Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of power in both engines.
aviation accidents
Sharp turn at low altitude a bad combination
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a sharp turn at low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Night flight goes awry
Probable cause: The pilot’s improper glidepath during a landing at night, which resulted in a collision with approach lights.
Flight into IMC fatal for pilot
Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot’s improper decision to conduct a flight in which instrument meteorological conditions existed along the route of flight, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of airplane control.
Plane crashes after running out of fuel
Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of engine power.
Pilot’s fuel mismanagement bends Beech
Probable cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of the available fuel, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Student and CFI wrestle over controls
Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper pitch application, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent fire. Contributing to the accident was the student’s failure to give over the flight controls to the flight instructor when instructed to do so.
First flight in homebuilt ends in crash
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper pitch attitude and adequate airspeed during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Student’s night flight ends in destroyed airplane
Probable cause:The total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined. Contributing to the outcome was the student pilot’s improper decision to conduct a solo cross-country flight at night, which resulted in the airplane being destroyed when it hit a wooded area that the student thought was an open field.