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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SELECT report_number, event_date, event_type, city, state, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, aircraft_damage, fatal_injuries, n_number FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_incident_report.parquet' ORDER BY event_date DESC, report_number DESC
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Accident 20151007021869ASilvaire Luscombe 8F · Georgetown, CADuring a flight review the pilot was demonstrating landings and lost control of the aircraft causing an accident.Accident 20151007017479ABeech S35 · Knoxville, TNThe aircraft departed VFR on runway 8 at dkx (Downtown Island Airport, Knoxville TN). The airport weather reporting (METAR) indicated the ceiling at 200 feet with 1/4 mile visibility. The aircraft impacted trees and brush approximately 600 feet from the end…Incident 20151006022799IMooney M20J · Griffin, GAOn October 06, 2015 at approximately 09:50 local time pilot contacted atlanta center that he has engine trouble and declared an emergency, atlanta center gave instructions to nearest airport, at which time pilot landed without incident at Griffin-Spalding…Accident 20151006017949ARobinson Helicopter R44 II · Neets Bay, AKDescription: Helicopter was being operated off a metal barge in Neets Bay, Alaska to support remote helipad construction and or repair. As the pilot started the helicopter and engaged the clutch, the helicopter began a rapid right yaw. The pilot applied left…Accident 20151006017429ABeech P35 · Chadron, NEOn October 6, 2015, approximately 1125 mountain daylight time, a Beechcraft P35 was substantially damaged during a post-impact fire after colliding with trees and terrain during cruise flight approximately 10 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska. The atp-rated…Accident 20151006017139APiper PA-12 · Glennallen, AKPilot departed Gulkana Airport (gkn) at 1740 for copper center airport (Z93) while returning to gkn the pilot deviated to the east and saw an off-airport landing area. The off-airport landing site is a 60X350 foot clearing approximately 21 miles ene of…Accident 20151006016839ABeech 58 · Albany, GAOn 10/06/2015 at approximately 1900 local time, pilot of Beechcraft N25734, baron B-58, landed at Albany, Georgia airport (aby) cleared onto taxiway, pilot notice when applying left brake it was soft, continue taxi to thrush aircraft company. Approaching the…Accident 20151006016499ABottineau, NDWhile test flying an unregistered/unairworthy aircraft, pilot smelled fuel in the cockpit. Engine lost power and quit shortly after fuel smell was detected at 5000 feet AGL. Emergency landing initiated in farm field. Loss of directional control during landing…Accident 20151005019829ARaytheon A36 · Monterey, CAAircraft departed pao 1935 PDT and arrived mry 2000 PDT. Aircraft landed runway 28L and drifted left on rollout. Aircraft struck runway distance remaining sign with left wing causing substantial damage. Aircraft taxied to hangar. Airman called mry tower the…Accident 20151005018309ARobinson Helicopter R44 II · Devine, TXN174CD lifted off of an un approved ranch area and directly contacted overhead powerlines with the rotor blades. N174CD subsequently contacted the ground and was substantially damaged, the pilot received minor cuts to the forehead and left wrist.Accident 20151005017709ABell 47G-3B · Huntsville, TXPilot made a right turn and could not return to level flight. Impacted ground and helicopter was destroyed.Accident 20151005017689ABogle Absey C Breezy RLU-1 · Bryan, TXThe pilot was observed practicing simulated ?engine out? Emergency landings with the power at idle. Witnesses stated that the pilot developed an excessive sink rate on short final that resulted in a hard landing . The landing was hard enough that the aircraft…Accident 20151005017409ACessna 150G · Dexter, MOAfter departing Dexter Municipal Airport, MO (dxe), the aircraft ran out of fuel approximately 1.5 miles southwest of the airport. The plane descended at a very steep angle, struck tree branches, 8 to 10 inches thick, and impacted the ground left wing first.Accident 20151005016879ARobinson Helicopter R44 · Parkston, SDOn October 5th at about 0900 CDT, a Robinson R-44, N442RP crashed near Parkston, SD. Two persons, including the pilot received serious injuries and two other passengers received minor injuries. The helicopter received substantial damage. The pilot was going…Accident 20151005016099ACessna 152 · Cedar City, UTDuring a local 14 CFR part 91 flight the pilot (a pilot school lead flight instructor) was giving proficiency training to a newly hired pilot school flight instructor (the passenger), when the aircraft impacted terrain causing substantial damage to the…Incident 20151005016069ICessna R182 · Englewood, COAt 19:03L on 10/05/2015, N143LW a Cessna 182R landed at kapa. Conditions were VMC at time of landing. During roll-out nose landing gear collapsed. Two persons were on board with no injuries.Incident 20151005016059IBeech 65 · Denver, COPilot was approaching Denver at night. Fairly new to the aircraft (4 weeks). Pilot felt a little rushed by ATC and simply forgot to lower landing gear. Landing gear horn working but aircraft is extremely loud and pilot reported he could not hear the horn.