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 20080511847639IPiper PA28161 · Grand Forks, ND(-23) On 5/11/2008, Piper PA-28-161 aircraft, N375ND, operated by the university of north dakota and flown by [privacy data omitted] received minor damage while landing at Grand Forks, ND (kgfk). The student pilot lost directional control while attempting to…Incident 20080511846589ICessna 172 · Woodstock, NH(-23) [privacy data omitted]pilot in command of Cessna N13940, attempted to land on a restricted airfield. The landing side was 1700 feet in length. There was no wind sock for the pilot to determine the wind conditions. [privacy data omitted] Stated that he…Incident 20080511842399ISocata TB20TRINIDAD · Lancaster, PA(-23) On may 11, 2008, the pilot of trinidad N41PW attempted to lower the landing gear for landing at Lancaster Airport. The pilot noticed that the indicating system revealed that the nose gear did not lock in the down position. After communicating with ATC…Accident 20080511841909ASchler ASW2718 · Peoria, AZ(-23) Pilot had completed cross country flight from sun valley, AZ (south of bullhead city, AZ) to Pleasant Valley Airport, Peoria, AZ. He states he entered the pattern for runway 23R. He deployed both spoilers and flaps as he turned final, as he felt he was…Incident 20080511837169ICessna 210A · Mineola/Quitma, TX(-23) On may 11, 2008, about 1300 central standard time a Cessna 210 aircraft while landing at Wood County Airport, TX (jdd) departed the runway after touchdown when the left main gear collapsed. The 450 hour private pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not…Accident 20080511836989ADhav L20A · Talkeetna, AK(-23) While landing on runway 18 at Talkeetna, Alaska, the aircraft did a small bounce off the right wheel. During the next touchdown, the tires were locked and the plane nosed over, striking the prop before falling back on the tail and coming to a stop. The…Incident 20080511836559IPiper PA18A150 · Atqasuk, AK(-23) According to the pilot, upon landing at talkeetna airport, the aircraft was hit with a crosswind that swerved the aircraft to the left stopping in the gravel breaking one runway light.Accident 20080511835599AJihlav KP5 · Norfolk, NE(-23) A79KP landed on runway 19 at Karl Stefan Memorial Airport, Norfolk, NE. The pilot stated that he made a steep approach to the runway, and started to flare at five feet. He realized he was slow. The wing dipped and he added power, then pulled the…Incident 20080511833629IBeech 3NM · Houston, TX(-23) Pilot performed normal pre-flight checks, tower cleared him for take off. On applying takeoff power and the tail lifting off the ground around 60 KTS the aircraft was at the tip of a slight rise in the runway, the landing gear began to retract and the…Incident 20080511833579IMaule M5210TC · Pasco, WA(-23) Airman was conducting personal currency training and was approximately 1.4 hours into flight on first of three planned stop and go landings. During landing there was a left quartering head wind. As aircraft touched down on left main landing gear…Accident 20080510857669ASchlei ASK21 · Tehachapi, CADuring the takeoff sequence prior to reaching 200 feet, the tow pilot noted that the spoilers were open on the glider. He wagged the rudder, which is the signal to check spoilers closed. The glider pilot mis-interpreted the signal to mean release, which he…Incident 20080510848229IDoug MD11F · Indianapolis, IN(-23) On 7/15/2008 ind FSDO received a call from a farmer west of plainfield Indiana regarding an aircraft part that he found in his farm, while working his fields. Part later identified as a winglet of MD-11F belonging to fedex aircraft N592FE.…Incident 20080510847849ICessna 210 · Minneapolis, MN(-23) Aircraft landed on runway 10R at Flying Cloud Airport (fcm) and turned left northbound on echo taxiway when nose gear collapsed.Incident 20080510847349IPiper PA24250 · Monee, IL(-23) Pilot departed Bult Field for his first flight since the airplane's annual inspection (November 2007). Flew a larger pattern than normal. On downwind, he lowered the landing gear. At that point, the engine backfired and lost power. Pilot made an off…Accident 20080510840009ASchler ASK13 · Gregory, MI(-23) Just after the glider left the ground a hand held radio fell out of the pilots pocket and lodged in front of the control stick. The pilot then released the glider from the tow plane due to lack of elevator up control causing the glider to strike the…Accident 20080510838959AUrocop EC135T2+ · La Crosse, WI(-23) N135UW departed on a vft flight form the La Crosse Wisconsin municipal airport during the hours of darkness and impacted a wooded ridge approximately 4 1/2 miles southeast of the airport under unknown circumstances. This report will be updated after the…Accident 