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 20140602008079IBombardier CL-600-2C10 · Charlotte, NCWhile decending into clt, the outer pane of the cabin window at seats 15D/F blew out. No emergency declared. Aircraft landed at clt without incident. Upon initial inspection, maintenance found several RH engine fan blades damaged along with the passenger…Accident 20140602007429ASwearingen SA-226AT · Dayton, TNAircraft landed with landing gear up. Aircraft was lifted and landing gear doors cleaned (mud and grass) and landing gear went down. Outside of gear doors were damaged due to not opening nor were they commanded to open on landing sequence.Incident 20140602007389IHawker Beechcraft G58 · Fort Worth, TXThe aircraft pilot[privacy data omitted] reported to Fort Worth spinks (contract) tower that he hit a large bird during takeoff from runway 17R (right). In a telephone interview, the pilot reported that during a normal takeoff, he struck a bird. At about 1200…Incident 20140602007099IPiper PA-32RT-300T · Long Beach, CAThe preflight was completed with no obvious problems found using the aircraft POH checklist. During climb out, at approx. 800? Bright orange flames were noticed of coming from the aft part of the cowling vent on the top right of the engine. An emergency was…Incident 20140601013309IMooney M20E · Watsonville, CAAircraft landed gear up on rwy 20 at Watsonville airport (wvi).Incident 20140601009989IEurocopter AS 350 B2 · Amarillo, TXOn June 1, 2014, at approximately 00:55 central daylight time, while on aerial patrol over Amarillo, Texas, a department of public safety (dps) pilot reported that the flight crew members of the helicopter were illuminated by a green laser on two occasions in…Accident 20140601009299ACirrus Design SR22 · Durango, COAt about 20 feet above the runway, the aircraft dropped precipitously and turned abruptly to the left. The pilot lost control, and the aircraft departed the runway. The left wing struck and the aircraft went through the airport boundary fence and collided…Accident 20140601008979ACessna 182K · Galena, AKPtrs #201402030 NTSB #anc 14 l a 034 While cruising at 1500' MSL the aircraft engine began to run rough, lose power, and subsequently quit. Prior to complete engine failure roughness was described as the engine reving up and down, sputtering, and cutting in…Incident 20140601008769IAviat S-2C · Camarillo, CALower right aileron connection bolt failed or came undone. Aileron folded vertically, bending left side bracket/hinge. Pilot landed safely.Accident 20140601008289ADehavilland DHC-6-200 · Middletown, OHAircraft was conducting a hot load parachute operation when one of the ground crew walked into the left spinning propeller and was struck in the head, she later died at the hosipital.Incident 20140601008069ISiai-Marchetti F.260 · Fitchburg, MAOn June 3 2014 pilot departed sterling airport (3B3) AT10AM local with two passengers, on board. PIC proceeded to fly to a unidentified grass strip in Vermont. Upon lowering his landing gear he heard a clunk noise and only two green indications, PIC then…Accident 20140601007749ADiamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1 · Longmont, COOn June 1, 2014 at 0915 hours mountain standard time (MST), N206ND, sn# 0020, a Diamond aircraft DA-20-C1 aircraft sustained substantial damaged during an emergency landing northwest field adjacent of runway 29 Vance Brand municipal airport ,Longmont…Accident 20140601007021ASchweizer SGS 1-34 · Middletown, NYOn 06/01/2014, N7638, a Schweizer sgs 1-34 glider, was landing at the Randall Airport (06N) in the grass, beside runway 26. The aircraft lost directional control and struck a Piper, PA-18A, N7067D, towplane parked next to the runway. [privacy data omitted]…Accident 20140601006959AYakovlev YAK-55M · Stevens Point, WIOn June 1, 2014 at 12:30 a yak M55, N176FD on recovery from an inverted flat spin maneuver, the aircraft pitch, rolled and nosedived into a wooded area off the end of rwy 30 at the Stevens Point Wisconsin airport. The ATP rated pilot received fatal injuries…Incident 20140601006759IPiper PA-24-260 · College Place, WAThe PIC was conducting numerous flights on June 1, 2014. The PIC neglected to change the fuel selector to the fullest tank leading to fuel depletion in the fuel tank in use. The aircraft lost power and the PIC was able to land the aircraft on the runway but…Accident 20140531024449AGulfstream Aerospace G-IV · Bedford, MAOn may 31, 2014, about 2140 eastern daylight time, a Gulfstream Aerospace corporation G-IV, N121JM, Operated by sk travel LLC., was destroyed after a rejected takeoff and runway excursion at laurence g. Hanscom field (bed), Bedford, Massachusetts. The two…Incident 