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 20110319004799ICessna 172H · Stevens Point, WIThe aircraft was enroute from wausau, WI (auw) to middleton, WI (C29). While in cruise flight, the engine began to run rough and subsequently failed. The pilot stated that the engine would not restart after he adjusted the mixture control, applied carburetor…Accident 20110319004599ACessna 305A · Blaine, MNUpon landing pilot ground looped aircraft causing major damage to both wing tips and the left horizontal stabilizer.Accident 20110319004129APiper PA-18A 150 · Hollywood, FLOn 03/19/2011 during an attempt to pick up a banner, pilot reported loss of power at about 100 feet. Pilot reported he did not have time to build enough speed to flare the plane at touch down. The aircraft crashed nose first, substantially damaging the…Accident 20110319003721ARemos Acft Remos GX · Arlington, WAOn March 19th, 2011 N86GX a light sport Remos Gx aircraft taxied from a ramp parking area, located at mid-field on the east side of the Arlington Municipal Airport, Arlington, WA. As N86GX approached alpha taxiway, the pilot in command stopped short of the…Incident 20110319003709ICessna 402C · San Juan, PRA daily report received from the FAA southern region operations center indicating that on March 19, 2011, at 12:55 eastern standard time (EST), hyannis air service (dba. Cape air) flight KAP130 declared an emergency due to left main landing gear would not…Accident 20110319003529ALuscombe 8E · East Taunton, MAPilot had landed runway 30 and had rolled out with all three gears on the ground for approximately 200-300 feet when a wind gust from the north caused the aircraft to veer to the right. Attempting to correct, the pilot applied the brakes aggressively as the…Accident 20110319003519ACessna T310R · Butte, MTPilot departed gtf for Butte, Montana in a ce T310R. The aircraft was equipped for known icing conditions. The pilot was given an approach clearance for an ILS runway 15 approach, @ 2204Z the pilot reported going missed, less than one minute later the pilot…Incident 20110318013489IChampion 7ECA · Wasilla, AKDuring instructional flight, while practicing touch and go landings, student allowed aircraft attitude to dip excessively nose-down. Instructor could not react in time to prevent propeller from striking the snow-covered runway. There were no injuries and…Incident 20110318005379IEmbraer EMB-145XR · North Canton, OHCENI11A234 expressjet 5916 kcakappendix update 03/21/2011-leahy summaryon March 18, 2011, at 12:08 am EST, an Embraer emb 145 (N11187) operated by express jet as united express flight 5916, chicago to Canton, Ohio, departed the left side of runway 23 into the…Incident 20110318004759IBeech 76 · Auburn, ALOn final approach to runway 36 at auo, the instructor pilot lowered the landing gear for touchdown and received two down and locked gear indications, with a red unsafe indication for the right gear. Pilot recycled gear with a normal retraction. Pilot…Incident 20110318004569IConsolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 · Penhook, VADuring landing on Smith Mountain Lake, just prior to touchdown pilot maneuvered right to avoid a nearby boat and wake. During touchdown the right wingtip float contacted the water first and separated from the airplane.Incident 20110318004449IEmbraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR · Kessel, WVWhile in cruise at FL350 this part 121 passenger flight encountered momentary severe turbulence during which time one flight attendant suffered a sprained wrist. The flight attendant advised the flight crew that she was able to complete her primary (safety)…Accident 20110318003929ACostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 Bravo · Austin, TXPilot stated he departed Austin, with 15 gallons of fuel, flew to lano Texas and returned, engine quit on approach to Austin airport, had one passanger, he stated there was a 17 knot head wind. Aircraft impacted groud, no fatalities.Accident 20110317009549AHiller UH-12D · Iowa, LAIt was determined the aircraft entered a dynamic roll over after hard contact with the landing surface occurred. It is believed, the aircraft was subjected to an unanticipated gust of tail wind causing loss of tail rotor effectiveness (lte). It was further…Incident 20110317005909IBombardier DHC-8-402 · Pittsburgh, PAWhile at cruise flight a low oil pressure light ilimmuated on the left engine followed by a fire light. The fire handle was pulled and both fire bottles discharged. The crew diverted to kpit and excutaed an evacuation. No injuries.Incident 20110317005549IPiper PA-32R-301T · Rialto, CAThe altenator failed in flight, loss of electrical power, nose landing gear did not full entend. Nose gear retracted on landning roll out, propeller struct the ground causing minor damage to aircraft.Accident 20110317005109ABell 230 · Abbeville, LAPilot was asked to reposition aircraft to allow another aircraft to land on helideck. While repositioning the pilot allowed the