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 20121003022809ARobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Rockport, WAOctober 03, 2012 N80140 a Robinson R22 helicopter departed Skagit Regional Airport (kbvs) to the north towards Mt. Baker climbing to approximately 4500 feet above ground level (AGL) for a personal sightseeing flight. At 1330 pilot and passenger noticed a…Incident 20121003022569IPiper PA-24-250 · Payola, KSThe pilot was on a visual approach to runway 3 at Miami County Airport, (K81) in paola, KS, in N7920P, PA-24-250 commanche and subsequently landed with the landing gear in the retracted position. After landing the aircraft slid off the side of the runway,…Accident 20121003022479ASanders Ben G III DR-107 · Midland, VAPilot was new to aircraft and was doing a practice landing when she failed to flare enough to clear the end of the runway and caught the runway edge concrete with the left main gear. Gear detached taking a chunk of the wing and aircraft continued down the…Incident 20121002024199IAerospatiale AS 355F2 · Lumberton, NJMaintenance had been performed prior to the flight on the left engine (remove, inspect, clean & reinstall the magnetic chip detector plugs). The mechanic stated he closed and secured the left engine cowling after he completed the maintenance task. The pilot…Incident 20121002022989IBeech A36 · Middletown, PAThe subject aircraft was on an IFR flight from (T90) to (1N9). Deteriorating landing conditions in NJ. And eastern pa. Resulted in the flight diverting from (1N9) to (teb) to (abe) then to (MDT). The diversions resulted in a critically low fuel level. During…Accident 20121002022779ACirrus Design SR20 · Eden Prairie, MNAircraft was landing on runway 18 and touched down approximately 1100 feet past the threshold. Length of runway 18 is 2691 feet. After touchdown the pilot initially applied light braking. With about 550 feet of the runway left the pilot attempted to stop by…Accident 20121002022429APiper PA-28-180 · Beatty, NVSee item 43 below.Incident 20121002021649IPiper PA-38-112 · Bozman, MTOn October 2, 2012, a Piper PA-38-112, was conducting flight instruction and experienced an in flight emergency when the aircraft engine failed. The aircraft landed in a field northwest of the airport (kbzn). Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the…Accident 20121002020999ACessna 310I · South Burlingto, VTOn October 2, 2012, at approximately 0900 local time, a Cessna 310I, N8025M was substantially damaged at Burlington International Airport (btv), south Burlington, VT, when the left main landing gear collapsed as the aircraft was exiting runway 15 onto taxiway…Incident 20121001023499ICessna T210N · Lawrence, MAOn October 1, 2012 the pilot, a safety pilot / CFI, and one passenger (pilot's daughter) were preparing to depart klwm for a flight. The pilot elected to bring along a CFI due to unfamiliarity with de-icing equipment and the possibility of an encounter with…Incident 20121001022379IRichardson Calvin R Zenith 601 XL · Chico, CAA narrative statement from pilot[privacy data omitted].on the morning of October 1, 2012 at approximately 0845 I took off from Chico Airport requesting a right hand departure. The airplane was handling well as usual my oil pressure was steady at 76 lbs. Oil…Accident 20121001020369AStewart Mw/Stewart JD Sonerai 2L · Titusville, FLPilot stated that he smelled fuel odor in cockpit on takeoff. Pilot executed a 180 turn and returned aircraft to airport. Aircraft landed hard and departed runway.Accident 20120930025869AAgusta A109E · Eastland, TXOn September 30, 2012, at approximately 09:36 CDT, N144CF an augusta A109E helicopter, operated by careflite was destroyed when it impacted terrain approximately six miles south east of Eastland airport (etn) located in Eastland, Texas. The helicopter was…Accident 20120930024249ATeam MINI-MAX 1300-R · Chula Vista, CAN1532W, a mini max special light sport aircraft lost engine power. Pilot initiated off-airport landing in soccer field. Aircraft substantialy damaged; pilot was not injured.Accident 20120930023619ARobinson Helicopter R44 · Nocona, TXOn September 30, 2012, at approximately 1759 CST, a Robinson R-44 helicopter, N8341W, crashed into lake Nocona, Texas. The pilot was providing a flight over lake Nocona for two friends who were passengers on board the aircraft. The aircraft struck the water…Accident 20120930023279ACessna 182A · Port Lions, AKPilot attempted takeoff from shotgun lake. Aircraft could not produce enough air speed to lift off. Aircraft ran aground on floats and flipped over.Accident 20120930022959AAir Creation Tanarg · San Carlos, AZAircraft N2751N departed from safford (ksad) at approximately 1245 local Arizona time. A statement was taken from a witness who was a family member. The witness