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 20120811021079ICessna 182A · Chickasha, OKExperience and training of jumper - one tandem jump and one solo static line jump. Club affiliation - studentdescription of the parachutes and their packing records - manta parachute rated for jumper weighing 200-250 pounds. Packing records are unknown.…Incident 20120811019619IMartin FLY Baby · Sullivan, MOThe pilot stated during the landing the airplane started to veer left. He said he applied right rudder, but the airplane went off the side of the runway.Incident 20120811018789IDehavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter · Williamstown, NJ1. Name of jumper: [privacy data omitted]2. Experience & training of jumper: 1400 jumps and has a "d" license from the USPA3. Club affiliation: NONE4. Description of parachute & pack records: main canopy - performance designs' M1 & reserve chute - pd 143.…Incident 20120811018579ICessna 172RG · Allentown, PAPilot was performing touch and go landings while working on his commercial certificate. The pilot was planning to land and forgot to lower landing gear.Incident 20120811018089IPence Eddie F Teratorn Tierra II · Deer Creek, ILAirman states that during the initial takeoff roll from a rural landing area the right wingtip contacted an adjacent corn crop abruptly spinning the aircraft approximately 90 degrees before coming to a stop causing minor damge to the landing gearAccident 20120811017879ARobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Monticello, UTPilot was maneuvering aircraft to view wildlife. Turned into the upslope of a mountain and the rotor RPM decayed. Pilot added power but the aircraft was too slow and dropped about 60 feet into a small ravine. Aircraft landed hard on right side, tailboom…Accident 20120811017799AMathes Tom H GN-1 Aircamper · Burlington, WIN31TM made an emergency landing in a corn field. Pilot stated that while in cruise flight, he felt a vibration, shut down the engine, restarted, and still felt it running rough so he attempted an emergency landing. Witness stated that they saw something fall…Accident 20120811017539ABeech V35B · Effingham, SCDescription of circumstances: level at 12000 feet, encountered precipitation and turbulance. Deviated and conducted emergency descent. At about 4000 feet oil all over windshield and landed in a field. Pilot statement:the following is a description, to the…Incident 20120811017501ICessna 172P · Pueblo, COOn 08/11/2012 at 09:40 MDT N184WL, a Piper PA-18-150, collided with N6601K a Cessna 172P on the grounds of Pueblo Memorial Airport. There were two (2) persons on board the Cessna 172P and they received no injuries. The PA-18-150 was unoccupied. Both aircraft…Incident 20120811017299ICessna T182T · Chiloquin, ORPilot landed on a closed runway at 2S7 (chilloquin state airport). Pilot moved aircraft to the shoulder of the runway and attempted to take-off. Aircraft veered to the left going thru a retention barrier and a shallow ditch. Damage was limited to the…Incident 20120811016829IPegasus Quantum Super Sport · Hitchcock, TX08/11/2012RECEIVED a call indicating that an experimental aircraft N678DT had run off the runwaytalked to pilot on the phone and he indicated that as he was landing on usuable runway 17 a cross wind caused him to land off to the right of the runway at johnnie…Accident 20120811016429ABeech G18S · Taylorville, ILInterviews held with the jumpers on the accident run have given statements that indicate that the pilot stalled the aircraft and it rolled to the left, went inverted and then into a dive. The last jumper got out as the aircraft was in a vertical dive.Incident 20120811016419IRogers Kenneth R Rogers SEA Eagle · Sandpoint, IDThe pilot landed at szt in what appeared to be a normal landing, he remembers hearing the two squeals of the main tires on touchdown, and the thump of the nose gear, and then after the aircraft slowed to taxi speed, the main gear unlocked and rotated back…Accident 20120811015899ACessna 177RG · Litchfield, ILWhile landing runway 36, the aircraft veered to the left. The pilot initiated a takeoff trying to miss runway lights. The aircraft stalled while trying to clear a small cluster of trees that were west of the runway. The aircraft landed in a bean field with…Accident 20120811015879AGage Midget Mustang MM-1 · Erie, COOn 08/11/2012 at 1415 MDT, N41831 a experimental amateur built midget mustang departed runway 33 at Erie Municapal Airport. There was one person on board who sustained no injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The weather at the time was VMC, winds…Accident 20120811015839ABerard James H RV-6A · Westfield, INThe pilot was departing I72 from the north sod runway. After rotation, the pilot noticed the aircraft drifting right due to a light wind. The pilot appeared to overcorrect the aircraft resulting in the left wing contacting the ground. Then the aircraft's