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 20081215856669ABell OH58C · St. Cloud, FL(-23) 137 Operator was flying low over a large lake spraying chemicals, the lake was extremely calm and appeared to be glassy. The pilots depth perception was affected and special disorientation occured thus causing him to fly into the water. The pilot was…Accident 20081215856409ACndair CL6002B16 · West Palm Beac, FL(-23) "Wow" input fail light illuminated on climb from pbi, returned to airport without further incident.Incident 20081215856039ICessna 182N · Sanford, ME(-23) Flight instructor and student on crosscountry from B19 to lwm. Reaching 4500 ft CFI noticed smoke from the cowling followed by falling oil pressure. CFI decided to land at sfm. CFI contacted pwm approach informed them of engine failure and prop…Incident 20081215855079IDoug DC951 · Minot, ND(-23) During taxi to the ramp after a normal landing, the captain and first officer on northwest airlines flight 1471 had difficulty distinguishing the boundaries of the ramp and the ramp markings to assist them while navigating to the gate due to compacted…Incident 20081215854099IBeech A35 · Crookston, MN(-23) After takeoff the pilot selected the gear up position and during retraction a malfunction occurred locking the gear in a nearly full up position. Verification of the landing gears position was made by a ground observer at the airport. Pilot was unable…Incident 20081215852879ICndair CL6002D24 · St Louis, MOPushback tug contacted aircraft during pushback on ice covered ramp at kstl. With tow bar connected to the nose gear, the pushback tug slid into the right side of aircraft, aft of the service door, causing damage to the aircraft fuselage. Mala maintenance…Incident 20081215852789ICndair CL6002C10 · Chicago, ILN511MJ, a Canadair crj CL-600-2C10 (CRJ700) operating as mesa airlines flight 7164 (dba untited express) departed Chicago O'Hare intn'l airport (ord) on a passenger revenue flight to indianapolis, IN. During the approach for landing, the crew received an…Incident 20081214856349IPiper PA44180 · Jasper, AL(-23) On December 14, 2008 at approximately 1500 hrs local at Jasper, AL (kjfx) a check ride was being conducted for a private multi-engine rating. The PIC completed a simulated single engine landing and was more than 1000 feet down the runway for a two…Incident 20081214855989ICndair CL6002B19 · Philadelphia, PA(-23) 1-PHL int'l airport, a CRJ2(mobardier CL-600-2B19) landed onr runway 27L with the left main gear retracted. Phl ARFF responded and foamed the aircraft after complete stop. All three occupants (2 flight crewmembers, 1 cabin crewmember and 0 passengers)…Accident 20081214854809ACndair CL6002B16 · Gary, IN(-23)On December 14, 2008, at approximately 1500 CST, N573BA, a Boeing company corporate aircraft experienced a hard landing at Gary/Chicago International Airport during high wind conditions. The flight crew,unaware of any damage, executed a go around and…Accident 20081214854449ABeech C90A · Rocksprings, TXOn 12-14-2008 at approximately 1430 CST, a Beechcraft king air C-90A N43KM departed hondo airport hondo, Texas enroute to goodyear, Arizona following a maintenance visit at corrigan air center in hondo, Texas. At 1450 CST, N43KM requested and received IFR…Incident 20081214853979ICessna TR182 · San Diego, CA(-23) Pilot departed myf with one passenger onboard. Flew to ramona then landed at oceanside airport. Departed southbound along coat. The headed to Brown field to execute touch and go's. on second touch and go, pilot stated he failed to lower the gear. Acft…Incident 20081214853299IBeech A36 · Jackson County, TXPilot experienced a loss of power and the engine began to run rough. Pilot made and emergency landing in a pasture off of fm 1683 in Jackson County, Texas. Left hand flap was damaged and the laft hand main landing gearwas missing.Incident 20081214852409ICessna 177RG · Blairstown, NJ(-23) Pilot stated that he was distracted while landing by several factors that do not usually occur during his landings and he forgot to put the gear down and landed with gear retracted. No injuries.Incident 20081213856459ICessna 152 · Daytona Beach, FL(-23) N9733A, a Cessna 152 operated by cloud dancer aviation flight school was taxiing to runway prior to takeoff. Prior to approaching runway, the student on the controls applied brakes to position itself behind another aircraft preparing to enter runway.