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 20131207023799ACessna 152 · Columbia Statio, OHPilot decided to land on turf runway because he thought that runway was to icy. Turf runway was not completely solid and nose wheel stuck into ground approximately 100 yards after touching down. The plane flipped over, landing on its back. The pilot and…Incident 20131207023579INavion Navion G · Williston, FLAircraft indicated three green lights indicating gear down and locked. After landing during roll out the left main get collapsed and the aircraft exited the runway to the left. Pilot inadvertantly had the hydraulic power switch in the off position.Incident 20131206023999IBeech 76 · Daytona, FLWhile being cleared to land on runway 25R the tower gave the pilot the wind direction of wind 170 at 12 gusting to 20. The pilot approached the runway correcting for the crosswind and then the airspeed dropped and the plane touched down hard and bounced…Accident 20131206023869AMcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E · Monticello, UTThe aircraft was performing animal capture. The pilot stated that he had just lifted off and was in a hover about 100 feet above ground level (AGL) when a handheld animal capture net gun, held by the passenger, discharged. The aircraft began to vibrate and…Incident 20131206023849IGrumman American Avn. AA-5 · Monks Corner, SCThe pilot, stated after takeoff, the engine sputtered three different times and at approximately 600 ft. the pilot then turned back to the airport, aircraft landed long due to a tailwind, exited the runway, jumped a ditch and on impact broke off the nose…Incident 20131206023589IPiper PA-28-161 · Van Nuys, CAAircraft N8129D taxied from parking apron adjacent to vny taxiway alpha 1 diagonal to the taxiway alpha 1 yellow centerline and southern red boundary line heading east towards runway 16R. Pilot was distracted with flight following information while taxiing,…Accident 20131206023419ATexas Helicopter M74L · Sebring, FLOn January 6, 2013, at or about 1630 EST, jon edward whitaker, holder of commercial pilot certificate number 542861953, while acting as pilot in command of a Texas helicopter corporation, M74, helicopter, crashed while returning to the Sebring regional…Incident 20131205026049IMooney M22 · Prescott, AZPilot was going to reposition his aircraft from the home base of Prescott (prc) to las cruces (lru) to have a new interior put in the aircraft. Approximately two hours later the aircraft returned to Prescott because the pilot had encountered deteriorating…Incident 20131205025949ICessna 152 · New Smyrna Beac, FLN65408 departed massey air ranch (X50) on a maintenance flight for the purpose of breaking in newly-overhauled engine cylinders. The pilot stated that he flight-planned for a fuel flow of 8 gph, based on what he thought was adequate for the high power…Incident 20131205025929IPiper PA-28-161 · Merritt Island, FLAircraft was in tiedown area when pilot attemped to start aircraft the engine caught fire. Maintenance put out fire within thirty seconds. Minor damage to engine cowl and some wiring.Accident 20131205025229APiper PA-24-250 · Fair Oaks, CAOn December 5, 2013 N6595P a Piper PA-24-250, comanche departed the salinas municipal airport (sns), salinas, CA, at approximately (2144Z) 13:44 local PST. Intended destination was auburn airport, auburn, CA. At approximately (2239Z) 14:39 PST, the pilot the…Accident 20131205024729ASikorsky S-76B · Port Fourchon, LAPilot reported that after liftoff, at approximately 50 feet he felt the wind change direction. At this point the aircraft began to lose lift and settled with power.Accident 20131205024319APiper PA-28R-200 · Bowling Green, OHThe pilot was practicing 180 power off landings on runway 28 @1G0. Performed a go around after touchdown. During full power climb out the aircraft struck a bird. Aircraft landed without incident and taxied to the FBO to report the birdstrike.Incident 20131205023559IRaytheon B36TC · Stuart, FLPilot lost cockpit awareness and fail to follow emergency check list.Incident 20131205023449IRobertson James F Velocity STD/RG-E · Fort Pierce, FLOn December 5, 2013, at or about 1550 EST, airman [privacy data omitted], holder of commercial pilot certificate number [privacy data omitted], while acting as pilot in command of N112TH, an experimental amateur built velocity, experienced insufficient engine…Incident 20131205023079IEaa Chapt 229 Zenair CH 601 HD · Atmore, ALPilot was flying from foley to Atmore, landing on 18. On touchdown a gust of wind picked the aircraft up and slammed the aircraft back onto the runway.Incident 20131204025879IPiper PA-24-260 · Ontario, CAPilot departed rialto airport and noticed battery was not charging. Pilot requested landing at ont and received clearance to land. Pilot did not turn on landing light to save the battery and taxied to parking without turning on the light. Later discovered…Accident 20131204024599ABellanca 7GCBC · Soldotna, AK[privacy data omitted] (Student