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 20131129025859IGrumman American Avn. AA-1C · Detroit Lakes, MNDuring the landing attempt, which was to be a touch-and-go, the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft and it steered left into a snowbank, knocking over a runway edge light. The aircraft sustained minor damage.Incident 20131129023769ITorrance Thomas J Lancair 320 · Mocksville, NCAircraft departed runway 27, climed to 1400' engine lost power. Pilot attempted to return to field and land on runway 9, but landed short of runway along side of runway 9.Accident 20131129023729ACessna 210 · Florence, ORPilot was performing a maintenance flight check after landing gear actuator repair. All gear retracted normally but only nose gear extended when gear handle selected down. Emergency extend handle when pumped offered no additional hydraulic pressure. Aircraft…Accident 20131129023719ACessna 208B · St Mary'S, AKControlled flight into terrain in marginal VFR weather. In visual meteorological conditions, the pilot in command (PIC) is responsible for terrain and obstacle clearance (see and avoid) whether operating under VFR or IFR.Incident 20131129023299IBracken William D Glastar · Grand Prairie, TXOn November 29, 2013, at approximately 1206 central daylight time, the bolt securing the left front wheel to the landing gear assembly on the float of an amateur built Glastar, N4323C, sheared off on landing roll out on runway 17 at Grand Prairie municipal…Incident 20131129022209IKendall W R/Mclaughlin J Rans S-10 Sakota · Autryville, NCThe pilot was performing slow flight near stall speed at 2000' altitude and the engine started running rough. The pilot decided to return to the field and land and at approximately 1000' feet the engine cut off while on approach to landing. The aircraft…Incident 20131129022129IPiper PA-28RT-201T · Aurora, ORPilot reported he was practicing touch and go landings at uao, and was distracted by tracking two other aircraft in pattern during approach to rwy 35. He reported he landed with landing gear in retracted position on dry runway with light winds from north. He…Accident 20131129022049ACessna 182E · Delta, COA student pilot took off in weather ceiling 600 overcast. He turned cross wind and got in the clouds. He lost control in the clouds and crashed approx. 2 miles from the runway.Incident 20131129022029IMooney M20K · Jeffersonville, INThe 14 CFR 91 flight was conducted under IFR rules from huf to jvy on 11/29/2013. Upon arrival at the destination, the pilot canceled his IFR flight plan and observed that the aircraft was high on the approach. He executed a go-around, raised the landing…Incident 20131128024779IDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Moncks Corner, SCPilot landed long, bounced approximately 4-5 feet and almost ran out of runway. Aircraft departed the runway to the side striking a taxiway sign with with the left wing and came to rest in a ditch along side the runway.Accident 20131128024629ACessna 210L · Bridgewater Twp, PAUsc 146 a 1974 Cessna 210L registration number N777BK was enroute teterboro, NJ (teb) to buffalo, NY (buf) at cruise at an altitude of 8,500 feet. Pilot switched from right fuel tank to left fuel tank for fuel management purposes and experienced an engine…Accident 20131128024169ARobinson Helicopter R44 II · Tunica, MSAfter completion of autorotation with instructor while on the ground, student failed to move anti torque pedals to the neutral position prior to increasing RPM. Left pedal was still in when student rapidly increased rotor RPM causing the aircraft to yaw then…Accident 20131128023029ABeech V35 · Trussville, ALAircraft was enroute from (orf) to (bhm) with 3 passengers on board during decent passing through 5000FT the aircrafts engine made a loud pop, oil appeared on lower windscreen with decreasing horsepower. Pilot could not make (bhm) airport and elected to…Accident 20131127025559ABiesemeier David I Smyth Sidewinder · Longmont, COOn 11/27/2013, at approximately 1245 MST, aircraft N3786A, an experimental home-built smythe sidewinder, experienced an in-flight breakup. The fuselage impacted the ground approximately 1/4 mile beyond the initial break-up location. The aircraft was destroyed…Accident 20131127024499ACessna T210L · Oak Grove, LAPilot departed tallulah la for Oak Grove la. At 1000 feet with left fuel tank selected, engine started running rough. Pilot immediately switched to right tank, but engine still ran rough, so he engaged fuel boost pump. Engine never regained power so pilot…Incident 20131127023909IAeronca 11AC · Omaha, NEOn November 27, 2013 at 1445 CDT, N3288E, an Aeronca 11AC attempted to land on runway 12 at the Millard Airport located in Omaha, Nebraska. During the landing roll out, the left main landing gear wheel assembly fell off. The aircraft skidded off the runway…Incident 20131127022999IIsrael Aircraft Industries 1124AThe crew of N123RC noticed a laud noise from the nose gear after departure from svpr. They decided to cancel the flight plan to skcl to make a precacionary