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 20160826008171AMearns Robert C Rotorway Exec · Iron Station, NCOn August 26, 2016, about 1450 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Rotorway Exec helicopter, N48KM, was substantially damaged following a loss of control while in hovering flight at lincolnton-lincoln county regional airport (ipj), Iron…Incident 20160825021631IRaytheon C90A · Santa Ana, CAThe pilot of N22FS (a king air C90A) was taxiing from his tie down space at the south west ramp at approximately 8:30 pm PDT when his left wingtip struck the right wingtip of a turbo commander that was parked and unoccupied. The collision knocked the winglet…Accident 20160825015839APiper PA-25-235 · Bushton, KSPilot stated that the engine lost power, with no response to throttle advancement. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in a field with "tall milo [crop]." The pilot lost control of the aircraft on landing. The aircraft came to rest inverted.Accident 20160825015309ACessna 172N · Terre Haute, INOn August 25, 2016 about 1905 eastern standard time, (EST) (2305Z) a Cessna 172N, N17SK was on approach to runway 26 at Sky King Airport, (3I3) near Terre Haute Indiana. The aircraft departed controlled flight while on the approach and impacted trees and…Accident 20160825015299APiper PA-18-150 · Circle, AKPilot landed on old mining strip that had been washed out by creek. Rutted and filled with soft sand spots and holes. As the pilot was taxiing to reposition aircraft, right tire fell into hole and right wing contacted ground. Forward spar buckled and some…Accident 20160825014329AAyres S-2R · Ashburn, GAPilot of aircraft was spraying fields in Ashburn Georgia that had power lines surrounding the area. The aircraft was traveling west to east and clipped the main power line which took a chunk out of the propeller, arced down the right side of cabin and ripped…Incident 20160825014109IParks J L/Dreffin D Seawind 3000 · Venice, FLOn August 25/2016, at 13:10 EDT (17:10Z), a seawind 3000 (experimental amateur-built - amphibious hull), N79DJ, landed on rwy 5 at Venice Municipal Airport (vnc - Venice, FL) when the left main landing gear collapsed. Visual meteorological conditions…Incident 20160825012119ICessna 525C · Orlando, FLThe aircraft N360PK a Cessna 525C sustained a bird strike on approach to orl on August 25, 2016. The bird strike hit the radome of the aircraft and created some damage to the adjacent area. The aircraft was ferried from orl to mco Cessna service center.…Accident 20160825009699ACessna U206G · Cave In Rock, ILN891LL departed the springfield airport at 08:45AM. The fuel was checked by dip-stick and determined to be 550 pounds to take aerial photography of the active surface mines in southern Illinois. After takeoff the fuel selector was kept in "both" for 45…Accident 20160825009249APiper PA-18-150 · Colorado Spring, COOn August 25, 2016 at approximately 1:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 ground looped after experiencing a large gust of wind from the right during a landing roll out at the united states air force Academy (usafa) airfield in Colorado springs, CO.Incident 20160825007149IBeech B35 · Mesa, AZN369RB was on an instrument flight plan kals alamosa to kchd chandler. Instrument clearance from east to brazo intersection in northwest new Mexico to chandler municipal airport. The rest was flown VFR. The pilot had not flown for a month and found the…Accident 20160824024209APiper J5A · Soldotna, AKPilot stated that he ran the aux fuel tank dry; had approxamately 9 gallons, half a tank, in the main fuel tank, and couldn't get the engine restarted. Landed on Mystery Creek Road. Both wings contacted the trees along both sides of the Road causing…Incident 20160824024019IEmbraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR · Albuquerque, NMDuring landing deceleration in abq, an unsecured cart released from an aft galley position, proceeding down the aisle and striking a passenger. An injury is reported of unconfirmed severity.Accident 20160824021719ACessna 182Q · Fallbrook, CAOn down wind landing at Fallbrook community airpark the flight instructor took command of the aircraft to demonstrate a no flap approach and landing. Landing long and fast followed by heavy braking and some swerving there was a loss of control of the…Incident 20160824017909IAmerican Eurocopter AS350B3 · Peach Springs, AZOn August 24, 2016, at 1500MST, N839PA an Airbus helicopters AS-350B3 helicopter operated by papillon Grand Canyon helicopters incurred minor damage to the lower vertical stabilizer and tail boom while manuevering to depart a helipad from Grand Canyon West…Incident 20160824015289IMooney M20M · Stevensville, MDPilot landed at W29 on rwy 11 , and the landing gear was not extended. There were no injuries to the occupants.Accident 20160824015269ACessna 150F · Franklin, PAOn 8/24/2016, [privacy data omitted] and [privacy data omitted] departed