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 20091028051189ISwearingen SA227-AC · Alliance, NEN542FA,was departing Alliance, Nebraska, airport using rwy 12 when the METAR reported the weather as 500 ft overcast with one (1) statute mile visibility, wind was from the north 360 degrees at (13) knots. Subsequently, during the takeoff roll, the aircraft…Incident 20091028025649IBoeing 737-890 · Anchorage, AKAsaa flt#131 departed ord for anc. There was no suspected tire damage on takeoff. When the gear was lowered on final at anc, the crew noted an unsafe indication on the right main landing gear, and suspected a microswitch malfunction. The crew recycled the…Incident 20091028021519ICessna 172A · Greeley, COThe pilot says while on 2 mile final he tried to add power to the engine and it did not respond. He then looked at his fuel and it showed ¼ of a tank. The engine died and he turned to land in a wheat field. Pilot stated that he thought he had enough fuel on…Incident 20091027051739IVoshell Fra Starduster · Marshall, MIAfter landing on sod on the south side of runway 10 and while aircraft was decelerating, the landing gear welds broke allowing the landing gear to collapse.Accident 20091027051259AHawker/Beec A36TC · Kalamazoo, MIJames george wilton a canadian certificated air transport Canada pilot crashed the Hawker/ Beechcraft BE-A36TC that he was operating shortly after take off. The aircraft caught fire and was destroyed. The pilot was severly burned and died in the aircraft. The…Incident 20091027051179IBoeing 767-432ER · Atlanta, GA0N 10/27/2009, about 2130 EDT, delta air lines flight 21 from cdg to atl was on a down wind radar vector to land on runway 8L when it encountered tranisent moderate turbulence. A female flight attendant was injured while assisting a non-english speaking…Accident 20091027050679AAeronca 7AC · Vanderbuilt, MIOn 10/27/2009, aircraft was topped off at the Gaylord, Michigan regional airport (glr).aircraft was to be flown on a pleasure flight. The aircraft was observed flying low, slow, and performing "roller coaster" like manuevers by several different witnesses. It…Incident 20091027050619ICessna 172N · Green Bay, WIStudent pilot lost control on landing in crosswind and exited the runway. There was no damage to the aircraft at this time. Tower asked if the pilot could taxi back on the paved surface of the taxiway and proceed to parking or would he need a tow. Student…Accident 20091026053819ABeech B100 · Benavides, TXOn oct 26,2009, N729MS a Beech 100 went into weather encountered turbulence and had an enflight break up, pilot and three passengers received fatal injuries. There was an enflight fire and landed inverted.Accident 20091026051539ABoeing 717-200 · Kinston, NCThe event took place approximately 20 NM south of Kinston (iso), at 16:01Z. The flight was experiencing moderate turbulence at FL350 and the crew requested a lower altitude. Air traffic only approved a descent to FL330 due to opposite direction traffic at…Accident 20091026050719ACessna 172N · Marysville, OHPilot landed on runway 09 at union county airport with a reported right to left crosswind of 5 to 8 knots. The aircraft touched down left of the centerline and continued to drift left until the aircraft departed the runway and entered the grass. The aircraft…Accident 20091026050659ACessna 172P · Bennington, VTAircraft departed west milfery, NJ for a 2 hour local flight. Aircraft was viewed shooting approaches (approx 1830HRS) to runway 13. After approximatley 4 approaches, aircraft crashed into whipstick hill. The crash sight was about 200 yards downhill from the…Accident 20091025857439APiper PA28180 · Spring Hill, FLOn October 25, 2009 at approximtely 1410 EDT, a Piper PA-28-180 (N7220W) crashed into a field located on the north side of the pilot country airport in pasco county. The aircraft was destroyed. The pilot, arthur joseph michaud, certificate number 2836348, and…Incident 20091025051229IQuad City U Challenger · Fairmont, WVDuring takeoff with a full tank of fuel from runway 5 of the Fairmont municipal airport (4G7) acceleration was normal. During climbout, between 200 feet and 500 feet AGL, the engine experienced a loss of power and was unable to continue climbing. The engine…Incident 20091025050599IBombardier CL-600-2B19 · Fort Wayne, INFlg 4137 , a CRJ2 from dtw to fwa declared an emergency due to electrical problems. Aircraft landed at fwa without incident. N8541D had a CA side ra flag followed by numerous GPWS cautions and warnings, also gear indicators flashed yellow. Once on ground had…Incident 20091025050579IRobinson He R44 · Myerstown, PAInstructor pilot reported to FSDO that a precautionary landing was made, due to vibration in tail rotor control system. Upon inspection of tailboom after landing, pilot discovered a foreign object binding tail rotor drive shaft and control linkage.Accident 20091025025669AElkins Edwa Christen EA · Athens, KYOn the departure take off from a 3500 foot private grass strip