pilot) was piloting N88342 a Bellanca 7GCBC aircraft with one passenger onboard. They departed an airstrip near [privacy data omitted] home in sterling enroute to port graham. The pilot stated that he had checked the weather on…Accident 20131204024249AThompson William A Sparrow II · Jeromesville, OHAccident occurred Wednesday December 4, 2013 in Jeromesville, OH. Aircraft: sparrow ll, registration: N5955Y Injuries: 1 serious On December 4, 2013, about 1240 eastern standard time, a sparrow ll , N5955Y, operated by a private individual, was substantially…Incident 20131204023479ICessna 208B · Snyder, TXDuring cruise flight, the engine made a loud noise the pilot called a "backfire" and stopped running. The pilot made a power off emergency landing at night. The rotating beacon on top of the rudder clipped a power line and the left main tire blew out but…Incident 20131204023369IBeech C23 · Cascade Locks, ORHard landing at Cascade Locks with nose wheel breaking off at the swivel point on bottom of nose strut. Prop contacted runway, and a/c skidded off runway to the right grassy area on bottom of nose strut, coming to rest in the grass. 2 POB, no injuries. Damage…Incident 20131204022119ICessna 172S · Ogden, UTThe pilot was operating the aircraft from salt lake city, Utah (slc) to Ogden, Utah (ogd) at cruise flight when a bird strike occurred on the right outboard wing leading edge. The pilot landed at ogd without incident. The aircraft had minor damage to the…Incident 20131203026099ICessna 172S · Manville, NJThe pilot had not flown the aircraft for over a year. He was preparing to taxi the aircraft for a non-certificated pilot friend, not for the purpose of flight. He had just completed adding fuel to the aircraft for this purpose. Since the starter ring gear was…Accident 20131203025369AAero Commander 680-E · Cresent City, FLOn December 3, 2013 at approximately 0937 an Aero Commander 680-E, N71DF [privacy data omitted] collided with several trees upon take off from jim finlay farm airport (28FL), Cresent City, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The…Incident 20131203025289IShort Bros SD3-60 · Agana, GUCaptain [privacy data omitted] (instructor pilot) was giving flight instruction to first officer [privacy data omitted]. While on Short final, over the runway at approximately five feet, the nose of the aircraft dropped suddenly and impacted the runway. When…Incident 20131203025079IDehavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter · Eloy, AZWhile conducting a 200 person freefall formation jump two of the participants collided while under canopy at approximately 300 feet AGL. Both jumpers had successfully completed the freefall portion of the jump, had deployed their canopies, and were descending…Incident 20131203024699IGreenleaf George H Rotorway 162F · Fredericksburg, VAAt approximatley 1630 on 3 December, 2013, the right ground handeling wheel separated from aircraft N162GG, serial number 6250, while inflight and struck a moving truck which landed on the edge of the road. The truck driver unaware of the wheel striking his…Accident 20131203023529AAnderson Andreas Rans S-6S · Travelers Rest, SC[privacy data omitted] Was on a VFR flight from john c tune airport (jwn) near nashville, TN to greenville downtown airport (gmu) greenville, SC. He was flying above the weather and made two attempts to get below the cloud layer. On the second attempt the…Incident 20131203022269ISocata TBM 700 · Midland, TXOn December 3, 2013, at 1600 local time, a Socata TBM-700 aircraft bearing registration number N862DC, registered to a private owner, touched down with the landing gear retracted on runway 16 at the skywest airport located approximately 8 miles south of…Accident 20131202025779ACessna 172M · South Bend, INOn or about dec 02, 2013 N9801V Cessna 172M aircraft incurred a hard nose landing with student pilot. No injuries reported. No accident reported by pilot. Aircraft damage found during maintenance.Accident 20131202024899AFairchild SA227-AC · Arecibo, PRAircraft lost by sju FAA radar facilities 35 miles west of san juan international airport (sju) while decending. Cargo wreckage was found near Arecibo, p. r. town. Investigation initiated by FAA on site 12/03/2013 at 10:00 am. NTSB arrival on 12/04/2013 and…Accident 20131202024259APiper PA-46-310P · Dawsonville, GAPilot took off from kmmu enroute to pdk. In the area of Dawsonville, GA, pilot deviated from flight plan. Pilot was contacted by ATC regarding deviation from flight plan. Pilot reported autopilot problems. ATC inquired if pilot could maintain altitude. Pilot…Incident 20131202024179IEmbraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-505 · West Trenton, NJUpon landing the ant-skid failure message appeared on the icas. Pilot stated that he gingerly applied light braking . He did not feel that correct braking was being applied. He stated that he pressed harder with no resulting braking. The other pilot applied…Accident 20131202023899ACessna 560 · Grissom, INDuring