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Cessna 177 crashes while flying low and slow

By NTSB · April 22, 2019 ·

Pilot Error NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain altitude and airspeed while maneuvering at a low altitude.

Fuel contamination brings down Yak 52

By NTSB · April 19, 2019 ·

Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to contaminants in the fuel system that decreased the fuel flow, the source of which could not be determined.

Short field takeoff goes awry

By NTSB · April 18, 2019 ·

Pilot Error NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s improper pretakeoff planning, his failure to maintain adequate airspeed, and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a short-field takeoff with a tailwind, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

Bird strike bends Beech 99

By NTSB · April 17, 2019 ·

Animal Encounter NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird during the approach.

Formation flight ends in fatal accident

By NTSB · April 16, 2019 ·

Loss of Control NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control following a descent into clouds.

Pilot’s complacency blamed for gear-up landing

By NTSB · April 15, 2019 ·

Pilot Error NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s complacency during the en route phase of flight, which resulted in fuel mismanagement and a subsequent gear-up landing.

Bellanca bent when ski hits frozen sand berm

By NTSB · April 12, 2019 ·

Accident Report - Runway Conditions

Probable cause: The airplane’s left main ski’s collision with a submerged frozen sand berm.

Maintenance error bends Piper

By NTSB · April 11, 2019 ·

Accident Report Maintenance Error

Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s improper securing of an unused instrument lamp socket during recent maintenance, which resulted in an electrical short of the landing gear controls and stopped the landing gear while it was transitioning to the down position and led to the landing gear collapse.

First flight after restoration fatal for pilot

By NTSB · April 10, 2019 ·

Pilot Error NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The incorrect rigging of the elevator control cables, which resulted in a reversal of elevator control inputs applied by the pilot during the takeoff, an excessive nose-high pitch, and subsequent aerodynamic stall after takeoff. Also causal was the inadequate postmaintenance inspection and the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and before takeoff check, which failed to detect the misrigging.

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