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 20151020020999IPetersen E Robert Baby ACE Model D · Pleasanton, TXOct. 20, 2015, after refueling in Pleasanton the aircraft departed at approximately 1:30 pm, bound for ingleside. At 1500 feet on climb out the pilot reported a severe vibration coming from the engine/prop area. The pilot turned the aircraft back to the…Accident 20151020019379AJason Sneed / Monika Bonczkova S-7S Courier · Gerlach, NVThe pilot stated, while in route from UT99 to rno at 1000AGL as he approached the town of Gerlach he saw a windsock and landing strip and decided to descend and fly over the airport to take a closer look. He also noted the windsock and the wind was blowing…Incident 20151020018639IBellanca 14-19-3 · Sparta, WIPilot stated he was in the process of making a normal landing, the main wheels were on the ground and when the nose gear was lowered it collapsed, sustaining damage to the prop when it struck the runway and minor damage to the belly skin.Incident 20151020018609ISonex JSX-2 · Oshkosh, WIAircraft was cleared to land at osh. Aircraft landed without extending gear and sustained minor damage to belly skin and nose skid plate.Incident 20151020018229IMooney M20C · Kentland, INPIC reported after landing rollout, aircraft skidded uncontrollably to the right impacting a runway light causing the aircraft to skid off the runway.Incident 20151020017829IBeech F33A · Wallace, NCThe flight from kyh to acz was uneventful until 10 miles out. It was noted the electric HSI started oscilliating 5 degrees. That was followed within a minute the analog fuel flow started oscillatong and dropped to zero and the oil tempeture indication dropped…Incident 20151020017779IPiper J3C-65 · Galesburg, ILThe aircraft was being hand propped when the engine started and the airplane jumped the chocks and contacted a "t" hanger.Incident 20151019020549ISmith Aerostar 601P · Mesa, AZAircraft was taxiing on taxiway echo, then turned onto runway 4L and powered up for takeoff. At approximately 40 knots the pilot noticed an unusual sound and aborted takeoff. Aircraft was taxied back to the tarmac and shut down. Pilot then noticed the blade…Accident 20151019017999ACessna 140 · Fort Benton, MTPIC landed runway 23 Fort Benton, MT with about a 5-8 knot tail wind, made a hard landing and lost directional control of the aircraft subsequently the left main landing gear collapsed with the aircraft coming to rest on the left wing tip.Incident 20151019017759IMaule MXT-7-160 · Arkadelphia, AROn October 19, 2015 at 0930 CDT, a 1998 Maule MXT-7-160, N57HS, registered to henderson state university, experienced a collapsed nose gear upon a hard landing at dexter b. florence memorial field, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, while on a solo local training flight.…Incident 20151019017639ICessna 172G · Rosharon, TXOn 10/19/2015 at approximately 11:30 cat, a Cessna, N3634L, model 172-G made an emergency landing into a field located at [privacy data omitted]. The aircraft was returning to pearland, Texas (lvj) from refugio, Texas (rfg). The pilot stated that he was…Accident 20151019017399ACessna 180H · Sioux Falls, SDOn his approach to fsd the pilot stated he was directed by fsd ATC to land runway 33. He stated there was 20 knot winds at 230 degrees and on landing a gust of wind caused him to ground loop the aircraft. The aircraft recieved damage to the right wing tip,…Accident 20151018023549ABobby Martin Autogyro MTO Sport · Anahuac, TXDuring cruise flight pilot heard noise and felt vibration. Made emergency landing in marsh. Aircraft rolled onto right side due to right main sinking into mud. Aircraft sustained substantial damage. No injuries to pilot.Accident 20151018018399ABeech 23 · Humboldt, TNOn climb out, at approximately 950' MSL, the engine began to misfire. Carburator heat was then applied, but did not improve the situation. Pilot made 180 degree turn to return to airport, but once aligned to land, the airspeed was too great to land. Pilot…Accident 20151018018039ACessna 172 · Campobello, SCPilot departed on a local VFR flight and after 5 minutes into the flight the engine quit and a forced landing was initiated into a field and aircraft turned over inverted. Examination of the fuel system revealed that water was in the fuel.Incident 20151018017539ILockheed 18-50 · Houston, TXWhile conducting a static line parachute jump from a Lockheed L-18 at the wings over Houston airshow, the jumper exited the aircraft and drifted over and into the spectators before landing on a small vender canopy. This parachute demonstration was conducted…Incident 20151018017339ICessna 750 · Kissimmee, FLEJA978 was repositioning