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 20110813019891AStevens R P/Mccright D W Vans RV-6 · Conroe, TXOn aug 13, 2011 15 miles northwest of Lone Star Executive Airport (cxo), N16DD was part of a seven aircraft flight conducting formation practice at approximately 1500 ft MSL. During a shallow left banking turn, and after receiving the command to move from a…Accident 20110813018879ACessna 172M · Elkins, WV08/13/2011ELKINS-randolph county-jennings randolph field airport, WV (ekn): the student pilot of N5399Q, a C172M, while on a VFR training flight was unable to gain altitude above the trees due to the rough canyon like terrain, the CFI took control of the…Accident 20110813018819ACessna 210L · Seattle, WAAt approximately 1400 PST August 13,2011 pilot [privacy data omitted] was operating Cessna 210 under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91 from Friday harbor, Washington to Boeing Field Seattle, Washington with two passenger aboard. Pilot [privacy data omitted]…Accident 20110813018709ACessna 207 · Mcgrath, AKAircraft was in a flight of two aircraft that departed Mcgrath for aniak at approximately 5:00 pm. The other aircraft took a southerly route due to weather and successfully landed in aniak. The accident aircraft took a direct route. The aircraft was found…Accident 20110813018559AAir Tractor AT-301 · Edgeley, NDAircraft departed runway and performed a normal take-off to the northwest, climbed to approximately 200 feet and established level flight. After several seconds a noticeable descent developed at which time the pilot added power and received no response. Pilot…Incident 20110813016809ICessna 172P · San Diego, CAN216AF, C172, while taxiing in a non-movement area to parking at kmyf airport, the left wing struck a fuel truck at 1317 PDT. POB 1, injuries: none, damage to aircraft substantial. Damage to truck unknown. Student pilot stated that he misjudged the distance.…Incident 20110813016499IPiper PA-18 · Lynchtown, MEPilot reported that on takeoff from a sandbar along lake aziscohos, the main wheel sank in the sand and flipped the aircraft over and into the water. Minor damage to the aircraft.Accident 20110813016479ALancair LC41-550FG · Eastland, TXOn August 13, 2011, the aircraft departed Eastland municipal airport with the pilot and one passenger aboard. During takeoff, the aircraft annunciators indicated a boost pump failure and the engine began running rough. The engine quit running altogether…Accident 20110812020739ACessna U206F · Arcadia, FL[privacy data omitted], Pilot in command and holder of air tour operator letter of authorization, landed on the peace river near Arcadia Florida to have lunch at the navigator restaurant. [privacy data omitted] Arranged an air tour flight with four passengers…Incident 20110812019939IPiper PA-31 · Mcalllen, TXOn August 12, 2011 approximately 14:59 central daylight time, a foreign registered Piper model PA-31 twin engine airplane during landing roll out phase suffered a blown tire to the nose landing gear. Subsequently, the aircraft veered left of the runway r 13…Accident 20110812018839APiper PA-18-135 · Chandalar Lake, AKPilot reports: made what seemed to be an uneventful landing. As the plane was rolling out it started to the left. I applied right rudder and the next thing I know I am upside down. Only explanation is that I inadvertently hit the brake at the same time.Incident 20110812018539IMooney M20E · Corona, CAAt approximately 2 pm on Friday, August 12 2011 a Mooney, M20E N6071Q landed at Corona CA with the gear partially extended. Minot structural damage was sustained to the aircraft and no injuries to personnel occurred.Incident 20110812018099ICessna T210M · Westminster, MDOn August 12, 2011, aircraft N761TY departed from brandywine headed to manassas. The pilot was [privacy data omitted]. While enroute, the pilot experienced a loss of electrical power, and loss of radio communication. Using a handheld radio, he was able to…Incident 20110812018009ISocata TBM 700 · Plymouth, MAPilot was returning from north adams and was teaching his son how to do an approach. Pilot forgot to lower the landing gear. When he realized that the landing gear was not down he executed a go-around and struck the runway with the propeller bending the tips…Accident 20110812017889ARichmond Jim R CCK-1865 · Dubois, IDDeparted dln enroute to U25 at 0600, about 1.5 hours into flight heard a bang and felt a change to a/c. landed at closest airport U41 controls felt mushy landed without further incident. Pilot got out of a/c and found damage to the l/h wing tip and missing…Accident 20110812017859APiper PA-32-301 · Kodiak, AKPilot departed adq for maintenance check flight of manifold pressure system. On the approach back to adq pilot attemtped to advance the throttles. This is when he noticed that the throttle system was malfunctioning. Pilot announced emergency and ask for…Incident 20110812017529IEveland William A Thunder