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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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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT report_number, event_date, event_type, city, state, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, aircraft_damage, fatal_injuries, n_number
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_incident_report.parquet'
  ORDER BY event_date DESC, report_number DESC"

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SELECT report_number, event_date, event_type, city, state, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, aircraft_damage, fatal_injuries, n_number
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_incident_report.parquet'
ORDER BY event_date DESC, report_number DESC

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Accident 20121213028349ALawson Donald B DB-1 · Crossville, TNAircraft [privacy data omitted] and pilot at the time of the accident [privacy data omitted] had an auto governor kit installed on this aircraft. Auto governor was a kit made specifically for the rotorway exec and it was installed by an airframe and…Dec 13, 2012 · N828X · Substantial damage Incident 20121213028189IPiper PA-34-200T · Teterboro, NJAircraft departed from university park airport, pa (unv). Pilot in comand stated that aircraft lost all electrical power inbound to Teterboro Airport (teb). He further stated that he used his transponder to ident and Teterboro tower turned on runway lights to…Dec 13, 2012 · N31629 · No damage Accident 20121213028099ACessna 172P · Murfreesboro, TNStudent pilot was solo, practicing for his private pilot checkride. He was attempting a soft field takeoff, in which he had completed before, he loss control on takeoff roll and departed centerline of rwy 36 to the left (west) and travel approximatly 1000…Dec 13, 2012 · N54500 · Substantial damage Incident 20121213026679IBombardier CL-600-2B19 · Bakersfield, CAWhile on takeoff departure roll from bfl rwy 30R, aircraft struck a large flock of birds (type unknown). The pilot in command (PIC) requested to return to bfl due to vibrations from the #1 or left engine. The PIC did not declare an emergency. The aircraft…Dec 13, 2012 · N957SW · Minor damage Incident 20121212028599ISocata TBM 700 · Alcoa, TNThe incident flight departed richmond, Virginia (ofp) en route to knoxville, Tennessee (tys) at approximately 1230Z. Upon contact with knoxville approach, the pilot was vectored for a visual approach to runway 05R. The pilot entered a long right downwind for…Dec 12, 2012 · N194CS · Minor damage Incident 20121212028079IBombardier CL-600-2B19 · St Louis, MOStl tower reported that pinnacle FLG3954 (N832AY) cvg-stl blew a tire on landing with no damage or injuries. Contacted pinnacle airlines maintenance control as aircraft was returned to service at time of notification of event. Pinnacle reported that the LH…Dec 12, 2012 · N832AY · Minor damage Incident 20121211028399IPiper PA-31-310 · Watford City, NDA small flame with a lot of smoke came from the auto-pilot control unit on the lower part of the throttle quadrant. Aircraft landed without incident, no injuries.Dec 11, 2012 · N42CF · No damage Incident 20121211028289IAirbus Industrie A319-112 · St Louis, MOOn December 11, 2012 usaa flight 1667 experienced what is thought to be clear air turbulence at or near FL 390. The aircraft continued to stl and landed without incident. Ambulance met the aircraft and evaluated the crew and passengers, one passenger was…Dec 11, 2012 · N721UW · No damage Accident 20121211027629ARobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Rawlins, WYOn 12/11/12, N4073Q, an R44 helicopter, abrubtly impacted the ground shortly after takoff from ralings, WY airport. The aircraft sustained substancial damage. Two persons on board, one sustained a minor injurie.Dec 11, 2012 · N4073Q · Substantial damage Accident 20121211027059APiper PA-18-150 · Okaton, SDPilot stated that he had left the hanger doors open on Sunday, 12/08/12 and that a layer of snow approx. 