Aircraft: Kitfox Classic IV. Injuries: 1 Serious. Location: Myrtle Creek, Ore. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: While taxiing to the run-up area, the pilot noted the windsock aligned with his intended departure runway. Following an uneventful engine run-up, he taxied onto the runway and noted the windsock shifted to a 90° crosswind, [Read more...]
Aircraft: Piper Malibu. Injuries: None. Location: Allentown, Pa. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land in a gusting crosswind. He applied a crosswind correction [Read more...]
Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: 2 Serious. Location: Welch, W.Va. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot, whose student pilot certificate was expired, was practicing landings with a tailwind in the traffic pattern at a closed airport in an unregistered airplane.
Aircraft: Liberty XL-2. Injuries: None. Location: Burlington, N.C. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: According to the student pilot, he was attempting a second touch-and-go landing and takeoff.
Aircraft: Mooney M20J. Injuries: None. Location: Romeoville, Illinois. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The airplane was touching down when the left main landing gear collapsed. It subsequently veered to the left and hit a runway edge identifier light.
Aircraft: Cessna 150. Injuries: None. Location: Grass Valley, Calif. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land on a snow-covered runway.
Aircraft: Beech G35. Injuries: None. Location: Brenham, Texas. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot, who was attempting to land at a busy non-towered airport, encountered a strong gusty headwind during the approach.
The 75th anniversary of the Piper Cub was celebrated during AirVenture 2012. The vintage parking area looked like a field of buttercups for all the little yellow airplanes parked in the grass. But what was a J-3 Cub doing parked on the showcase pad in the Warbird area?
“That J-3 is an honest-to-goodness Warbird,” grinned Mike Porter from East Liverpool, Ohio.
Aircraft: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2. Injuries: None. Location: Kingsville, Texas. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The purpose of the flight was to give the pilot a chance to practice aerobatic maneuvers for an upcoming airshow. [Read more...]
Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: 1 Serious. Location: Andrews, Texas. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The airplane had lifted off and was approximately 400 to 500 feet above ground when the engine lost power.
Meg Godlewski is GAN’s staff reporter and a Master CFI.
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