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.
Aircraft: Cessna 177. Injuries: None. Location: Columbia, S.C. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: According to the pilot, he flew a normal approach, but during the landing flare, the airplane encountered a gust of wind.
Aircraft: Cessna 177RG. Injuries: None. Location: Gila Bend, Ariz. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: According to the pilot, while the airplane was in cruise flight he heard a loud noise from the engine compartment, followed by an immediate loss of engine power.
Aircraft: Cessna 182. Injuries: None. Location: Park Falls, Wis. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: According to the student pilot, the airplane was on final approach when it encountered unexpected wind. [Read more...]
Aircraft: Piper Cherokee. Injuries: None. Location: San Angelo, Texas. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was on the second leg of a cross-country flight when the engine lost power.
Aircraft: Beech Baron. Injuries: Four fatal. Location: Topeka, Kan. Aircraft damage: Destroyed.
What reportedly happened: The private pilot, who held multi-engine and instrument ratings, had logged 438 hours, including 11 hours in actual instrument conditions. However, since passing his initial instrument proficiency check on Nov. 10, 2010, he had logged just 0.7 hours of instrument time.
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Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: None. Location: Suchez, Ga. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was intending to land on the 2,000-foot grass runway. He overflew the airstrip to check the windsock and flew an approach to the runway, [Read more...]
Aircraft: STOL CH701. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Pulaski, Wis. Aircraft damage: Destroyed.
What reportedly happened: The private pilot, 67, was the builder of the experimental, amateur-built airplane. The accident was the airplane’s first flight.
Aircraft: Beech Bonanza. Injuries: None. Location: Ocala, Fla. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: While in cruise flight at 8,000 feet, the airplane lost electrical power.
Meg Godlewski is GAN’s staff reporter and a Master CFI.
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