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Pilot intentionally crashes into his home

By NTSB · August 5, 2020 ·

Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into his residence.

Pilot crashes after engine cowling opens on takeoff

By NTSB · August 4, 2020 ·

Pilot Error NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed after being startled and distracted when the engine cowling opened during takeoff, which led to a subsequent impact with terrain.   

Loss of engine power fatal for pilot

By NTSB · August 3, 2020 ·

Loss of Control NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control following a total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

Pilot loses control while landing with a flat tire

By NTSB · July 31, 2020 ·

Equipment Failure NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: A flat nosewheel tire, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control on landing.

Student’s assumption proves faulty

By NTSB · July 30, 2020 ·

Pilot Error NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a truck while taxiing.

Pilot’s dependence on fuel gauges leads to fuel exhaustion

By NTSB · July 29, 2020 ·

Fuel Exhaustion NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning, during which he did not visually check the fuel quantity in the fuel tanks and instead relied on the fuel gauges that were showing erroneous fuel quantity indications, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power during cruise flight.

Crosswind landing bends four airplanes

By NTSB · July 28, 2020 ·

Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain an appropriate approach speed in crosswind conditions, which resulted in the airplane landing long on the wet runway and his subsequent loss of directional control when he attempted to exit the runway at high speed onto a taxiway, which resulted in the airplane subsequently colliding with three airplanes on the ramp.

Stall while landing fatal for three

By NTSB · July 27, 2020 ·

Pilot Error NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering to land, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

Low flight over river ends badly

By NTSB · July 24, 2020 ·

Pilot Error NTSB Accident Report

Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to conduct a low-altitude flight over a river and his inadequate monitoring of the environment, which resulted in a collision with a cableway.

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