8 inches thick had accumulated on the top of the wings after a storm passed through the area. On 12/10/12 the pilot[privacy data omitted] pulled the…Dec 11, 2012 · N3471Z · Substantial damage Accident 20121211027029AAuman JL T-51 · Dekalb, ILOn December 11, 2012 at 1545 CST, an experimental amatuer built aicraft, NX512JA, departing Dekalb Taylor municipal airport runway 20, lost power. The certificated pilot declared an emergency. The aircraft landed in a plowed corn field 1 mile from the end of…Dec 11, 2012 · N512JA · Substantial damage Incident 20121211026869IMooney M20F · Stockton, CAPilot flying, (pf) [privacy data omitted], and PIC [privacy data omitted], attempted take-off in a Mooney M-20 on rwy 29L, at Stockton Municipal Airport. On rotation, pf experienced unusual nose heavy condition. Pf aborted take-off and began braking. The PIC…Dec 11, 2012 · N7183V · Minor damage Accident 20121211026699ALiberty Aerospace XL-2 · Lynchburg, VAThe student pilot was on a solo cross country flight. The student pilot lost control on landing. The aircraft struck hard on the nose wheel and the propeller struck the runway. The nose wheel came off and aircraft traveled off of the runway.Dec 11, 2012 · N208AU · Substantial damage Accident 20121210028619ADiamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Lake Park, GABy evidence of the crash site the aircraft appeared to have had a controlled flight into the trees and the ground at a low angle and high velocity destroying the aircraft and fataly injuring the pilot.Dec 10, 2012 · N840DS · Destroyed · 1 fatal Accident 20121210027259AMBB BK 117 A-3 · Compton, ILOn December 10, 2012, at approximately 2016 central standard time (CST) an Eurocopter BK-117A-3, N911BK, operated as "react one", was destroyed when it impacted a farm field while attempting to return to rockford memorial hospital, rockford, Illinois. The…Dec 10, 2012 · N911BK · Destroyed · 3 fatal Incident 20121210026859IPiper PA-31-325 · Jonesboro, ARDescription of incident: on December 10, 2012 at approximately 1705 CST, navajo N445FM flown by a private rated pilot with instrument rating failed to extend landing gear prior to touchdown and landed aircraft gear up. Causal and/or contributing factors:…Dec 10, 2012 · N445FM · Minor damage Incident 20121210026729IBeech C90 · Long Beach, CAIn VMC cruise flight in route to mit from crq at 16,000 ft approximately 15 miles south of lgb the pilot and passenger noticed an electrical smell in the airplane followed by a trace of smoke in the cabin. The pilot declared an emergency with los angeles…Dec 10, 2012 · N11SN · No damage Incident 20121209029229IBoeing 737-8Q8 · Jamaica, NYAfter pushing aircraft back from jfk iat gate 31 to startup point 3 for departure and coming to a complete stop the captain set the aircraft brakes per the instructions from ground crew. Once at the startup point the ground crew began the towbar and tug…Dec 9, 2012 · N804SY · Minor damage Incident 20121209027859ICessna 172S · Vero Beach, FLStudent pilot on solo training flight. Aircraft made a normal landing runway 11 at kvrb. On roll out pilot attempted a turn off at taxiway F2. Aircraft ground speed was excessive and aircraft departed taxiway to the left hit 3 taxi lights continued across…Dec 9, 2012 · N447ER · No damage Accident 20121209026999AMerritt Leslie R Kelly D · Brandon, MSDuring climb out engine lost power. Aircraft crashed into wooded area.Dec 9, 2012 · N5172S · Substantial damage Incident 20121209026899ICessna 750 · Ontario, CAOn approach to sna, trailing edge wing flaps failed to extend from position "0". Flight crew declared an emergency landing and diverted to ont for a zero flap landing without incident.Dec 9, 2012 · N753XJ · No damage Incident 20121209026709IChampion 7ECA · Buckeye, AZN9673S, Champion 7ECA, tehachapi, CA to Buckeye, AZ, crashed in a field 30 miles w of Buckeye under unknown circumstances at 091545PST. POB: one, injuries: none, damage: minor, no ATC svc.Dec 9, 2012 · N9673S · Minor damage Incident 20121208028749IBeech B200 · Anchorage, AK12/08/2012 A/c taxiied through snow patches prior to departure kenai airport (paen). A/c landed Anchorage international airport (panc) from kenai municipal airport (paen). On landing at panc aircraft main landing gear brakes frozen. Aircraft was shut down on…Dec 8, 2012 · N74GS · No damage Accident 20121208027799ACessna 421C · Lantana, FLAfter take off and less than half a mile from departure end of runway 03, at Lantana airport west Palm Beach, N297DB a Cessna 421 aircraft