northampton airport (7B2) at approximately 9:00 am in a Cessna 150F, N8120S destined for superior, Wisconsin. They had planned several fuel stops; the first at bradford county airport…Accident 20160824014099ASiai-Marchetti SF260 · Fullerton, CAOn takeoff, immediately following rotation, N16FD began rolling left uncontrollably. The pilot was not able to arrest the roll despite him applying full right stick and rudder inputs. N16FD first collided with 3 aircraft on the ground prior to hitting the…Accident 20160824014079ASkys Open Sport Lightning · St Augustine, FLAircraft was attempting to land runway 13 st. Augustine, Florida (sgj), about ten feet above the runway, when the pilot experienced a wind sheer (crosswind approximate gust of 30 knots as reported by airport). The effects of the crosswind caused the nose to…Accident 20160824014069AHeberlein Ronald VAN'S RV-9A · Sebring, FLWreckage and ground scars indicate the plane impacted at a moderate angle with a high rate of speed. The local time of impact was at approximately 6:30 am just before sun up. Airport ramp video shows the aircraft departing the area at approximately 6:23 am.…Accident 20160824007199ABeech E-55 · Wichita Falls, TXOn August 24, 2016, at approximately 1800 CDT, N855T, a Beech E-55, made a gear up landing at Sheppard afb/Wichita Falls regional airport (sps). The aircraft was being operated as an instruction flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time…Accident 20160824007179AStemme S10-VT · Telluride, CO24 Aug 2016: pilot recorded on tex camera system departing at 1315L. Report of aircraft accident by Telluride ski resort personnel on or about 1345. Aircraft located by s&r dispatched by san miguel sheriffs office. Pilot impacted ground after striking trees.…Incident 20160823023879IPiper PA-24-250 · Nashville, TNThe pilot had flown out of kjwn, john c. tune airport. He discovered a gear unsafe condition before landing at john c. tune. He used the aircraft manual procedures to try to rectify the problem. When the problem could not be resolved, he declared an emergency…Accident 20160823020859ASchneider K/Cook C SC Skybolt · Corvallis, ORWhile taxiing to ramp the gear collapsed.Incident 20160823019249ICessna 177RG · Johns Island, SCOn Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at approximately 1005 N50770, a Cessna 177 was performing a VFR pattern flight to land at jzi, Charleston Executive Airport, Charleston, south carolina. The aircraft sustained minor damage landing gear up on runway 9. The aircraft…Accident 20160823018199AProgressive Aerodyne Searey · Sebring, FLDuring take-off, the pilot in command reported that the engine began spitting, sputtering then stop operating. He returned the aircraft back to the airport but was unable to restore power. He maneuvered the airplane for a landing on the runway. However, the…Incident 20160823018189ICirrus Design SR20 · Sanford, FLA Cirrus SR20-G2 aircraft operated by aerosim academy reported a bird strike to the nose gear during landing. The crew operating in ground effect stated they saw a shadow as it flew by and, couldn?t identify the object as, they felt no impact. The aircraft…Accident 20160823018029ASimmons Noel SDL · Naches, WAAirplane landed at Tieton State Airport (4S6). Pilot didn?t notice any adverse winds during approach and landing but anticipated that there was a possibility of afternoon mountain wind gusts. The pilot touched down softly and straight without a need for…Accident 20160823016309ACessna 172N · Williamsport, PAStudent pilot was performing a cross country solo from klns to ipt. The student made a fuel stop in ipt and then was to proceed to mpo. While taxiing in for fuel the student pilot became distracted while watching the fuel attendant and taxied into a hangar…Incident 20160823015969ICessna 152 · North Pole, AKProceeding on taxiway to the end of runway 33. The student pilot was focused on poor taxiway surface conditions and setting up for take off and lost situational awareness of the wing tip and struck a small tree.Incident 20160823015199ICessna 140 · Anchorage, AKAirman struck taxi light at 2318 hrs local prior to departure while taxiing for takeoff. Damaged aircraft propeller tip.Accident 20160823015179ACessna T207 · Nanwalek, AKNanwalek, AK (keb): N91025, Cessna T207, landed on runway 1 and ran off the end of the runway. Pilot decision to first touchdown 500 feet down the runway resulted in inadequate remaining runway surface for sufficient braking. Not anticipating wind gust from…Incident 20160823014089IImmokalee, FL: [privacy data omitted] was the second powered parachute (FAA part 103) pilot to depart from the authorized operations area at the Immokalee Regional Airport at 0815 EST on August 21, 2016. [privacy data omitted] Safely departed the area and initiated a…Incident 20160823014059IBeech 76 · San Diego, CAOn 23 August 2016 a Beech duchess, N7633B declared an emergency stating smoke and fumes in the cockpit. The flight