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.
Reports, newest first
Query with SQL
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"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
Incident 20120113002399IEurocopter AS 350 B3 · Protrero, CAWhile performing an external load flight, transporting an air compressor on a long line, the helicopter's cargo hook released the load due to an undetermined mechanical fault. The air compressor fell from an altitude of 400 ft AGL and impacted the ground…Accident 20120113001889AAero Commander 500-B · Bartlesville, OKAircraft departed mkc for cuh, approximately 10 miles south of bvo both engines shutdown; pilot turned aircraft back towards bco and attempted landing; aircraft landed approximately 1 mile short of runway.Incident 20120113001329IPiper PA-46-310P · Sullivan, INN9095S, a PT-6 conversion malibu, departed the pavement while landing on runway 36 at Sullivan County Airport (siv). The weather was VFR, with winds from 270 at 10-14KT. The runway was clear and dry. By referencing the marks on the runway and grounds, the…Accident 20120113001149ACessna 150M · El Dorado, KSOn January 13th, 2012, at approximately 2357 UTC (1757 local time), the airman was involved in an aircraft accident while performing an off-airport emergency landing, directly resulting from a loss of engine power; the emergency landing site was approximately…Incident 20120113001089IWarner Marvin G Lancaire 235 · Ashland, KYOn 1-31-2012, while in local flight at dwu, exp amateur built Lancair had an electrical failure due to cannon plug with no locking means or safety coming off the back of alternator. Aircraft has an electrical/ hyd ldg gear. Pilot stated he used emergency…Incident 20120113000649IRockwell International 690A · Oshkosh, WIAircraft touched down and began to drift towards the right side of runway 36. He applied left rudder but believed he was slipping on ice as it was dark and he did not have runway breaking conditions at the time. However, runway was clear with good breaking…Incident 20120113000419ICessna 310N · Ft. Pierce, FLOn January 13, 2012, aircraft N911MF, a Cessna model 310N, landed with only it's two main landing gears as the nose gear failed to extend. During takeoff, the pilot stated that he heard a loud 'pop' as the landing gear retracted. When the pilot extended the…Accident 20120113000409AMooney M20K · Wilmar, MNStudent pilot [privacy data omitted] performed two earlier landings on this date. Upon the third he experienced distractions from two other aircraft in vicinity resulting in failure to peform checklist requirements that include extension of the retractable…Incident 20120113000389IGrabiec/Depalma/Hanning Glastar · Ft Lauderdale, FLAirman [privacy data omitted] was on the ramp at aog, an FBO at ft. Lauderdale executive airport. Airman [privacy data omitted] boarded his experimental aircraft, Glastar N133GS. His intention was to reposition his aircraft back to the t-hangars in the nw…Incident 20120113000369IMooney M20C · Bremerton, WAOn January 13, 2012, at approximately 1430 local time, [privacy data omitted], the sole occupant and PIC of N6903U, a Mooney M20C, took-off from Bremerton National Airport (pwt) heading to renton municipal airport (rnt). Upon take-off from pwt on runway 01,…Incident 20120112000559IBeech C23 · Berkeley, WV[privacy data omitted] Was on a CFI checkride with ops inspector mark fair from the dulles FSDO when they lost oil pressure and the engine seized. Inspector fair handled the radio and [privacy data omitted] concentrated on the flying. The aircraft was landed…Incident 20120112000069IBombardier CL-600-2B19 · Charleston, WVAircraft was enroute from nashville (bna) to reagon/national (dca) at FL310 when there was a cargo smoke warning light. The pilot immediately referred to the qrh emergency procedure, activated the cargo fire bottle system, but the warning light remained. The…Incident 20120111001899IBeech A36 · Addison, TXOn Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at approximately 0615 in the morning the pilot was taxiing aircraft N75AT to the runup area for takeoff on runway 15. The pilot failed to turn the aircraft which then rolled, at idle speed, straight off of the runup pad. The…Incident 20120111001399ISikorsky 92 · Coatesville, PAHelicopter c-gnua hover taxied along taxiway "a" at mqs at an altitude of approximately 25'. Rotor downwash damaged 14 aircraft. Full identity of the pilot is unknown at this time (last name from flight plan: oneil). The report will be amended when it is…Accident 20120111000639ACessna 150J · Denmark, WIPilot departd manitowoc, WI airport for flight to west bend, WI airport. [privacy data omitted] Pilot claimed he lost interior lights and then got into an unusual attitude. Does not recall anything after that until waking up upside down in a tree.Accident 20120111000449ACessna 150G · Fitchburg, MAAfter takeoff, the engine began to run rough and experienced a gradual loss of power. The aircraft susequently impacted trees 1/4 mile from the departure end of the runway. Ambient conditions were noted to be well within the range for