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 20100719038719ANord 3202 · Oshkosh, WIN2256Y was rolling out after landing on runway 18 when it ground looped near the papa-2 taxiway intersection. The pilot stated that he wanted to make papa-2 but was going too fast. He said he unlocked the tail wheel, put the stick in his stomach, and then…Incident 20100719038689IAir Tractor AT-402A · Vicksburg, MIPilot was conducting 137 spray operations and made several passes on cornfield. PIC had to apply a clean-up spray in area near barn. PIC concentrated on barn area and lost situational awareness near high voltage wires in area. Aircraft struck wire with…Accident 20100719038399ATexas Air V Comp AIR 8 · Mount Pleasant, SCOn July 19, 2010, about 1400 eastern daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built Texas air ventures comp air 8, N882X, was substantially damaged when it impacted the ground during an aborted landing at mt. Pleasant regional airport (lro), Mount Pleasant,…Accident 20100719037949AAmerican AA-1 · Gallup, NMOn 07/19/2010, at approximately 1145 MDT, N5660L lost control and impacted the ground approximately 2 miles ssw of Gallup municipal airport, Gallup , new Mexico(kgup).the commercial pilot and one passenger sustained serious injuries and the aircraft was…Accident 20100718051449ADavis John TR-4 · Denton, TXOn July 18, 2010 at 1912 local time an experimental amature built TR-4 aircraft, N767GW [privacy data omitted] [privacy data omitted] crashed during climb out on a VFR flight with VMC weather conditions prevailing. No flight plan was filed. The aircraft was…Incident 20100718042699ICessna 172P · Pahokee, FLDuring landing flare airplane bounced and hit propeller tip.Accident 20100718042219ABeech A36 · Phoenix, AZN9SH was in a reportable accident on 7/18/2010 @ 1342HRS AZ local time. During a maintenance check flight the pilot reported loss of power. The emergency landing was at approximately 1200 e. deer valley rd. Phoenix AZ., on the roadway. While landing on the…Accident 20100718041419APiper PA-25-260 · Cairo, NEThe aircraft departed a private grass strip after fueling and loading 90 gallons of fertilizer. Shortly after becoming airborne, the aircraft started to settle. The pilot turned into the wind but could not maintain altitude, and the aircraft impacted the…Incident 20100718041119IBellanca 8GCBCInfo gathered from AAL-FSDO-01 inspector notes, national park ranger report 10-0292 and ranger photos, statement from pilot: in denali national park, mckinley river/bear creek: during landing roll-out on off-field rocky gravelbar between rivers, right landing…Incident 20100718040119IDehavilland DHC-6 Twin · Canyon Lake, CAParachutist landed hard resulting in fatality. Name: kenneth mctabbart experience and training of jumper: 22 years total experience, 6197 jumps, 120 jumps in the last 90 days. Club affiliation: skydive elsinore. Description of the parachutes and their packing…Accident 20100718039739ALeonard Tru Kitfox III · Mexican Hat, UTLanding down wind, bounced from approximately 6 ft. attempted go-around, insufficient power to climb, veered off runway and tipped over.Accident 20100718038909ACessna A185F · Hayden, IDDuring landing rollout on runway 19, at approximately 10 KTS forward motion, a wind gust from the left lifted the left wing. Before the pilot could react the right wing tip impacted the ground damaging the wing, spar and aileron. The pilot recovered…Incident 20100718038699IAir Tractor AT-502A · Bloomington, ILWhile maneuvering for the 6th pass on a corn field being sprayed the engine lost power but continued running at idle. The power lever was unresponsive. The aircraft landed in a bean field 2 miles east of the Bloomington, IL ATCT. There was no damage to the…Incident 20100718038619IMooney M20J · Jefferson, GAAircraft touched down and darted to the left. Pilot could not keep it on the runway, went into a gully causing damage to the prop, nose gear and left wing.Incident 20100718038409IFt. Lauderdale, FLAirplane registration prop clear to land on runway 09R. During landing roll tower personnel noticed smoke appears to be from rt main gear. They notify crash fire rescue (CFR). Airplane exit runway and stop at taxiway echo. Ground crew performed a visual…Accident 20100718038349APiper J-3C · Buckhead, GAAircraft was returning to the airfield due to inclement weather approaching. When on base leg, the pilot noticed donkeys on the runway. He initiated a go around, and while going around the pilot reported a microburst that forced him into the tops of the…Incident 20100718037979ICessna 172M · Houston, TXPilot stated he was flying northwest Houston pipeline patrol and began having engine problems. Power reduced to 2000 RPM at full throttle. Started losing oil pressure and EGT decreased 300 degrees. Pilot declared emergency with (kiah) tower. Pilot stated in…Accident 20100717045479ASchweizer 269C · Minden, NEPilot and one passenger were on a cross-country flight from kearney, Nebraska, to