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 20150406006079AHughes 369D · Cherokee, ALOn 4/6/2015 helicopter N555JC impacted the Tennessee river near the natchez chase bridge in Cherokee, AL. The PIC was attempting to navigate from corinth, ms to scottsboro, AL in conditions that included periods of rain and fog, when the aircraft impacted the…Accident 20150406004759AMooney M20J · Allentown, PAOn April 6, 2015, at approximately 1300 EDT, ^Mr. William page^ was the pilot in command of N4826H (M20J). ^Mr. Page^ departed the Allentown airport (kabe) for Queen City Airport (kxll) with the intent to practice some landings on a shorter runway (runway 25…Accident 20150406004199ACessna 182F · Portland, TNWhile attempting a VFR night unaided downwind landing on runway 1, the aircraft made contact with the ground approximately 400 yards beyond the north end of runway 1 in a field. Resulting from contact with the ground, the nose gear detached from the aircraft.…Incident 20150406003629IJardine Kenneth J Long E-Z · Chino, CAN551EZ (long ez), an experimental -amateur built aircraft, nose gear collapsed upon landing on rwy 26L at Chino Airport.Accident 20150406003229ACessna 152 · Farmingdale, NJThe pilot attempted to land a Cessna 152, N179BA on runway 14 at Monmouth Executive Airport(blm). During the attempt to land, the pilot ballooned the aircraft three times, on the third bounce the nose gear collapsed causing the aircraft to impact the runway.…Incident 20150406003069IPiper PA-32RT-300 · Goshen, INInvestigation of incident revealed that flight instructor and student had completed a series of training maneuvers approximately 10 miles south of airport, during training of these maneuvers the automatic extension of the landing gear override switch had been…Incident 20150406003059IPiper PA-28-140 · Allentown, PASubject flight was an instrument instructional flight with CFII occupying right seat and private pilot occupying left seat. VMC prevailed, winds reported 180 at 11G17. The aircraft had flown other instructional flights uneventfully the same day. The…Accident 20150405006059ASchleicher ASW-27 · Reno, NVInspector cheek and the reporting inspector met with ^robert spielman^ at his home on 4/13/15. The interview was conducted to describe the events of accident of N27QV on 4/5/2015; On Friday April 3, 2015 ^mr spielman^ stated he assembled his asw 27 N27QV at…Accident 20150405005389APiper PA-22-135 · Drexel, MOThe pilot was landing on a dirt runway with a gusty crosswind. The pilot touched down without any issues, but as he was rolling out he felt a gust of wind shift the aircraft to the left. As the pilot was attempting to correct for the first gust, a second gust…Accident 20150404007919APiper PA-28R-200 · Santa Maria, CAOn April 4, 2015, N5469T, a Piper PA-28R-200, crashed in a strawberry field approximately 3 miles east of the Santa Maria airport (ksmx). N5469T had just departed ksmx, heading east, when the engine seemed to lose power as it passed trough 3,000 feet in its…Incident 20150404006969IFairchild PT-19 · Spring, TXThe pilot reported that upon landing the plane the tailwheel started to shimmy for about 1 to 2 seconds. When the shimmy stopped the plane turned to the right and left the runway. The pilot was able to taxi back to the ramp, with no damage to the plane. A…Accident 20150404006819APiper PA-18-150 · Cornelia, GAPilot lost control of aircraft during touchdown on rwy 24. Aircraft departed the runway into ditch adjacent to runway.Incident 20150404006009IPiper PA-44-180 · San Jose, CAThe pilot called Reid Hillview Airport tower at 1340 LCL, stating he lost his emergency door (window) 4 miles south of UTC at approximately 1215 local time landed without incident, no injuries or other damage reported.Incident 20150404005719IParadise Landings Searey · Altamonte Sprin, FLThe amphibious acft landed in lake orienta with the Landing gear down, and partially sank after coming to an abrupt stop. The PIC reported that he had inadvertently lowered the ldg gear when he meant to raise it just before ldg on the lake around 1100 EDT.…Accident 20150404005249AJabiru USA Sport J250-SP · Waddell, AZPilot stated and documented in his logbook that he checked fuel quantity before first flight of day. Lt tank had 9.5 gallons while rr tank had 12 gallons. Pilot flew from his private strip to geu and picked up a friend. Pilot then flew to prc then back to geu…Accident 20150404005239APiper PA-28-140 · Payson, AZPrivate pilot rented N33691, a PA-28, from WINGS270, LLC at chandler airport, AZ. The pilot reported that he had a rough landing at Payson, AZ. (Kpan), which resulted in a propeller strike. He stated the aircraft bounced three times before he decided to…Accident 20150404004689ABeech V35B · ALAircraft was returning from (gls) to home field (08A) and attempting to land on runway 27 at night, at an uncontrolled airport. Pilot