descent the crew felt a slight vibration at 30,000 ft and .73 mach followed by a loud pop and slight yaw of the aircraft. ATC was notified and the aircraft continued to chicago midway airport (mdw). During the post flight walk around of the aircraft…Accident 20131202023519AMoffitt Oscar/ Kit Prostar A/C PT2 · Trenton, SCAircraft departed twin lakes airport (S17) for a short test flight to Edgefield County Airport (6J6). The engine quit running and pilot could not make it to the Edgefield County Airport.Incident 20131202022239IBellanca 17-31ATC · Roosevelt, UTOn touch down at 74V, the rt main tire was flat. When the aircraft slowed to less than 20 mph the rt main landing gear collapsed. The rt wing contacted the ground.Accident 20131201025219ABeech G35 · Placerville, CAThe aircraft struck a deer during landing roll out. Right brake failed due to dear strike causing the aircraft to lose control and run off the runway down an embackment.Accident 20131201024969ABeech B36TC · Yellow Pine, IDN36ML/BE36 departed baker city or. (Bke) VFR and requested an IFR clearance to butte mt (btm). An IFR clearance was issued and N36ML was cleared to 13,000 feet. Approximately 15 miles east of the donnelly VORTAC (dnj) the aircraft started deviating from…Accident 20131201024579ACessna 177RG · Richland, WAPilot[privacy data omitted] was flying into rld and landed gear up. He had the part onboard to fix the airplane, as he had been experiencing landing gear warning issues. He stated it was coming on all the time. He also claimed he was distracted by other…Incident 20131201023759IPiper PA-28R-200 · Teterboro, NJOn 12/01/2013 at approximately 2325 local time, N2808T, a Piper arrow conducted a missed approach over runway 24 at the Teterboro airport and reported a gear problem. The tower reported that the gear appeared to be down. When the aircraft returned to runway…Incident 20131201023409IGrumman American Avn. AA-5B · Alexander City, ALPilot stated he was departing (alx) on runway 18 for (tys) when at approximately 200FT AGL, 2/3 of distance down runway, the aircrafts engine began to run rough with a significant loss of power. The pilot put the aircraft back down on the runway and into a…Incident 20131201023329IAmerican Legend AL11 · Dallas, TXPilot was on a personal flight and during a refueling stop he left the port side fuel cap off. After two unsuccessful landing attemps at klnc due to crosswinds he contacted regional approach and asked for vectors the controllers suggested Mesquite khqz as he…Incident 20131201023259IHomestead House Searey · Owensboro, KYOn December 1, 2013, at approximately 10:30 central standard time, a 2009 Searey Homestead house experimental amphibious aircraft, N205DH, sustained minor damage while landing in the Ohio river with the landing gear extended. This happened approximately seven…Incident 20131201023039ICessna R182 · Monroe, NCUpon landing flight instructor johnston asked pilot being checked out to rent the airplane to do a touch and go. Rental pilot [privacy data omitted] applied power to take off and reached to raise flaps. Instructor [privacy data omitted] failed to guard the…Accident 20131130024149ACessna 150D · Portland, MEPilot was cleared to land on runway 11 then opted to land on runway 18, upon landing aircraft left wing lifted up due to pilot reported wind gust. Right wing impacted runway causing aircraft to ground loop. Damage was limited to outboard right wing, scuffed…Accident 20131130023879APiper PA-28-181 · Rolla, NDThe non-instrument rated private pilot received a computer weather briefing indicating marginal VFR conditions at departing airport with IFR conditions enroute and marginal VFR at the destination airport. Temperatures and conditions were favorable for icing.…Accident 20131130023399APiper PA-28-161 · Elkmont, ALAircraft was being operated from (dcu) to (gzs) to a new storage facility. While enroute, in the area of his residence, the pilot who had been certificated for 16 months began performing aggressive maneuvers near his house at extremely low altitude around…Incident 20131130023059IMooney M20K · Naple, FLN231SM a Mooney M20K took off from tmb at 0745 EST on 11/30/2013 towards kpgd via lbv. Weather was no factor at departing airport. Pilot checked the weather in the air for pgd and TAF was reporting low ceiling at 200 feet with mist. Pilot decided to land at…Incident 20131130022159ICessna 182H · Hollysprings, MSOn November 30, 2013, at approximately 1645, pilot-in-charge(PIC) and three passengers took off from olive branch (olv), MS airport. The aircraft climbed to 6,000 feet altitude, when the PIC felt a strong vibration, and the engine making a loud popping noise,…Incident 20131130022019IAerostar International Raven S49A · Canton, SDPilot [privacy data omitted] was flying a hot air balloon N7090A and coming in for a landing 4 miles n.w. of Canton, SD around 1605 CDT. Pilot tried to land in a field and had to pick up and make a second attempt past a grove of trees in an open field. He…