Minden Nebraska, at a cruising altitiude of 400 feet AGL. Cruising speed was 60 to 65 KTS. The pilot felt a vibration and initiated an autorotation to a bean field. The…Incident 20100717043169ILet L-23 Super · Shenandoah, VAThe pilot landed right of center line and came too close to the runway edge lights. When the right wing came down, the leading edge impacted the runway edge light causing minor damage.Accident 20100717041249AConsolidate Lake LA-4-2 · Swentna, AKPilot stated that he was landing in glassy water conditions on hewitt lake. He set his aircraft up for a 150 foot per minute descent at approximately 60 mph. He momentarily looked down at his instruments and in doing so, the aircraft pitch attitude changed to…Accident 20100717041149ACessna 182P · Crisfield, MDPilot [privacy data omitted] aborted take-off when aircraft would not fly after three attempts to make aircraft fly. Aircraft ran off the end of the runway and into a ditch about 200-300 feet off the end of runway 32. The nosegear was torn from the firewall…Accident 20100717040559ACessna 172P · Port Alsworth, AKThe PIC on his takeoff roll encountered a soft spot on the runway. This retarded his takeoff speed and already passing his no go point the PIC elected to continue his takeoff knowing that at the end of the runway was a drop off and at the bottom were numerous…Accident 20100717040279AParker Dona RS-15 Sailp · Marysvale, UTAircraft departed parowon, UT at about noon, in a flight of four gliders. Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances. Evidence at the scene indicated that the aircraft crashed at high velocity, nose down, high angle and inverted. Last radio communication…Incident 20100717040259IMaule M-4-210C · Sagle, IDPilot departed coe enroute to ID19. Upon arriving at ID19 and entering the traffic pattern, pilot set up for a short field approach and landing to the north. On short final pilot began slowing the aircraft from 60MPH to 50MPH and estimated a touch down…Incident 20100717039699IBellanca 17-31AOn July 17, 2010 at approximately 16:40 CDT, N4064B a Bellanca 17-31A was landing on runway 22 at Hemphill County Airport (hhf) located in canadian, Texas. The winds were calm at 210 degrees. After touchdown the pilot started applying brakes when the left…Incident 20100717039359ICessna 172M · Louisville, KYPilot attempted to abort the take-off after three unsuccessful attempts to rotate. The pilot steered the aircraft off runway onto the grass. The nose landing gear broke, and aircraft nose hit the ground. No injuries to the pilot, who was the only one on…Accident 20100717039119AS C Aerosta YAK-52 · South Portland, MEOn July 17, 2010 at 1527 LCL a YAK-52, N52MY collided into the ground and came to rest in the inteersection of main mall road and western avenue, South Portland Maine shortly after takeoff from rwy 29 at pwm. VMC conditions prevailed. The pilot and CFI were…Incident 20100717037669ILuscombe 8A · Berkley, MAThe pilot stated he was attempting a landing at Myricks air field in Berkley, MA. The first attempt was aborted and he went around for a second attempt. On the second attempt he impacted the grass landing strip hard going airborne again. The jarring caused…Incident 20100717037499IStroudsburg, PAThe two parachutists were landing when one moved from the right to left, the parachutes collided together and the lines intertwined making the parachutist spin around each other approximately 360 degree, then spiraled to the ground from approximately 30 feet.…Incident 20100716041799IEmbraer ERJ 170-100 · Birmingham, ALThe incident aircraft was dispatched along a 400 NM route in a predicted area of convective activity. The captain accepted the dispatched routing as planned. During a time period of three (3) hours, isolated, general air-mass-type thunderstorms continued to…Incident 20100716041599IPiper PA-28-161 · Oxford, CTThe pilot in command made the following statement of facts: on July 15, 2010, while taxiing from the active runway 18 at waterburyoxford airport in Waterbury, Connecticut, to the 121 restaurant ramp, I made contact on the left wingtip with a fence post at the…Incident 20100716040829ICessna 210G · Waterloo, IAPilot stated he failed to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown. The aircraft landed with the gear retracted and caused minor damage to the aircraft and no injuries to the pilot or passenger.Accident 20100716039339ATopdog Ultr TOP DOG 582 · Eagle Point, ORExperimental weight shift aircraft was taking off in no wind conditions with a pilot and one passenger onboard. Unable to interview pilot due to injuries at time. Passenger reports are as follows: aircraft departed surface of the private grass field at 45 to…Incident 20100716039109IBeech 65 · Detroit, MIUpon departure from uni the PIC got an unsafe NLG light; he checked for bulb operation, ops normal. During climb he cycled the gear; did not get a down and locked indication, nor was there a gear up & locked for NLG during the cycling process. PIC