20140531011309IMooney M20M · Waterford, MIPilot failed to extend landing gear upon landing.Incident 20140531011289IPiper PA-11 · Tecumseh, MIPilot had heart attack while taxiing for take-off at local fly-in.Incident 20140531010039IBrown Henry JR Kitfox IV · Kansas City, MOOn may 31, 2014 at 1149 CST, N205AK, a kit fox classic iv, manufactured by henry Brown, and registered to the pilot made an off airport landing four miles east of Kansas City international (mci) after the engine failed. The pilot was cleared to land on runway…Accident 20140531009999ASchweizer 269C · Temple, TXFollowing landing the helicopter entered ground resonance. Airman elected to keep the aircraft on the ground and retarded the throttle. Resonance resulted in the destruction of the aircraft. No injuries, post-crash fire, or fuel spill.Accident 20140531009509AFound Acft Canada FBA-2C2 · Willow, AKOn a southbound heading approach to Willow lake , encountering windy conditions from the south, wind conditions increased/became gusty as the aircraft was crossing over from above the trees to above the water's surface. At 40-50 feet above water's surface,…Accident 20140531008869ALandrum Kelly T Vans RV6 · Suffolk, VAA/c was enroute from william m. tuck airport VA to an fly-in at sfq. At approximately 2000 feet, the engine had an abrupt increase in RPM and the pilot was unable to control the propeller. In addition, oil covered the windscreen. Executed a forced landed in…Incident 20140531008499IConstrucciones Aeronauticas C.A.S.A. 1.131E · San Diego, CAIn a written statement, the pilot stated that during taxi after a normal landing, the left main landing gear collapsed. There were no injuries and only minor damage to the aircraft.Accident 20140531008369ACessna 172F · Mt Pleasant, PAThe pilot stated - on the takeoff roll the aircraft could not accelerate to lift-off speed (vr) due to the high grass (3-4 inches) runway length 1640 feet. Take off maximum eng/ RPM @ 2200. The PIC aborted the takeoff after 50% of the runway was used, and the…Accident 20140531007999ANebert Douglas D RV-10 · Toledo, OROn may 31, 2014, about 1620 pacific daylight time, a single-engine experimental Nebert vans RV-10,N62DN, experienced a loss of power and departed controlled flight while the pilot was maneuvering for a forced landing. The private pilot and four-year old…Accident 20140531007679ACessna 150K · Watkins, COOn may 31, 2014 at approximately 0022 hours mountain standard time (MST), N6275G, sn# 15071775,Cessna 150K aircraft destroyed after impacting terrain 1.6 miles northwest of front range airport in Watkins, Colorado (lat 39° 48?2?/ long 104°35?39?). Two…Accident 20140531007139ARobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · San Manuel, AZThe helicopter pilot, who is [privacy data omitted], stated that he was herding cattle on a ranch at an altitude of 10 to 15 feet above the ground. He turned the helicopter to face the cattle when the helicopter made contact with a telephone line. The line…Incident 20140530013559ICirrus Design SR22 · Johns Island, SCOn may 30, 2014, pilot flew aircraft from (khwy) warenton-fauquier airport, warrenton, Virginia to (kjzi) Charleston Executive Airport, Charleston, south carolina. Pilot made a normal approach to landing on runway 27 at jzi. As the mains touched down pilot…Accident 20140530009809ABRM Aero Sro Bristell S-LSA · Boerne, TXDuring an instructional flight practicing soft field technique. The instructor did not have a understanding of the wing characteristics and allowed the student to abruptly rotate causing a disruption of lift, resulting in the aircraft stalling at…Accident 20140530008929ACessna 172F · Nenana, AKPilot was flying low when he ran out of fuel in left hand tank. Unable to switch to right tank before impacting the ground.Accident 20140530008689ADehavilland Otter DHC-3 · Anchorage, AKAfter level off in cruise flight at approximately 5000 feet MSL in VMC turbulence/rain the pilot reported that there was a brief period of vibration in the airframe. The amount of vibration decreased over a 45 second period to a manageable level. The aircraft…Accident 20140530008019APzl-Swidnik PW-5 · Enumclaw, WAWhile on the first flight and landing in a single place glider, the pilot flared higher than normal, stalled, landed hard, and severed the tailboom. The pilot stated that while on a turn from base to final, realized he was too high, and made two 360 degree…Incident 20140530007899IQuicksilver MXL II Sport · Rockport, TXThe non-certificated pilot departed in a modified Quicksilver aircraft that does not have an air worthiness certificate or current registration. The pilot stated that he had not flown in a year and previous to that