…Incident 20151004021859ICessna 170B · Nome, AKTook off from gravel bar near deering Alaska around 1230 local. Encountered strong winds enroute and diverted to teller Alaska to get update of fss weather at destination of Nome Alaska. Departed teller at 1330 local and followed coastline to Nome.…Accident 20151004019349ABushmaster LS-180 · Marble Canyon, AZPilot left henderson field in las vegas with one pax (wife) after getting a weather briefing from Lockheed martin flight services, filing a flight plan and getting an airstrip briefing from field owner. Weather was clear with light wind just east of…Accident 20151004018409AGrosch Starduster TOO SA-30 · Lincoln, CAUpon landing at Lincoln, CA (lhm) pilot experienced a violent cross wind gust causing the aircraft to ground loop. The resultant side force imparted onto the left main landing gear leg caused it to separate from the aircraft. The left lower wing then…Incident 20151004017359IPierce A N/Yager J L Zenith Stol CH701 SP · Renton, WAI recieved a call from the regional call center regarding the incident, and was in conference with the NTSB and the pilot. The flight was uneventful until the landing at Renton. During taxi to the dock, the aircraft nosed over and sank. The pilot and on…Incident 20151003021739IPiper PA-28R-200 · Lakeway, TXPilot landed gear up on runway 34 at Lakeway Airport (3R9). One pilot and one passenger on board. No injuries. Aircraft sustained minor damage. Weather was VFR with light winds. Pilot stated he was only airborne 15 minutes. Pilot stated the incident was…Accident 20151003021159ACessna 172B · Benton, CAPreliminary information from the pilot: while landing with a tailwind the airplane struck a barb wire fence during aborted landing. Airplane ended up 180 degrees from direction of travelIncident 20151003019329ISchweizer 269C · Las Vegas, NVHelicopter conducted an aerial photo flight of another helicopter that was in flight. The pilot stated she had difficulty maintaining altitude and conducted a precautionary landing in a desert wash bed in mountainous terrain. Both blades of the tail rotor…Accident 20151003018459ACessna TU206G · Fall City, WAAircraft departed hillsboro, OR, over Boeing field IFR, eastbound toward Fall City, Wa. The pilot cancelled IFR approx 10 miles east of Boeing, and was proceeding to Fall City. At some point the engine faltered and stopped according to eye-witness accounts,…Incident 20151003017129ICessna U206E · Iliamna, AKN996AK, C206, after landing runway 7 at ili, aircraft blew out the left main tire. Aircraft exited the left side of the runway and parked in the safety area, clear of the runway. No damage other than the flat tire. No injuries. A portion of the runway was…Incident 20151002019209IMonocoupe 90A · Chino, CAUpon landing and during the roll out/taxi phase, aircraft veered to the left and the left main tire exited the runway where it struck a runway light. The pilot corrected and successfully exit the runway without further incident.Accident 20151002017729APiper PA-28-140 · Huntsville, TXAccording to the department of public safety aircraft accident report obtained, at approximately 1030 CDT on 10/02/2015, the pilot departed Huntsville Municipal Airport (kuts) for lone star executive airport (kcxo) in conroe, TX. Around 1900 that evening, the…Incident 20151002017629ICzech Sport Aircraft A S Sportcruiser · Mesquite, TXAircraft departed (ADS) on an instructional flight for the PIC. The aircraft flew east performing basic maneuvers. Aircraft proceeded to Mesquite airport (hqz) to perform touch and go landings. The first landing was uneventful. During the second landing the…Accident 20151002017259AJohnson Raymond H Coot A · Deer Park, WAN69BD was operating in the dew traffic pattern and was observed by another flight crew in the dew traffic pattern to be in a near vertical spin in the vicinity of a normal left base leg to rwy 16. The aircraft contacted the ground in a wooded area and was…Accident 20151002016669APiper PA-32R-301 · Westminster, SCOn October 2, 2015, about 1512 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32R-301, N782TM, collided with terrain following an in-flight breakup near Westminster, south carolina. The private pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed by…Incident 20151002015929IMooney M20K · Miamisburg, OHAt approximately 1655 local time, the aircraft contacted runway 2 at mgy airport with its landing gear in the retracted position. The aircraft sustained damage to its belly, propeller, step, and gear doors. Winds were reported to be 05018, G25KT. The flight…Accident 20151001022309APiper PA-18-150 · Willow, AKMishap pilot (mp) was in front seat of PA-18 doing an off airfield landing. Aircraft was equipped with tundra tires. Mp touched down farther down sandbar than briefed. Safety pilot in rear seat gave go around call. Mp thought he could stop and overbraked,…Accident 20151001020909ACessna 172L · Avalon, CAOn