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 20241029016809ICessna 172M · Tobyhanna, PAWhile on descent to land, pilot reported navigation system dimming and small amount of smoke in cabin. Pilot turned off autopilot, avionics and battery master and landed without incident. Aircraft was inspected by A&P and no evidence of burned wires was…Incident 20241029016799IJames B Robbins Lancair 360 · West Mifflin, PAOn October 29th, 2024, at approximately 1023 eastern standard time (EST), an experimental Lancair 360 was involved in a propeller strike incident at the Allegheny County Airport (kagc). The 14 c.f.r part 91 flight was conducted by a certificated airline…Incident 20241028019949IPiper PA-32-301T · Carlsbad, CAPilot stated on a normal approach a hundred feet long from the landing zone when the aircraft touched down the left brake seemed to have locked up. The aircraft pulled to the left and the pilot steered to the right to correct the direction. Then the right…Incident 20241028017789IElvin Zhou RV-10 · San Carlos, CA1. Aircraft [privacy data omitted]/builder bled brake system before flight. 2. After exiting runway at San Carlos, pilot's left brake was inoperative. Braking action at taxi speed caused aircraft to veer right off taxiway into grass. Prop struck sign. 3.…Incident 20241028017379IMooney M20C · Concord Nc, NCOn October 28, 2024, a Mooney MC20 landed gear up at Concord Padgett regional airport (kjqf). The pilot stated that he was focused on the traffic in the right and left downwind. The pilot stated that he forgot to put the gear down and did not hear the gear…Accident 20241027021759ACirrus Design SR20 · Littlefield, AZOn October 27, 2024, at approximately 1617 MST, a Cirrus SR20, [privacy data omitted] departed St. George Regional Airport located in st. George, Utah. During climbout the aircraft could not maintain altitude and required pilot to land off the airport in the…Accident 20241027018329AHarold O Stockman Badlands Vaquero · West Wendover, NVThe pilot stated that he was flying westboud towards elko, NV from fairfield, ut when he noticed flames coming from the right side of the aircraft 6 miles west of Wendover, UT. The pilot then stated he "dove" towards the ground and landed on while the…Incident 20241027018169IFairchild M-62 · Pearland, TXAfter landing runway 14 Pearland Regional Airport, and upon tailwheel touching down, aircraft began pulling to the right. Pilot applied full left rudder and applied brakes. Aircraft continued veering to the right, departed runway surface and continued to roll…Accident 20241027016999ARocky Mountain Stol CCK-2000 · Ogallala, NEOn takeoff rotation the pilot lost elevator control of the plane causing it to impact the runway. The gear collapsed and the plane skidded off the runway catching fire. Post accident inspection revealed one of the two elevator control cables was not attached…Accident 20241027016439APiper PA-28-140 · Fairmont, WVStudent pilot was endorsed for solo flight from CFI. Third flight of the day the student pilot on touch down encountered a wind gust resulting in a loss of directional control on landing rollAccident 20241027015971ARobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Pearland, TXDuring takeoff from helicopter pad at Pearland Regional Airport, pilot lost control of helicopter resulting in crash in which the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Video footage indicates that upon the pilot applying power for liftoff the helicopter…Accident 20241027015749AAviat A-1B · Montague Island, AKDeparted pamr for routine flight to Montague Island direct - cruise climb to approximately 6800' - crossed water, slow descent to 2000' to approach beach and ensure glide distance to land. Slow straight descent to beach landing parallel to ocean. Touched down…Accident 20241027015129ABuckeye Dream Machine · Nicholasville, KYWhile approaching to land at a grass strip on private property near [privacy data omitted]in Nicholasville, KY, a powered parachute (ppc) impacted the ground under unknown circumstances. The pilot and passenger onboard the aircraft were fatality injured.…Incident 20241027014589IBombardier CL-600-2B19 · Denver, CO[privacy data omitted], A CRJ200 operating den-riw, declared an emergency and returned to the field due to a first officer (fo) who was incapacitated. The fo reported not feeling well before losing consciousness during climb. The captain (CA) declared an…Accident 20241027014559ABell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 · Canal Wincheste, OHThis office received and assigned aircraft incident preliminary notice (8020-9) reported bird strike. Aircraft Bell 206L-1 s/n. 3 POB. No injuries. Upon arriving at sight in Canal winchester, OH inspector in charge (iicc) obtained pilot documentation,…Incident 20241026022199IBeech 95-B55 (T42A) · Fort Worth, TXOwner states that on landing left tire went flat. Recovered aircraft from runway and inspected for FOD. None noted. On-site left gear