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Pilot passes up closest airport after engine failure

By NTSB · January 12, 2012 ·

This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Beech B60 Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Madison, Ala. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: Approximately 15 minutes after takeoff and at an altitude of […]

Pilot’s poor decisions kill two

By NTSB · January 11, 2012 ·

This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Holland, Mich. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was a 23-year-old foreign exchange student from Nairobi, […]

Errant fuel selector valve brings down Ercoupe

By NTSB · January 10, 2012 ·

This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Ercoupe 415-D. Injuries: None. Location: Napa, Calif. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot, 23, who had logged 410 hours, said the takeoff […]

Night landing goes bad

By NTSB · January 9, 2012 ·

This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Glasair III. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Oxford, Conn. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The pilot, who had logged 278 hours, but only 7.2 […]

CFIT kills two

By NTSB · January 8, 2012 ·

This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Piper Cherokee Six. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The 81-year-old pilot, who had logged about 5,900 hours, […]

Scud run results in CFIT

By NTSB · January 5, 2012 ·

This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: 2 Serious. Location: Joshua Tree, Calif. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The CFI and a student pilot took off on […]

Get-there-itis kills one

By NTSB · January 4, 2012 ·

This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Greenbush, Maine. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The 77-year-old pilot, who had logged more than 14,000 hours, […]

Test flight ends in fatality

By NTSB · January 3, 2012 ·

This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: RV-2. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Picayune, Miss. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: According to a witness, the pilot was preparing the RV-4 for […]

Inadequate planning leads to off-airport landing

By NTSB · January 2, 2012 ·

This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Maule M-4-220C. Injuries: None. Location: Pearsall, Texas. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was on a night cross-country flight when he experienced […]

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