Mustang · Stockton, CAAircraft landing at Stockton, CA. And right gear would not extend / lock. On roll out right gear collapsed and aircraft skidded off runway approx 50 feet. No injuries, pilot and passenger walked away.Accident 20110811022439APiper PA-11 · Montague Island, AKAircraft flipped over at the end of the landing rollout. Local fishermen helped the pilot upright the aircraft. A ferry permit was issued to relocate the aircraft to lake hood for minimal repair correction.Incident 20110811021769IEmbraer EMB-145XR · Omaha, NEDuring cruise flight of express jet airline (C2XA), flight 6016, from louisville intl. (Ksdf), with a scheduled destination of denver intl. (Kden), an emergency diversion was made into Omaha, Nebraska (koma). The emergency was declared and the change of…Incident 20110811017969IChampion 7CCM · Seneca Falls, NYOn August 11, 2011, at approximately 1100 local time, FAA inspectors long and o'neille arrived at the scene of an incident involving an Aeronca Champion aircraft bearing registration N38691. The pilot was attempting to land on runway 19 with a west gusty…Accident 20110811017699ABeech 35-C33 · Rockwall, TXOn August 11, 2011, N12CA, a Beech 35-C33, s/n CD-1025 landed on runway 17 at Rockwall Municipal Airport (F46) and ran off the departure end of the runway. The aircraft departed the end of the runway into a small ditch where the nose gear was sheared from the…Accident 20110811017369ARobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Titusville, FLOn August 11, 2011, at approximately 08:42 local time while on approach, altitude approximately 300' to 400' AGL. The co-pilot pulled the mixture and guard instead of the carburetor heat causing the helicopter to yaw left and engine to completely lose power.…Incident 20110811016459IPiper PA-17 · Farmville, VAPilot was landing on rwy 21 at Farmville Regional Airport and ground looped the aircraft with a light crosswind of 3 KTS. The aircraft was fast on final, hit hard enough to bounce then ground looped to the right resulting in damage to the the right main…Incident 20110810023959ICessna T210L · Mcallen, TXOn August 10, 2011, a Cessna T210 landed gear up at Miller international airport in Mcallen, Texas. The pilot admitted that he forgot to put the gear handle down. The aircraft skidded several hundred feet down the runway before coming to a stop. There were no…Accident 20110810023549AGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A · Mansfield, SDPilot [privacy data omitted] took off from a private strip near Mansfield, SD. After take off he lost power and put the aircraft down in a soy bean field, the aircraft ground looped causing substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot escaped without injury.Accident 20110810020579AAir Tractor AT-400 · Nelson, NEPilot noticed engine torque fluctuation of 10-15 lbs, yet continued to operate at 75% power. Pilot pulled fuel cutoff to shut down engine. Pilot landed 253 feet short of his private strip. Inspector removed fuel line from firewall filter to secondary engine…Incident 20110810019469IBoeing 747-230B · KuwaitN488EV, Boeing 747, experienced turbulance. The aircraft went to a 60 degree roll right, then a 40 degree roll left. Upon landing found the right wing leading edge bent between pylons 3 & 4.Incident 20110810018849IBombardier CL-600-2C10 · Charlotte, NCDuring cruise flight, the left hand cockpit side window shattered. The aircraft was returned to clt uneventfully.Accident 20110810017729AWeatherly 201C · Bronson, IAThe pilot was conducting aerial application operations with a full hopper of chemical. As the aircraft climbed to avoid power lines, the pilot reported the airplane beginning to sink. The pilot applied full power and attempted to dump the hopper load without…Accident 20110810017379AFlight Design Ctls · Ankeny, IAThe pilot reported entering a right hand traffic pattern to land on runway 36 at Ankeny, Iowa (kikv). While landing on runway 36, pilot landed hard, causing substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot taxiied back to the hangar and secured the aircraft…Accident 20110810016699AAircraft Mfg & Design CH750 Stol · Carson City, NVCommercial pilot, [privacy data omitted], was under instruction for a check out in a stol 750LS special light sport Aircraft by CFI elroy devoll, cert # [privacy data omitted]. CFI had the student doing maneuvers @ approximately 2000 feet AGL then descended…Incident 20110810016159IWeatherly 620B · Miles City, MTAircraft lost power on spray run. Pilot could not maintain altitude and executed an emergency landing in the adjacent field. Minor damage to aircraft and no injuries to pilot.Incident 20110810016109IMooney M20J · Cleveland, TNOn initial approach, the pilot chose runway 21 and executed a missed approach because approach speed was too high. On second approach, aircraft floated in ground effect and landed long, pilot stopped engine and applied braking, but exited runway