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 20120425006129AEvektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar · Lititz, PAThis accident occurred on the pilot's first takeoff of the day; she was intending to fly from Lancaster, PA, to york, PA. The Lancaster tower controller cleared the aircraft for takeoff on rwy 31 and reported that the aircraft crashed at 1119 local time.…Accident 20120425005899AThrush S2R-H80 · College Station, TXThe pilot was demonstrating the aircrafts to the united states department of agriculture (usda). He was manuvering and had dropped his gps/bluetooth headset adapter. While he was attempting to retreive it, the nose of the aircraft became pointed at the…Incident 20120425005719ICessna 310R · Fort Pierce, FLAircraft departed FL37 in route to sebring, FL. And gear retraction was normal. Pilot selected gear down with no response & tripped c/b. pilot reset breaker with same results. He then tried a manual gear extension, but he was unable to turn the gear crank.…Incident 20120424009379ICessna 210N · Venice, FLOn April 24,2012, at 1630 local time, a Cessna 210N pilot failed to put the landing gear down upon landing at Venice municipal airport (vnc). Visual meteorological condition prevailed at the time. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the pilot and…Incident 20120424009259ICessna 421C · Wichita, KSAircraft departed newton, KS (kewk) headed northeast. At 10,500 RH, engine began to run rough and pilot reported loss of oil pressure and subsequently secured the engine. Pilot declared an emergency and landed at Wichita, KS (kict), without incident. A…Incident 20120424008689ICessna 172RG · West Chicago, ILN5237R was enroute for miami, FL. West of Dupage Airport the pilot noticed smoke in the cockpit. He contacted Dupage tower and declared an emergency. The aircraft landed without incident.Accident 20120424007039ABeech 58 · Sioux Falls, SDPilot [privacy data omitted] diverted from Y14 airport tea SD to fsd Sioux Falls, SD when he had an unsafe gear indication in a BE-58 aircraft N8121R. He could not fully raise or lower the gear and made a gear up landing on rwy 33 at fsd. The aircraft…Incident 20120424006799IPiper PA-34-200T · Hollywood, FLAircraft performed a landing on runway 36L at hwo. After touchdown the nose gear collapsed while the mains remained down and locked. Both propellers stuck the runway while underpower as the aircraft skidded on the nose for approximately 500 feet before coming…Incident 20120424006619ICirrus Design SR20 · Georgetown, TXDuring training flight, engine lost RPM after takeoff. Instructor pilot elected to turn around back to departing runway. Landed hot and long, locked brakes, ran off runway and ended up in grass area. Damage was sustained to right wheel fairing and both main…Accident 20120424006079ABell 206B · Arvin, CAOn 04-24-2012 N696W a Bell 206 helicopter was involved in a non injury accident. The helicopters was being operated under 14 cfr-part 137 and was conducting agricultural operations. The aircraft struck a wire with its main rotor . The pilot tried to control…Incident 20120423009249IBell 206L-3 · Grand Isle, LADuring initial power application from hover for takeoff experienced downdraft from structure inducing settling and resultant hard landing to helipad.Accident 20120423007759APatty Clifton R Breezy · Laneville, TXRefueled in palestine TX (psn) and took off for williams TX(3F3). Approximately 45 minutes into the flight, the engine lost all power. Pilot put aircraft down in field. Aircraft sustained substantial damage.Accident 20120423007049ALeague Harry Lancair Propjet · Sisters, ORThe evidence to date indicates the following: instructional flight, aircraft did a climbing turn from 10500 to 11700 while slowing. A stall occurred and during subsequent recovery the aircraft was overloaded and a in flight breakup followed.Incident 20120423006229IBeech 76 · Scottsdale, AZOn 04/23/2012 the PIC of N20107, BE76 reported to the scottdsdale tower they had an engine inoperative. ATC cleared N20107 to land on runway 21 and declared an emergency. The aircraft landed safely. There were no injuries to the two souls on board and no…Accident 20120422012259ACessna 182J · Delle, UTN2701F had landed at Delle a private field. At the east end of the runway is a large parking lot, for the adjacent truck stop. A large pile of road gravel had been dumped in the middle of this parking lot. N2701F decided to use this parking lot to take off on…Accident 20120422009129ABumford-Royer Christen Eagle II · Pearland, TXOn 04/22/2012 at approximately 16:30 CDT an experimental, amateur- built aircraft, N80BH, make: Bumford-Royer, model: Christen Eagle II,crashed, after take-off from Pearland reginal airport (klvj), friendswood Texas. The aircraft turned to an approximate…Accident 20120422007769AAlvarez