from ism to mco. During takeoff from rwy 06 at ism, the aircraft struck 3 birds (sandhill cranes) at rotation. The flight landed as planned at mco, since it was extremely close by, and had longer runways and good emergency equipment…Incident 20151017021779IDehavilland DHC-6-200 · Sebastian, FLA practice parachute jump was being conducted from 6000 feet for an upcoming demonstration "flag" jump. All skydivers exited normally, but the second skydiver that exited, carrying the "flag" rig was observed to enter a rapid spin after he deployed his main…Incident 20151017019429ICessna 172S · Lake Charles, LAWhile attemping to land requested a go around, during go around, aircraft encounted a prop strike.Incident 20151017019359IMXR Technologies MXS · Las Vegas, NVPilot misjudged landing descent rate during gusty winds while touching down on the landing surface. The RH main gear bent and flexed allowing the three propeller tips to graze the landing surface.Accident 20151017019249APiper PA-28R-180 · Palm Springs, CAThe aircraft departed Palm Springs (psp) airport at approx. 15:20 local time enroute to santa barbara. Psp radar showed several instances of 360 degree climbing turns near san gorgonio mountain. At approx. 15:52 the aircraft impacted the east side of the san…Incident 20151017018259ICessna T206H · Mcallen, TXOn 10/17/2015 at Mcallen Miller intl airport (mfe) a 700 hour private pilot lost control of his aircraft during landing and contacted the ground with the propeller and right wingtip. Landing runway was 13 and the winds were 070 @ 10G18. When struck by a…Incident 20151017018209ISocata TB-20 · Lancaster, OH-Aircraft entered the pattern to land at klhq. -Pilot had momentary landing gear indications that showed not down and locked. -Pilot called UNICOM to get visual verification of gear position. -Pilot attempted emergency gear extension two times using pilots…Accident 20151017017529ACessna 120 · Mckinney, TXDuring landing sequence the aircraft pitched, the pilot applied hard right rudder/brake, and some right aileron. The aircraft pitched over on its back.Accident 20151017017419AZidek John Jay Vans RV-4 · Cortland, NEThe private pilot departed the cek airport enroute to his brother?s farm located 3 miles southwest of Cortland, Nebraska. The airman had one passenger on board and flew at an altitude of 1000 feet AGL. Once at the farm, the airman proceeded to overfly the…Incident 20151017017169ICessna R182 · Marion, ILPilot stated that while approaching the Williamson County Regional Airport (kmwa), he was distracted by a helicopter operating to the same runway. The pilot stated that he did the "gear down before landing checklist", but never checked for a positive…Accident 20151017016969AFischer Lindsay E Honeybee G2 · Peyton, COGyrocopter honeybee G2 registration N461DH was on take off roll when aircraft began to pull to right. The main rotor impacted ground causing loss of control. Gyrocopter rolled coming to rest on right hand side of gyrocopter. Gyrocopter sustained substantial…Incident 20151017016779IPiper PA-28-181 · Buckley, ILA pilot called cmi approach "mayday mayday engine failure" and landed in a field approximately 42 miles north of cmi.Accident 20151016022029ACirrus Design SR22 · Lancaster, TXPilot and passenger on PT91 flights doing practice emergency procedures. While on downwind leg on landing approach to airport (lns) the pilot was in contact with other traffic on final approach. Pilot extended downwind leg to allow spacing with traffic. On…Incident 20151016020979IPiper PA-28R-200 · Pineville, LACFI gave student pilot a simulated engine failure while on cross wind. During return to field to land downwind landing gear was not extended.Incident 20151016020389IBeech 35-C33 · Augusta, KSThe aircraft landed without the pilot extending the gear. Known minor damage involved the propeller lower fuselage skin, flaps and nose gear doors. The pilot reported that himself and the one passenger, aboard the aircraft at the time of the incident, were…Accident 20151016019339ABell 47G-3B · Searchlight, NVHelicopter was operated low level to herd cattle. The tail rotor struck a joshua tree, landed and rolled over on its left side. The pilot was the sole occupant. No injuries were reported. No post crash fire was reported.Incident 20151016019239ICessna 421C · Ontario, CAAircraft departed imperial airport, CA in route to fresno, CA. The aircraft had just leveled off at cruise altitude, FL 220 when the left engine lost power. The pilot shut down the left engine, declared an emergency and diverted to Ontario iap, CA. The…Accident 20151016017959APiper PA-18-150 · Sulua Bay, AKPilot was attempting to land on a beach in