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 20100822043339IBell 47G · Highland Townsh, MIThe pilot lost control of the helicopter while taking off from a confined area, between two occupied dwellings. The tail rotor struck the water and the aircraft came to rest near an embankment, in approximately three feet of water. All three occupants…Accident 20100822042789AGrumman Ame AA-5A · Lakeview, ORPilot stated the airplane lost engine power after departure at 200 feet AGL. Pilot continued straight ahead and landed one mile northwest of the airport. Pilot landed in a nearby field, striking sagebrush with the aircraft tail causing the damage to the…Accident 20100822042399ARobinson He R44 · San Diego, CAN7186Z, an R44 piloted by howard s. leight, landed on leight star yacht, docked in the convention center marina. At approximately 1515 hours on August 22, 2010. He had departed from montgomery field (myf). Prior to departure from myf, N7186Z was topped off…Accident 20100822042189ABurkhart GR G-103A Twin · Minden, NVGlider. The pilot stated the following: that he flew the pattern for runway 30. That he felt he was "a little bit high." That he reduced altitude using the speed brakes. That on final, he was "low" & that the winds were "gusting." That when he was at the…Incident 20100821049899IHenderson W RV-6A · Columbiana, ALThis was a local personal flight from a private grass strip. The runway was mowed about three quarters to two thirds. The pilot departed from the mowed section. Upon return the pilot landed in the opposite direction. The grass at this end was eighteen to…Incident 20100821047479IAviat Aircr A-1B · Kenai, AKAccording to the pilot, he attempted to land on a dirt strip at the Base Of Mount Spur. Just prior to touch down he realized the strip had an upward slope and was unable to make corrective action prior to landing hard which caused the right landing gear to…Accident 20100821046729APiper J3C-65 · Williamstown, NJPilot attempted a take off from Southern Cross Airport. He stated the engine lost power in the climb. The prop hit a tree and the aircraft crashed into a car that was parked at a house at the end of the departure runway. Inspection of the spark plugs using a…Incident 20100821045649ICameron Bal ZL-60 · Centralia, ILOn August 21, 2010, at approximately 7:00 pm, a balloon descended into a residential area near Centralia, IL during a balloon fest. According to the pilot, the balloon came down on a roof of a house, sliding down and landing onto the deck. At this time a…Accident 20100821044709AAshcraft To DR107 · Sugar Grove, ILOn second landing attempt tailspring broke. On third landing attempt pilot made a low pass and asked tower to observe tailspring. Tower stated tailspring was hanging by a cable. Attempted wheel landing three times. Kept tail off. On fourth landing as rudder…Accident 20100821044389ADehavilland DHC-2 · King Salmon, AKAircraft departed hollow bay fish camp enroute to lake brooks then to King Salmon. Aircraft missing. No ELT or other tracking device. No wreckage at this time.Incident 20100821044009IPiper PA-18-150 · Palmer, AKAirman reported that while landing his aircraft in gusty winds on a gravel bar his aircraft became slow and developed a high sink rate. The aircraft contacted the ground hard, subsequently collapsing the main gear. In addition to collapsing the landing gear…Accident 20100821043629ANorth Wing Scout X-C · Amherst County, VAAn eyewitness informed the investigators that around 7:00 p.m. on Saturday August 21, 2010, she witnessed a two seater ultra light fly over her house very low. The engine made sounds similar to it cutting off then starting up again. By this time the aircraft…Accident 20100821042169AWilde Danie Zenith 701 · Turlock, CAN948DE, a light sport aircraft, upon landing at a private airstrip, the left main wheel hit a ditch and the aircraft groundlooped. Significant damage to left main gear, left wing and nose gear. No injuries, 1 pilot, 1 pax.Accident 20100821041899AFinberg Ken Ultracruise · Canby, OREnroute from mulino to lenharts airport, pilot reached approximately 800 feet MSL when the engine quit. Pilot attempted to land the aircraft in a field but hit a fence just prior to landing causing substantial damage to the left elevator. Other damage from…Incident 20100820055009ICessna 177B · Pottstown, PAPilot attempted landing and bounced the aircraft. He was not able to recover from the bounce and struck the nose gear and propeller on the surface of the hard surface runway.Incident 20100820054489IPiper PA-31-350 · Fairbanks, AKMr. Haggland was PIC on a flight from scc to fai. As PIC of this flight, Mr. Haggland failed to utilize the before landing checklist and attempted to land the aircraft with the gear in the up and locked position. The aircraft struck the runway with both…Incident 20100820048499ICessna T210N · Tranwestern Pip, AZOn may 15, 2010 Mr. Thomas grossman, owner & operator, of Cessna T210G centurion tail number, N6564N, delivered his aircraft to western skyways, montrose Colorado, to