Marvin R Rans S-6S Coyote II · New Braunfels, TXAfter holding short, aircraft N137AB was cleared for take off by ATC, rolled down runway about 415 ft before loss of control, vearing to the left of runway contacting ground with left wingtip, contacting ground with right wingtip, shearing the nose gear off,…Accident 20120422007569AMays Glen L Kitfox Lite 2 · Cedarville, CAAbout one hour into the flight, the fuel pressure began to drop. The pilot turned on the electrical fuel pump and the pressure returned to normal. About five minutes later, the fuel pressure again started to drop and the engine showed signs of fuel…Accident 20120422006399ACub Crafters CC11-100 · Monmouth, ORAfter takeoff from marr field airport (0OR7) approximately 0.7 miles south the pilot stated the aircraft had a rough running engine. He said he elected to reduce the power and land in an open area. He stated the field where he landed was wet and limited his…Accident 20120422005889ACessna 150H · Wildorado, TXApril 22, 2012, at 17:42 dst, N22857 attempted to take off from a short private strip located on the airmen's property with two soles onboard the aircraft. Just after takeoff the pilot said he felt the aircraft begin to sink back towards the ground, he tried…Accident 20120421009679ACessna 150F · Fairbanks, AKAircraft departed rnwy 20R. Shortly after rotating, pitched steeply up followed by a stall then steep pitch down impacting the ground at about a 45 degree nose down attitude. Aircraft came to a stop on the median between the runway and taxiway. Fuselage broke…Incident 20120421008669IAirbus Industrie A320-232 · Tampa, FLFlight 6866-21 was approximately one hour into test flight when the flight crew noticed that neither autopilots (1 & 2) would stay engaged. When the autopilot would attempt to adjust pitch it would disengage. The crew began to get fault indications on the…Accident 20120421007859AMoody Siple Model "A" · Stuttgart, AROn April 21, 2012, at approximately 1650 CDT, a Moody siple, model "a", N78RB, registered to [privacy data omitted], was landed in a field near the Stuttgart Municipal Airport after experiencing a loss of power during a pleasure flight. Visual meteorological…Accident 20120421007349ACirrus Design SR22 · Newcomerstown, OHThe pilot of N110EB was flying from somerset, NJ to columbus, Ohio on Saturday, April 21, 2012.the last reported check-in from the pilot was with indianapolis center at 12:xx:xx local. There was no indication of any problem with the flight. At 12:19:06 local,…Accident 20120421007209ARobinson Helicopter R22 Alpha · Palmer, AKPilot landed off airport in the snow. When collective was reduced a/c tilted to the rear. When pilot picked up the a/c the tail rotor struck the snow.Incident 20120421006839ICessna 182Q · Emmett, IDUpon landing the aircraft turned off the runway and waited for the followme to proceed to the ramp area. When they arrived at the spot the owner made a wide turn which made the aircraft go off the paved section of the ramp off in the though dry dirt to swing…Incident 20120421006789IHughes 269C · Schaumburg, ILTail rotor and vertical stabilizer struck landing dolly during lift off.Incident 20120421006779IBurt Glenn B III Sopwith PUP (L R T) · Wausau, WIWhile on approach to land on runway 12, the engine quit, do to fuel exhaustion in the forward tank. This tank supplies fuel to the engine. The pilot stated that he had fuel in the aft tank but he had let the forward tank fuel quantity get too low. He tried to…Accident 20120421006329ABeech A36TC · Pendleton, ORThe pilot did not install the left fuel tank cap correctly. At rotation on takeoff the pilot saw the fuel cap was hanging loose and fuel was poring from the wing fuel filler opening. The pilot elected not to continue the climb out and immediately turned to…Incident 20120421006289IBoeing 737-7H4 · Las Vegas, NVDuring southwest airlines (flight 55) takeoff roll at sacramento international airport (smf) the left main inboard tire blew. It was not noticed until the aircrew retracted the landing gear and noticed a vibration. Smf personnel confirmed the tire issue when…Accident 20120421006099ABeech P35 · Englewood, COOn April 21, 2012 at approximately 1815 MDT, N8518M, a Beechcraft bonanza model P-35 aircraft was substantially damaged during an attempted takeoff from Centennial Airport (kapa) Englewood Colorado. The sole occupant on board sustained minor injuries. Weather…Incident 20120421005709ICessna 182P · Grand Island, NEPilot departed lnk direct gri, with gri ATIS reporting winds at 330 approximately 18, gusting to 29. Final approach was made to runway 35 with full flaps. Close to touch down, the aircraft began to drift right, while touching down on the right main landing…Incident 20120421005589IPiper PA-28-140 · Wilmington, NCN9980W was VFR inbound to ilm, touch and go, then continuing