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 20151106022539AEurocopter Deutschland EC 135 T2+ · Monongahela, PADuring take-off from monongehela valley Hospital (5PA5) helipad with two medical crewmembers and a patient onboard, the helicopter rotor wash blew a vinyl cover off of the 33-gallon wheeled foam fire extinguisher. The vinyl cover impacted the aircraft and was…Accident 20151106022079AZenith CH701 · Okeechobee, FLOn November 6, 2015, about 1135 eastern standard time, an experimental, amateur-built, light-sport Zenith CH701 amphibian airplane, N56553, operated by a private individual, was destroyed when it impacted the ground in Okeechobee, Florida. The private pilot…Incident 20151106022069IPiper PA-28R-200 · Edgewater, FLAt approximately 0940 on 11/6/15, the incident aircraft, a 1971 PA-28R-200, landed gear up on rwy 36 at Massey Ranch Airpark. The airplane had two occupants on board, the pilot and co-pilot, with no injuries. The aircraft sustained minimal damage to the…Accident 20151106021819ACessna 525 · Monroeville, AL11/6/15: Scheduled kmvc to kalx. Weather : VFR, lightly scattered cloud layer. IFR flight plan was activated on the ground at kmvc with atlanta center. Standard VFR flight briefing, appropriate radio calls made on UNICOM 123.0. A left downwind departure from…Accident 20151106020799AThorp T-18 · Independence, OROn departure for second trip around the traffic pattern, canopy support beam failed causing the aft portion of the canopy to separate from the aircraft. Approximately 3/4 of the canopy plexiglass shattered. The pilot reduced power to land in a field. The…Accident 20151106020789AKnox Marion L RV-6A · Lebanon, ORWhile attempting to land on private grass strip, aircraft bounced severely. Pilot attempted a go-around. Aircraft drifted left and struck trees and came to rest on top of building.Accident 20151106020329ACessna P210N · Atlanta, GAWhile on an ILS approach into Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (pdk), the pilot stated that he lowered the landing gear as he approached the final approach fix, but he got distracted because his glideslope indicator was not working properly. The pilot said that he…Accident 20151106018349ACessna 120 · Gonzales, LAOn approach to landing the pilot stated he lost power and conducted an emergency landing in an open field.Incident 20151106018289IBellanca 8GCBC · Fort Smith, AROn November 6, 2015, at 0930 CST, a Bellanca scout, N5057K, registered to ely ag services, LLC, propeller contacted runway 1 on landing at Fort Smith regional airport, Fort Smith, Arkansas, while on a pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions…Incident 20151106017989ICessna 172N · Everett, WAAircraft performing touch and go's landed RWY16R on wrong side of lights, trying to correct, hit two taxiway lights. Damage to propeller and main landing gear fairing. Pilot stated the following: After a series of dusk to night condition touch and go landings…Incident 20151106017929IPiper PA-24-250 · Elmore, OHWhile taxiing to park, a group of people standing next to an golf cart motioned that he was clear to continue. The o/b leading edge of the l/h wing then struck the seatback of the golf cart.Incident 20151105021789IBeech 76 · Stuart, FLN18941 was making touch and goes and landed without the landing gear extended. The PIC was receiving flight instruction in preparation for taking the ATP multi-engine practical examination.Accident 20151105021719APiper PA-28-180 · Habersham, GAOn November 5, 2015, this office was notified 06:30 local time by the FAA roc that a Piper PA-28-180, N57WV serial number 28-4648 owned and operated by a private individual had been involved in an accident with unknown injuries/fatalities in baldwin, GA. No…Incident 20151105018969IGrumman G-1159 · Latrobe, PAAircraft N30PR, a Grumman G-1159 landed at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (klbe) after a 2.75 hour flight from ellington airport (kefd) located in houston Texas. The first officer contacted air traffic control and stated that the captain had suddenly become…Incident 20151104023859IEclipse EA500 · Lexington, NCAircraft struck deer just after touchdown. The main wheels were on the ground and the nose of the aircraft had just touched down the PIC noticed a brown flash in front of the aircraft passing from the right to the left. The deer missed the front of the…Accident 20151104022729AGrooms Walter Sparrowhawk · Florence Townsh, OHAircraft took off and the engine was not putting out enough power to enable the aircraft to gain altitude to clear the trees. The pilot decided to put the aircraft down in the field and avoid the trees. The maneuvering combined with insufficient power caused…Accident 20151104021309AFlight Design Ctls · New York, NYOn November 4, 2015 at approximately 1933HRS, a 911 caller stated he had observed what appeared to be an airplane crashing into the ocean off breezy point, NY. The aircraft recovered, a Flight design gmb Ctls, light sport, single engine, N622BT was…Incident 