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 20150628008259IRobinson Helicopter R22 · Broomfield, COStudent was practicing auto-rotation. Student rolled on the throttle slowly, which increased the rate of descent. Instructor took control which resulted in a hard landing. There was minor damage to the left skid.Incident 20150627012279IDFS Trike · Babson Park, FLEarly morning flight over and around crooked lake, babron park, Florida. Pilot had made four water take-off's and landings. Flying downwind in easterly direction, decending left turn to go into the wind west and make landing number five. Aircraft made hard…Accident 20150627010489AMooney M20R · West Mifflin, PAWhile on an ILS visual approach for landing on 28R, N93TK bounced twice off of the ground after touchdown and drifted to the left side of the runway. The pilot attempted to abort the landing; however, during the struggle to control the aircraft, the right…Accident 20150627010049ACessna TR182 · Casper, WYAircraft lost full power after takeoff at around 300 feet, AGL. Engine would power up and then lose power.Accident 20150627009959APiper PA-25-235 · Galveston, TXOn 06/27/2015 at approximately 12:30 pm CDT an aircraft N94MC, model: PA-25-235 crashed into a field while making a forced landing. The aircraft had departed pearland regional, klvj, pearland, TX at approximately 10:30 that morning. The intended flight was to…Accident 20150627009659ACessna U206G · Anchorage, AKOn landing touch down on RWY25, Merrill Field, the aircraft bounced, landed and ran off the runway into the grass median shearing off the nose gear.Accident 20150627009559AChristen Industries Pitts S-2B · Cameron, MOThe pilot was performing an aerobatics demonstration routine while participating in a part 91 airshow. While performing a maneuver, the pilot was unable to recover from a downward tumble and impacted the terrain in a nose down attitude approximately 700 feet…Incident 20150627008759IPiper J-3 · Hollywood, FLAircraft N51539 had just landed at khwo from kzph on runway 28R while taxing on taxiway echo a strong gust of wind lifted the left wing and tail causing the prop and the right wing to strike the ground. The aircraft had prop damage and slight damage to the…Accident 20150626021919ACessna 172N · Tampa, FLAs reported in the FAA form 8020-9, dated 06/26/2015, aircraft accident preliminary notice, aircraft N739FQ a Cessna C172N crashed at Tampa bay executive airport (vdf). Upon arriving at vdf, the FAA iic found the aircraft had been relocated off the runway.…Accident 20150626021659AStuhlmiller Robert Europa · Beloit, OHAircraft departed tri city airport (3G6), on runway 35, approximately 1830 local. The pilots intentions were for a local test flight of the aircraft as it hasn't been flown for at least the last 4 years. A local resident found the aircraft wreckage in his…Incident 20150626013309IMooney M20F · Longview, TXThe pilot initiated takeoff using the full length of the runway. During takeoff sequence the engine lost power and the aircraft was landed on the grass at the end of the runway. No damage to the aircraft or injuries to occupants.Accident 20150626012629AHier James A Long EZ · Show Low, AZPilot made an emergency landing on rnw 21 at sow. Upon landing the right main landing wheel sheared off of the aircraft. Aircraft continued to skid for 750 feet when the entire main landing gear strut departed the aircraft and the nose gear sheared off.…Incident 20150626012089ILancair LC-40-550FG · Long Beach, CAThe pilot stated he was conducting touch and go procedures at lgb and had not noticed anything wrong with the aircraft on previous landings. Flying under calm winds and VMC, he was cleared to land runway 25L and configured the aircraft for landing. The pilot…Accident 20150626010109ARandall W Grandpre CH-701 Zenith · Quincy, WAPilot attempted a takeoff from a county road with inadequate wing tip clearance. During takeoff roll, left wing tip contacted shrubbery and pulled aircraft to the left. As the aircraft exited contact with the shrubbery, the aircraft was facing 90° left of the…Incident 20150626010099ISmith Kenneth S Rans S-6S · Cashmere, WAPilot was on third flight of the morning when the engine began to run rough and subsequently quit. Pilot turned back towards Cashmere, WA airport and, when the engine quit, selected a vacant field to land. Aircraft touched down midway through the open landing…Incident 20150626009379IPiper PA-24-250 · Lincoln, NEThe commercial pilot was on a local flight, testing out the autopilot. While being vectored onto the RNAV 36 instrument approach into the Lincoln airport, the engine started to run very rough. This was followed by an engine failure, which caused the propeller…Accident 20150626009049ACessna 172N · Vernal, UTPilot landed aircraft at home base airport. Upon touchdown a strong gust of wind lifted the left wing and caused the pilot to lose control of the aircraft. After