October 1, 2015 at 1608 PDT U.S. Registered aicraft N4286Q impacted the ground just short of the approach end of R22 at kavx. There were three POB at the time of the accident. One minor injury was reported. At the time of the accident weather information…Accident 20151001016679ACessna 172M · Mcminnville, ORCFII was providing night flight instruction at the mmv airport to a student pilot who did not have night flight endorsements or solo endorsement in CE-172 . The student was approaching rwy 22 for touch and go practice, and was allowed to descend on the PAPI…Incident 20151001016239IPiper PA-44-180 · Hillsboro, ORAfter takeoff from hio the student pilot who was not qulified/endorsed for multi-engine moved the landing gear handle and retracted the landing gear. The instructor noticed a red gear unsafe light. The instructor then extended the landing gear with the gear…Incident 20150930023419ICessna T210F · Prineville, ORDuring engine overhaul, the oil pump driven gear assembly p/n 629218 was purchased used from ventura adventures on 06/10/2015. A determination of gear condition was the responsibility of ameritech industries, inc., dba eagle engines prior to installation.…Incident 20150930023049IShort Bros. & Harland SC7 Series 3 · Anchorage, AKThe incident took place at 1758 local time. Airman was the only company employee on location. Airman was going to fly a client out to his gold mining operation with a load of equipment. Then fly to seldovia for the evening. The client has been doing business…Incident 20150930022899IPiper PA-31-350 · Fairbanks, AKPilot states that he was on a maintenance test flight for alternator repair. He headed southeast to the practice area and returned to Fairbanks airport at 1500 MSL. While switching from approach control to tower, he saw 5-8 birds and felt one impact. He…Accident 20150930020639ABlankenship John H FW2TDXLS · Bartlesville, OKAircraft took off on 35 departure, approxitly 60 degrees aircraft started turning left. Pilot applied rudder and aileron input, had no effect. Aircraft gradually increased turn, pilot chopped the throttle and tried to save the aircraft until it hit the ground.Incident 20150930017749IBeech 23 · Spring, TXPilot states that upon landing roll at kdwh airport runway 35L, right wheel locked up and seized after applying the brakes. Aircraft then swerved right and off the runway. Minor damage was noted to the RH MLG & propeller after slight prop strike.Accident 20150930017679ABeech V35B · Houston, TXAt approximately 1700 CDT, pilot states that he was on his takeoff roll on runway 33 at West Houston Airport (kiws) at about midfield, when the passenger door flew open. He further states that he attempted to abort his takeoff and thought that he had plenty…Accident 20150930017289APiper PA-30 · Clearwater, FLOn 30-SEP-2015, at approx 11:48AM local, the pilot of the Piper PA-30, N21ND, registered to soward's aircraft leasing, LLC, crashed due to unknown circumstances - impacting a service road and coming to rest upright in a grassy area approx 180 feet east of,…Accident 20150930016989ACessna 170A · COOn September 30, 2015 at 18:00, N9775A a Cessna, model 170A, was en route from johnson, KS (kjhn) to springfield, CO (K8V7). The pilot stated he was landing on runway 17; with an 11 knot crosswind from the east. The left wheel touched down first with…Accident 20150929023429APiper PA-28RT-201T · Dawson Springs, KYPilot stated at cruise, he "heard a loud bang" and the engine became rough. Pilot declared emergency with ATC. Diverted to 8M7, could not make the airport and chose an off-airport landing. Pilot sustained serious injuries. No post-accident fire.Accident 20150929016939ACub Crafter CC11-160 · Lake City, COPilot was part of a 10 aircraft Cub crafters high mountain exploration tour. All involved paid outfitter to provide details on airports, weather, lodging, and procedures. This is relevant because of the pressure to perform as the other pilots and the lack of…Accident 20150929016929ACub Crafters CC11-160 · Lake City, COPilot part of a 10 aircraft Cub Crafters high mountain exploration tour. All pilots paid outfitter to provide airport information, weather briefing, lodging, and training associated with the one week long tour. Pilot began takeoff roll around 5:00 pm at 9300'…Incident 20150929016219IPiper PA-28RT-201T · Carroll, OHWhen the aircraft was in decent, the left wing was damaged by a bird strike. The pilot landed without further incident at klhq (fairfield county airport), Carroll, Ohio.Accident 20150929016079AMaule M-7-235C · Kemmerer, WYAt 12:41 MDT on 9/30/2015, N4244L, a Maule M-7-235C landed at kemm. Upon landing the aircraft sustained substantial damage. During landing, the aircraft ground looped and sustained substantial damage. Two persons were on board with no injuries.Incident 20150929016029IMcdonnell Douglas MD-11F · Oakland, CAFDX582 experienced a green laser illumination event originating from their 1 o'clock position while on approach to RWY30 at koak. Four laser events, approximately 4-5 seconds each resulted in the crew experiencing tearing, pressure, and blind spots. The crew…