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 20130101000079ACessna 182P · Chiloquin, ORThe flight instructor and second pilot landed a C-182 aircraft on a closed runway covered with 18 inches of snow. During the roll out, they lost control of the airplane, and it was substanially damanged.Incident 20121231028979IBeech A36 · Georgetown, SCWhile this event occurred on 12/31/2012, the office was not aware of the incident until or notified until 1/14/2013. On landing at gge pilot stated that he felt the nose gear start to give away after touch down, he then added power and made a go-around. On…Accident 20121231028689APiper PA-24-250 · Mcallen, TXAircraft departed from runway 13 at Mcallen, TX (kmfe) at 0935 local. Pilot reported approximately 3 minutes later that the engine lost power and requested to return for landing. Kmfe tower offered runways 13 and 18, however the pilot requested runway 31. The…Accident 20121231028469ACessna 210A · Chandler, AZUpon climb out after completing a touch and go at chd, the engine lost all power on the upwind at 150 feet. The pilot applied the fuel boost pump and full rich mixture. The pilot was unable to reestablish power and made an off airport landing. During the…Accident 20121231028439AKaufmann Robert J Vans RV-10 · North Las Vegas, NVOn short final to runway 30L at the North Las Vegas airport, N104BK experienced a hard landing due to the loss of continuity in the elevator flight control system.Incident 20121231028389IAnderson R E/Abromavich L J Lancair 0-360 · Camarillo, CA12/31/2012 - The right main landing gear collapsed during roll out after landing. Inspection revealed that the torque link rod end had been bent and had failed.Incident 20121231028351IAirbus A320-232 · Ft Lauderdale, FLThe crew was cleared to taxi on a taxiway where aircraft are parked in close proximity to the taxiway. The captain saw that the tail of an us air aircraft was very close to the taxiway. He chose to move off the yellow line and thought he had clearance to pass…Accident 20121231027349ARaytheon A36 · Rutland, VTPilot completed a normal landing on runway 19. The runway and taxiways were snow covered. Pilot exited the runway and taxied to the ramp. He wanted to plug in his engine heater so he taxied to the area that had an electrical power outlet which was just past…Incident 20121230028299ICessna R182 · Waukegan, ILN4652T was de-iced at state college, pa (unv) then departed for Waukegan, IL (ugn). Upon arrival at (ugn) the nose gear unsafe indication alerted the pilot to flyby and have the tower confirm the nose gear was not down. The aircraft landed main gear down…Accident 20121230027699ARobidoux Lionel Wittman W 10 · Hobart, INPilot stated that after a half hour flight he returned to 3H0 for landing on runway 18. Weather was VFR with wind from the southwest at 10 mph, presenting less than a 5 mph crosswind component. The approach was normal, stable with an airspeed of 70 mph with…Incident 20121230027159IPiper PA-32R-300 · Adrain, MIOn landing rollout at approximately 50 KIAS, the aircraft drifted left of centerline and the PIC applied right rudder to correct the drift. The aircraft hit a patch of ice and slid into a snow bank on the edge of the runway causing the nose gear to collapse…Incident 20121230027149ICessna 172 · Greenville, ILAircraft landed on the road.Incident 20121229029129IGulfstream American AA-5B · Giddings, TX12/30/2012 Reponded to a notification that the aircraft made a diversionary landing at Giddings-Lee County Airport at approximately 17:45 on the night of 12/29/2012. During phone conversations it was decided to move the aircraft off of the runway and onto the…Accident 20121229028759AMckenzie Greg Lancair IV-P Turbine · Santee, CAThe pilot departed kmyf on a VFR flight. After departure the pilot flew into class b airspace without clearance. The kmyf ATCT handed the pilot off to socal TRACON. The radar track showed the aircraft at varying altitudes and as fast as 230 KTS initially.…Incident 20121229028269IEurocopter EC 130 B4 · Las Vegas, NVLandmark 51, N663SH, an EC-130 helicopter departed on a tour flight from the Las Vegas mccarran airport. Shortly after departure, the right main gear box cowling opened during flight. Due to an unusual shutter during take off, landmark 51 returned to the…Accident 20121229028249ABell 407 · Big Lake, TXOn 12/29/2012 at approximately 11:53 am CST, the helicopter lost power causing the aircraft to make a hard landing in which the main rotor came in contact with the tail and cut off the tail rotor assembly and portions of the stabilizer. There was a patient…Incident 20121229027139IBeech 24R · Bountiful, UTPilot stated he forgot to extend the gear while looking for helicopter traffic.Incident 20121228028819IMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) · Fort Wayne, INAt