stated he made 3 attempts to turn on runway lights with his radio, but he stated the radio could have been on the wrong…Incident 20150404004419ICessna 150M · Acampo, CAOn April 4, 2015 the pilot in command (PIC) of the aircraft took off from calaveras airport, California (kcpu) to lodi, California airport (1O3) to watch the parachute exhibition at the lodi airport. On his approach for landing at lodi airport east to west on…Incident 20150404004159IMahar Michael C GP-4 · Ashtabula, OHUpon landing at hzy rwy 26 left wing dropped (landing gear collapsed)during rollout. Airplane veered left and exited rwy into the grass.Incident 20150404003849IAir Tractor AT-402A · Brickeys, AROn April 4, 2015 at 1430 cd, an Air tractor AT-402A registered to taylor Air service inc. lost elevator control while performing aerial applications. Following the release of fertilizer, the airman added power for his climb and turn, the aircraft pitched up…Incident 20150404003719ICirrus Design SR20 · Sanford, FLOn April 4 2014 around 6 pm local time the aircraft took off from orlando executive airport (orl) on the way to craig airport (crg) shortly after takeoff and climbing to 5000 feet the pilots started to notice CHT rising on #5 cylinder and engine oil pressure…Incident 20150404003429IMooney M20K · Makinac Island, MIAircraft N706GP a Mooney 20K landed gear up, pilot neglected to select landing gear lever to the down position.Accident 20150403023869ACessna 206H · Honolulu, HIAt runway threshold, pilot reduced throttle to idle and landed just past the numbers, the main tires touched first followed by the nose tire. As the nose tire touched, the aircraft yawed to the left, the pilot applied right rudder and the nose yawed abruptly…Accident 20150403006489AQuicksilver Enterprises MXL II · Petaluma, CA4.3.15) FAA wsa ops cntr received notification of ultralight accident near Petaluma (O69): 031256Z; ultralight acc @ 405 browns lane, Petaluma CA; N476VB; Quicksilver emxl ii; 1 sob/ fatal; unkn Dmg; unkn circ of crash; NTSB advsd...medfia interest; near…Incident 20150403005619IBeech C23 · Texarkana, ARAfter takeoff from txk, the pilot noticed the oil filler door was not secure. He decided to return to txk to secure the door. Upon landing, the aircraft struck nose wheel first in a cross wind and not on center line. During rollout, the aircraft subsequently…Incident 20150403004739IPiper PA-46-310P · Boca Raton, FLPilot statement: Logbook: 863.5 total time Last 12 months: 65.5 hrs Last 3 months: 7.6 hrs Total time in type: 83 hrs Copies of class 2 medical and pilot certificate to be faxed along with other documents. Formal incident statement: Was on IFR flight plan for…Accident 20150403004359AS C Aerostar S A YAK-52TW · Advance, INOn April 3, 2015 at approximately 1540 local time, a YAK-52TW, N555GD, crashed in a cornfield approximately 3 miles east of the town of Advance, IN and 5 miles southwest of lebanon, IN. The pilot/owner and sole occupant of the aircraft was fatally injured.…Accident 20150403004339ACessna 182R · Ft. Meyers, FLDuring landing aircraft bounce several times causing a flat tire as reported by pilot.Accident 20150403003869ARobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Fort Davis, TXOn April 3, 2015, at 11:15 CDT, a Robinson R-22 helicopter bearing registration number N8363D, was attempting to land at a Private Ranch approximately 16 miles southwest of the town of Fort Davis, Texas . The pilot reported landing downwind near a mountain…Incident 20150403003469IHenry Steven J Just Acft Superstol · Murphy, IDPilot stated that upon landing, right main gear hit burrow pit adjacent to runway causing right main landing gear collapse and broken propeller.Incident 20150403002999ICirrus Design SR20 · Orlando, FLBirdstrike on landing flare-out at korl on runway 25. A bird struck the aircraft N477DA a SR-20 while the aircraft was landing, just as he flared the aircraft. The bird struck the lower engine cowling and there was no structural damage to the aircraft, simply…Incident 20150402022249IBeech A36 · Bloomville, NYOn 04/03/2015 the albany FSDO investigated an aircraft that had made an emergency landing in a field located at 9635 county hwy 18 in Bloomville NY. The aircraft departed from from southern Vermont regional airport (krut)on 04/02/2015 at approximately…Accident 20150402003929ACessna 152 · Batesville, AROn April 2, 2015, at approximately 0545 CDT, N65463, a Cessna 152 aircraft, registered to timothy r. welch and operated by him, a student pilot, impacted terrain after striking several trees on brock mountain, 6.6 miles west of the Batesville, AR, airport…Incident 20150402003769IEurocopter AS 350 B2 · Spring, TXAt or about 2230 on April 2, 2015, a department of homeland security AS350 struck some birds 8 miles west of David Wayne Hooks Airport. It was reported that the helicopter hit the birds, while at 3,500 feet MSL. The pilot