states that both family members were flying their own aircraft. The witness states the flight was…Accident 20120930022769ACessna 182P · Senachwine Town, ILThe aircraft was a Cessna 182P modified for short takeoff and landing (stol). The aircraft was operated from the pilot's privately owned grass runway. The pilot stated the wind was a light quartering headwind from the right. The pilot attempted a short field…Accident 20120930022589AMcdonnell Douglas Heli 369FF · Decorah, IAN530KD departed kfod with a destination of kdeh. 58 minutes into the flight the low fuel caution light eluminated, 2-3 minutes later the engine flamed out and the aircraft was entered into auto-rotation. N530KD had a hard landing on the skids, bounced back up…Incident 20120930022559IDassault Falcon 2000 · Omaha, NEAircraft experienced a vibration in the left engine followed by a drop in oil pressure. Pressure dropped from 35 PSI to 17 PSI in 15 seconds. Engine shut down and aircraft diverted to koma.Incident 20120930022419IBoeing E75 · Chino, CAOn 10/01/2012, N4798V was landing at cno airport. Upon landing the aircraft left the runway into the grass and then returned to the runway resulting in no damage or injuries.Incident 20120930021609IPiper PA-18A 150 · Chugiak, AKDuring an instructional flight, the flight instructor (CFI) was evaluating a student for re-solo. During the landing roll out the aircraft experienced a slight yaw to the right which caused it to leave the center line of rwy 20R at pabv (student flying).the…Accident 20120930021489AQuest Kodiak 100 · Anchorage, AKOn September 30, 2012, about 1545 Alaska daylight savings time, an amphibious- equipped kodiak 100 airplane, N745, sustained substantial damage while landing on spenard lake, Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage, Alaska. The aircraft is registered to united…Incident 20120930021449IEstumkeda Ltd DBA Micco Acft MAC-145B · Vero Beach, FLN107ST landed at vrb and discovered that his tail wheel had lost its rubber casting.Accident 20120930021249AKeuthan Buccaneer II · Granite Quarry, NCOn September 30, 2012 at approximately 1755 EST. Experimental ultra-light aircraft, N710WP, experienced a forced landing in Granite Quarry, north carolina. The pilot (sole occupant) and aircraft were approximately 4.5 miles away from rowan county airport, his…Incident 20120930020989IHawker MK 11 SEA Fury · Kenosha, WIAircraft landed gear up on runway 7 left.Incident 20120930020979ICirrus Design SR20 · St. Paul, MNStudent pilot on 4th landing of first solo flight following endorsement for solo landed on runway 14. Aircraft bounced 3 or 4 times came down on the nose gear and struck propeller on runway before setting down on main gear. Aircraft was able to taxi off…Incident 20120930019759IDehavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter · Williamstown, NJAt approximately 12:30PM, a licensed skydiver who holds a uspa c-license with about approximately 255 jumps, made a skydive in Williamstown, NJ at skydive cross keys. The jumper is not affiliated with any particular skydiving club. The jumper made a group…Accident 20120929026629ABuckeye 582 Dream Machine · North Huntingdo, PAPowered parachute contacted the trees with the canopy. The aircraft then contacted the tree prior to falling approximately 50' to 60'. The aircraft came to a rest at the bottom of the tree. Two occupants on board were injured and taken to local hospitals.Incident 20120929025349IShanklin Max L Capella XLS · Winchester, INOn September 29 2012, 1130, N187MS experimental amateur built aircraft, was being operated for pleasure enroute to neil armstrong airport, lima, OH. The aircraft encountered an inflight engine seizure at an altitude of 3500 feet. The amateur built aircraft…Accident 20120929024539AHenrie Raymond Zenith CH 701 Stol · Ashland, MSOn 9-26-2012 at approximately 1315, N234RH, a zenith 701 homebuilt aircraft crashed into trees on take-off from MS14, a private grass airstrip. The aircraft after take-off, crashed into trees to the right of the runway, fell straight down (30-40 feet) to the…Incident 20120929023299ICessna 180 · Kotzebue, AKPilot was on take off roll and the right axle broke causing the aircraft to veer to the right causing the right wing damage.Accident 20120929023079AJabiru USA Sport J170-SP · Goshen, INAt approximately 0930 eastern standard time a student pilot was practicing a soft field takeoff from runway 27 in a Jabiru, J-170-SP, light sport aircraft. The weather conditions taken from the ASOS reading at 0935 were clear, visibility was 10 miles, the…Incident 20120929022879ICessna 310P · Long Beach, CAPilot reported to tower that the right engine was spewing oil and running rough while on a 3 mile final for Long Beach runway 30. Long Beach tower declared the emergency and cleared the aircraft to