crash landed in a adjacent airport park. The pilot was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed.Dec 8, 2012 · N297DB · Destroyed · 1 fatal Incident 20121208027589ICannon City, COOn 8/12/2012 [privacy data omitted] was completing her 7th parachute sky dive. She had completed 5 tandem and 1 static line jumps previously. After the jump and successful parachute deployment, her statement was: she attempted to grab the steering toggle…Dec 8, 2012 · No damage Accident 20121208026849ANorth American T-28C · Temple, TXDuring cruise pilot reported engine became silent with no prior warning, decision was made to make emergency gear up landing in dirt field, minor injury to pilot and aircraft fire wall and spar damage.Dec 8, 2012 · N280JM · Substantial damage Incident 20121208026329ICessna 150F · Mount Airy, NCAircraft departed with tow bar attached to the nose gear. Upon landing, the tow bar impacted the propeller blades, causing damage to the outboard leading edges.Dec 8, 2012 · N3034X · Minor damage Incident 20121207029059ICessna 172P · Mason, TXPilot was at cruise when he noticed noise at front of aircraft then noise turned into a hard vibration and smoke coming from the front cowl. The propeller was under extreme load. Pilot decided to make an engine off landing on a county road. Aircraft landed…Dec 7, 2012 · N253RA · Minor damage Accident 20121207028789ACessna 172M · Arcola, TXOn 12/07/2012, at approximately 15:00 CST N172BJ, Cessna, model 172M, lost power, after take off, and made an emergency off airport landing into a field, approxamately 1 mile from Houston Southwest Airport (axh), Arcola, Texas. On landing roll out, the…Dec 7, 2012 · N172BJ · Substantial damage Accident 20121207028009AHughes 369D · Mt. Wilson, CAAircraft was near Mt. Wilson California in cruise flight with the doors removed. A pair of unsucured headsets departed the cabin and impacted the tail rotor (t/r). Aircraft landed safely. T/r damage and twisting evidence on t/r drive shaft required the…Dec 7, 2012 · N818CE · Minor damage Accident 20121207027909ABellanca 7ECA · Tehachapi, CAOn 12/07/12, aircraft departed santa paula airport (szp) enroute to Tehachapi airport (tsp). Pilot flew into fog during approach to Tehachapi (tsp). Aircraft impacted the ground 1.5 miles east of the airport in a plowed field. Aircraft sustained substantial…Dec 7, 2012 · N8595V · Substantial damage Accident 20121207027839ARobinson Helicopter R44 II · Roosevelt, AZThe helicopter was descending from the four peaks mountains (approximately 6,000-7000FT) towards Roosevelt lake (approximately 2100FT). The helicopter pilot stated he lost situational awareness and his separation from the water. He stated the water was clear…Dec 7, 2012 · N557AC · Destroyed Accident 20121207027339ACessna 501 · Grand Forks, NDOn December 7, 2012, about 2234 central standard time, a Cessna 501 airplane, N212M, was Substantially damaged during recovery from an in-flight upset while departing from detroit Lakes airport (kdtl), detroit lakes, Minnesota. The two pilots and four…Dec 7, 2012 · N212M · Substantial damage Accident 20121207027019AEnstrom F-28C · Abilene, TXCFI was completing a dual cross country flight after a stop in brownwood for lunch before returned to Abilene, Texas (abi). Engine lost power, in cruise flight 2 miles east of abi because of fuel exhaustion. The engine faltered and started sputtering and…Dec 7, 2012 · N574H · Substantial damage Incident 20121207026662IEmbraer ERJ 170-100SU · Washington, DCOn December 7, 2012 at 1724 local (2224 z), contact was made between a us air Airbus and a republic airlines embraier 170 in the run-up block of runway 19 at Washington Reagan National airport (dca). The us air flight 750 was positioned in the run-up block…Dec 7, 2012 · N813MA · Minor damage Incident 20121207026319ICessna 172S · Englewood, COWhile on approach to runway 28 at apa aircraft encountered a bird strike breaking the aircraft windscreen. Both the instructor pilot and student pilot received minor facial lacerations.Dec 7, 2012 · N415RJ · Minor damage Accident 20121206029099ALsa America Allegro · Adrian, MIThe CFI and student were performing touch and go and they where on their second approach. The student was having difficulty aligning the aircraft with centerline. The CFI told the student