probable carburetor…Accident 20120111000379AInfinity Power Parachutes Classic 2002 · Alanson, MIAt 1520 local time, a 2 seat powered parachute departed a field in Alanson, MI., for a local flight in VFR conditons. During takeoff climb the pilot reported after 50 feet the aircraft couldn't grab altitude. The pilot reported running out of room approaching…Incident 20120111000209IGriffiths James Sydney Kokopelli Superpacer · Richfield, UTDuring local flight pilot decided to do a simulated forced landing with the intention to do a low altitude recovery/go-around. The pilot did not see a small rural powerline and the prop stuck the line. The pilot thought he may have struck a bird and returned…Incident 20120110001109IPiper PA-28-140 · Alma, GA01-12-2012 [privacy data omitted], an instructor pilot (ip) was conducting flight instruction with a student pilot (sp). While on an approach to runway 33 at Alma, GA (amg - Bacon County Airport) the ip observed the aircraft drifting to the right of the…Incident 20120110001039IBeech B19 · Corpus Christi, TTPilot stated that as he made a 90 degree left turn on the taxiway the left brake failed. The combination of the left turn and only the right brake operating caused the aircraft to vear off of the taxiway to the right. The main landing geat hit a taxiway…Incident 20120110001001IBeech 1900C · Springdale, AROn 10 jan 2012 at Springdale municiple airport (asg), Springdale, Arkansas at approximately 1900 local, a Beech 1900, registration number N2049K, serial number UC-164 was moving on the ramp toward the taxiway when the right wing contacted the vertical…Incident 20120110000969IRaytheon 400A · North Platte, NEOn January 10, 2012, at approximately 22:24 CST, a Raytheon Aircraft Company, BE-400A, N454LX, operating as flight options LLC flight 454, enroute from koma to kslc, diverted to North Platte, NE, due to smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft landed without…Incident 20120110000689ICessna R182 · Waukesha, WIAircraft failed to get a positive nose gear indication in preparation for landing. Instructor pilot, (CFI), performed two go arounds, each time receiving an intermittent nose gear indication. Tower stated gear appeared to be down. Upon landing rollout, nose…Incident 20120110000599IDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1 · Salem, OHWhile practicing a landing, rollout, and takeoff on rwy 28, a crosswind was encountered. This pushed the a/c to the left and caused it to make brief contact with the taxiway light at edge of the runway. The runway is a narrow ga airport runway. As the…Incident 20120110000309ICessna 172N · Amarillo, TXOn 01-10-2012, N75292, a CE-172-N, operated by an FAA certified private pilot airman departed runway 22 to practice currency maneuvers in the practice area 10 miles to the west of the Amarillo rick husband international airport (ama), in Amarillo, Texas. The…Incident 20120110000259IPiper PA-28R-180 · Newton, IADuring simulated emergency landing, nose wheel collapsed after landing. A flight instructor (CFI) was giving dual instruction toward "complex" endorsement. Aircraft landed short of runway, and impact with the ground caused the nose wheel to collapse. Aircraft…Incident 20120108000749ICessna 172N · Hawthorne, CAAirman landed after hours, tower was closed. During taxi to parking, aircraft landing light began turning on and off. Airman reached down to work landing switch, and during this distraction, ran over taxi lights.Accident 20120108000499ABowers Fly Baby 1-A · Jefferson, GAAircraft N4626 an experimental amateur built "Bowers Fly Baby" serial number 71-28 crashed on take off at airport 19A in Jackson Georgia. Witnesses place the aircraft flying the pattern 30 minutes prior to the accident practicing touch and goes on runway 35.…Accident 20120107002729ALuscombe 8A · Umatilla, FLAircraft landed runway 18, exited left side of runway approximately 1000 feet from approach end, through ditch, and stopped inverted alongside runway. Examination showed extensive rust inside steel tube gear leg (left gear) caused wheel and axle to break off,…Incident 20120107002639IFlight Design Ctls · Fort Myers, FLDuring a dual Flight instruction training Flight, the Flight instructor (CFI) decided to "stay on the controls" during the landing manuever. They executed a normal crosswind landing technique, when, upon setting the nosewheel down on the runway, there was a…Accident 20120107002149APiper PA-28-140 · Chehalis, WAN15791 a Piper PA-28-140, impacted an object (rebar) protruding from the terrain when the pilot landed 300 feet short of runway 16 threshold at Chehalis airport, Chehalis, Washington. The commercial pilot was receiving a flight review from his flight…Incident 20120107001029INorth American Navion · Fredericksburg, PAThe private pilot, owner of the subject aircraft, was doing an engine magneto check on a damp grassy area on the ramp, with the brakes set. The aircraft began to move under power. The pilot failed to arrest the movement before the aircraft collided with a…Accident 20120107000669ABeech 58P · Santa Ana, CAAt 1628 PST on January 7, 2012 Beech baron 