land. Pilot taxied the airplane back to its hangar under its…Incident 20120929022869ICessna 172M · Fort Stockton, TXOn September 29, 2012 at approximately 12:40 CDT, N509R a Cessna 172, impacted the runway at Fort Stockton-pecos county airport (kfst) located in Fort Stockton, Texas. Pilot was intending to land on runway 12 when he realized the aircraft was in a nose down…Accident 20120929022219ACessna 150M · Fredericksburg, VAIt appears that the aircraft was in a high angle of attack and got too slow after takeoff. Result was a stall-spin from approximately 200 feet, impacting the ground, nose first.Accident 20120929021749ACessna 180 · Huntington, UTPilot stated that after rotation he incountered a micro burst causing the aircraft to bank 90 deg left causing the right gear to colaspe and the right outboard wing to contact the ground breaking the outboard 20 % of the wing to bend up and the wing strut to…Incident 20120929021439IAeronca 7AC · Hall'S Crossing, UTLanding, the tail wheele contacted the groung and the mains bounced causing the aircraft to vear to the left, the left gear hit a runway sign colaspining the left gear, the prop struck the groung stoping the engine, the aircraft slid to a stop.Incident 20120929020949IAerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 · Duluth, MNAircraft departed msp. Ramp personnel contacted msp tower stating they thought a tire fell off aircraft on departure. Airport authority and pilot were notified. Runway was inspected and no tire found. Approximately 50 minutes later, pilot declared an…Incident 20120929020169ICessna 172M · Fort Lauderdale, FL[privacy data omitted] Was endorsed by his instructor for second solo flight at fxe airport. After clear to land of runway 08, he landed and during landing roll the right brake lock and he loss control of the airplane went across the grass and stop on taxiway…Incident 20120928023759IPiper PA-44-180 · Deland, FLWhile performing a simulated engine inoperative approach and landing on runway 5 at Deland Municipal Airport, Deland, Florida, student failed to extend landing gear and flight instructor failed to notice student's error. As propeller tips struck runway the…Incident 20120928023679ICessna 172R · Valley View, TXOn September 28, 2012, at approximately 1948 local, a Cessna CE-172R aircraft sustained minor damage during an forced landing in a pasture near Valley View, TX. The instructor and pilot-in-command, [privacy data omitted], commercial pilot certificate no.…Accident 20120928023309AAviat A-1 · Fairbanks, AKN36LE was just released from an annual inspection. Pilot was relocating the aircraft from Fairbanks international to Chena Marina. Pilot stated the mechanic removed six pounds of ballast from the tail and was not sure why the ballast was installed but could…Incident 20120928022919ILearjet 60 · Teterboro, NJImmediately after brake release, during takeoff, nose steering warning sounded, followed by immediate yaw left. Crew promptly executed abort, but left main and nose went slightly off runway edge. No damage.Accident 20120928022849ABeech V35A · Torrance, CASeptember 28,2012 at approximately 1510 hrs PDT Beechcraft bonanza N6278V crossed the infield grass area between taxi way charlie and alpha at the north west end of Torrance airport runway 29R and struck an automobile parked in the transient aircraft parking…Accident 20120928022669ACessna 421B · Selma, ALFlight service called mgm ATCT and advised that N1537T, a VFR aircraft enroute from fairhope al, to Selma al, had engine problems and the pilot landed the aircraft on a dirt road near sem airport.Accident 20120928022469ACessna 152 · Eugene, OROn September 28, 2012, N95840 made an unpowered forced landing in a field sustaining substantial damage. This aircraft was an Cessna 152 conducting 14 CFR part 141 flight training by lane community college. At around 16:00 this aircraft departed from eug and…Accident 20120928021269ABarche Martin J Destiny XLT · Springfield, NEPilot attempted a take off near Springfield Nebraska from a grass strip to the south and failed to gain enough altitude to clear an irrigation turret. The pilot made a steep left turn to avoid the irrigation turret. The powered parachute struck the ground…Incident 20120927028629ICessna T210M · Williston, FLDuring the landing phase at the destination airport (kobe), pilot noted the landing gear was not showing safe condition. Pilot aborted the landing and recycled the gear many times and attempted manual extension. Nose gear would not lower. Pilot executed a…Incident 20120927026159ICessna 560 · Blacksburg, VAVirginia tech/montgomery executive airport, Blacksburg, VA: N69VT, a C560, reported striking a deer during touch down on runway 12 in September. The aircraft taxied to the ramp without incident. Injuries: none, damage: minor.