tailrotor to strike a pole used to support the lightning strike grounding system. The pilot then felt that the tail rotor was going…Incident 20110317004609ICessna 177RG · Renton, WADuring a biannual flight review and renters check out on the third approach to landing [privacy data omitted] preformed a landing gumps check in the down wind leg and again on final. He confirmed the main landing gear was down and he had a green light…Accident 20110317004509ARobinson Helicopter R44 · Petersburg, WVPilot was taking off from grant county airport (W99) when helicopter became light on the skids. Aircraft then started into a dynamic roll over to the right. The pilot then over corrected the roll and hit the main rotor blades to the ground at the 1 o'clock…Accident 20110317003889AMaule M-4-220C · Albuquerque, NMOn March 21, 2011, at about 09:30 mt, a Maule M-4-220C, N4550R, registered to the pilot, was ground looped during landing at Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, NM, while on a part 91 flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR…Incident 20110316008779IDehavilland Otter DHC-3 · Talkeetna, AKAircraft departed Z41 with 2000 lbs of cargo. Flew over Whiskey Bravo Strip (5 miles south lake puntilla), uneventful downwind, base, final and touchdown. No wind, no precipitationas soon as tailwheel settled aircraft veered left. Left main wheel-ski…Incident 20110316005539IPrue Irving O Prue II MG · Chino, CAAircraft is an experimental amateur built in phase one testing. The aircraft departed cno, stayed in the pattern and upon landing on 26L developed a vibration in the right main landing gear. The right main landing gear collapsed causing the right wingtip to…Accident 20110316005019ABeech 200 · Long Beach, CAOn March 16, 2011, at approximately 1028 PST, a Beech king air 200, a twin-turbo prop airplane, N849BM departed from Long Beach municipal airport on runway 30. During the take-off/climb-out phase of flight, N849BM banked into a continuous left hand turn and…Incident 20110316004889IBeech 58P · Lyons, KSPilot was enroute to Lyons, Kansas (kylo). He checked the weather at the hutchinson, Kansas, airport and obtained VFR weather with light south winds. During the descent, he claims to have visually observed the wind to be a light southerly wind by observing…Accident 20110316003799APiper PA-22-150 · South Saint Pau, MNStudent pilot was practicing soft-field takeoffs. The pilot stated that on the third take-off the aircraft veered left of centerline shortly after the wheels departed the runway. The pilot attempted to close the throttle while trying to regain directional…Accident 20110316003679AChampion 7GCBC · Nenana, AKMr. Baker landed several times on the Nenana river, on his return trip to fairbanks he discovered he needed to relieve himself and would not make it to fairbanks. Mr. Baker chose a spot on the frozen Nenana river looking similar to the previous landing spots…Incident 20110316003639IHickley, CAUAV14 crashed under unknown circumstances in restricted area R2515, 20 miles north of victorville, CAAccident 20110315005849APiper PA-28-161 · Vero Beach, FLAfter landing pilot lost directional (unknown reason) control of a/c, exited runway to the right and hit taxi sign with left wing.Accident 20110315005389ABellanca 14-13-2 · Mesquite, NVHe [privacy data omitted] was the lead aircraft of a flight of three that had originated at triangle air park, AZ (AZ50). The aircraft had been hangared and not flown for several months. Preflight revealed that the brake slave cylinder was empty. [privacy…Accident 20110315004479ACessna 182P · Alachua, FLPilot departed leesburg, FL (klee) airport at approximately 12:30 EST for a flight to cannon creek airpark, FL. After approximately one hour of flight, and 10 miles south of destination, pilot experienced a loss of engine power at 2000 feet, while descending…Incident 20110315004139ICessna 172S · Ocean City, MDStudent pilot was flying solo to practice turns and stalls. Attempting to land on rwy 14 in oxb, the pilot stated the aircraft yawed to the right and an abrupt pitch down attitude that scared him so he did a go around. Pilot returned and landed on rwy 14…Incident 20110315003779ICessna T303 · Stow, OHPilot was executing the RNAV 19 approach to kent state university airport. Pilot arrived at mda and visually located the airport and proceeded to land on runway 19.pilot indicated that he was high on his approach to the runway and crossed the runway threshold…Incident 20110315003769IEmbraer EMB-145LR · Fargo, NDFlight 6084 from Fargo to den reported smoke in the cabin during pushback from gate, after starting #1 engine. And in-process of starting #2. Returned to gate passengers de-planed. Contract maintenance mel'ed the #1 flow pack. Aircraft scheduled in for…Accident 20110315003499ARotorway IN A600 Talon · Chandler, AZOn March 15, 2011 at appox. 