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.
System failures lead to hard landing
April 8, 2013 by 2 Comments
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.
Lack of training, altitude kills two
April 7, 2013 by 3 Comments
Aircraft: Christen Eagle II. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: San Angelo, Texas. Aircraft damage: Destroyed.
What reportedly happened: According to an aerobatic flight instructor, the commercial pilot, who had logged 606 hours, had received 0.9 hours of dual aerobatic instruction from him in a Pitts S-2B airplane in 2009. No additional aerobatic instruction was noted in the pilot’s logbook.
Alcohol and IMC bad combination
April 4, 2013 by 4 Comments
Aircraft: Cessna 310. Injuries: 3 Fatal. Location: McComb, Miss. Aircraft damage: Destroyed.
What reportedly happened: The 3,500-hour pilot, age 52, and two passengers arrived at the airport about 3:20 a.m. after going to a bar.
Redbird Skyport experiment takes off
April 3, 2013 by 7 Comments
Consider this: If you get a job flying for the airlines, you will have weeks, even months, of training in a simulator before you are allowed to touch an actual airplane. Does that give you an idea of the value of simulator training?
In October 2011 Redbird Skyport opened at San Marcos Municipal Airport (HYI) between Austin and San Antonio, Texas. Introduced with much fanfare at that year’s AirVenture, the Skyport has some GA heavyweights behind it, including Jerry Gregoire, chairman of Redbird Flight Simulations, John and Martha King of King Schools, [Read more...]
Crosswind compromises Cirrus
April 3, 2013 by 6 Comments
Aircraft: Cirrus SR22. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: South Bend, Ind. Aircraft damage: Destroyed.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land in winds from 300° at 15 knots with gusts to 24 knots. A witness on the ground stated that the airplane was being “bounced around” by the wind gusts [Read more...]
Hard landing injures three
April 2, 2013 by 2 Comments
Aircraft: Piper Cherokee. Injuries: 3 Serious. Location: Ridgely, Maryland. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: A CFI and two commercial pilots departed on a training flight to practice maneuvers in preparation for the commercial pilots’ CFI practical tests. [Read more...]
Engine failure on takeoff kills two
April 1, 2013 by 3 Comments
Aircraft: Lancair 360. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Chesapeake, Va. Aircraft damage: Destroyed.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was taking his sister on a short flight. According to witnesses on the ground, the airplane took off and was beyond the departure end of the runway at an altitude of about 200 to 300 feet when the engine began sputtering and backfiring. [Read more...]
Nose gear fails on Cessna
March 31, 2013 by 2 Comments
Aircraft: Cessna 310. Injuries: None. Location: Sanford, Fla. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: A flight instructor and private pilot were performing touch-and-go landings. While retracting the landing gear, they heard a loud bang.
Gust gets student pilot
March 28, 2013 by 1 Comment
Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: None. Location: San Antonio, Texas. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The student pilot was attempting to land in gusty wind conditions. The approach was fast [Read more...]
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