Aircraft: Beech 18. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Miami Gardens, Fla. Aircraft damage: Destroyed.
What reportedly happened: The pilot held an ATP certificate and had in excess of 6,400 hours of flight experience. He was the president and director of operations for the company that maintained the airplane, which was kept outdoors when not flying. The local area had been experiencing large amounts of rain during the week before the accident.
Aircraft: Piper Tomahawk. Injuries: 1 Serious, 1 Minor. Location: Manville, N.J. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot, accompanied by his pilot-rated son, departed on a flight to practice instrument approaches at three different airports.
Aircraft: Cessna 150. Injuries: None. Location: Factoryville, Pa. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: According to the pilot, he approached runway 4 but performed a go-around due to gusty wind conditions.
Aircraft: RANS S12. Injuries: 1 Minor. Location: Fort Collins, Colo. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was conducting an off-airport precautionary landing due to an unanticipated gusting wind and turbulence.
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Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: None. Location: Millville, N.J. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot, who was on a flight with two pilot-rated passengers, was practicing a no-flap landing. [Read more...]
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Aircraft: RV-10. Injuries: None. Location: Minford, Ohio. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The experimental, amateur-built airplane was in the Phase 1 flight test phase and had accumulated about four hours flight time when the accident occurred.
Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: None. Location: Bar Harbor, Maine. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was undergoing a flight review at the time of the accident. During the approach to landing he used 20° of flaps and attempted to side-slip the airplane.
Aircraft: Lancair 320. Injuries: 1 Minor. Location: Temple Bar, Ariz. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: According to the pilot, the airplane was in cruise flight at 5,500 feet MSL when he decided to descend to 3,500 feet MSL to avoid a layer of haze ahead.
Meg Godlewski is GAN’s staff reporter and a Master CFI.
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