nose gear up landing at svmg. The precaucionary landing was made with satisfactory results and the…Incident 20131127021909IEmbraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR · Minneapolis, MNCompass flight 5827 msp-iah had a bird strike on climb out at right side forward fuselage. Crew contacted dispatch and performed a precautionary return to msp. Maintenance completed a bird strike inspection , found a small dent that was within srm 53-10-01…Incident 20131127021679IEmbraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR · Windsor Locks, CTN403YX, flight number aa 4233, a erj 170-200 lr, with 66 passengers and a crew of 2 and 2 cabin attendants, struck, jet way number 24 at the Bradley International Airport in CT at 17:28 local on 11/27/2013 during heavy rain. Investigation revealed that the…Incident 20131126023359IBeech B100 · Fargo, NDPilot retracted landing gear after takeoff and reported it being noticeably quieter than usual. The gear handle "in-transit" light was still illuminated. Pilot cycled the gear then tried to pump them down manually. He received no nose downlock indication.…Incident 20131126022089INavion Navion G · West Jordan, UTLanding approach was steep and slow the aircraft touchdown nose first, short of the runway, the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft came to a stop in the dirt on the right side of the runway.Accident 20131126022059AQuad City Ultralight Acft Challenger II · Kalispell, MTShortly after takeoff to the south, at about 200 feet AGL, the aircraft's engine failed to little or no power due to a spark plug exiting the aft cylinder of the two cylinder engine. The pilot attempted to land on a gravel road adjacent to the airport, but…Accident 20131125025379ADouglas C-118A · Deadhorse, AKDuring an all cargo flight from Alpine strip, Alaska to Deadhorse Alaska on 11/25/2013 the aircraft experienced a cargo load shift resulting in damage to the rear pressure bulkhead. The flight crew is responsible for the loading and security of cargo loads at…Accident 20131125023509APiper PA-23-160 · Trenton, SCPilot took off from Twin Lakes Airport and began to climb out and bank to the left. The left engine quit and the aircraft began to roll further to the left. The right engine was at full power, which increased the left roll and the aircraft crashed into the…Accident 20131125023389ACessna 150L · Bessemer, ALOn November 25, 2013, about 1115 central standard time, a Cessna 150L, N16078, was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a total loss of engine power near Bessemer, Alabama. The private pilot was not injured. The flight originated from…Accident 20131124024339ABombardier DHC-8-102 · Philadelphia, PAOn November 24, 2013 aircraft N808EX piedmont airlines flight #4314 encountered several bird strikes on approach five miles east of the Philadelphia International Airport at an altitude of 4000 ft. Maintenance completed birdstrike inspection and found servere…Incident 20131124023429IPiper PA-46-310P · Sugarland, TXPilot was conducting a touch-and-go at night. After touch down he retracted the gear instead of the flaps. He immediately tried to correct by placing gear handle back down but the nose gear retracted causing a prop strike.Accident 20131124023289ACessna 172S · New Orleans, LAWhile preparing for a VFR flight in the local area the pilot stated she set the parking brake and started the hot engine. The pilot said she must have gave it more throttle then normal because when the engine started the aircraft shot forward and hit the main…Incident 20131124022369ICarey Joel E Quicksilver MXL Sprt · Discovery Bay, CAN4358Z, experimental amateur built aircraft, departed rio vista airport at 1450 with one pilot and one passenger on a recreational flight over the delta water ways of contra costa county. While in cruise flight the engine lost power and rolled back to idle…Incident 20131124022179IPiper PA-22-108 · Lincoln, NEOn November 24, 2013 at 14:27 CDT, the pilot of N5637Z, a Piper PA-22-180 contacted omaha TRACON requesting to land immediately. The pilot stated he believed that the fabric covering on the aircraft may be torn. The aircraft landed without incident on runway…Incident 20131123025869IHughes 269C · Bakersfield, CAThe pilot reported to ATC that "on landing runway 30L a bolt that stabilizes the rotor blade was dislodged. When powering up the helicopter for departure, there was a vibration cause(d) by the rotor blade being out of balance from the loss of the bolt. The…Accident 20131123024609ACessna A185F · Wien Lake, AKUpon landing ski caught hole in the ice aircraft rotated immediately 90 degrees damaging the right wing tip, right gear assembly and propeller.Incident 20131123024539IBeech 95-B55 (T42A) · Manhattan, KSNo indication of nose landing gear extention prior to landing. Pilot cycled gear, no indication remained. Emergency landing reported to mhk tower. Nose landing gear collapse during landing on rwy 3.Accident 20131123024189APiper PA46-500TP · Monroe, NCEqy-tys, during roll-out at eqy, right main tire failed