the aircraft when the PIC struck the nose wheel first during…Incident 20160915015939IBeech F33A · Sarasota, FLJust before turning final pilot noticed several turkey vultures in a circular pattern not FAR ahead and took evasive action, turning to the right to give them room. The birds he saw dispersed but apparently he did not see them all. He heard a thump, the…Incident 20160914019209ICessna 182 · Glendive, MTDuring decent for a planned fuel stop the aicraft experienced a loss of engine power. Aircraft landed on interstate where power was restored enough to taxi.Accident 20160914018319ARobinson Helicopter R44 II · Cedar City, UTThe CFI stated, "the student took controls to attempt to hover and began a nose down and right lateral movement. CFI stated, he immediately took controls and attempted to correct the downward right trend, at which point the right skid contacted the helipad…Accident 20160914018309AStinson Vultee V-77 · Jordan, MNPilot stated he had departed sgs approximately 40 minutes prior to experiencing engine roughness and apparent loss of power. The engine had been recently overhauled and this flight was for monitoring and recording engine parameters. Pilot stated that the last…Incident 20160914018299IPiper PA-34-220T · Janesville, WILanded and during rollout pilot raised landing gear lever. Gear collapsedAccident 20160914017779APiper PA-11 · Arcanum, OHThe pilot, who had student pilot certificate only, was flying with a non-certificated passenger. They took off from a private airport between 8-9 am, and they were last seen around 10:30-11 am. Witness stated they were performing low level maneuvers over…Accident 20160914017739APiper PA-28-140 · Parkersburg, WVStudent pilot at controls, 3rd night time VFR approach, reduced power prematurely, struck approach lighting tower 400' short of runway.Incident 20160914016399IGood James AIR CAM · Ft. Myers, FLOn September 14, 2016, at 18:51 EDT time, an Good James Air Cam, N6YR, s/n 111042, landed at Page Field (fmy) in Ft. Myers, FL with the landing gear in the retracted position. The pilot was not injured. The aircraft sustained minor damage. VMC conditions were…Accident 20160913017819APiper PA-28R-201 · Bowling Green, OHThis was an employee training flight with a crew of [privacy data omitted] and [privacy data omitted] in N786BG, PA28R-201 on the morning of 9/13/2016. At approximately 7:40AM [privacy data omitted] performed a normal takeoff and remained in the traffic…Incident 20160913017679ICessna T210H · Gunnison, COOn 9/13/2016 at approximately 1400 local, N6912R landed gear up on runway 24 at the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (guc). Weather was VFR and runway was dry. No injuries. Minor damage to belly, nose gear doors, and propeller. Pilot stated that he…Incident 20160912017189IMooney M20C · Buffalo, MNWhile landing at cfe, pilot landed with the gear not extended. According to statement from the pilot, he did not remember extending the landing gear. The aircraft damage was limited to the propeller and minor damage to the fuselage.Incident 20160912017179ILearjet 45 · Concord, NCOn September 12, 2016, at approximately 1339 hrs, Learjet, N22AX, ser. No. 101, departed from Concord Regional Airport (jqf) with 2 crew and 1 passenger. The aircraft flew to the wilmington, NC area reaching an altitude of 41,000 ft where it made a right turn…Incident 20160912017169IDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Murfreesboro, TNDuring a normal approcah and landing nose gear collapsed. Inspection of gear revealed the elastomer stack up assembly rod was cracked and seperated during landing allowing gear to collapse.Incident 20160912015649IFlight Design Ctsw · Shreveport, LAAircraft suffered a hard landing collapsing the nose wheel and damaging the prop. The pilot states that during land the aircraft bounced hard back up in the air. A go-around was initiated and on the subsequent landing the aircraft again touched-down hard.…Incident 20160912015639IPiper PA-23-250 · Ft.Lauderdale, FLOn September 12,2016 approximately 09:30 pilot perfomed preflight and was cleared for takeoff from great harbour cay, berry island in the Bahamas(mybg) at 09:45. Pilot departed enroute direct for ft. Lauderdale executive airport(fxe), climbed to 4500 feet and…Incident 20160911020869ISheldrick John H RV-6 · Twin Falls, IDATC reported: N77GT made a hard landing at jerome county airport (jer) and suspected he damaged the tailwheel. The aircraft got airborne and diverted to Twin Falls (twf) for better emergency response. The aircraft landed and spun (ground looped) becoming…Accident 20160911018339AMooney M20D · Brodhead, WIAt 0438Z on 9/11/2016 the mishap aircraft attempted to depart runway 21 at the Brodhead airport (C37) on a VFR flight to the oscoda county airport (51M). Weather conditions were clear with 10 miles of visibility, light winds out of the southwest. The runway…Incident 20160911018119IFrazier Darrell E RV-6A · Burly, IDPilot said he was in cruise flight when the engine oil pressure started to drop and the engine was not running smoothly. Pilot did not think the aircraft would make it to the nearest airport 20 miles away. Pilot decided to land on the interstate with partial…Incident 20160911018109IPiper PA-24-180 · Ashland, ORAfter lowering the gear on down wind for rwy 30. The pilot landed the airplane with full flaps and started to flare over the numbers. The pilot reported it was on, OR just after touching down, that he felt the RH MLG collapse causing the right wing tip to…Incident 20160911017769IBeckley Don A Sonex · Salome, AZOn 09/11/2016 Sonex experimental aircraft N7659B, after departing the Indian Hills Airpark (2AZ1) near Salome Arizona, experienced a lack of power to sustain flight. The pilot attempted to maneuver back to the airpark to land but realized he would not be able…Accident 20160911017559APiper PA-18 · Greenville, MIOn September 11, 2016 at 15:58 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Piper PA-18 aircraft, N3286Z, [privacy data omitted] operated by a private pilot for a personal flight received substantial damage when it struck the ground at the south end of runway 36 while…Accident 20160911017399ACessna 172M · Covington, GAInspector received call from the roc approximately 2300, and arrived at scene at approximately 0100 the pilots mission was to travel from valdosta (vld) to monroe (D73), his final stop. During his pre-flight, he calculated fuel based on his flight path with…Incident 20160911017159IPiper PA-28-161 · Cedar Lake, INPilot was interviewed. He stated that he had flown from griffith (05C) to dekalb, IN (gwb). He departed about 1030 and landed at gwb at about 1150. He immediately departed gwb to return to the griffith area. Instead of landing at griffith, he proceeded to the…Accident 20160911017149ACessna 182T · Olathe, KSUpon landing on runway 18 the pilot stated that he had started to apply the brakes to start to slow the aircraft while the nose of the aircraft was off the ground. As the brakes were applied the aircraft started to veer to the left. Once the nose wheel…Incident 20160911016369ICessna 152 · Homestead, FLOn 11 September 2016 at 1540, Cessna 152 N46953, operated under 14 CFR 141 conducting a first solo cross country flight made a hard landing at Homestead General Aviation Airport (X51) runway 10. Visual meteorilogical conditions prevailed with winds being…