perform maintenance on the engine to comply with AD-2009-16-03 to replace sap millennium…Incident 20100820047359IPiper PA-28-161 · Kissimmee, FLOn low approach, power added causing threshold speed to be high. This resulted in a bounced landing. Pilot made a go around and landed without incident. Damage from hard landing was propeller strike and bent left lower engine mount.Accident 20100820046839ASchempp-Hir VENTUS-2B · Madisonville, TXThe pilot was maneuvering about 1.9 miles from the Madisonville airport when he had to land off field, due to the loss of thermal activity. The pilot selected a field in the area and landed with a 15 to 18 knot 90 degree crosswind. After touchdown, the pilot…Accident 20100820045809ACessna 152 · Hollywood, FLN92588 reported rough running engine after departing runway 27L, asked to return for landing. The aircraft landed long on runway 27L and went off the end of the runway. The aircraft nosed over and came to rest upside down approx. 250 ft west of the departure…Accident 20100820045549APiper PA-46-310P · Austin, TXPilot departed little rock ar. International airport (lit) at approximately 15:05 enroute to Lakeway Airpark, Austin, TX. (39R), arrived at approximately 17:15 at 3R9. Per pilot phone interview, pilot stated when approaching 3R9, he was distracted by…Accident 20100820044619AAmerican CH 8GCBC · Talkeetna, AKThe pilot stated:description of incident: I was drawn for a caribou permit in unit 14. On August 14 I flew over this area in search of potential landing locations. I located a location that looked like it would make a good landing spot. On August 18 I flew…Accident 20100820043679ACessna 182P · Del Rio, TXPilot was landing on private ranch property, private landing strip, when a cow appeared to look as if it was going to run onto runway. The pilot was watching the cow and came in low and landed short of the runway impacting the ground. The aircraft sustained…Accident 20100820043379APiper PA-22-150 · Tunkhannock, PAWhile operating under 14 CFR part 91 conducting flight instruction. After taking off from runway 01 at skyhaeaven airport (76N). The pilot reported loss of engine power. Made preperations for emergency landing in a river off the end of the runway. During the…Incident 20100820043029IMooney M20J · Tampa, FLDuring landing rollout, PIC felt a "click" in the rudder petals and then L0ST nosewheel steering. Aircraft departed the runway surface off the east side of rwy 18L and returned back to the runway surface. PIC stated that he was able to taxi to the ramp with…Accident 20100820042469ATubbs S/Per PA18-225 · Englewood, CO08\20\2010 1625Z aircraft N755K was operating in the traffic pattern at Centennial Airport, Englewood, CO (kapa). The weather reported at the time was: apa sa 1653Z 30004KT 10SM few 085 24/06/3010. The pilot was executing touch and go landings. On landing,…Incident 20100820042389IBoeing 777-300 · Los Angeles, CADuring aircraft relocation, the contract ground service contractor, menzies aviation pushing back a B-777-300 aircraft vh-vpd to remote spot #10 made contact with the blast fence. Aircraft left horizontal stabilizer and elevator sustained moderate damage.…Accident 20100819055859ACessna 414A · Bedford, PAOn August 19, 2010 at approximately 0630 the aircraft departed Bedford County Airport (hmz), Bedford pa, on an IFR flight to eagle creek airpark (eye), indianapolis, IN.the visibility at hmz was approximately 210 feet, reported by a mechanic that works at the…Incident 20100819049889ICessna 172M · Navarre Beach, FLPracticing engine out landings. On the go around the engine started to run rough and lost power. The instructor took control of the aircaft and declared an emergency. An uneventfull landing was made on the Beach road. The number two cylinder exhaust valve was…Accident 20100819046459ACessna 310F · Lagrange, INPilot stated that during cruse flight at 3500 feet aircraft began to vibrate / shutter and he could not maintain altitude. Pilot felt that the vibration /shutter was from the left side of aircraft. Pilot feathered the left engine but the vibration/shutter…Accident 20100819045669ACessna 182T · Mosby, MOAircraft departed kmkc enroute to kdbq. Aircraft had been topped off with fuel at kmkc. Preflight and takeoff was normal. IFR flight plan had been filed to 9000'. Aircraft climbed to 4000' as instructed. Approximately 10 minutes into flight, the aircraft was…Incident 20100819045539IStinson 108-2 · Dequincy, LADuring roll out right brake failed causing aircraft to turn abruptly left collapsing right main gear.Accident 20100819043879ACessna U206G · Homer, AKAt approximately 1410 ast at an altitude of 5000' MSL, there was a sudden total power failure. The pilot immediately switched from the right fuel tank to the left fuel tank and switched on the emergency fuel pump with no results. The pilot completed the…Incident 20100819043669IPiper PA-31T2 · Marysville, OHAirman assigned 10,000 feet MSL per ATC. Airman descended to 9,500 feet MSL without an ATC clearance. Airman's loss of altitude caused a