Sulua Bay. To determine the condition of the beach, the pilot elected to "drag" the beach with his main tires. When adding power to take off, the right tire was dragging in the sand and rotated the aircraft to the…Accident 20151015020769ABell 206L-3 · Dickinson, ALPilot had been conducting agricultural helicopter operations all day. On second to last pass, just as he was going to initiate left turn to reposition for the next pass and while at 75 -100 feet AGL , the pilot heard a loud pop sound. Pilot then experienced a…Accident 20151015018109ATitan Tornado · Mitchelle, VAOn 15 October 2015, at approximately 1315, while flying at 2500 feet, a Titan Tornado experimental homebuilt aircraft (N4070F) engine began to run rough. Attempts to correct the engine were ineffective making it necessary to make an emergency landing. The…Accident 20151015017319APlambeck Michael K CA 8 · Ray Township, MIAircraft was inbound for runway 27 at 57D. Turned to left base applied 10% flaps and then turned left to final. Full flaps applied and left wing began to drop pilot applied full right aileron and full right rudder with no effect. Engine power was added and…Accident 20151015017249AMaule M-7-260C · Grace, IDN288BC, Maule M-7-260C, s/n 30045C flipped over upon landing in a field at Whiskey Creek Ranch Strip south-southeast of Grace Idaho. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, 1 POB uninjured.Accident 20151015017229AAviat A-1C-200 · Palisades, IDN280TB departed alpine Idaho airport on a sight-seeing trip at approximately 1615 local. N280TB along with another aircraft proceeded north to the vicinity of Palisades? Reservoir. The flight path entered a box canyon and rising terrain, the two aircraft…Incident 20151015017209IBeech BE-36TC · Liberal, KSOn October 15, 2015, the airman was flying a Beechcraft BE-36TC from canadian, Texas (hhf) to amarillo, Texas (ama) in visual meteorological conditions. While over pampa, Texas (ppa) the alternator light illuminated indicating a malfunction of the alternator.…Incident 20151015016919IPiper PA-18-150 · Greybull, WYPilot stated running landing roll too long causing propeller strike in unknown terrain..Incident 20151015016769ICessna S550 · Pulaski, TNOn takeoff roll, aircraft was at approximately 90-100 knots when a deer crossed the runway and was struck by the nose landing gear. Minor damage to the nose landing gear. No other damage noted.Incident 20151014023979IBombardier CL-600-2D24 · Detroit, MISic-chichi was flaring during landing phase. Right wing tip struck runway during flare. Right wing scrapes were observed during post flight walk around by PIC. Strike reported to company via maintenance log entry by PIC of flight.Accident 20151014023829ACentral Missouri State Univ HP-14 · Jackson, NHPilot stated that at approxiamately 17,500 feet weather started closing in. Desended in a spirl, exit closed at approximately 6500 feet. Pilot stated that he stabilized glider at 6400 feet and bailed out. Glider found upside down in the trees with the canopy…Incident 20151014022989IBellanca 17-30A · Shreveport, LAAircraft loss electrical power in flight, on landing nose gear collapsed causing prop to strike runwayAccident 20151014020959ACessna 421B · Hammond, LAPilot was cleared by tower for an IFR departure to atlanta (katl). Immediately after liftoff from runway 31, a loud pop was heard by witnesses on the ground and the airplane yawed to the right. The airplane began a right turn which became progressively…Incident 20151014020899IMooney M20R · Santa Ana, CAAircraft N535C, Mooney M20R, in the VFR pattern, landed gear up on runway 20L, Santa Ana, CA. On October 14, 2015 at approximately 1745 PDT. Go around instructions were issued, aircraft came to rest on ry 20L between taxiway juliet and hotel.Accident 20151014018329ACessna 421B · Amarillo, TXOn October 14, 2015 on or ABOUT14:30 local time, a Cessna 421-B aircraft was on a training flight; while taxiing for takeoff at River Falls Airport (81XA) in Amarillo, Texas, the aircraft's right brake failed and the aircraft was unable to make a right turn…Accident 20151014017699ACessna 195A · Aztec, NMOn October 14, 2015 at 0925 MDT a Cessna 195 N90K lost control on landing at Aztec municipal airport, Aztec, new Mexico, while on a personal flight. Visual meterlogical conditions prevailed at the time and a flight plan was not filed. The aircraft was…Accident 20151014017579ABeech A36 · Jasper, TXThe pilot was flying three passengers to Louisiana from long beach, CA. While flying between el paso, TX and Louisiana, the pilot reported that the avionics went out a few times and he was running low on fuel. The pilot then made the decision to land at tyler…