the subject pilot initiated lift off at a slower than normal ground speed. In an attempt to gain speed, the pilot nosed the aircraft over and accelerated. He subsequently recontacted the surface…Incident 20091025022749IAmtr CH701 · Bullhead City, AZPilot was taxiing his light sport airplane in the ramp area after landing. A gust of wind picked up the tail and the prop and right wing tip struck the ground. No injuries and the aircraft sustained minor damage.Accident 20091025021489ABell 206B · Eupora, MSPilot stated he performed a preflight before flight and no evidence of contaminated fuel. Pilot stated that during an aerial application flight his helicopter lost power during a turn. He impacted the ground in a clearing. Upon investigation evidence of…Accident 20091025021369APowrac PC2000 · Leadore, IDAt about 1045 on October 24, 2009, the pilot was having trouble with the throttle and was going to land in a field. The pilot cut the power and the canopy partially collapsed, causing the aircraft to fall to the ground causing injury to the pilot.Incident 20091025020099IMooney M20J · North Kingstow, RIN1067F, Mooney M20J, enroute from westfield, ma (kbaf) to Quonset airport (koqu) experienced electrical problems. Pilot attempted to extend landing gear manually but was unable to fully extend and lock gear in the down position. Pilot continued his attempts…Incident 20091024857399ISaab-Scania Saab 340B · Herndon, VAOn approach into Dulles the flight experienced severe turbulence between 11,000 and 9,000 feet. A few passengers exhibited anxiety and one passenger hit their head on passenger service unit. The flight attendant hit their knee and head. The aircraft landed…Incident 20091024053499INewman P L Mini Coupe · Deland, FLMr. Brewer said on the morning of November 24, 2009, he was shooting touch and goes in N216CC his amateur built Newman Mini Coupe. He said he had made about eight or nine before the incident. He said on the last one he rolled out fast, and rolled over some…Accident 20091024052689AGolden Circ Tierra 1 · Jensen, UTAircraft departed vernal, UT on 10/24/2009 for a local flight. While decending enroute, the aircraft experienced a total loss of engine power. The pilot attempted to land on a sand bar in the green river near Jensen, UT but landed short contacting the water…Accident 20091024051459ACurtiss Wri P-40E · Lincoln, NEPilot landed on runway 17, told to turn left on e or n, made a sharp right turn off runway 17, right main gear collapsed.Accident 20091024050649ARobinson R-22 · Scranton, SCOn October 24, 2009, the 266 hour private pilot of a Robinson, R-22, N822U, was at his first stop on a 3 leg cross country flight. The pilot landed at a private Aerodrome. The pilot repostioned the aircraft at a hover to observe the windsock. The pilot stated…Incident 20091024023639INamer T28B · Coolidge, AZOn Saturday 10-24-2009 at approximately 1400 hours pilot Mr. Billy johnson, front seat and pilot Mr. Robert blue back seat, performed a gear-up landing at Coolidge airport. This landing was witnessed by two persons on the ground. After landing with the…Incident 20091024022879IAmtr Bowersflybab · San Manuel, AZThe aircraft departed le roy, AZ (4AZ9) enroute to casa grande, AZ to attend the copper state fly in. Enroute Mr. Tomasello planned to stop at San Manuel (E77) for fuel. During the landing flare, the control stick grip pulled off and the aircraft nosed over,…Accident 20091024021759APiper PA18150 · Chandler, AZThis was a solo flight for Mr. Govig, he landed just a little off centerline of the runway, and while correcting back to centerline he lost control and ground looped the aircraft. The right wing just barely touched the ground but caused spar damage to the…Accident 20091024021699APiper J4A · San Diego/El C, CAOn October 24, 2009 at 1150 a.m. PDT, flight instructor alvin c. wood was on a familiarization and training flight with the aircraft owner [privacy data omitted]. They were flying a Piper J4A identified as N24536 which is a two seater, conventional gear…Incident 20091024021169IAmrgen AA5 · Lakeview, AROn October 24, 2009, at 13:30 CST a Grumman tiger, N7374L, register to steve jones took off from new century air center airport (kixd) in olathe Kansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The aircraft…Incident 20091024020199IAmtr Liberty · Oklahoma City, OKPilot was flying a powered parachute; pilot has a sport pilot certificate; logbook is endorsed for powered parachute. Pilot stated that he took off from ce Page airport; flew the pattern three times, twice making low passes and on the third was attempting a…Incident 20091023051079IMitsubishi MU-2B-35 · Sioux Falls, SDNight VFR departure from kfsd to kane. Flaps 5 and gear up. Aircraft struck unseen bird during initial climb out shortly after departure. Auto pilot was disengaged and aircraft showed zero adverse handling qualities. Upon close inspection of all systems,…Incident 20091023050639IPiper PA-28R-180 · Lake Wales, FLOn October 23, 