one flight neither he nor the aircraft had…Accident 20140530007829AGarlick Helicopters OH-58A+ · Whitefield, MEInformation is preliminary and is to subject update and or change. The purpose of the CFR 91 flight was to conduct power line patrol for bangor hydro. The patrol terminated at bar harbor at which point bangor hydro observer disembarked. The pilot was…Incident 20140530007819IPiper PA-28-140 · Fairfield, NJOn 05/30/2014, at approximately 1130, N6462R, a Piper PA-28-140, was landing on runway 22 at the caldwell airport (cdw), when the aircraft departed the left side of runway upon landing. The PIC was identified as [privacy data omitted], student pilot cert…Accident 20140530007589ACessna 172P · Bluffton, OHOn final approach to runway 5, at approximately 60 knots, a "slight" gust of wind lifted the right wing causing the aircraft to drift to the left. The aircraft came down hard on the nose wheel and the prop struck the ground resulting in major structural…Incident 20140530007399IBell 407 · Abbeville, LAOn may 30, 2014, around 10:45 am central standard time (CST) the reporting inspector received a call from westwind aviation, inc. (iava) federal aviation administration (FAA) principal operations inspector david metz. Mr. Metz indicated that he was called and…Incident 20140530006809IAeronca 11AC · Laporte, INLSA category 11AC Aeronca ground looped while landing causing minor damage to aircraft on 05/30/2014 at 1947 hours. One soul onboard with no injuries reported.Accident 20140529023889AMeyers MAC-145 · Oro Valley, AZPilot landed aircraft on runway 19 at 57AZ. Upon lowering the tail, pilot stated he encountered a gust of wind from the west which caused the aircraft to weathervane into the wind. The pilot made too large of a correction with the rudder and the aircraft…Incident 20140529009119ICessna 172E · Iowa Falls, IAThe student pilot was returning to his home base and struck a deer on landing. He had all the required student pilot endorsements to conduct the solo flight.Incident 20140529008279ICessna 210E · Dayton, OHAircraft landed with its gear up on runway 18 at 1400 local. Pilot admitted to forgetting to lower gear.Accident 20140529007549ALuscombe 8B · Galion, OHAccording to the pilot, it was his second flight of the day and the purpose was to check out a radio. He landed runway 5 at Galion airport and the airplane swerved a little bit which he corrected with braking. When slowing to make the turn to clear the runway…Accident 20140528009769APiper PA-18-150 · Cordova, AKThe pilot departed Cordova city strip around noon and was flying with his 11-year-OLD son to go look for shed antlers. He made three low passes over the intended off-airport landing site that was about 6 miles east of Cordova. On the second pass, he touched…Accident 20140528009039ARobinson Helicopter R44 II · Birchwood, AKAircraft was performing long line proficiency flying. Aircraft was seen hovering suddenly pitching up and then rolling left and impacting the ground.Incident 20140528009009IPiper PA-28-161 · Naples, FLDuring landing rollout, N976AC engine quit running. After repeated attempts to restart, the engine caught fire, damaging the cowling.Incident 20140528008449ICessna 206 · Maricopa, AZOn 5/28/2014, at 18:22 local time, a commercial pilot on first day of employment flying skydivers, after the tenth jump of the day, put the CE-206 aircraft into a slip at 12.000 feet to bring the aircraft down quickly. The aircraft engine quit running. The…Accident 20140528008399AWagoner, OKNon certificated pilot of non registered aircraft was performing touch and go landings. Aircraft ran out of fuel during takeoff portion of touch and go. Pilot lost control. Aircraft struck ground in a hard landing. Aircraft is labeled an ultralight, but empty…Accident 20140528007559ATexas Helicopter OH-13H/M74A · Fort Ripley, MNWhile conducting aerial application on a field the aircraft tail rotor made contact with a tree, traveled approximately 70 yards and crashed into the roof of a structure. The pilot sustained serious injuries which became fatal on 06/05/2014.Accident 20140528007499APiper PA-25-235 · Boulder, COOn may 28, 2014 at 1500 hours mountain standard time (MST), N8808L, sn# 25-5306, a lavia, s.a. (Piper) PA-25-235 aircraft sustained substantial damaged during an emergency landing near kalmia ave in Boulder, Colorado (lat 40° 2?24?/ long 105°14?52?). Sole…Accident 20140528007079AEmbraer EMB-135KL · Traverse City, MIOn may 28th 2014 at 15:00 eastern daylight time, an Embraer E-135 aircraft, N299SK, registered to wells fargo bank and operated by chautauqua airlines, received substantial damage when it struck a large bird while maneuvering during a visual approach to…