checked the…Incident 20100716039099ISuydam Char MK IV · Mason, MIDuring touchdown the left main landing gear collapsed, causing the aircraft to slide across the grass avoiding any runway/taxi lighting. After inspecting the aircraft, it was discovered that the left main landing gear brace had broken off from the fuselage…Accident 20100716038919ARobinson He R44 II · Salt Lake City, UTPilot had landed on a trailer, didn't like the position and determined he would reposition. As he began the repositioning he indicated that the nose rose and to the left. He over corrected to the right and rolled the helicopter off the right side of the…Accident 20100716038809AAir Tractor AT-301 · Edmore, NDDuring landing operator landed on cross runway on his farm strip which had not been mowed. Long grass factor in ground loop of aircraft damaging right/rear spar and broke tailwheel attach tubing/frame of aircraft.Accident 20100715047539AAvions Max MH 1521 BRO · Skwentna, AKThe airman was landing in a slight crosswind at a rough landing strip with gravel in a ditch to the left side. The aircraft hit soft area which caused the left gear to go into the ditch. The aircraft nosed over causing structural damage to the aircraft…Accident 20100715045469ARobinson He R22 Beta · Melbourne, FLWhile performing aerial observation, during take off climb heading to the n.e. attaining an altitude of about 100 feet, they heard a loud pop followed by loss of power, the clutch light illuminated and extinguished, within seconds the light came back on…Accident 20100715042669APiper PA-32R-300 · St Petersburg, FLOn July 15, 2010, at 0945 EDT, a Piper PA-32R-300 lance, registered to erickson aviation, LLC, was damaged during an aborted takeoff at Albert Whitted Airport (spg), st. Petersburg, FL, while on a part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions…Incident 20100715040239IBeech B36TC · Johnson City, KSAircraft N6484L departed denver, co (apa) enroute to liberal, KS (lbl). During cruise at 11,000 ft, the engine power dropped; then the engine quit. The aircraft made an emergency landing on a dirt road (road 2) 4 miles west of highway 27 in stanton county…Accident 20100715040029ABeech A36 · Las Vegas, NVOn July 15, 2010 at 1620 PDT at Las Vegas, NV (mccarran airport) pilot of N4153Q, a Beech A-36 bonanza, started the engine, then realized the wheel chocks were still in place. Pilot allowed his passenger to exit the airplane to remove the chocks while the…Incident 20100715039681ICary Willia Vans RV6 · Dalhart, TXOn July 12, 2010, at approximately 13:15 CST, N55BC a william k Cary (van's experimental amateur built) RV-6 was taxiing, preparing to park and obtain fuel at Dalhart airport (dht), located in Dalhart, Texas. The pilot was being marshaled in by the fixed base…Incident 20100715039159IPiper PA-24-260 · Oconto, NEAt a cruising altitude of 1000 ft AGL, the propeller RPM started to overspeed. The pilot reduced power to keep the overspeed from occuring, and noticed the oil pressure dropping. A precautionary landing was completed on a highway, and the engine seized during…Accident 20100715038319APiper PA-14 · King Salmon, AKEngine started running rough and got worse when carb heat was selected. Pilot was forced to land at the first available clearing 5 miles west of pakn airport. Aircraft sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, engine mounts, and propeller. There…Accident 20100715037919APiper PA-28-236 · Fullerton, CAThe pilot was attempting a landing at Fullerton airport on rwy 24. Weather at the time was VMC and does not appear to be a factor in the accident. The aircraft porpoised several times while attempting to land. The aircraft finally touched down on rwy 24 at…Accident 20100715037639AKlemme Will Zenith CH 7 · Iowa Falls, IAThis was initial flight in the amateur built aircraft. The pilot did not report a controlability or engine problem. The pilot had performed a go-around due to local traffic and was returning to land. On short final approach at about 300 feet above the ground,…Accident 20100715037509AGarlick Hel OH-58A+ · Rowley, MAThe helicopter was performing aerial application when a low RPM audio came on. The pilot lowered the collective which restored RPM. Approximately 30 minutes later while in cruise flight at 200 feet AGL at 70 knots low rotor audio came on again. Again…Accident 20100714044139AContinental Tomcat MK6B · Blackstone, ILHelicopter was involved in aerial application near Blackstone, IL. Pilot had just loaded the spray tank. He had burned 20 minutes worth of fuel out of a full (28 gal.) Tank. He spray path was east and west. He had completed a left turn, leveled the helicopter…Accident 20100714042649APiper PA-28RT-201 · North Myrtle Be, SCOn July 14, 2010, about 2105 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28RT-201, N2825A, owned by a private individual and operated by concord regional flight services, was substantially damaged during impact with trees and a residence in north Myrtle beach, south…