2009, aircraft N3382T, serial number 28R-30209 landed on runway 17 at the Lake Wales airport with the main landing gear partially extended and the nose landing gear in the retracted position. The aircraft sustained damage to the propeller, left…Accident 20091023025919ACommander A 114-B · Adrian, MIA Commander model 114-B, N6025U, piloted by an instrument-rated private pilot, on an IFR flight plan was destroyed during a post-impact fire following an apparent loss of control while on an instrument approach to lenawee county airport (kadg), Adrian,…Accident 20091023023269APiper PA46350P · Zephrhills, FLOn October 23, 2009 at approximately 2018 EDT, a Piper PA-46-350P (98ZZ), crashed into the woods on the west side of state highway 98, approximately 1 1/2 miles north of county road 54 in pasco county. The aircraft was on a IFR flight from gnv to lal with a…Incident 20091023022439IGulstm 695 · Mesa, AZN9812S took off from Falcon field on 10/23/2009 about 10:30 am. When it had a bird strike to the outer edge of the l/h horizontal stabilizer. Pilot aborted flight, taxied back and inspected the damage. After inspecting aircraft damaged and consulting what he…Accident 20091023022359ASocata TB200 · Edwards, CAAt approximately 1715 PDT on October 23, 2009, Socata TB-200 N3952N operated by the Edwards Afb aero club sustained substantial damage during a hard landing on runway 24 at kedw. The pilot in command was a newly certificated pilot with approximately 88 hours…Incident 20091023022329IAmtr TF51 · Mesa, AZAt approximately 1300 MST, Friday, October 23, 2009 at Falcon field (ffz) AZ, N451DT, an experimental, scale P-51 mustang, piloted by james w. doane (certificate number 537485491) received ATIS, taxi clearance, and was cleared for take off runway 22R (22L was…Incident 20091023021279IHughes 269C · Las Vegas, NVOn October 23, 2009 helicopter Schweizer 269C, N612U left kvgt for flight training at approximately 11:45AM. Flight instructor and student pilot were practicing run on landing maneuvers when flight instructor took the controls and picked it up off the ground…Accident 20091022052299ACessna 182C · Kotzebue, AK[privacy data omitted] Was interviewed by lkg on 12/02/2009 @ his home, [privacy data omitted] regarding an aircraft accident that occured sometime during the month of October 2009, at a location approximately 12 miles northeast on the 052 bearing from…Incident 20091022050869ICessna 310N · Key West, FLThe aircraft was cleared by ATC for runway 9. The pilot stated that he prepared the aircraft for landing, and the aircraft continued on approach, the aircraft flared out with the main landing gear touching smoothly on the runway. The pilot stated that he…Incident 20091022050799ICessna 172S · Daytona Beach, FLA large bird struck the aircraft while on short final for runway 7L. The bird smashed the windshield, broke the pilots sun visor, and compass mount. The aircraft landed without any further issues.Incident 20091022050759ICessna 182P · Glen Burnie, MDWhile in cruise flight the engine started running rough. Pilot made an emergency landing to rwy 15L and taxied to ramp without incident. Maintenance facility at bwi removed cowling and did not see and obvious issues. Aircraft engine was run and during the run…Accident 20091022050559ACessna U206G · Elizabethton, TNOn Thursday October 22, 2009 at approximately 1335 EDT N120MS, a Cessna U206G aircraft departed the Elizabethton municipal airport (0A9) under a part 91 VFR flight to avery county airport (7A8). The purpose of the flight was to provide missionary pilot…Accident 20091022050499APiper PA-44-180 · Grand Forks, NDCFI and student pilot were conducting a evaluation flight prior to checkride. CFI and student did not follow checklists resulting in a gear up landing.Accident 20091022025659AFuji LM I · Athens, GAOn October 22, 2009, at approximately 1121 hours eastern daylight time, a Fuji lm 1, registration number N2121J, departed runway 27 at Athens / ben epps airport (ahn) located in Athens, Georgia. N2121J was the second of a two aircraft formation departing ahn…Incident 20091022022409IAmtr Waiex · Torrance, CAPilot attempted to taxi around another aircraft on the ramp and taxied too close to the taxiway edge. This caused the pilot to strike a taxiway sign with the aircrafts propeller. The pilot had limited forward visibility, due to the tail wheel design of the…Incident 20091022022239IPiper PA28181 · San Jose, CAThe pilot states he and three passengers left san diego, CA for oakland, CA. He says that after a weight and balance check a fuel stop was needed in santa barbara, CA. A record from atlantic aviation at santa barbara airport on 10/22/09 shows that 10 gallons…Accident 20091022022229ASnias AS350B3 · Tucson, AZMr. Teeb was giving [privacy data omitted] a check ride following an accident [privacy data omitted] had in September, 2009. After 30 minutes of maneuvers, Mr. Steeb briefed, and then instructed [privacy data omitted] to perform a hovering autorotation.…