was a 141 instruction flight and aircraft landed without incident. Inspection revealed that loose hardware at the circuit breaker bus bar caused…Incident 20160822015079IPiper PA-28-161 · Maryland Height, MOPilots of N63PL were on a cross-country flight from creve coeur, MO (1H0) to Mexico memorial, MO (myj) and back to creve coeur to practice instrument approaches. When they arrived back at creve coeur they performed a vor-a approach with a couple of stop and…Accident 20160822014339ACirrus Design SR20 · Brunswick, GAAircraft departed runway 22 at st Simons Mckinnon airport and had a standard rate of climb at 90KTS and climbed to approximately 150 and the engine stopped. Propeller continued to windmill and clear liquid continually spraying from the upper cowling onto the…Incident 20160821025082IPiper PA-28R-201 · Redlands, CAWhile taxing fo fuel N9274N pilot [privacy data omitted] taixed into the wingtip of N9274N into another aircraft N6304MIncident 20160821022219IEmbraer ERJ 170-200 LR · Kslc, UTATC received report of aircraft striking a bird on a 5 mile final to runway 34R, with possible dent under radome. Company maintenance logbook entry "bird strike on nose, radome, and LH main landing gear." Company engineering documentation records three (3)…Incident 20160821021089IBombardier DHC-8-402 · Santa Rosa, CAAircraft encountered a bird strike after rotation with a large bird. After landing, maintenance assessed damage and replaced #1 pitot tube (p/n 697070003) and #3 blade on #1 prop (p/n 697071003).Accident 20160821015069ACessna A185F · Caldwell, IDThe pilot had performed a wheel landing on runway 30, when the tailwheel came down during roll out the pilot lost directional control and the aircraft ground looped. Winds at the time of landing were 310 at 6 knots. The pilot did not use the tail wheel lock.Incident 20160821015029ICessna 208B · Middletown, OHParachutist with 95 jumps had a skydiving incident at start skydiving, Middletown, Ohio on Sunday August 21, 2016 at 10:47 am. Three jumpers exited N9529G a Cessna 208-B, at 13,000 ft for a three-way skydive. Planned opening altitude was 3,500 to 4,000 ft…Incident 20160821015019ICessna 208B · Middletown, OHParachutist was injured on August 21, 2016, involving a parachute jump. He has 100+ jumps. This occurred at start skydiving in Middletown, Ohio. The skydiver had a pilot chute wrap around his leg on deployment of his main parachute. He then deployed his…Incident 20160821014999IBombardier CL-600-2B19 · Charlotte, NCJIA5263 departed clt rwy 18L and reported striking a large bird at 180KTS between 600-800 ft about 2 miles south of the airport. The bird hit the RH wing leading edge just above the rt landing light. The crew declared an emergency and held for fuel burn. The…Accident 20160821014659ACessna A185F · Fayetteville, TNThe pilot was practicing wheel landings with a crosswind. He lost control of the aircraft and the left wing tip and left horizontal stabilizer were damaged. The pilot had a similar occurence in 2015 with this aircraft, that resulted in damage to the left…Incident 20160821014649INational Ballooning 858 · Benninton, NEOn August 21, 2016 at approximately 1900 CDT, N31804, National Ballooning Ltd, model 858, serial number 171 departed from 168th and ames ave omaha Nebraska with four passengers and one pilot aboard. The pilot reported that approximately 38 minutes into the…Incident 20160821014639ICessna A188A · Osage City, KSThe student, [privacy data omitted], was conducting a tandem skydive with a united states parachute association certified tandem instructor (ti) [privacy data omitted] at skydive Kansas drop zone located in Osage City, KS. The equipment utilized for the…Accident 20160821014579AP Z L -Warszawa-Cnpsl PZL-104 Wilga 35A · Austin, NVWhile conducting planning for an off-airport landing aircraft encountered higher terrain and could not climb above the ridge. Pilot elected to land long and with braking overturned causing substantial damage. Pilot sustained minor injuries. Pilot supplied…Incident 20160821013979INorthrop/Air Museum N9M · Chino, CAAfter normal landing and during rollout, the aircraft felt as if it hit a bump, the nose of the aircraft lowered and a loud metal dragging sound could be heard. As the aircraft came to a stop and the pilot exited the aircraft for examination, it was…Incident 20160821013399IZivko Aeronautics Edge 540-T · Delano, CAPilot reported rudder cable broken in flight. Executed emergency landing sucessfully, with partial directional control available through a combination of right rudder and left brake application. Only minor damages to propeller tips caused by runway contact,…Incident 20160821013389IFlight Design Ctsw · Venice, FLExperimental light sport aircraft landing at vnc experienced nose gear collapse on touchdown. Pilot stated that landing was normal and nose gear collapsed on touchdown. Marks on runway shows evidence of hard landing and possible left wheel locked. Inspection…