inspected, no additional damaged noted. Registration, airworthiness certificate current and valid. Inspected aircraft…Incident 20241026022189ICirrus Design SR20 · Addison, TXPilot reports: nothing to note on preflight, taxi or take-off at kaus. Touchdown in kads was noted as smooth but noticed the aircraft veering to the left, pilot stopped and shut down engine on runway. Upon inspection the pilot noted the left wheel flat. ATC…Accident 20241026021989AStinson L-5 · Pleasanton, TXDuring landing roll out the aircraft started to pull to the right. Attemted to correct the issue failed. Aircraft departed the right side of the runway and came to a stop. Investigated the accident and noted the right main strut has fractured and broke from…Accident 20241026019059ACessna T240 · Fort Myers, FLOn 10/26/2024 pilot [privacy data omitted] and passenger left marathon airport at 10:56 am returning to Fort Myers (kfmy). Pilot picked up current ATIS at approximately 20 miles out, indicating winds 04 @ '' direction, current altimeter, sky conditions ,…Incident 20241026018759ICessna 177RG · Fort Myers, FLOn Saturday October 26th, pilot landed a 1976 Cessna cardinal rg gear up at fmy. Flight was a part 91 flight with PIC, [privacy data omitted], a CFI and their dog. Total flight time was 41 minutes. Aircraft was set up on a GPS approach to runway 5 and PIC was…Incident 20241026018509ICessna 170B · Pacoima, CAWhile on descent into Whiteman (kwhp)airport runway 12, aircraft encountered a bird in flight that struck the outboard leading edge of the left wing. After the strike the aircraft handled normally, pilot reported the incident to tower and landed without any…Accident 20241026017639ACessna 150H · St.Agatha, MEPIC executed a forced landing in a field in the vicinity of st agatha, Maine due to a reduction of engine power at cruise altitude.Accident 20241026016599ACessna 182Q · Derby, KSOn October 26, 2024, an ATP pilot operating a Cessna 182 as a parachute jump aircraft completed the 7th load of jumpers. A passenger who was also a parachutist had ridden along to take photos. After the completion of the parachute operation the pilot taxied…Incident 20241026016449ICessna 172N · Homer, AKFrom FAA form 8020-9 aircraft accident/incident preliminary notice: during touch-and-go's runway 04 the aircraft slid off the north edge of the runway and "nosed in".Incident 20241026015399IBombardier BD-700-1A11 · Tereboro, NJStrike bird at 250 knots, the strikr occurred just under the co-pilots windscreen.Incident 20241026015199IWaco UPF-7 · Merritt Island, FLOn 10/26/2024 a Waco UPF-7 was returning from a flight when, while parking, the aircraft struck a vehicle that was not authorized to be on the airfield on the operators ramp. Ground marshellers failed to alert the pilot of the aircraft that the vehicle was…Incident 20241025019499IWillard, UTThe paraglider was a single parachute single occupant paraglider operated under 14 CFR 103. It did not require and was unregistered with the FAA. The paraglider impacted mountainous terrain and was consumed by fire. The operator received fatal injuries. The…Accident 20241025017529APiper PA-12 · Weston, IDPilot took off from aberdeen airport (U36) to practice landings in a dry lakebed 8 miles north east of U36. The pilot landed three times in the dry lakebed, on the fourth attempt. The pilot touched down on main wheels for 150FT without stopping and took off…Accident 20241025017369APiper PA-22-150 · Talkeetna, AKPilot was landing off airport on a gravel bar and upon slowing to taxi speed left main gear collapsed. Left wing tip, left lift struts and propeller were damaged on the collapse.Accident 20241025016339ADierenfield Devin RV-6A · Lancaster, CADuring approach for landing, aircraft right wing impacted blast area of r/way about 85' from r/way threshold followed by heavy prop strikes on r/way. Aircraft then travelled over 500' on r/way, and came to a full stop on it's nose in gravel area off the right…Incident 20241025015859IPiper PA-30 · Leesburg, FLOn 10/25/2025 a PA-30 was landing at klee when on rollout the aircraft struck a large bird. The right-wing leading edge sustained minor damage. No injuries were reported as a result of this incident.Accident 20241025015289AAero SP Z O O AT-4 LSA · South Charlesto, WVOn rollout after landing runway 34 at Mallory Airport pilot struck a person in the back that was walking down the runway causing significant injury to the pedestrian and minor damage to the leading edge of the aircraft.Accident 20241024022239ABoeing 737-9 · Houston, TXOn 10/24/2024, aircraft operating from harry reid international airport, las vegas, Nevada (las)- George Bush Intercontinental airport, Houston, Texas (iah). Aircraft blew both tires on the right main landing gear during landing on rwy 26L at iah. The…Incident 20241024021289ICessna TR182 · Santa Fe, NMOn October 24, 2024, at or around 0850 MST, a Cessna TR182, had a gear up landing (incident) at Santa Fe Municipal sunport (saf), NM, while on a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and a VFR flight plan was not filed.