…Incident 20081213856389ICessna 182P · Plant City, FL(-23) N5784J, a Cessna 182, was on a day VFR flight in the local Plant City FL area when the engine lost power. Pilot was unable to re-start engine and made emergency landing in 2 adjacent cow pastures. Following landing, aircraft went through cattle fences…Accident 20081213855279AUnivar 415D · Sebring, FL(-23) N99154, a 1949 Ercoupe 415C was on a day VFR pleasure flight in the local Sebring Florida area. The pilot was giving a sight-seeing ride to a resident over a local golfing community. Aircraft was seen by several witnesses doing turns and maneuvering…Incident 20081213854439ICessna 208B · Louisville, KYAfter being de-iced and getting my clearance I got an immediate release from united parcel service (ups). I called ground control and began to move forward from ramp 4 spot 1 with the help of a ups marshaler. The wind screen became blurry under the ice plate…Accident 20081213854359ACessna 182 · Fort Worth, TXThis aircraft reported a loss of power to Fort Worth Meacham air traffic control tower. The pilot made an emergency landing in an open field approximately 2 to 3 miles northeast of Fort Worth Meacham airport. During the off airport landing the aircraft engine…Accident 20081213853749AAmtr PITTSMODEL12 · Weirsdale, FLN212DK, a pitts model 12 departed kvdf on a day VFR flight in the local area. On final stop landing, aircraft made initial touch down with a hard bounce. Prior to second and final touchdown, aircraft drifted with the crosswind to the left of the grass landing…Incident 20081212857479ICessna CE-172 · Northway, AKLanded on closed runway @ Northway, AK. Aircraft became stuck in snow. No other information available. Possible violation of FAR part 91.13(a).airman landed CE-172 on closed runway at Northway, AK. Became stuck in snow. No further information available at…Accident 20081212856069APiper PA28235 · New Bern, NCPilot stated that shortly after take off about 100 feet in the air engine lost total power. Pilot made turn to the right to land in a sod field. Aircraft struck a ditch and the airplane slid to a stop.Incident 20081212855999IPiper PA23235 · Smithfield, NC(-23) Pilot was familiarizing himself with the aircraft in preparation of a ferry flight across the north atlantic to great britain. The pilot secured the left engine to practice engine out procedures. A short time later he attempted to restart the engine…Accident 20081212853989AMooney M20G · Sebastian, FLN6871N, a Mooney M20-E, operating on a night VFR flight plan from lantana, FL to titusville FL. During decent near Sebastian FL, pilot reported power loss and could not restart engine. Pilot selected landing site in between two housing developments in a state…Incident 20081211856949IDoug MD88 · Greer, SCEnroute from iad to atl reported smoke and fumes in the cockpit at FL 300, 175 miles NE of atl. The flight declared an emergency and diverted to gsp with electrical issues. The smoke dissipated after electrical loads were removed, but the aircraft was on…Incident 20081211852849IEMB ERJ170100SU · Omaha, NEN873RW, ERJ-170-100 su, was operated by republic airlines as midwest connect flight 2151. The flight was inbound to Omaha, NE, from milwaukee, WI, when the crew declared an emergency due to a slat fail message. The aircraft landed safely. Contract maintenance…Incident 20081211852689IClerf Legend · Wenatchee, WAAN-4 bolt in nose gear scissors failed on landing, nose gear partially retracted, prop tip struck ground.Accident 20081211852549ABell 206L4 · Sabine Pass, TXThe aircraft departed Sabine Pass island operational heliport with 1 pilot and 4 passengers, en route to rig area, west cameron-157, and crashed at or about 111330Z, approxamately 8 miles se of Sabine Pass from unknown causes. Weather records from beaumont…Incident 20081210856009IBeech A36 · Pinehurst/Sout, NC(-23) While being vectored onto and ILS approach, the pilot ran the before landing checklist and did not extend his gear when the checklist called for it. The approach was flown with a 40 to 50 knot tailwind with ground speeds reported by the pilot in excess…Incident 20081210855089IBbavia 7GCAA · Reno, NV(-23) Subsequent to maintenance, American airlines requested permission to conduct a high power assurance run of the left engine installed on MD-82, N255AA. Rno ground coordinated the request with Reno/Tahoe International Airport operations for aircraft…Incident 20081210854279ICessna T210L · Lake Elmo, MNAfter departing kstp, while in cruise at 3000FT MSL, N9426K experienced an engine failure. The pilot then made an emergency landing in a field. The aircraft landed on its main gear and remained upright throughout the landing roll. Upon inspection of the…Incident 20081210854109ICessna 414 · Springfield, IL(-23) The pilot lowered the gear in anticipation of landing at spi. After the gear extension sequence, the pilot observed the right main gear did not indicate "down and locked". The pilot declared an emergency and troubleshot the system but was unable to get…Accident 20081210852619ACessna 172 · Lompoc, CAN6461E crashed in a field a quarter mile east of Lompoc Airport. Prior to impact, the aircraft hit several power lines just east of the crash site. Although there was sufficient fuel in the tanks