Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain and a vehicle.
NTSB Accidents
Piper hits deer while landing
Probable Cause: The collision with deer during the landing rollout.
Piper pilot runs out of fuel one mile from airport
Probable Cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Instructional flight ends in nose-over
Probable Cause: The instructor pilot’s delayed action and over application of brakes which resulted in a nose-over.
Beech pilot forgets to extend landing gear
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Attempted go-around ends in crash
Probable Cause: The student pilot’s improper control inputs and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a loss of control during an attempted go-around.
Distracted pilot hits hangar
Probable Cause: The distraction of the pilot during the taxi, resulting in a ground collision.
Van’s vs. vulture
Probable Cause: A bird strike to the airplane’s vertical stabilizer during an approach for landing.
Pilot presses wrong lever in unfamiliar plane
Probable Cause: The pilot’s inadvertent application of nose down pitch trim during the attempted aborted landing, which resulted in abnormal contact with the runway.