approx 1515EST local, gl-roc informed this office that at 1805Z, allegiant flt 959 enroute from ksbn to kpgd with 154 persons on board, had declared an emergency and diverted to kfwa due to a "cargo fire warning light". It was also reported that, during…Incident 20121228028579ICessna 210L · Pahokee, FL12/28/2012: Aircraft was on a 14CFR135 flight from ktpa-kopf when the pilot noted an alternator failure and smelt smoke. Pilot declared and emergency and diverted to kphk and landed without incident. Maintenance inspected the aircraft and noted electrical…Incident 20121228028479ICessna 172R · Mesa, AZPilot was providing instruction in practice area and was returning to phoenix-Mesa gateway (iwa). He noticed that the display on the garmin 430 (nav/com 1) was flickering. The garmin 430 then shut down and restarted. Shortly after the unit restarted it shut…Accident 20121228027599ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Renton, WAOn December 28, 2012, at approximately 1015 pacific standard time, a Bell model 407 helicopter, registration number N407KS, operated by the king county sheriff's department as a 14 CFR part 91 public aircraft, sustained a tail rotor ground strike and hard…Accident 20121227028939ACessna 172R · Redding, CAOn 12/27/2012 at 0730 PST, a CFI and student were preparing for flight in a non-movement area when the engine quit when the CFI leaned the aircraft for taxi. The aircraft wouldn't restart. The CFI told the student to turn off the master and mags prior to both…Incident 20121227027639IBoeing 737-7H4 · Islip, NYPIC & SIC failed to obtain ATC ground clearance for push back onto active taxiway. Subsequently flight crew given instructions to taxi to rwy 6 via twy 's' & 'a'. PIC taxies off pavement oftwy 's' when he failed to turn aircraft at bend in twy 's' adjacent to…Incident 20121227027569IRaytheon B200 · Little Rock, ARPilot stated while taxiing to ramp, was confused by signals from ground crew. Left wingtip contacted central aviation crew van parked on ramp. No structural damage to aircraft. Counciled pilot of importance of being aware of surroundings while moving on ramp.Incident 20121227027559IRaytheon 400A · Bedford, MA12/27/12 At aprox 1930Z the flight crew of aircraft N48MF performed a high speed aborted takeoff on runway 11 because as the flight crew stated" they felt a vibration as the speed neared V1" . The flight crew stated the aircraft begain to yaw and slide…Accident 20121227027539APiper PA-32-301 · Middle Bass Isl, OHAirman stated he had departed port clinton airport (kpcw) on 12/27/2012 in order to deliver the U.S. Mail to north Bass island (3X5) and Middle Bass island (3T7). As airman approached Middle Bass island (3T7), airman elected to conduct a short filed landing…Incident 20121226029249IBoeing 767-323 · Jamaica, NYAir turn back due to a flight attendant injury when finger was lacerated by 2 food carts. First aid was administered and the laceration required a few stitches. The patient was discharged immediately after treatment. No discrepancy was reported by the crew…Accident 20121226028799AMckay Gene RV-9A · St. Simons Isla, GAOn December 26 at 1853 this inspector was notified by the regional operations center of an accident at the st Simons airport (kssi) which occurred at 1800 LCL. Arrived at the ssi airport at 0200 am on December 27th and was met by [privacy data omitted] the…Accident 20121226028609AMcdonnell Douglas MD-11F · Memphis, TNWhile being marshalled into the "e" deice pad, FDX1480 struck a deice truck at the #8 slat. The NTSB classified the event as an accident due to the extensive wing damage. After investigation, fdea found the cause of the accident to be supervisory error…Incident 20121226028319IEmbraer EMB-145XR · Lincoln, NEFlaps failed and stuck at 18 deg. On final. Emergency landing declared.Incident 20121225028449IBoeing 747-451 · Anchorage, AKFrom the statement provided from the crew, the PIC was piloting the aircraft during take-off from atl enroute to nrt. The SIC reported hearing a ?thump? When he raised the gear. Once they raised the flaps, a slight vibration was observed and members of the…Incident 20121225028259IBoeing 737-7H4 · Omaha, NEFuel imbalance noted while in cruise, crossfeed inop. 2400 lbs noted in left tank and 3100 lbs in right.Incident 20121224029079ICessna T210F · Grosse Ile Town, MIDuring a local training flight at the Grosse ile airport (konz) in Grosse ile township, MI on Monday, December 24, 2012 at approximately 1:10PM eastern time, a 1965 Cessna T210F, s/n T210-0018 (N210MR) fixed wing, single engine, high-wing aircraft made a…Incident 20121224029069IBrocke Rodney A Kitfox 4-1200 · MIOn Monday, December 24, 2012 at approximately 4:30PM eastern time, a 1996 experimental amateur-built Kitfox 4-1200, single engine, piston powered, high wing aircraft experienced an incident in which the aircraft became inverted after landing on an unimproved…Accident 20121224028839ASeguine Bruce K Swift II · San Antonio, TXAircraft rotated normally however pilot initiated a high angle of attack causing aircraft to loose lift due to low airflow over wings which resulted in loss of aileron control. Aircraft yawed to left and crashed into a resident back yard adjacent to runway.