20151104018859IWiscasset, MEOn the day of the incident, the pilot in command attempted to takeoff the aircraft, which had not been operated for 2 years, on runway 25. After applying full power, the pilot in command stated the tail of the aircraft began to occilate from side to side. He…Incident 20151104018629IPiper PA-23-250 · Indianapolis, INOn November 4, 2015, eastern standard time, a Piper PA-23 aztec, N62769, operating under title 14 code of federal regulations (CFR) part 91 by a single certificated CFR part 61 private pilot, with a current class 1 medical, under instrument flight rule flight…Accident 20151104018439ACessna CE-172S · Alcoa, TNThe pilot, a civil air patrol member, was completing some night currency. He stated he landed on rwy 23L and the controller instructed him to give way to a citation taxiing from R5. The pilot took his eyes off the centerline and was attempting to turn left on…Incident 20151103023909IPiper PA-23-160 · Lanai, HIOn November 3, 2015 PIC was at cruiseing altitude when she heard a loud bang from the right side of the aircraft and confirmed one of the cylinder heads had departed the engine and resting on top of the wing. Landed without furthur incident.Accident 20151103022859ACessna 208B · Chicago, ILN732MD was taxing on taxiway ?r?, approaching the runway intersection. The pilot observed a service truck approaching the same intersection. He applied brakes hard to stop, resulting in the aircraft rocking forward, then aft, causing the tail tie-down to…Accident 20151103022389AHughes 369D · Sedro Wooley, WAOn November 3, 2015, a Hughes 369D helicopter, N510PA, experienced an engine failure resulting in a hard landing and substantial damage to the aircraft. The flight was being operated under part 133 by olympic air, inc, gill. The pilot stated that he was…Incident 20151103020829IStephen Hacker Lightning · Eden Prairie, MNWhile landing on runway 18 at fcm, aircraft departed runway to the right near taxiway b and impacted taxiway sign and light. Winds were reported to be 160 @ 13 gusting to 20.Accident 20151103020079APiper PA-18-150 · Tecumseh, MIPIC operated the aircraft from the front seat and had a passenger in the back seat. Flight was about 1 hour and 20 minutes and departed with full fuel to do some air work, stalls and landings at nearby airports before returning to myers diver airport at…Incident 20151103018979IPiper PA-32R-301 · Somerset, PA11/03/2015 K2G9, N400GF a Piper PA32R saratoga, landed on runway 25 with the landing gear retracted. The pilot and flight instructor were on a training flight. The pilot advised that he had forgotten to extend the landing gear and the instructor did not…Accident 20151103018559AGlimn Terrance C Kitfox 2-3 · Escanaba, MIPilot departed runway 36 at esc. After making a left turn in pattern pilot stated he heard noise but engine was still running. Shortly after hearing noise and turned south, pilot noticed that engine had no power. By the time pilot figured out that he had no…Accident 20151103018279ACirrus Design SR22T · Fayetteville, AROn November 3, 2015, at 0950 CST, a Cirrus SR22T, N857SW, registered to wg aviation, LLC, began losing engine power. The pilot deployed the aircraft parachute and landed on a road. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a flight plan…Incident 20151103018249IMooney M20M · Lititz, PAAfter receiving a landing clearance, N9133F landed on rwy 31 at lns with the landing gear in the retracted position. The aircraft slid to a halt on the rwy. There were 3 people on board. There were no injuries. The PIC stated that he forgot to lower the…Incident 20151102024059IMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) · San Luis PotosiThe aircraft was loaded by employees of the handling company in san lois pototsi. No load sheet or other guidance was provided to the loading crew by the flight crew. The cargo was not loaded in accordance with the load plan provided to the crew by the…Accident 20151102022639ACessna R182 · Douglas, AZPilot stated he had landed on runway 17 for a planned touch and go. After adding power to take off, the plane went left on the runway. Pilot stated he regained control just off the shoulder of the runway when the plane hit a small (3 foot tall) bush and the…Accident 20151102022119ATaylorcraft BC12-65 · New Lisbon, WIOn November 2, 2015 aircraft N33939 a taylor craft BC-1265 was on a flight in New Lisbon Wisconsin to practice cross wind landings. During landing on runway 14 at New Lisbon union airport (82C) the aircraft had a hard landing and impacted terrain and…Incident 20151102021959IBeech 400A · Duluth, MNApproximately 1-2 minutes after departure from runway 27 at dlh, aircraft struck a flock of birds at 2000-2500 ft MSL. Pilots noted that there was damage to the left wing leading edge. Aircraft returned to dlh and landed without further incident.Accident 20151102019619ABell 407 · San Antonio, TXOn November 2, 2015 a Bell helicopter (operating under 14 CFR part 135 helicopter emergency medical services (hems), started lifting to a 3 to 4 feet hover, when PIC heard a pop and a high pitch whine. Aircraft spun one full rotation at 3 feet AGL. PIC…Incident 20151102019579IRaytheon 58 · Rockwell, TXOn November 2, 2015, at approximately 1630 central daylight time, a Beech baron (BE58), N980PA, departed rockwall municipal airport (F46) for a training flight in rockwall Texas. The pilot was performing slow flight maneuvers, flaps and gear down, when the…Incident 20151102019269IPiper PA-24-250 · Barstow, CAAircraft departed burbank going to north las vegas airport. Near Barstow, the aircraft lost power and landed on the marine base. The landing was uneventful. No damage to aircraft. No injury to pilot.Accident 20151102018019ABell 206B · Wilimina, ORAt approximately 2:05 PST, pilot departed the fueling station and proceeded to conduct 133 operations (christmas tree slinging). At around 2:25, on the way to the landing area after dropping a load of trees, the pilot experienced a reduction of power. He…Incident 20151101022689IPipistrel Doo Ajdovscina Virus SW · Orlando, FLPilot was flying approx. 1500' AGL and the engine started running rough and quit, pilot re-started engine and it quit again. Pilot was unsuccessful getting engine to re-start and declared a mayday. Pilot landed aircraft in shallow lake on abandoned golf…Incident 20151101018319IMooney M20C · Big Springs, TXSunday, November 1, 2015; a Mooney M20C, N191AB, piloted by a flight instructor was providing flight instruction to[privacy data omitted] and was involved in a gearup landing while performing touch and go landings at Mcmahon Winkle (kbpg) airport located in…Incident 20151101018299ICessna 210D · Albuquerque, NMOn November 1, 2015, at 1225 MST, a Cessna 210D, N210E, registered to prusso ryan aviation LLC, experienced a left main landing gear collapse on landing at Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, new Mexico, while on a pilot proficiency flight. Visual…Incident 20151031022459IPiper Aerostar 601P · Pine Mountain, GAI was assigned the incident on 11/02/2015. This office was first made aware of the incident by the owner/operator contacting the FSDO. I contacted the roc and let them know and they instructed me to send an 8020-9 when possible. I then contacted the operator…Accident 20151031020149APiper PA-28-140 · Perry, NY10-31-2015, @ Perry-Warsaw Airport a Piper-28-140, N6665J, piloted by a student pilot, skidded out of control off the runway, through a ditch, ripping off the nose gear, slamming the left wing into the ground and a wooden bridge, causing substaintial damage…Accident 20151030023899AChampion 7ECA · Sheridan, AROn October 30 2015, at 1715 CST, a 1970 Champion (citabria), N9105L. The PIC, on a part 91 personal flight after take-off from Sheridan airport 9M8 runway 01 to the south and started to lose power. PIC attempted a 180 degree turn to return to airport, engine…Accident 20151030023399AHughes 369D · Marion, SC*** Note: NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data Provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report. *** On October 30, 2015, about 1158 eastern daylight time, a Hughes 369D, N920JP, collided…Incident 20151030021319ICessna 172N · Navarre, FLInstructor and student were in level flight at approximately 2500 feet and about to begin practicing stalls when they heard a loud bang. Oil spattered the windshield. The instructor pilot executed an emergency landing on the beach below the training area.…Incident 20151030020649IPiper PA-28-180 · Hasskel, OKOn October 30, 2015 at approximately 0750 student pilot airman certificate number [privacy data omitted] was preparing for a solo student flight. [privacy data omitted], A Piper 28-180, registration number N482P, serial number 28-2728 was conducting a…Accident 20151030019639ABell 407 · Gulf Of MexicoOn the morning of October 30, 2015 the pilot and aircraft began the operational day at high island a 264, an offshore platform located in the Gulf Of Mexico. The aircraft departed the platform with the pilot and one passenger onboard destined for another…Incident 20151030018469IBombardier DHC-8-402 · Pullman, WAQXE211, a dhc -8-401 N410QX departed puw on a revenue flight enroute to sea when the #2 engine oil temp climbed above normal. Checklist procedures were followed which slowed the temp rise but did not stop it, and ultimately the pilots shut down the engine at…Incident 20151030018219IVans RV-12 · Moraine, OHShortly after takeoff, approximatly 10 ' AGL, the aircraft's canopy became unlatched. This startled the pilot and caused him to lose control of the aircraft and strike the nose wheel on the runway. The aircraft porpoised twice and the nosewheel broke off,…Incident 20151030018169IPlumery Charles G Mustang II · Brooksville, FLThe pilot requested a high speed taxi on runway 27 at Brooksville Airport to test the airspeed indicator. There was no intention to fly. The aircraft briefly went airborne several feet. The aircraft returned to the runway, contacting the nose gear, bounced…