reported that some of the birds made…Accident 20150401006999ACessna A185F · Palmer, AKPilot was landing on runway 16 gravel at Palmer. Pilot stated that he recieved a strong gust from his left(east) after landing and he couldn't keep aircraft going straight and it ground looped to the right.Accident 20150401004679ABedecorp BD-22 · Fort Pierce, FL04/01/2015 N224BD model BD-22 departed Fort Pierce (fpr) airport on rwy 28L at approximately 1100 EST and entered traffic pattern on left turn. Aircraft continued around pattern and started approach to (fpr). On final, aircraft crashed aprox 1 mile short of…Incident 20150401004329IAbid Farooqui Apollo AG1 · Zephyrhills, FLOn a demo flight for potential customer. On takeoff, the passenger had access to flight controls in front seat. Upon rotation, the passenger used the control stick to steady himself and pulled rearward with this motion. Pilot commanded the passenger to…Incident 20150401004089IBeech 95-A55 · Williston, NDPilot on approach put gear down heard motor run did not see green light so tried to recycle gear. Pilot got busy flying the aircraft with gusty winds and did not re- verify that the gear was down. Landed with gear up.Incident 20150401003639IYoung David E Pitts S1-C · Burlington, NCUpon rollout while still on runway, tail wheel fitting attach bolt sheared allowing tail wheel to rotate approximately 90 degrees. Aircraft veered right and the left main gear support tubing failed allowing the gear to fold about 90 degrees under the…Accident 20150401003299ALancair LC-40-550FG · Middleton, WIWhile performing a cross wind landing, pilot lost control of aircraft on roll out. Aircraft departed the left side of the runway, the nose gear collapsed causing substanial damage to aircraft.Incident 20150331013129IBombardier CL-600-2B19 · Charlotte, NCOn March 31, 2015, fa was operating air Wisconsin (A6WA) flight #3732, (CL-65, N452AW) from Charlotte Douglas international airport, Charlotte, NC (clt) to philadelphia international airport, philadelphia, pa (phf). During boarding the sole flight attendant…Accident 20150331005409AFiebich Paul Dean Airbike RX40 · Derby, KSOn March 31st, 2015 at approximately 1734 local time, a private pilot exercising sport pilot privileges made a hard landing in an air bike RX40 at Blue Sky Ranch And Aerodrome (35KS) a grass airfield, in Derby Kansas. The aircraft departed 35KS late afternoon…Accident 20150331005159ACessna 170B · Anchorage, AKAccident occurred at goose bay (Z40) during instructional flight. Due to pilot error, a ground loop occurred during landing rollout. It appears that weather and/or mechanical issues were not involved.Accident 20150331004649AAircraft Mfg & Dvlpmt CH601XL Slsa · Pleasanton, KSOn March 31, 2015 at approximately 15:40 local time (2040 UTC) a private pilot with sport pilot endorsement was involved in a fatal Aircraft accident while departing a private grass airstrip located approximately two miles northwest of Pleasanton, KS. Weather…Incident 20150331004249IHawker Beechcraft 390 · Waterford, MIHawker premier N189K began the takeoff roll on runway 9 right. Initial take off roll was normal and aircraft accelerated as planned. The pilot stated that after 95 knots but prior to V1 ( 106KTS), there was a rumble and shake felt. The pilot assumed that a…Accident 20150331004149AG-Dawg Just Acft Highlander · Walhalla, SCAccording to the pilot, the accident flight was one of several flights performed to demonstrate the performance characteristics of the airplane to a potential buyer and his friend. The pilot indicated that on the accident flight, the airplane was landing…Incident 20150331004109IMooney M20K · Hawley, MNAircraft had a loss of power for unkwown reasons and landed on a state highway with an overcame a car traveling in the same direction. Aircraft hit the car with the right wing and propeller causing multiple propeller strikes/damage to the car. A cause of loss…Incident 20150331003389IAviat A-1B · Crystal, MNDuring landing, pilot indicated he encountered a crosswind, lifting the left wing which resulted in the right wing dropping and striking the runway followed by a prop strike and damage to the spinner and front cowling. Aircraft was towed to the hangar and no…Accident 20150330009989ABell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 · Saucier, MSCompany was conducting aerial burn of 800 acres of the desoto national forest. Area had been burned and they were in process of recon for unburned underbrush, when the aircraft was reorted to have lost power. Both the pilot and burn boss an employee of forest…Incident 20150330005639ICessna 172RG · Addison, TXIncident occurred involving student and instructor conducting after landing checks. The student inadvertently raised the landing gear handle when intending to close the cowl flaps resulting in retraction of the landing gear on the ground. The result was…