…Accident 20121224028779ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Mcallen, TXAircraft, a Bell BH-407 helicopter N489AE, was positioned onto the helipad facing south toward the hangar for a patient transfer mission. A sister aircraft, N499AE, was parked just off the pad parallel and slightly aft along the west side. Following run-up…Accident 20121224028719APiper PA-31-350 · Leesburg, FLAircraft departed eagles nest, crescent city Florida, at approximately 14:05 headed to Leesburg regional airport. Aircraft was approximately 12 miles from Leesburg airport when the pilot declared low fuel and requested straight in approach. Tower cleared for…Incident 20121224027619ICessna 550 · Okmulgee, OKDeer struck the belly of the aircraft and produced minor damage. Both pilots described seeing the deer in a flash from the right side before impact. The airman then decided to set the aircraft down without further incident.Incident 20121223028899ICessna 172P · Bay Head, NJAt approx 1530 on 12/23/12, a CE-172P, N5404K, s/n 17274096, reported a loss of engine power at 1500 ft MSL while conducting aerial survey of hurricane sandy ravaged areas while in straight and level cruise flight. An emergency was declared with mcguire…Accident 20121223028589APiper PA-28RT-201T · Boca Raton, FLOn dec 23, 2012 at 13:15 local time at (kbct) Boca Raton Airport, N4340G taxied to RW5 to begin a local flight to air glades airport. Run-up showed no problems. After lift-off gear-up rotation was begun. At about 100 ft AGL engine power stopped, propeller…Incident 20121223028309IEmbraer EMB-145XR · Omaha, NEAircraft experienced pressurization problem and returned to airport. Manual pressurization inop.Accident 20121223028019ARobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Corcoran, MNOn December 23, 2012, [privacy data omitted] landed at a residential area. Aircraft spun and struck a trailer. Fuel tanks ruptured and fire consumed aircraft.Accident 20121223027919ACharland Tim Vortex · Welton, AZAt approximately 1427 local time on 12/23/12 at a rural location near Welton, AZ. [privacy data omitted] Contacted emergency 911 service indicating the crash of N618TC. [privacy data omitted] States in his report to yuma county sheriff [privacy data…Incident 20121223027899IMooney M20F · Lakeville, MNShortly after takeoff from mic, aircraft experienced an electrical system failure. Pilot decided to leave class b airspace and flew to fcm. Upon approaching fcm, pilot initiated manual extension of the landing gear by actuating the manual gear crank. Pilot…Incident 20121223027889IChampion 7GCAA · Lihue, HIN6319N was in the traffic pattern, for runway 3, performing touch and goes at lih when on climb out of the 3rd pattern at about 300-400 feet he experienced a drop in rpm's and the engine began to run rough. He then declared an emergency, made a 160 degree…Incident 20121223027509IBeech 300 · Winchester, VAOn landing rollout, the BE-300 impacted a deer with the right engine propeller. Pilot was already in ground fine prior to impact. Incident was unavoidable due to close proximitty to the deer. Aircraft taxied safely to the ramp and shut down.Accident 20121223027499APiper PA-28R-200 · Slate Run, PAThe aircraft departed youngstown elser metro airport (4G4), bound for kingston-ulster airport (20N), was operating under VFR at 7,500 feet MSL, and was receiving flight following from new york center. The engine failed and apparently seized. As there were no…Incident 20121222028659IMcdonnell Douglas MD-11F · Miami, FLOn December 22, 2012 at approximately 1243Z (0743 LCL) flight CWC460, operated by sky lease I, inc. using aircraft N951AR landed at Miami International Airport, runway 27 and was cleared to their ramp located at the western cargo "u". At approximately 1305Z…Accident 20121222028229ABeech 95-B55 (T42A) · Las Cruces, NMOn December 22, 2012 at 1648 MST, N30WC, a Beech BE-95-B55, crashed approximately 3 miles southeast of the Las Cruces, NM airport. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the pilot sustained minor injuries. The commercially rated pilot was also the owner…Incident 20121222027329IEmbraer EMB-145LR · Philadelphia, PA12/22/2012, 06:20 EST; Philadelphia international airport (kphl) reported, chautauqua airlines flight 4752, an EMB-145LR, serial number 145355, N277SK returned to kphl. The flight crew noticed an electrical odor shortly after take-off and subsequently…