causing the aircraft to exit rwy stopping an estimated 275 feet off the right side of rwy 23. Aircraft sustained damage to right aileron and the cowling for the radar pod attached to the underside of the…Incident 20131123023229IFound Acft Canada FBA-2C1 · Elk River, IDN34GR, a 2005 Found FBA-2C1 received minor damage at the Elk River, Idaho airport on November 23, 2013. The commercial pilot/flight instructor landed in deep crusty snow which caused the conventional geared airplane to roll up on it's nose. Damage was limited…Accident 20131123022079ANew Piper PA46-350P · Salt Lake City, UTThe pilot stated that he landed the aircraft without lowering the landing gear. He had taken off for a local flight with one passenger on board with the purpose of using the aircraft before a planned trip later on. The pilot stated that he had taken off and…Incident 20131122025249IMorrisey 2150A · Hayward, CAPilot in command (PIC) lost control of aircraft during landing. Cross winds at the time of landing were gusting at 040 degrees to runway 10R at 20 to 30 knots. Information provided for the wind conditions were provided by ATC individual on duty at the time…Accident 20131122023809ABeech 1900C · Badami, AKN575X, a BE-1900, operated by hageland aviation, departed deadhorse AK (scc) on a special VFR clearance enroute to bedami airport (AK78), which is 30 NM miles to the east. Landing short of the runway at AK78, the aircraft struck a snow berm short of the…Incident 20131122021769IPiper PA 46-350P · El Paso, TXOn November 22, 2013, in El Paso, TX at 1025 MST, N122WD, a Piper PA-46 with a turboprop conversion, damaged the propeller when the pilot noticed the propeller hitting the ground during the landing. The landing was rejected and the pilot made a go around. The…Incident 20131121024399ICessna 150L · Chesapeake, VACessna airplane was landing on runway 2 at Hampton Roads Executive Airport and almost collided with a Piper airplane departing on runway 28. Piper airplane passed approximately ten feet over the top of the Cessna airplane at the intersection of runways 2 and…Incident 20131121024389IPiper PA-28-151 · Chesapeake, VAPiper airplane on a flight training lesson departed runway 28 at Hampton Roads Executive Airport and after rotation just avoided hitting a Cessna airplane that was landing on runway 2. The two airplanes met at the intersection of runways 28 and 2. The Piper…Incident 20131121022969ICessna 172M · Mesa, AZOn approach to iwa pilot reported a failure of the aircraft alternator. Aircraft landed without incident. Alternator and regulator were replaced to correct problem.Incident 20131121022799IPilatus PC-12/47 · Santa Ana, CAAircraft landed on runway 19R and pilot stated he applied brakes prematurely and damaged right main tire by creating a flat spot. Pilot exited the runway at taxiway golf and called for assistance. Aircraft remained on ramp for approximately 20 minutes while…Incident 20131120023839IBell 206B · Greenville, SCOn November 20, 2013 at 1745 local time, in the Greenville, SC area, off of I-85SOUTH bound between the lanes of woodruff road and laurens road, wyff channel 4 helicopter, N94TV, call sign ?sky 4? Was illuminated by a green laser five or six times, as stated…Incident 20131120022219IBell 206L-3 · Chesterfield, MOWhile conducting new hire training the applicant exceeded the aircraft torque limitation while performing a deceleration maneuver. Torque was 119 for zero seconds as recorded by onboard sensor equipment. Instructor landed the helicopter on runway 08 at sus.…Incident 20131119023139ICessna 500 · Tampa, FLOn November 19, 2013 at approximatley 01:17 EDT, N981CA, a Cessna 500 was on a departure roll at Tampa International Airport when it experienced multiple bird strikes. The crew aborted the takeoff and returned to the FBO. The aircraft sustained minor damage…Accident 20131119023009ALear 35 · Fort Lauderdale, FLAircraft in subject during take-off climb out segment declared an emergency with possible loss of engine power. The crew appears to have attempted to conduct an emergency landing in the ocean just north off the coast north of Fort Lauderdale international…Accident 20131119022229ACessna T210M · Cedaredge, COThe pilot departed torrence California (toa) enroute to aspen Colorado (ase). No flight plan was filed for the VFR flight. Near delta Colorado (1V9) while at approximately 13500 feet the pilot requested to pick up an IFR clearance from denver center (zdv).…Incident 20131118025809ICessna 177RG · Havasu City, AZDuring approach to land at Havasu City Airport on runway 32, [privacy data omitted] initiated the landing gear down selector switch prior to entering base. [privacy data omitted] Verified all gear down indicator lights for green illumination during approach.…Incident 20131118024479IBeech H35 · Laredo, TXUpon approach to landing at Laredo airport Laredo Texas, pilot did not verify gear landing light was on and gear indicator needle to down position. Pilot continued with landing and did not become aware gear was not down and locked until propeller made contact…