…Incident 20241024018979ICessna 172S · Provo, UTOn short final a Cessna 172 hit a bird with the right wing. The flight instructor was doing pattern work with a student. It occurred around 200 AGL. After the bird struck the wing the flight instructor took controls and landed the plane. The bird dented the…Accident 20241024017899ACessna 150L · Lanai City, HIAircraft departed lny with pilot and passenger for 5th short leg of the day. All previous flights had no issues. During climbout at full power, had sudden loss of engine power and turned back to lny. Applied carb heat, recovered some power but not enough to…Incident 20241024017039ITextron 172S · Okechobbee, FLOn 10/24/2024, roughly around 8:50PM, during a night cross-country flight, [privacy data omitted] landed safely at Okeechobee airport (obe). Aircraft proceeded to taxi down bravo taxiway. During taxi, observed were two other aircraft in the vicinity: one…Incident 20241024016349IScoda Aeronautica Ltda Super Petrel XP · Ormond Beach, FLThe operator of a Super Petrel Xp light sport amphibian aircraft and a mile on final approach, proceeded to perform the landing checklist and observed several turkeys parallel to the runway about a 100 yards to the left and moving closer and at about 50 feet.…Incident 20241024015469IBombarier CL-600-2D24 · Chicago, ILYyz-msp, in cruise the crew received an elevator split caution message. After qrh review the crew requested descent to FL250 out of rvsm airspace so the autopilot could be disengaged. Feeling a slight asymmetry in the elevator controls, the crew elected to…Accident 20241024015139ACirrus Design SR20 · Sebring, FLOn 10/24/2024 a Cirrus SR20 was 5 miles north of the Sebring, FL airport (sef) when the aircraft struck a large bird. The aircraft was able to land without incident at sef where the aircraft was inspected and major damage was found on the right wing and…Accident 20241024015039ACessna 172P · Peyton, COThe instructional flight was initiated after a standard ground briefing about soft-field takeoffs and landings, and standard preflight preparation including weather analysis and safety discussion. The AWOS was reporting winds 280@9 just prior to the accident…Incident 20241024014549IGreat Falls, MTDescription of medical event: During cruise phase of flight, the first officer stepped out of the flight deck to use the lavatory. While standing and waiting to be unoccupied, the first officer fainted in the forward galley area. The flight crew member…Incident 20241023019099ICessna 441 · Scottsdale, AZThe pilot prepared for a flight from Scottsdale AZ to long beach CA. The pilot added takeoff power and verified performance was normal. As the aircraft reached 25 KTS on the departure roll it started to veer to the left. The pilot applied right rudder and…Incident 20241023017049IVerl Hebertson Rans S-6S · Grove, OKOn 10/23/2024 at approximately 3:13 pm CST aircraft [privacy data omitted] was performing touch and go's on runway 36 at the Grove Municipal Airport (gmj). The aircraft had performed three touch and go's successfully. On the fourth attempt the aircraft began…Incident 20241023016909IPiper PA-28-140 · Stillwater, OKPart 91, day, VFR flight in the pattern at kswo. Student pilot with CFI landed left of runway 35 centerline while having the left rudder pedal depressed. This caused the aircraft to immediately depart the runway and strike a taxiway light prior to stopping in…Incident 20241023016739ICessna 172K · Stockton, CAAircraft departed rwy 29L for training, in the upwind reported a rough running engine and requested to return to land via RWY11R. The pilot attempted a tear drop. Touched down late, lost control and went into the infield next to the runway front gear…Incident 20241023016359IAirbus Helicopters Deutschland EC135T3 · Winchester, TNWhile enroute from golden triangle regional airport (gtr) to allegheny county airport (agc), a turkey vulture impacted the co-pilot windscreen, injuring the shoulder of the aircraft technician occupying that seat. Pilot was able to make an emergency landing…Incident 20241023015639IBeech A36 · Miami, OKOn 10/23/2024 at approximately 3 pm CST the aircraft was taxiing for takeoff between hangar 1 and hangar 2 at the Miami Municipal Airport (mio) when the wingtip of the aircraft was struck by a city vehicle that was backing out of hangar 1. The aircraft…Incident 20241023015149IBeech 95-C55 · Mcallen, TXPilot stated either the gear collapsed or he forgot to put the gear down. He thinks he forgot to put it down. This was the second landing for night recurrency.Incident 20241022018189IPiper PA-23-250 · Milton, FLAircraft landed on runway 36 and turned left onto the last taxiway at the approach end of runway 18. Aircraft continued to veer left; pilot failed to make corrrection. Aircraft departed the taxiway and into a ditch between the runway and the parallel taxiway.…