and crossed…Incident 20110810015859IBeech P35 · Eagle River, WIOn take-off roll from a priviate grass strip, at about 60-70 mph geese came out of the drainage ditch in front of aircrat. Pilot attempted to miss the geese to the left and ended up in the same ditch the geese came out of.Accident 20110809030209ACessna 182C · Boulder, COOn August 9, 2011, at 17:14 MDT, N8717T, a CE-182C, was substantially damaged during an off airport landing near Boulder Municipal Airport. One person was on board with no injuries. VMC weather conditions existed at the time. No flight plan was filed.Incident 20110809028179IBoeing 737-3H4 · Mcrae, GASwa 261 was level at F330, en route from jax to bna. The pilot requested F360. Atl center cleared swa 261 to climb and maintain F340. The read back was correct. Approximately 30 seconds later, the pilot of swa 261 advised they were responding to a TCAS ra for…Incident 20110809021089IGrumman American Avn. G-164B · Granville, IAWhile conducting aerial application, the airman was completing a trim pass on the field. He encountered what he described as a small set of electrical transmission wires that he was unable to avoid. The aircraft struck and cut the wires. The airman terminated…Accident 20110809020459ACessna 182C · Boulder, COAircraft lost power on final approach to RWY26 bdu airport landed short of rwy in field rolled uphill between 2 large cottonwood trees ,impacted LH cottonwood with LH wing ,plane was turned eastward on contact with tree and came to a halt with major damage to…Incident 20110809017519IBeech A36 · Rock Springs, WYWhile conducting on cross country training flight with a CFI, a student and one pax on board the aircraft was landed with the landing gear not extended.Accident 20110809017389APiper PA-23 · Millersburg, OHA/c departed sullivan county, in (siv) for stuebenville, OH (2G2). A/c diverted due to wx for carroll county, OH (TSO). NOTAM for TSO runway lighting out. A/c diverted for holmes county, OH (10G).Accident 20110809017359APiper PA-32RT-300 · Charleston, SCOn August 9, 2011, at 10:30 am , N30731, a Piper PA-32-RT-300 operating part 91 VFR, landed high, fast and long at Charleston, SC, (chs) airport. The aircraft over shot the runway and impacted a fence at the end of the runway. The pilot admitted that he…Accident 20110809016719ACessna TR182 · Bloomington, INPilot failed to lower landing gear prior to landing. Pilot stated that he changed his normal routine for landing causing him to forget to put the gear down prior to landing. He also stated that he confused the gear unsafe aural warning horn wth the stall…Accident 20110808022009ARobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Deer Park, WAThe student pilot and instructor pilot were practicing hovering in the run-up area of runway 16 when the helicopter started drifting to the right and descending to the ground. The student over corrected with left pedal and the helicopter did several 360…Incident 20110808019519ICessna 188 · Claypool, INOn 8/18/2011,SBN-FSDO-GL17 was notified by kosciusko county, Indiana sheriff's dept. Of incident reported to them on 8/12/2011 that occured on 8/08/2011 of a blue & white aircraft with n # N5517S, striking & cutting power wires north of the city of Claypool,…Accident 20110808018469ACessna 172S · St. Augustine, FLThe student pilot advised that after dropping off her flight instructor at the tower she did one successful landing and full stop on runway 31. She taxied back to runway 31 and was cleared for takeoff, applied full throttle and began to roll when she noticed…Accident 20110808018059AGlasair Sportsman GS-2 · Pinedale, WYPilot [privacy data omitted] stated that he was demonstrating a landing in the mowed hay field, which had a slight sloped from left to right. He stated that his landing was normal at first, as the aircraft slowed and the tail wheel came in contact with the…Incident 20110808017959IMcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 · Bangor, MEFailed turbine blade on nr 1 engine during level off.Accident 20110808017349AAir Tractor AT-602 · Wilcox, AZPilot was conducting agricultural spraying operations on a field near the crash site and collided with a known fixed 80 foot tower. Pilot said he was notified of the tower on August 2nd; however he forgot that it was there. Pilot said the propeller hub struck…Incident 20110807019119IDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Chesapeake, VAPilot performed a touch and go at kffa and returned to kcpk and landed and indicated no left brake was available, then exited the runway into a grassy area. Investigation revealed that brake bleed valve was missing.Incident 20110807018549ILake LA-4-200 · Leesburg, FLOn August 8, 2011, at 1745 EDT, a Lake amphibian, model LA-4-200, N91014, s/n 455, registered to [privacy data omitted], the pilot of the aircraft. He was landing on Lake Harris, in Lake county, Florida. He elected to land on the east side of the Lake close…