nose…Accident 20120810027359ASchleicher ASW-22BLE 50R · Uvalde, TXDuring takeoff roll of a self launching glider, the glider pilot did not abort his takeoff, ran out of taxiway and went into a ditch and back up the other side. The glider was not damaged externally but internally. The landing gear box seperated from the…Incident 20120810025249IPiper PA-28R-200 · Griffith, INAn eye witness report to the sbn FSDO indicated that N1486X was being operated for flight instruction purposes in gusty cross-wind conditions with wind gusts to as high as 29 mph. It was reported that the aircraft struck a runway light during a takeoff while…Accident 20120810020599ACessna 152 · Eastvale, CAOn 08/10/2012 at 1010 hours, aircraft N94185 C-152 had an engine failure prior to final approach into chino airport after a training flight. Attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful. The aircraft made a non-powered emergency landing in an open field.…Incident 20120810019479ICessna 680 · Newburg, NYAircraft took off from greensboro, NC (kgso) and was enroute to bridgeport, CT (kbdr) when it diverted into Newburg, NY (kswf) due to a vibration from an unknown source. Upon landing it was discovered that sections of the right lower cowling had torn off in…Accident 20120810018149ARobinson Helicopter R44 II · Belgium, WIPilot experienced a hard landing during which both skid toes failed and impacted the rotor system causing substantial damage to the blades.Incident 20120810017569IAmerican AA-1 · Cameron Park, CAThe carburetor needle valve stuck open causing an rich mixture and partial loss of power during climb out. The pilot reported the engine would not make enough power to sustaine altitude forcing an emergency landing on Cameron Park drive.Accident 20120810016819ACessna P210N · Los Angeles, CAN41KA, a model P210N single engine Cessna airplane departed santa monica, CA airport northbound on a VFR trip to mammoth lakes, CA. For unknown reasons, when the aircraft was approximately 23 miles north of santa monica, the pilot declared to so cal approach…Accident 20120809027169AMaule M-4C · Lincoln, MEFirst pilot invited second pilot to accompany him on a familiarization flight as second pilot had more experience in make/model aircraft. Second pilot was current / qualified in make/model aircraft and was not acting as pilot-in-command. During landing…Incident 20120809020509ICessna U206F · Mokuleia, HI[privacy data omitted] Explained that the flight was planned to climb to 8000' with 8 jumpers on board. During the run up everything was in the green. When he took off, everything was normal. On climb out between 3000-3500 feet east of the polo feild the…Incident 20120809020429IBoeing V.-Columbia Helicopters 107-II · Chester, CAAccording to the pilot and copilot statements, during a dip for water there was some miscommunication between the crew that allowed the aircraft to get to close to a tree and the forward rotor blades contacted a tree. After returning to the airport,…Incident 20120809019689IBoeing 737-824 · Phoenix, AZEngine #2 overheat light illuminated steady after takeoff at approximately 400 feet AGL. Crew secured the #2 engine, declared an emergency and returned to land at phx without further incident.Incident 20120809018259ICessna 402B · Roberts, ILPilot flew into thunderstorm and hail causing minor damage to aircraft and diversion to alternate airport.Incident 20120809016969IMooney M20C · Gulf Shores, ALWhile landing runway 27 at Jack Edwards Airport (jka), Gulf Shores, Alabama, pilot became distracted and failed to extend the landing gear. Aircraft received minor damage. No reported injuries as a result of this incident. Incident number: #ISO0920120061Incident 20120809016909IRobinson Helicopter R44 II · Lake City, AROn August 9, 2012, at approximately 1130 CST, a Robinson R44, N89LA, registered to ag rotarie inc, collided with a guidewire and autorotated in to a cotton field in Lake City, Arkansas while on a pleasure flight. Visual meteorlogical conditions prevailed at…Incident 20120808026639IBeech 65-A90 · Marina, CAA parachutist main chute appeared to have deployed prematurely, while he was on his back, as he performed what appeared to be a barrel roll. He then lost consciousness as he descended to the ground.Incident 20120808020749IAirbus A340-600 · Los Angeles, CAAircraft was enroute from lhr-lax at cruise altitude, no turbulence, when a flight attendant was preparing hot water in a coffee maker for a beverage service. While the boiler was refilling, air in the line sprayed some hot water and steam onto the flight…Incident 20120808019599IPiper PA-18-105 SpecialPIC back taxied for takeoff into a narrow area of a mountain lake. The pilot made a left turn during taxi to reverse course to align the aircraft with the departure path. The area was insufficient to complete the turn and the leading edge of the right wing…Accident 20120808018029APiper PA-36-285 · Harvey, NDPilot reported that nearing rotation speed, aircraft lifted, then settled back down on runway and did not appear to want to fly. Aircraft lifted off runway and clearing river, aircraft begin to sink, contacting ground causing substantial airframe damage. No…Accident 20120808018019ARistine Wayne L Avid Mark IV · Poplar Grove, ILPilot preformed 10 takeoffs and landings. The last landing was a normal three point touchdown on centerline and during rollout aircarft veered off the left side of the runway. Pilot said he had no control response of the aircraft during runway excursion.