20080510838619ACessna 172A · Birchwood, AK(-23) On 10 may 2008 at 0935 local Alaska time 7598T, a Cessna tailwheel CE-172 on a private piloted, pleasure flight from merrill field, anchorage, AK landed, veered left and ground-looped on runway 19R at the Birchwood, Alaska airport. Damage to the…Incident 20080510838039ICessna 177B · Las Vegas, NV(-23) During landing, the PIC stated that the nose wheel touched down first then the aircraft ballooned 10 feet into the air. The aircraft porpoised down runway 12R at kvgt touching down at least 5 times. The PIC was able to maintain directional control and…Accident 20080510837929APiper PA34200T · Blytheville, AR(-23) The aircraft gear collapsed after pilot lost control of aircraft on landing. The aircraft landed long: touched down on the FAR left hand side of the runway. Skid marks indicated that heavy braking was applied, aircraft skidded to the FAR right hand side…Accident 20080510837289ACessna 310 · Glenwood, NM(-23) Sometime between January, 2008 and may 10, 2008, a Cessna 310, N28836, with FAA registration pending, collided with terrain about 12 miles east by northeast from Glenwood, NM. The weather conditions were unknown, there was no flight plan filed. The…Accident 20080510837279AAmtr Varieze · Speed, KS(-23) While en route from adt to lxt, approximately 15:50 and 10 miles from phg, the pilot of N6553C reported that he experienced smoke in the cockpit and attempted to land on a dirt road. The wing and kinard wing was torn from the aircraft and the nose…Accident 20080510837059ADhav L20A · Juneau, AK(-23) On approach 3/4 miles sw of the Juneau float pond struck a bird causing substantial damage to the leading edge of the right wing.Accident 20080510836999AZlin ZLIN50LX · Modesto, CA(-23)N6660K was finishing with the aerobatic performance and made a final pass from east to west along the show center line. The aircraft was observed conducting right aileron rolls and got lower and lower as he approached the western boundry of the aerobatic…Accident 20080510836329ARobsin R22 · Lakeway, TX(-23) On may 10, 2008, N8631D was operating over lake travis performing aerial photography of boats. Both pilots reported overating the aircaft during the day prior to the accident. While the CFI was the PIC and in a right bank turn the low rotor RPM warning…Accident 20080510835919ADiamon DA40 · Lakeview, OR(-23) On 5/10/2008, at approximately 0245Z, pilot was landing on the centerline of runway 16 caught a crosswind which pushed aircraft off the left side of the runway into the grass. The aircraft then skidded into bushes by the edge of a drainage ditch. The…Incident 20080510835829IPiper PA28R201T · Minden, NV(-23) The pilot slowed for landing and deployed the gear. A safe condition was indicated for the mains, but not for the nose. The gear was cycled; however, again, no safe nose indication. An emergency gear deployment was attempted but still, no green nose…Incident 20080510835649IPalmer Spencerairca · Half Moon Bay, CA(-23) As the pilot approached the airport, crossing midfield overhead at 1500 feet, the landing gear was lowered. At that point the pilot stated, "we are making a land landing, the gear is down". The pilot's wife was flying with him and has been taught to…Accident 20080510835609ACessna 172 · Big Timber, MTOn may 10, at 1730, a Cessna 172, N8103E, registered to [privacy data omitted] collided with the wind sock during landing at Big Timber Airport, Big Timber, Montana, while returning from flight instruction. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the…Accident 20080510834449AAyres S2R · Brawley, CA(-23)N8860Q a rockwell international S-2R crashed while performing aerial spray operations (crop dusting) the aircraft had a loss of power while pilot was attempting to perform second pass of field. Pilot initiated an emergency landing in the field on landing…Accident 20080510833649ACessna 172H · Brookshire, TX(-23) On may 10, 2008, at 2330 CDT, a Cessna 172H, N3870R, was substantially damaged when it overshot runway 17 while conducting touch and go night landings at sports Flyers airport (27XS), Brookshire, Texas. The certificated private pilot and one passenger…Accident 20080510833549ABeech B19 · Burns, OR(-23) While in the pattern for landing, the AWOS was reporting that the wind had shifted directions 3 or 4 times. The pilot [privacy data omitted] elected to land on runway 21. During his landing, the wind suddenly shifted and his right wing lifted up. In…Accident 20080510833249ACessna T182T · Newport, RI(-23) Pilot reported receiving adds wx for uuu indicating winds @01015G20+. Pilot stated he mistakenly made the connection with reported winds by selecting rnwy 22 (downwind) for landing. Pilot reported unable to set acft down, first contact was past midway…Incident 20080510832009ICessna 