1300 local time, helicopter N60SRW departed stellar airpark (P19) Chandler, AZ. The flight was a transition training flight. Onboard were the flight instructor and the private pilot receiving transition training into this make of…Incident 20110315003309ICessna 177RG · Oxford, CTOn March 15, 2011 [privacy data omitted] the[privacy data omitted] of N34458 experienced a nose gear up landing on runway 18 at the Waterbury-Oxford Airport, in Oxford, CT. While performing traffic pattern flight, [privacy data omitted] received an unsafe…Accident 20110315003289ACessna 140 · Anchorage, AKAircraft was landing at Merrill Field (mri) on runway 7. Pilot (sole occupant) requests and received wind check from mri tower just prior to landing. During landing, the aircraft right wing tip contacted the pavement causing the plane to veer into a snow…Incident 20110315003049IBeech V35B · Conroe, TXPilot stated that he became distracted when unable to intercept the glide slope. His normal procedure was to put the landing gear down once the glide slope is intercepted. The pilot continued his approach and gear up landing on runway 14 at lone star…Accident 20110314011849ACessna 414 · Ronkonkoma, NYOn March 14, 2011 at approximately 1150 am local time. Aircraft N40NY a Cessna 414 aircraft had a gear collapse on runway 06 at long island Macarthur airport just after touchdown. The aircraft veered of the runway into a runway direction sign damaging the…Incident 20110314004429IPiper PA-31-350 · Portland, ORDuring pre takeoff taxi, aircraft came in contact with snow marker on airport service road. Pilot reported that right brake stuck during taxi. Maintenance crew unable to duplicate problem. Right hand propeller damaged in event. Operator opted to replace…Accident 20110314004279AAms-Flight D.O.O. DG-500 Elan Orion · Boulder, COOn 14 March 2011 on or about 1215 hours aircraft DG-500 orion N505KK impacted a fence post at the end of the runway at Boulder airport, Boulder, Colorado. Dual instruction was being given at the time. Two persons onboard aircraft received no injuries. The…Incident 20110314004269IMooney M20C · Erie, COOn 14 March 2011 on or about 1800 hours Mooney M20C aircraft N6821U landed gear up at Erie airport, Colorado. One pilot on board with no injuries, aircraft sustained minor damage. VFR conditions prevailed at time.Incident 20110314003299ICessna 182R · Fitchburg, MAOn March 14, 2011 the [privacy data omitted] of N9341X, an amphibious Cessna 182R, was conducting left closed traffic to runway 31 at the Fitchburg municipal airport in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. While conducting left closed traffic to runway 31 the [privacy…Incident 20110314003279IPiper PA-23-250 · Plant City, FLOn March 14, 2011, at 10:00 edst, a Piper PA-23-250, N54109, registered to mitchell enterprises inc., contacted the runway with the left and right propellers while simulating a fuel starvation, both engines out power off landing at Plant City Airport (kpcm)…Incident 20110314002859IBeech S35 · Winter Haven, FLOn March 14, 2011, [privacy data omitted], a private pilot, certificate number [privacy data omitted], acting as pilot in command of N17MA, a Beechcraft S35 v-tail bonanza, failed to extend the landing gear prior to landing at Winter Haven's Gilbert field,…Incident 20110313005679ICessna LC41-550FG · El Paso, TXOn 13 March 2011, at 1340 MDT, N403MC, a [privacy data omitted] Cessna LC41-550FG airplane, registered to huntington aviation LLC, received minor damage to the RH main landing gear and lower fuselage when a fire broke out at the landing gear wheel and tire…Accident 20110313005459ASikorsky S-58ET · El Segundo, CAOn March 13, 2011, at approximately 09:31, a Sikorsky S-58 helicopter, N33602, owned by heli flite, inc. and operated by aris helicopters, a 14CFR133 operator (caxl) based at the riverside airport, riverside, California, crashed while lifting an air…Incident 20110313004939ICessna 172E · Burlington, KSPilot departed lhx in VMC and activated IFR flight plan to K88. Approching K88 flight diverted to ukl for weather. After sighting ukl, pilot cancelled IFR and proceeded VFR. 6 miles south of ukl at 3000 MSL, the engine lost power. Pilot turned east and…Incident 20110313004419IAero Commander Callair A-9A · Buchanan, VAThe airman departed the glider port for a cross country flight to another airport to retrieve a glider that had been receiving maintenance. The airman did not refuel when he picked up the glider. The flight back to the glider port towing the glider was longer…Incident 20110313004089IPiper PA-28R-200 · Orange, VAOn approach, landing gear system indication that the landing gear was unsafe. Pilot flew over airport several times while witnesses stated gear was down. Pilot landed aircraft on the runway then the left main gear collapsed while taxiing onto the taxiway.Incident 20110313003939ICessna 501 · Uvalde, TXOn final approach to Uvalde TX, the nose gear indicator light did not illuminate when the gear was extended. The gear unsafe emergency procedure was followed which included actuating the emergency gear blow down bottle. The landing and turn off of the runway…