to cre. On or shortly after touchdown, N9980W looped rapidly to the left. The pilot was unable to taxi the aircraft clear of the runway as it continued to turn immediately to the left. The pilot…Accident 20120420015079ARaytheon A36 · Yorktown, NYIn cruise flight pilot experienced loss of power to aircraft. Pilot performed emergency procedures and elected to divert to closest airport. While en-rpute pilot felt he could not make intended airport (hpn) and found an open field at the ibm facility in…Incident 20120420012581IEmbraer EMB-120ER · Los Angeles, CAOn 04/20/2012, at approximately 20:15 PDT, skywest airlines flight #6310, an EMB-120 (N567SW), Los Angeles (lax) to palm springs (psp), clipped the wing of another aircraft while pushing back from gate 71B2. Skywest 6310 had 28 souls on board with no reported…Incident 20120420007669IBeech G18S · Nashville, TNPilot flew the aircraft from Florida to Tennessee. Two fuel stops with uneventful landings were made enroute. The pilot stated that, upon arrival at his final destination, the aircraft's landing gear failed to extend. He decided to fly to an airport that had…Accident 20120420007539APiper PA-18-150 · Sierraville, CAOn April 20, 2012 at approximately 10:30 PDT on attempting third landing at Sierraville deerwater airport (079) pilot lost directional control of aircraft. Pilot applied power to attempt a go-around and veered off runway 21 to the left impacted a berm at…Incident 20120420006339ICessna 421B · Great Bend, KSOn 4/20/12, the aircraft was enroute from wichita, KS (ict) to greely, co (gxy). Approximately twenty minutes into the flight and at cruise, the pilot noted a tachometer fluctuation on the left engine. Immediately after, the manifold pressure surged and a…Incident 20120420005449IBeech A36 · Winchester, TNPilot stated he was trouble shooting a miss in the engine and was distracted, forgetting to extend the gear.Incident 20120419015089IPiper J3C-65 · Waynesburg, PAStudent pilot was operating on a repeated cross country endorsement when he departed kmgw, flew to kway, and landed on the closed runway. Airport was notam'd closed and runway was properly marked with an "x".Incident 20120419009169ICessna 525B · Addison, TX1. Description of deviation:on April 19, 2012 dallas north issued traffic to N541WG, a CE-525, IFR inbound to ADS, on two VFR aircraft operating at 2500 ft. N541WG was observed climbing to 3300 ft and was issued traffic on SWA810 level at 4000 ft. a loss of…Accident 20120419008379ACessna 210 · Sevierville, TNGear down pressure hose ruptured causing the main landing gear not to fully extend and lock in the down position. Pilot landed with the nose gear down and locked and the main landing gear partially extended. Upon touch-down, the main landing gear collapsed…Accident 20120419007749AMooney M20F · Stewart, TNThe nashville FSDO received a call from tsa at 1315 hours on 4/19/2012. They inquired about an aircraft accident at M93. The FSDO had not been notified. The atlanta operations center was called. They had not been notified. Inspector allen called the houston…Accident 20120419007549ACessna 172R · Richmond, KYN28BC performed an emergency landing due to fuel starvation .46 miles west of runway 18 at Richmond madison airport(I39). Aircraft impacted trees on rollout. Aircraft substantially damaged. No injuries.Incident 20120419007339IPiper PA-44-180 · Grand Forks, NDPropeller went to a uncomanded feather position. Engine was shut down and landing was made without further incidentnote this has been down graded to a occurance. By pmi [privacy data omitted] see ptrs 201201845Accident 20120419007169ACessna 421C · Tampa, FLAircraft departed slidell, la (kasd) at 0743 EDT enroute to sarasota, FL (ksrq). It climbed to 27,000 ft at 0818 EDT and leveled there until 0843 EDT and then began a slow climb to 33,000 ft at 1136 EDT. Then the rate of descent was 700-900 ft per minute…Incident 20120419007079IShade Darryl H Challenger II · Galesburg, ILWhile turning from downwind to base, the aircraft lost rudder effectiveness. The aircraft stalled and entered a spin. The pilot recovered without enough enough clearance to continue flight. The aircraft landed hard in a field.Accident 20120419006639ASkykits USA Savannah ADV · Ookala, HISee appendixIncident 20120418008359IPiper PA-44-180 · Chesterfield, MOOn 04/18/2012, at approximately 1700 hours, pilot in control [privacy data omitted] and passenger [privacy data omitted] were cleared to take off on runway 26R at saint Louis Spirit Of St Louis (sus). The pilot started the take off roll when an approach plate…Incident 20120418007409IPurpura Sam Europa XS · Ramona, CAWhile practicing touch and go landings and takeoffs the airman failed to lower his landing gear resulting in the aircraft touching down on its belly. No injuries (pilot was only occupant in the aircraft).