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 20140823015829IHughes 269C · Hanover Park, ILDuring cruise flight the pilot noticed engine RPM was lower than expected. The pilot rolled on power but RPM did not increase. The pilot initiated an auto-rotation. During descent the engine quit. The aircraft landed in a football field. No injuries occurred.…Accident 20140823015529APiper PA-28-140 · Taylorsville, KYPilot landed aircraft on a wet grass runway. Approximately 1300' long. Aircraft slid, pilot attempted a go-around, aircraft stalled, impacted the ground and sustained substantial damage to the aircraft.Accident 20140823015409AAmerican Champion 7GCBC · Lago Vista, TX24 Year old private pilot, with a single engine land rating crashed for unknown reasons. The aircraft impacted the ground inverted in a nose down attitude. Aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.Incident 20140823015139IGulfstream American AA-5A · Bowling Green, FLOn August 23, 2014 at approximately 15:30 EST, N26973, a Grumman AA-5A was flying at approximately 1000 feet when the engine began to loose power. The pilot and sole occupant, landed the aircraft in a remote field. The pilot was uninjured. The aircraft…Incident 20140823015129IZephyrhills, FLName: keith edwin murray Experience:Mr. Murray began jumping on April 4, 2009 and had a total of 875 jumps. Club affiliation: skydive city inc. Description of parachutes and packing records: 1. Main canopy-icarus crossfire 2 129, s/n 96317508, date of…Accident 20140823014779ACessna 175 · Talkeetna, AKInspectors interviewed pilot on August 27. Pilotstated that he was friends with the owner of the Unimproved airport where the accident occurred, and that he discussed the condition of the airport and the best approach/departure procedures to be used when…Accident 20140823014419ADehavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter · Pepperell, MATwin otter, N202EH struck a hawk at 2000 feet while climbing for a jump operation. Hawk hit leading edge of the left wing putting a hole in leading edge and deforming one nose rib approximately five feet in from the wing tip. No other damage noted.Incident 20140823014169IPiper PA-24-260 · Plainview, TXOn September 23, 2014, at 1830 CDT, a Piper PA-24-260 bearing registration number N669P, registered to aircraft sales inc., on approach to landing, the pilot selected the gear handle down and immediately experienced complete electrical system failure. The…Incident 20140822018649ISocata TBM 700 · Hilton Head, SCOn August 22, 2014 on about 1435 local time, a eads Socata tbm 700 N842MA flying CFR part 91 with a ATP rated pilot, landed at Hilton Head Airport (hxd) on runway 03 the nose landing gear collapsed after landing on roll out.Accident 20140822017889APiper PA-28-161 · New Orleans, LAOn final to land engine failed, atemped to restart twice once on each tank. Aircraft crashed into the water and flipped over.Incident 20140822016919ICessna 172S · Fairfield, NJOn August 22, 2014, N272LP, a Cessna 172S departed runway 28 at the caldwell airport. The aircraft reached 30-50 feet when the pilot thought the aircraft was not performing properly and decided to abort the takeoff. The aircraft touched down with…Incident 20140822016449IBeech B36TC · Coalinga, CAOn August 22, 2014, N6496N, a Beech bonanza B36TC, with 4 people onboard, was attempting a go around at the harris ranch airport (308) in Coalinga, CA. The PIC had previously attempted a straight in landing with a left rear quartering tailwind between 8-10…Accident 20140822015979ARans S-6S · Rigsby, IDStudent[privacy data omitted] of aircraft was receiving flight instruction. Student pilot certificate was expired and CFI was the PIC. Initiated touch & gos on runway 19 at rigby, ID airport (U56). Approach & landing was normal. After takeoff, CFI stated that…Accident 20140822015859AEmbraer S A ERJ170-200LR · Houston, TXOn August 22, 2014, at approximately 1700 central daylight savings time (CDT), republic airlines flight 4344, an Embraer 170-200, encountered wake turbulence at cruise just prior to descent into george bush international airport (iah). The passenger flight…Incident 20140822014749IBombardier CL-600-2D24 · Salt Lake City, UTOn 08/22/2014, at 1534 local time, skywest airlines Bombardier CL-600-2D24, N822SK, as flight 4449 departed Salt Lake City international airport (slc) for reno-tahoe international airport (rno). Aircraft was struck by lightning 30 miles northwest of slc…Incident 20140822014429ITaylorcraft BF-65 · Victor, NYAircraft was returning from lancaster (bqr) around 19:30 and ran out of fuel. Emergency landing was attempted (42.960749, -77.384466 boughton hill rd Victor NY.) To what appeared to be a open field. Field was in fact a corn field and aircraft nosed over and…Accident 20140821020439AHerder