exiting the runway to the left the aircraft struck a runway identification sign, substantially…Accident 20150626009039ASilvaire Luscombe 8A · Anacortes, WADuring crosswind landing on runway 18 at Anacortes, WA airport, pilot drifted slightly to the left of centerline and corrected back to the center of the runway. He felt he may have approached the runway at a slower than usual airspeed, but after correcting…Accident 20150626008939ABryan Jerry R CH750 · Gainesville, MOThe aircraft departed H27 and experienced a loss of power. The aircraft was only able to achieve 20 feet AGL. The pilot initiated an emergency landing on the same runway. The aircraft came down in the elementary school parking lot across the road from the end…Incident 20150626008319ILearjet 31A · Nantucket, MADuring landing roll out on runway 6 in Nantucket, MA (ack) aircraft N686AB had the nose gear collapse. The aircraft came to rest att approximately the runup area of 15/33. The crew did not provide any advance notification to the control tower advising them of…Incident 20150625012149ICessna 182S · Van Nuys, CADuring approach to landing, struck tree short of threshold of 16L at kvnyAccident 20150625010029ARobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Eagle Lake, TXThe aircraft was in a low hover polinating a rice field. It was approximately 15 inches above the rice plants. The aircraft entered a nose down attitude causing the aircraft to descend into the rice field. The subsequent impact with the ground broke up the…Accident 20150625010019AAir Tractor AT-502B · Edna, TXPilot stated he attempted to take off from a grass runway. As the aircraft got light it drifted right and made contact with a fence on the west side of the runway. The contact with the fence caused the aircraft to ground loop. Damage to the aircraft included…Incident 20150625009459IColorado Spring, COOn 6/25/15 at approximately 0617L, the PIC of a Cessna 172, aircraft N9250V, reported to ATC that another aircraft had been chasing him. The "chase" aircraft was later identified by ATC as a T-53 (SR-20) aircraft from the USAF academy, callsign shrike 42.…Incident 20150625009349IKlett-Bailey Starduster TWO · Evansville, INOn June 25, 2015, about 2030 central time, a Klett-Bailey star duster two airplane, registration number N11007, experienced a loss of control during landing rollout at Evansville Regional Airport (evv), Evansville Indiana. The flight instructor and student…Accident 20150625009319ASchweizer SGS 2-32 · Middlefield, OHOn the initial climb-out at 300 feet AGL, the instructor initiated a training rope break exercise. The student initiated a turn back toward the airport, however, the turn was not sufficient and the instructor asked the student to tighten the turn. Instead,…Incident 20150625009009IPiper PA-34-200 · Spanish Fork, UTCFI was instructing student on short field landings. Student slowed aircraft on approach to an unsafe speed, was unable to flare, and hit hard on the main landing gear, then the nose gear. Aircraft then bounced on nose gear and the nose gear collapsed. Damage…Incident 20150625008879IPiper PA-28-181 · Minneapolis, MN06-25-2015 At 1425 the aircraft landed at msp and taxied to the FBO ramp to unload passengers. At 1500 the pilot returned to the aircraft. During start up the engine backfired and a fire started in the engine compartment which was extinguished by the line…Accident 20150625008799ACessna 172S · Traverse City, MIStudent pilot began to porpoise on landing on runway 18 during solo cross country, landed hard on nose gear, striking prop and damaging lower firewall and adjacent structure. Aircraft was able to taxi to parking.Accident 20150624023749AAeronca 7AC · East Moriches, NYPilot states that he departed the airport with a direct crosswind. He began to drift to the left side of the runway. As he started to correct for the drift, he believes he may have encountered wake turbulence from an aircraft that departed ahead of him. He…Incident 20150624021189IBig Bear, CAIncident - atack 12, an AC-690 fire supression aircraft operated by the us forest service reported a drone aircraft near the Big Bear fire. Atack 12 was supporting the lake fire supression. The drone aircraft was close enough to the area of the fire that one…Incident 20150624014539IBeech B90 · Sussex, NJAircraft experienced declining power lost while approaching airfield for landing. Landing gear only partially extending causing the left main gear to collapse on landing with weight followed by the right gear and nose gear collapsing as aircraft came to rest…Accident 20150624012999AUte, IAThe pilot operated an unregistered aircraft. On approach to landing, the pilot lost control of the aircraft and crashed in a corn field. The pilot was seriously injured. The aircraft was substnatially damaged. There were no passengers aboard.Incident 20150624010139IPiper PA-44-180 · Waco, TXAircraft was used in a training flight with