…Incident 20120808017529IBeech B90 · Chester, SCThe aircraft experienced a right engine shutdown due to a fuel boost pump failure at 9000 feet AGL. Upon approach to the airport the pilot experienced a higher then normal sink rate resulting in a hard landing which cause the right main landing scissor link…Incident 20120808016799IRockwell International 112A · Red Bluff, CAThe pilot was on an instructional flight with a flight instructor for a flight review. They departed oroville airport. Enroute to Red Bluff airwork was performed by the pilot. A decision was made to stop at Red Bluff for some pattern work. When the landing…Incident 20120808016309IEmbraer EMB-145LR · Omaha, NEShortly after take off from Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE. The crew experienced smoke in the cabin. Aircraft returned to airport and completed an emergency landing.Accident 20120808015829ASantana Barry W PA-18 Replica · Ronan, MTPilot lost control on rollout, ground looped off the runway into drainage ditch. Substantial damage to left main landing gear, propeller, left wing.Incident 20120808015769IBell 47G-3B-1 · Stanton, MIPilot didn't see wires on last pass until imminent wirestrike, wires broke and pilot landed across a road in a wheat field. Aircraft sustained damage to the bubble, blades, shaft, flight controls, and one spray boom.Accident 20120807021299ABeech A36 · Washington, MOWhile conducting a touch and go landing at Washington, MO airport (fyg) the pilot inadvertently raised the landing gear instead of the flaps as he intended. Main gear partially retracted, nose gear collapsed. Prop strike and engine stoppage. Structural damage…Accident 20120807020729AHiller UH-12D · Deer Island, ORDuring a spry operation the pilot reported that at the start of an ag turn he felt a shudder. He easeied out of the turn and then heard a loud bang, he estimated that he was at about 45FT abouve gorund. He said he had little to no control and that the…Incident 20120807020519ICessna 208 · Mokuleia, HI[privacy data omitted]Said that this was the first flight of the day. The run up was normal. There were 12 jumpers on board. At 4000' on the climb out 2 jumpers were let out of the air plane in a " hop and pop " 20 seconds after powering back up and climbing…Incident 20120807019459IAero Vodochody L-39ZA · Piedmont, OHPhone interview with pilot: on 8-7-12 after take off from Wheeling, WV during ascent between 10 – 11 thousand feet, the cabin altitude warning activated. The pilot cycled the cabin pressurization and ecs handle. The canopy then came open about 4 inches on the…Accident 20120807018769APiper PA-32RT-300 · Strawn, TXOn August 7, 2012, at approximately 11:00 local time, a 1978 Piper lance, PA-32RT-300 aircraft, N36103, while attempting a go around maneuver at Sportman'S World Airport, departed the runway, struck a tree and landed off airport in a field adjacent to the…Incident 20120807018749ICessna TR182 · Lock Haven, PADuring take off nose gear retracted and aircraft settled resulting in prop striking ground.Accident 20120807018389ABell 214ST · Avalon, TXAircraft N409SB departed kgky on a flight test plan for a new rotor system to be installed in the Bell 525. The aircraft was on it's 3rd flight test. They increased speed to 120 KIAS and had just completed a 20 degree turn. A loud bang and associated yaw…Accident 20120807018289AMcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 600N · Delta Junction, AKPilot landed to a pad constructed of logs with large spacing. The initial landing was too long on the pad and the pilot attempted to move rearward. The tundra pad on the left skid hooked under a log. The nose came up and the aircraft rolled left. The pilot…Accident 20120807018009ACessna 177B · Carthage, TXP-i-c was flying pipeline patrol se of 4F2 at approx 600' AGL heading of 240. Stated he heard the engine 'miss'. He verified all switches and power control lever positions and switched on the fuel boost pump which gave a momentary surge of engine power, but…Accident 20120807017679AWilliams John T-51 Mustang · Oshkosh, WIN151TA departed runway 9. Shortly after departure, N151TA reported a problem and requested a 180 degree turn to land runway 27. The cockpit filled with steam and fluid. The pilot sustained 2nd degree burns on left side of body due to contact with radiator…