to perform a go around. The student added power and the aircraft…Dec 6, 2012 · N448SS · Destroyed Incident 20121206027989IPiper PA-24-180 · Lewisburg, TNPilot completed checklist twice, upon second completion of checklist when he read landing down he noted the landing gear selector was down so he pulled the landing gear handle up, then watch the amber light come on. Completed landing with gear up.Dec 6, 2012 · N7317P · Minor damage Incident 20121206027439IAirbus A-330-202 · Boston, MAAircraft left engine cowling struck jetway while taxing to gate in Boston, MA on 12/6/2012 at approximately 1405 EST.Dec 6, 2012 · Minor damage Incident 20121206027049IPiper PA-42 · Gulf Shores, ALPilot was lowering gear and realized that gear would extend but he could not confirm the gear was locked. Made several attempts to confirm gear was down and locked. Consulted checklist. Diverted to Gulf Shores (jka) for landing since maintenance provider for…Dec 6, 2012 · N190CA · Minor damage Accident 20121206025579ACirrus Design SR22 · Eden Prairie, MNPilot had loaded the aircraft for his return trip home , completed his preflight inspection, and removed the chocks. After his preflight, his wife boarded the aircraft and occupied the front right (passenger) seat. The pilot attempted to start the aircraft…Dec 6, 2012 · N8161M · Substantial damage Accident 20121205028279AStinson 108-2 · Bolivar, MODuring cruise flight near Bolivar, MO, the engine lost power and the pilot made a forced landing in a field. On approach to the field, the aircraft contacted an electrical power line, causing the aircraft to land short and hard, breaking the left main landing…Dec 5, 2012 · N8775K · Substantial damage Accident 20121205027549AMooney M20E · Gurdon, AROn December 5, 2012 at 1200 CST, a Mooney M20E, N9493V, collided with a ditch during following an off airport emergency landing. The intended airport was Gurdon municipal airport, in Gurdon Arkansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and…Dec 5, 2012 · N9493V · Substantial damage Incident 20121205027429ICessna 150G · Harper, TXPilot reported during cruise flight at 6,500' engine suddenly sputtered and began to lose power. Decided to make emergency landing in field. No injury or aircraft damage.Dec 5, 2012 · N2252J · No damage Accident 20121204028329ACassutt Sport Racer · Collegedale, TNThe aircraft was found in a wooded area upside down with the canopy and wings against the ground lying on the top portion of a small ravine. The ravine had anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of standing water mixed with mud and was approximately 3 to five feet in…Dec 4, 2012 · N9CA · Substantial damage · 1 fatal Accident 20121204026289APiper PA-32-300 · Easton, MDAircraft landed at esn on rwy 22. During roll out the aircaft departed the rwy, hit navigation equipment, crossed a ditch and the nose gear collapsed.Dec 4, 2012 · N2835W · Substantial damage Accident 20121204026099ABeech 58 · Manhattan, ILMr. Larry diffley was the pilot in command of N4016A during a pipeline mission. He departed bemidji airport, bemidji, MN (kbji) for the pipeline mission which was scheduled to end at joliet airport, joliet, IL (kjot). During the mission Mr. Diffley lost…Dec 4, 2012 · N4016A · Destroyed · 1 fatal Accident 20121203028739ABeech F90 · Knoxville, TNDescription: at the completion of a company initial flight training for a new hire pilot the aircraft was taxied close to an adjacent shade hanger. A hard point turn was attempted to better align the aircraft for subsequent planned towing operations. While…Dec 3, 2012 · N44PA · Substantial damage Accident 20121203028509ACessna 208B · Mekoryuk, AKAccording to a statement from one of the aircrewman, they departed myu on rwy 5. The co-pilot was at the controls during take off. At approximately 1000 feet MSL an audible "snap" was heard and the engine began to loose power and sparks were seen coming from…Dec 3, 2012 · N169LJ · Substantial damage Accident 20121202027779ACessna 172F · Albemarle, NCInstructor pilot [privacy data omitted] and student pilot [privacy data omitted] were in process of a supervised solo. Instructor [privacy data omitted] could not get the engine started and ran down the battery. The student [privacy data omitted] was outside…Dec 2, 2012 · N8475U · Minor damage