CFI and student performing simulated engine failure after takeoff. They continued in the pattern for landing, failed to lower the landing gear, and on attempted landing heard the scraping of the aircraft with the…Accident 20150624009709ADiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Salisbury, MDStudent pilot was on second solo flight, landed at sby and lost control on roll out. The aircraft ran off the runway hitting a ditch. The aircraft sustained structural damage.Incident 20150624009289IMooney M20J · North Canton, OHThe aircraft made a normal VFR landing on runway 23 at Akron-Canton airport (cak), and upon rollout approximately 1,250 feet from the runway 23 threshold, experienced a runway excursion. The aircraft made a single abrupt turn to the right, exited runway 23,…Incident 20150624009219IBeech F33A · Branson West, MOThe pilot approached runway 21 for a full stop landing at kfwb. He stated that initial contact on the runway was with the left landing gear and the aircraft bounced. However, the aircraft landed with all three gear in the retracted position. Post-incident…Incident 20150623010079ICessna 172RG · Newton, KSOn June 23, 2015 at approximately 1540 local time, a private pilot was involved in an aircraft incident while practicing takeoffs and landings at the Newton city county airport (kewk), Newton, Kansas. Upon landing and rolling to a complete stop, the airman…Incident 20150623009939ICessna 172RG · Shell Key, LAJun 23, 2015- Aircraft was on a fish-spotting mission in northern gulf of Mexico. Per company personnel, mission was approximately 4 hours which is typical and within fuel endurance of aircraft. At conclusion of mission, after initiating a return-to-base,…Accident 20150623009369APiper PA-24 · Charles City, IAThe aircraft made a forced landing in a road ditch south east of the Charles City, Iowa airport, after the engine lost power at a cruise altitude of 6,500 feet. The aircraft touched down on the edge of a cornfield prior to entering the ditch. The left wing…Accident 20150623008969ACessna TU206FPilot stated the winds near the surface were erratic but not excessive. Stated he had to momentarily use full power on the approach to arrest a descent rate.Accident 20150623008509ASchempp-Hirth VENTUS-2C · Hobbs, NMOn June 23, 2015, at 1730 cmt, a Schempp-Hirth ventus-2C glider, bearing registration number N172VC, registered to the pilot, encountered a strong downdraft of approximately 8-10 knots that :"swept" the pilot in. Pilot checked the spoilers and they were…Incident 20150623008219IBickers Kenneth N Pietenpol AIR Camper · Longmont, COOn June 23, 2015, at approximately 0758 mountain daylight time, a single engine Pietenpol Air Camper aircraft, registration number: N313KB, received minor damage upon impacting the ground following a loss of engine power. The private pilot did not receive any…Accident 20150623008139AWSK PZL Mielec M-18A · Nyssa, ORAg operations. First flight of the day. Full fuel and an almost full hopper. Weather was clear with light winds and temp of 60. Pilot stated aircraft was operating normally on takeoff. When pilot went to rotate the aircraft did not lift off the runway.…Accident 20150622023019AAviat A-1C-180 · Grant Pass, ORAfter landing at Grants Pass Airport the aircraft ground looped. The pilot stated a gust of wind lifted the left wing of the aircraft and caused the aircraft to flip over. The aircraft received damage to the left aileron, left wing, and tail wheel.Accident 20150622012139AShort Brothers S312 Tucano T MK1 · Ventucopa, CAPilot was out practicing manuevers when contact was lost. Airplane impacted terrain for unknown reason. Pilot was fatally injured and aircraft was destroyed. Initial indication suggest right wing low impact at high speed. Maintenance records indicate pilot…Incident 20150622011349IZaklady Lotnicze 3xtrim Spzoo 3XLS Navigator 600 · Modesto, CANon pilot owner was planning to taxi to fueling area from general aviation operating area but lost control during engine start and struck a retaining wall. Aircraft tail broke off. Damage to engine and wings. Aircraft was determined as destroyed by the…Accident 20150622011129APiper PA-32R-301 · Boulder City, NVOn 22 June 2015, a Piper aircraft, model PA-32, N35590 departed north las vegas airport (vgt) around 0430 for el paso TX, at about 7500 AGL 15 minutes into the flight the engine shut down and faild to restart so the pilot performed a beach landing with gear…Incident 20150622010599IPiper PA-28R-200 · Cambridge, MDPilot was doing touch and goes on rwy 34 at cge. On the third attempt the pilot failed to extend the landing gear.Accident 20150622009529AWeatherly 201B · Southampton, NJThe flight originated out of a special use agricultural airstrip located on rake pond road, Pemberton, NJ. The left main gear of the aircraft hit an unkown object in the higher grass on the left side of the runway during takeoff. The pilot felt and heard an…