Michael Zodiac 601 HD · Fredericksburg, TXPilot was approaching gillespie municipal airport Fredericksburg Texas. AWOS was reporting winds of 18 to 22 knots and gusting. Pilot made two unsuccesful attempts to land due to gusty wind conditions. On third landing attempt pilot was approximatley 100 feet…Incident 20140821020229IPiper PA-31-350 · Mount Pocono, PAAircraft struck deer while landing at mpo. Minor damage to aircraft.Accident 20140821019539AThibault Michael L RV4 · Gilbert, PAPilot was at cruise when he switched fuel tanks. Engine sputtered and failed. Pilot switched tanks attempted restart. Unable to regain engine power pilot made an off field landing into a soybean field. Upon touchdown aircraft flipped over onto back. A…Accident 20140820019629ACessna 150G · Pittstown, NJCessna 150 was in downwind for runway 25 at skymanor airport (N40) in Pittstown, NJ. Pilot reduced power and began applying flaps. Turning base pilot noticed reduced power on engine. Pilot realized he could not make field. He pulled up to clear powerlines.…Accident 20140820019339AAir Tractor AT-802A · Parson, TNTo the west of the accident site, trees had limbs freshly cut from the top of the trees that were in line with the aircraft wrekage path. The initial impact was aproximately 65 ft from the trees location. The aircraft hit nose first flipped inverted and…Incident 20140820015969IPiper J3C-65 · Burlington, WAThe aircraft ground looped after landing with a resultant right gear collapse after striking a depression in the ground.Incident 20140820015179IGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A · Sheridan, INOn August 20, 2014 a Grumman ag cat with registration number N5449 struck a powerline while conducting aerial applications in Sheridan, Indiana. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident. Damage to the aircraft included gouges to…Accident 20140820014369ABeech A36 · Grand Rapids, MIPilot followed ILS approach to runway 26L, pilot landed gear up.Incident 20140820014359ICo-Z Development Cozy Mark IV · Spring, TXPilot landed aircraft then inadvertently bumped landing gear switch down and nose impacted the runway. The aircraft slide for about 100 feet. There was some minor sheet metal damage to the belly of aircraft just forward of nose gear attachment.Incident 20140820014179ICessna 150L · Abilene, TXOn August 20, 2014, at approximately 1530L a Cessna 150L bearing registation mumber N18590 encounted a gust of wind on landing and landed east of the runway striking the wing tip . The aircraft was being operated VFR without a flight plan. The aircraft…Incident 20140820014159IChampion Aeronca 7CCM · Petersburg, VAAircraft landed parallel to runway 5 in the grass with known landing gear problem. Aircraft ground looped due to right landing gear detaching from aircraft.Accident 20140819016279ASchweizer SGS 1-34 · Marana, AZN7628 is a Schweizer single seat ags 1-34 glider. At approximately 11:05 a.m. on August 19, 2014, N7628 disconnected from the tow plane during the climb out. N7628 attempted to land back onto one of the gliderport runways but was unsuccessful. At…Incident 20140819016189ICessna 172RG · Troutdale, ORCFI stated that his commercial student was cleared to land at ttd on runway 25. He was asked to perform a soft field landing. The student landed the aircraft without incident but then raised the gear handle instead of the flap handle during rollout. The nose…Incident 20140819016059IHelio H-395A · Deadhorse, AKPilot was landing on a gravel bar 10 miles east of mile 40 on the dalton highway when after touchdown the left landing gear axle broke causing the left tire and axle to depart the aircraft. No other damage to the aircraft occurred. The pilot said it was a…Accident 20140819015839AFranke Roland SKY Raider · Hammersville, OHPilot stated he had just taken off and was almost at top of [parallel] tree line [~40' tall] when the engine started sputtering. The pilot banked sharply to the left to avoid the treeline at the departure end of the runway in an attempt to return to the…Accident 20140819015759ABecker Elmer L Stol CH 750 · Grain Valley, MOThis aircraft was performing touch-and-goes on runway 9/27 when during climb out on runway 27, at about 100 feet AGL, the aircraft suddenly pitched hard to the right and started a rapid decent to toward the ground. Wind at the time was approximately 5-8 knots…Accident 20140819015309AAir Tractor AT-401 · Wray, COOn 08/19/2014 at 0745 MDT, N4542W, an Air tractor AG-401 restricted airworthiness airplane flipped on landing in a field after power loss. The sole commercial pilot suffered a minor injury. He was TRANSP0RTED by ambulance to the hospital for treatment. The…Accident 20140819015119ARaytheon G36 · Milton, FLOn August 19, 2014 a Beech bonanza G36 aircraft with 6 CFI rated pilots