172G · Waco, TX(-23) This aircraft lost power when fuel could not be drawn from the right fuel tank. This aircraft has standard wing tanks and a 9 gallon aux tank in the baggage compartment. The flight instructor took over from the student pilot and made an off airport…Incident 20080509854599IBeech J35 · New Hudson, MIPilot landed aircraft and raised landing gear instead of flaps.Accident 20080509840199ACessna 140 · Burlington, WI(-23) During takeoff from Burlington, WI (buu) to the north on runway 01 the engine began to run rough. [privacy data omitted] Stated he applied carburetor heat and the aircraft smoothed out momentarily then quit. The aircraft had only reached an altitude of…Accident 20080509840189ACessna 208B · Grand Rapids, MI(-23) A Cessna 208B experienced total engine failure about 8 miles out from his destination airport (grr) at 2500 feet MSL. Engine restart was unsuccessful and pilot was forced to make an emergency landing. The aircraft was destroyed on impact. Pilot was…Accident 20080509839079AKUNTZ2000 · Dickinson, ND(-23) On may 9, 2008 and experimental aircraft (gyroplane), KUNTZ2000, N610RD and piloted by [privacy data omitted] received substantial damage while attempting to make a precautionary landing 12 mi nw of Dickinson, ND after encountering IMC conditions due to…Incident 20080509837959IPiper PA28161 · Miami, FL(-23) On landing pilot reported aircraft appeared to have a flat left tire. Left landing gear failed on landing roll out.Accident 20080509837949ARhnflu EA300L · Queen Creek, AZ(-23) The aircraft was on an upset recovery instructional flight when it impacted the ground at n 33 17.179, w 111 28.916 on a heading of 112 degrees, upright., on about a 45-degree nose-down angle. The empennage was separated and laying in front of the…Accident 20080509837109AAmtr T18 · Kent, WA(-23) This was the pilot's first flight of the airplane after being in storage since April 6, 2007. On may 1, 2007, the engine carburetor was replaced with an appropriate model. In October 16, 2007, the annual condition inspection was accomplished. On may 9,…Incident 20080509835849IBeech S35 · Garberville, CA(-23)Declared an emergency because of engine failure. Landed at Garberville, CA (O16) airport without further incident.Accident 20080509835699AMaule M5235C · Oljato, UT(-23) The pilot landed on an unmaintained backcountry landing strip located within the glen canyon recreational area in san juan county, southeastern Utah; the airstrip is not depicted on the faa's denver section aeronautical chart, which includes the…Incident 20080509833779ICirrus SR20 · Klamath Falls, OR(-23) It appears that the pilot lost control of the aircraft while landing at klmt on runway 25. The airport aircraft alert report, completed by [privacy data omitted] states that the pilot and ATC reported the aircraft experienced flight/directional control…Accident 20080509833499AScwzer 269D · San Antonio, TX(-23) Pilot stated that he and another pilot were practicing auto-rotations. On the last auto-rotation he was too low and the helicopter hit the ground hard. No NMAC. No fire. No damage to persons and property on the ground.Incident 20080509833049ICessna 402C · Hyannis, MA(-23) During block-in on cargo ramp aircraft turned and struck a van parked near the designated parking spot.Accident 20080509832469APiper PA36300 · Thomas, OK(-23) On may 9, 2008, the pilot [privacy data omitted] was the pilot of a 1981 PA-36-300 N2368Y, that had just departed the Thomas, Oklahoma (1O4) airport with a load of 150 gallons of water to rinse out the aircraft's hopper of a fungicide that he had been…Incident 20080508840289IBeech E90 · Norfolk, VA(-23) The pilot landed and was taxiing on the ramp for parking. During the ramp taxi, the pilot needed to make a right hand turn to position the airplane for parking and deplaning of passengers. As the right hand turn was made along the perimeter of the ramp,…Accident 20080508839989APiper PA28180 · Naperville, IL(-23)[privacy data omitted] departed naperaero airport, Naperville, Illinois (LL10) in a Piper cherokee, PA-28-181, N2245M, on may 5, 2008 at 1820 CDT. The purpose of the day's flight was to warm the engine's oil in order to complete an oil change. The…Accident 20080508838629ACessna 210 · Pleasanton, TX(-23)A Cessna 210, registration number N732VM, attempted to land at the Pleasanton (pez) airport but came in too hot and ran off the south end of the runway at a high rate of speed and impacted a hackberry tree with the left wing (wing root) and the engine…Incident 20080508838469ISkrsky S76B · Sleep Hollow, NY(-23) On may 08, 2008, at approximately 1638 hours local time, N500WK, a Sikorsky SK-76B, s/n 760349, while descending to land at a private residence. The main rotor blades contact tree branches causing minor damage.