at the accident site, the propeller did not show evidence of…Accident 20081209854459ABeech C23 · Panacea, FLAircraft lost power on takeoff. When trying to land aircraft hit runway light and collapsed the nose gear. As the aircraft slid on the grass runway both main gear failed and aircraft came to rest 180 degrees from landing path. Aircraft sustained substantial…Accident 20081209854379AMtsbsi MU2B60 · Millington, TNDecember 9, 2008, at 1058 central standard time, a mitsubishi MU-2B-60, N452MA, was substantially damaged while returning to land, following an engine failure, at Millington Regional Jetport (nqa), Millington, Tennessee. The certificated airline transport…Incident 20081209852419IPiper PA31325 · Ankeny, IA(-23) Pilot was taxiing on icy taxiway and attempted to turn on the taxiway. While attempting to turn, the left wheel left the taxiway and then came back on the taxiway. Pilot was not aware of any problems and continued taxiing and departed. On arrival at…Incident 20081209852259ICessna 402C · Hobbs, NM(-23) On December 9, 2008, at 1120 MST, the pilot of aircraft N7802Q was flying the VOR approach circle to land. Just before landing the ATC tower called for the pilot to check gear down. The pilot added power and went around striking the propellers on the…Incident 20081209852169IBeech 1900D · Dubois, PA(-23) Flight 9290, Beech 1900D departed kduj enroute to kfkl. Upon arriving at kfkl, the aircraft's NLG would not extend. Aircraft returned to kduj, crew continued to utilize the qrh and began manual extension of the landing gear, burned off fuel to 1800 lbs…Accident 20081207856809AAmtr Longezxp · Zolfo Springs, FL(-23)Pilot stated to law enforcement official that he had lost engine power, spotted a field to land in, but overshot it. Aircraft hit a power line and the aircraft came to rest inverted in an orange grove approximately 200 feet from powerline.Accident 20081207856719ACessna 208 · Homestead, FL(-23) Reserve parachute deployed into the air stream while [privacy data omitted] was still in the aircraft. Reserve chute pulled [privacy data omitted] into the left horizontal stabilizer and elevator control surface causing substantial aircraft damage.…Incident 20081207854639IDixon VANSRV4 · Las Vegas, NV(-23) On 12/07/2008, pilot [privacy data omitted] was performing touch and go's in aircraft N402BD, a vans RV4, on runway 12 left at vgt when on third landing, the aircraft came in at a "crabbed" position resulting in a tail right angle. Aircraft then…Accident 20081207854469AMerril F1ROCKETEVO · Sebastian, FLShortly after takeoff from Sebastian airport pilot stated he lost engine power. Pilot then decided to try and return to airport but landed in a marshy area west of airport resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft. The aircraft spun 360° during landing…Incident 20081207854149IBoeing 767323 · Chicago, IL(-23) On December 7, 2008 an American airlines aircraft flight 151 N381AN, a 767-232, s/n 25450 was struck by American airlines deicer truck 15582, while the aircraft was being deiced at O'Hare international airport. The deicer truck was backing up and came…Incident 20081207854069ICessna 150H · Jeffersonville, IN(-23)Pilot reported that he performed a forward slip to a no-flap landing in preparation for his private pilot flight check. Touchdown was normal and on the centerline. The maneuver was planned to be a touch and go. Takeoff was initiated and the aircraft…Accident 20081206857292ACessna 172R · Ft. Lauderdale, FLIncident 20081206856429ICessna 182T · Lawrenceville, GA(-23) Aircraft/pilot landed runway 25 normal. Aircraft then drifted left and pilot compensated with right rudder, placing aircraft in a skid condition, veering to the right with the left main landing gear and nose landing gear contacting the ground. The right…Accident 20081206856179APiper PA28161 · Linden, NJN21253, a PA28, was found on the ramp with substantial damages on December 5, 2008 while airport authorities were conducting a ramp check. Airport authorities moved the aircraft from the tiedown in to a hangar. Date, time and pilot in command of the incident…Accident 20081206856091APiper PA44180 · Ft. Lauderdale, FL(-23) On 12/06/2008, at approximately 1530 EST, N369ES, a Cessna 172, departed north perry airport (hwo) on an training flight with a flight instructor and instument student. At approximately the same time N118TP, a Piper PA-44, departed fort Lauderdale…Accident 20081206854819ACessna 206H · Kalkaska, MI(-23) Tvc ATCT manager reported that pilot had reported icing in clouds and requested diversion into tvc, while shooting the ILS 28 at tvc, pilot stated that he was receiving glide slope indications but not localizer indications. Weather was reported as 3/4…Incident 20081206852809ICessna 210KNose gear would not extend pilot elected to land in gear up configuration.