loss of seperation with a 14 CFR part 121 air carrier.Incident 20100819043019IVincent Joh RV6A · Williston, FLBi-annual flight review, last bi-annual was 04/08, departed crystal river at aprox 18:15 on simmulated flight plan to craig field in jax, diverted to Williston to perform soft field landing, first landing was successful, CFI told Mr. Redrick to try it again…Accident 20100819042229AGrumman ACF G-164B · Buckeye, AZOn August 19, 2010, N6607Q, piloted by edwin clark crawford, certificate number [privacy data omitted], lost control during the take off ground roll. The pilot and aircraft were conducting aerial agricultural operations at the time of accident and was loaded…Accident 20100819042049AMeyers Indu 200C · Justin, TXOn approach, pilot stated he throttled back to idle to lose altitude, attempted to throttle up and engine would not respond, switched tanks, placed boost pump on, tried starter, no start. Attempted to hand pump the gear down, had n/l/g and rt m/l/g green,…Incident 20100819041549ICessna A188B · Beaumont, TXWhile aerial spraying for mosquitoes 16 miles west of Beaumont, Texas a Cessna CE-188B struck a large bird. The bird broke thru the aircraft's windshield and bent the canopy frame. Pilot returned and landed at kbpt without further incident. Pilot recieved…Accident 20100819041529APiper PA-28-181 · Garrett County, MDAircraft N348TF coming in for a landing runway 27 at Garrett County Airport . Aircraft struck and bounced on the runway hard and collapsed the main gear. During this situation the pilot then went full throttle and lost control and tried to stop the aircraft.…Accident 20100819041499APiper PA-18 · Buena, WA[privacy data omitted] Acting as pilot in command of a PA-18, registration N1622P applied excessive braking during the roll out at Buena (WA97) airport causing the aircraft to flip over. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. No post crash fire and the…Accident 20100819041339AMiller Char Vans RV-7A · El Dorado, AROn August 19, 2010, at 2045 central daylight time, a charles w millerrans RV-7A, collided with heavily wooded terrain shortly after take off from the south Arkansas regional airport (eld), eldorado, Arkansas. The private pilot/registered owner was fatally…Accident 20100818055389ASqueglia R/ Hummel Bird · Pembroke Pines, FLMr. Squeglia was conducting touch and goes on 9 right at north perry airport(hwo). At approximatly 11:14 am local time he was landing when the left landing gear gave way, thus causing aircraft to veer off to the left side of the runway striking a runway sign.…Accident 20100818053489AMaxair MU 582 Drif · Old Forge, NYPiltot w/ one passenger aboard attempted to depart 1st lake. At the time of the accident, wind conditions were light, the water conditions were calm, the density altitude was high, and the aircraft was loaded near (and possibly in excess of (tbd)) max. Gross…Accident 20100818045149ASchweizer 269C-1 · Titusville, FLStudent was practicing 180 degree autorotations from 600 feet alt and began to rapidly build rotor RPM. CFI was distracted by tach and did not realize the loss of altitude. At 200' CFI took control and leveld aircraft. At 100' CFI began flaring to build up…Incident 20100818044699IDouglas DC-8-73F · Cincinati, OHN873SJ enroute mmmx to kcvg flight DHL951 had inflight fire warning. Discharged both fire bottles in accordance with established emergency procedures, declared emergency with indianapolis center @ 0545Z, landed safely kcvg @ 0618Z. Mechanics found loop core…Accident 20100818044339ARobinson He R22 Beta · Mack, CODuring a 14 CFR 61 training flt the CFI had the student initiate a practice 180 degree autorotation with the intention of a termination with power. As they initiated the power recovery the CFI noted the rate of descent was not dissipating and so he took the…Incident 20100818044269ICessna 177RG · Merridianville, ALThe pilot stated that he failed to extend the landing gear after performing pattern work and several touch and go's. the aircraft skidded on the center of the runway to a full stop resulting in minor damage to the aircraft.Accident 20100818043959APiper Aerostar 60 · Baraboo, WIThe aircraft was being operated on a VFR repositioning flight from reedsburg, WI (C35) to Baraboo, WI (dll) after the left engine cylinder head temperature gauge probes had been replaced in C35. Approaching dll, the pilot stated that he noticed significant…Incident 20100818043659ITaylorcraft DCO-65 · Anderson, INShortly after take off climb from kaid, climbing left turn to 1500 feet MSL, the engine was running smoothly. Then the owner/operator stated the engine began to surge. The engine did not stop but could not maintain altitude. Pilot stated he tried to turn back…Incident 20100818043059IAero Comman 500-B · Brooksville, FLDuring normal landing in calm winds, pilot lowered the landing gear and confirmed normal dear down indications. Pilot touched down smoothly and continued to coast to the end of the runway approximately 2000 feet. Approximately 1000 feet down the runway, the…