58P, N580TC, had a gear up landing on rny 19L at Orange county (Santa Ana) airport (sna).the pilot reported that the landing gear failed to function during approach. Pilot conducted a fly-by of the sna tower and the…Incident 20120107000249IPiper PA-28-161 · San Luis Obispo, CADuring a crosswind landing on runway 29 at San Luis Obispo regional airport (ksbp) the aircraft veered to the right and off of the runway striking a runway light. There was no damage to the aircraft. The runway light had minor damage. The aircraft was…Incident 20120106001349IJones SA105 · New Smyrna Beac, FLAircraft was on second flight of phase one test and the first inflight gear retraction. Observers noticed that nose landing gear was not fully extended. Further pilot efforts to fully extend nose gear and lock were unsuccessful. Aircraft landed on main gear…Incident 20120106001331ICessna 150F · Ft. Pierce, FLA Cessna 150 aircraft intended for a training flight encountered an engine fire on the ground before flight. The student pilot stated he primed the engine and after numerous attempts observed black smoke and then proceeded to abandon the aircraft. During this…Incident 20120106001279ICessna 152 · Gainesville, FLThe pilot departed st. augustine airport (sgj) in Florida, with intentions to fly a cross-country to fort meyers airport (fmy) also in Florida and returning back to sgj. The pilot then flew from fmy to lakeland airport (lal) in Florida. The pilot intended to…Accident 20120106000709APiper PA-28-181 · Phoenix, AZStudent airman stated that after nose wheel touched runway, aircraft began to drift to the right. Airman applied left rudder with no effect. Aircraft departed runway and hit an airport taxi sign and a berm. Nose wheel and right main wheel collapsed and right…Accident 20120106000159AAviat A-1B · Somerset, COOn 1/6/2012, at 1600HRS MDT, N127AK, husky(Aviat A1B), struck snow drift on take off from an unimproved air strip two miles north of sumerset, CO, and flipped aircraft. Substantial damage to aicraft, no injuries to single occupant.Accident 20120106000139ACzech Sportplanes Sro Dynamic WT9 · Glendale, AZThe pilot reported that he performed a brake check after start up prior to taxi, and the brakes worked normal. The pilot then began a taxi to the runup area for runway 1 at Glendale airport AZ (kgeu).approaching the runup area the pilot tried to use the…Accident 20120106000099AAviat A-1C-180 · Chetek, WIAircraft started to veer off runway during landing with cross wind. Pilot attempted to do an aborted landing and go around lost control and impacted into the ground.Accident 20120105000739APiper Aerostar 601P · North Las Vegas, NVDuring a landing attempt at vgt on 01/05/2012, on runway 12R, the PIC lost control of N104RM and caused substantial damage to the aircraft.Incident 20120105000399IPiper PA-28-181 · Springfield, ILAfter take-off at approximately 200 feet the upper engine cowling was observed by the student pilot to "lift up". The student pilot reduced the throttle, lowered the aircraft nose and the cowling then seperated from the aircraft. The aircraft was landed on…Incident 20120105000219ICessna 172RG · Santa Ana, CAOn January 5, 2012 at 12:45 PDT, Cessna 172RG aircraft N6335V had a nose gear collapse after hitting a runway sign during landing roll out on runway 19L at Santa Ana airport (sna). Aircraft had previously reported the right main landing gear was not down and…Incident 20120105000189ISaab-Scania Saab 340B · St. Paul Island, AKPilot landed at st Paul Island. Encountered more snow on runway than reported by dispatch.Incident 20120105000149IFairchild SA227-AC · Denver, COOn 01/05/2012, at approximately 1950 MST, N765FA, a Fairchild model SA227-C aircraft sustained minor damage during landing rollout on runway 16R at Denver, (kden) airport Colorado. The sole occupant on board was not injured. Weather at the time was VMC.Accident 20120105000089ASanderson Pitts Special SPS-1 · Revere, MNAircraft lost power in cruise flight after turning on fuel from aux tank and the pilot performed an emegency landing on highway. After tail wheel touched down on roll out the aircraft veered right and into the ditch sustaining substancial damage. Inspection…Incident 20120104000199ICessna 150M · Strafford, MOAircraft departed springfield downtown airport (3DW) to the east, performing climbing turns. At 3500 feet, engine power was lost. The instructor executed a successful forced landing in a pasture. After landing, he sumped the fuel tanks and found water in both…Incident 20120104000119IGates Learjet 35A · Ft. Lauderdale, FLOn January 4, 2012, at approximately 1419 hours aircraft Learjet 35A, N754WS, s/n 197 made an emergency landing at fort Lauderdale international airport (fll). The aircraft was on a 14 CFR 91 flight from fort Lauderdale executive airport (fxe) to orlando…Incident 20120104000059IEmbraer EMB-145XR · Colorado Spring, COBaggage smoke master warning illuminated during cruise at 36,000 feet, 77 miles south of cos. Flight crew declared emergency, executed qrh procedures, and pressed "fire baggage ext" switch - flight was diverted to cos. Baggage smoke master warning…