attempted to take off from 2R4 in Milton, FL. The PIC was able to get the aircraft a few feet in the air off of runway 18. The aircraft's nose was in an excessively high attitude and the…Accident 20140819015109AMcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E · Tuscaloosa, ALWhile on powerline patrol, helicopter struck/contacted ground wire on top of transmission line tower. Both the main rotor and tail rotor assemblies separated from fuselage. Fuselage impacted inverted, resulting in fatal injuries to both occupants.Incident 20140819014839IPiper PA-28-180 · Clarion, PAN8099W was departing on runway 6 at Clarion County Airport. CFI, detected a slight engine roughness at 400 feet. CFI proceeded to conduct a magneto check which checked fine. The student, quickly turned on the carburetor heat and turned it off without…Accident 20140819014809AFrontenac, MNPilot departed the Frontenac, MN airport (private) for a pleasure flight in a quicksilver 2S. Because it was becoming dark, he did not plan on being airborne long and estimated he had about 30 minutes of fuel on board. Nearing the end of the flight, then…Incident 20140819014349IAir Tractor AT-301 · Humburg, LAPilot felt a vibration and while trying to return to strip, engine started cutting in and out. Made emergency landing in wet field, hit a pile of logs and stopped short of trees.Accident 20140819013579ARockwell International S-2R · Kerkhoven, MNPilot was making his second pass on a north/south line which bordered a small power line. As he began his run, the aircraft struck a guide wire with the propeller. The engine subsequently quit and the pilot pitched up to look for a field. After dumping the…Accident 20140818024279ABeech V35B · Novato, CAThe pilot reported an engine failure while enroute from brookings, or (bok) to san carlos, CA (sql). Pilot declared an emergency and attempted to divert to gnoss field Novato, CA (dvo). The aircraft crashed. This resulted into a post crash fire that spread to…Incident 20140818020869IBeech 35 · Greer, SCAfter completing practice landings at gsp the pilot intended to take off and return to home airport. Pilot intended to retract flaps for take off but mistakenly selected the landing gear switch. This caused the nose and right main gear to partially collapse…Accident 20140818016649AThayer Terry W Zenith Stol CH701 · Kenai, AKThe aircraft [privacy data omitted]pilot of this experimental amateur-built aircraft, a zenith stol CH701 kit aircraft, called the Kenai flight service station and reported he had an accident during takeoff from the kustatan river approximately 17 miles west…Incident 20140818015269ICessna 172RG · Puyallup, WAAircraft landing normal, on roll out several hundred feet after touch down, nose whell collapsed. Prop stuck runway. Aircraft was removed from runway and placed in hanger.Accident 20140818013439AHughes 369HS · St. Peter, MNPilot was spraying a bean field. As he was nearly empty of product, he decided to make a clean up run on the north end of the field. As he made his turn eastbound to make the final pass, he struck a small power line which extended from the main power lines…Incident 20140818013179IAirbus A319-132 · Des Plaines, ILSpirit airlines flight #457 on 8/18/14 experienced what the captain described as "severe turbulence" 60 NM south of columbia, south carolina. The 3 flight attendants informed the captain that they had been in the cabin and were, "thrown around" but that they…Accident 20140817018639ALet L-23 Super Blanik · Sylacauga, ALDuring the approach to land at the Sylacauga, Alabama airport (scd), a student pilot allowed the aircraft to enter a steep spin to the right; the aircraft seemed to recover from the spin with a nose up attitude; aircraft stalled and immediately entered a spin…Incident 20140817017509IPiper PA-24 · Westerly, RIAircraft was on a VFR flight from bgr to wst. Aircraft landed on runway 25 with landing gear retracted. PIC stated that he forgot to extend the landing gear.Incident 20140817015569IBeech 76 · Santa Ana, CAOn 08/17/2014 at 21:07 PST, a Beechcraft BE-76, N6700D, s/n ME-276, performed a gear up landing on runway 19R at John Wayne airport - Orange county. The pilot in command, who was the CFI instructing the pilot, stated that they forgot to place the landing gear…Accident 20140817015419ACessna 172N · Natchitoches, LADuring climb out at approximately 300 feet engine started shaking violently and lost power. Pulled up to clear trees and that was the last thing remembered.Accident 20140817014439ACessna R182 · Farmingdale, NYFlight departed Republic Airport (frg) on 08/17/2014 at approximately 1415 EDT on an IFR flight plan to dutchess county airport (pou). During climb and close to altitude of 5000 ft, pilot noticed a surge in fuel flow to approximately 58 gallons per hour (gph)…