aviation accidents

Failure to properly rig the right main landing gear locking mechanism, resulted in a gear collapse during landing.

Incorrect maintenance of the airplane’s ventilation system, resulted in an obstruction of the elevator control system.

Three-inch deep puddle rapidly decelerates Cessna 140 causing it to nose-over while on landing roll-out.

Improper fuel management set off a chain of events that could’ve been avoided.

Failure to initiate a go-around after landing long and failure to maintain directional control cited as reasons for this accident.

The solo student pilot reported that after he had landed at the airport in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, he taxied to get fuel. He was waved around behind two parked airplanes. After he passed the first airplane, the left wing of his Cessna 172 hit a hangar. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and […]

The pilot reported that after takeoff, and about 150′ above the runway in Brunswick, Georgia, the Cirrus SR20’s engine had a total loss of power. He further reported that a clear liquid sprayed from the upper cowling onto the windscreen. He aborted the takeoff, landed on the runway remaining, but was unable to stop prior […]

The flight instructor reported that while he and the student pilot were on a taxiway in Anchorage, Alaska, under air traffic control (ATC) instruction, the Cessna 172 encountered prop wash, originating from a larger, four engine turbine-powered airplane performing a maintenance engines run-up. The maintenance run-up was performed in a location adjacent to the active […]

The pilot stated that, before takeoff, he waited with the engine running for about 10 minutes while other traffic departed. While waiting, he unlatched the canopy to allow air into the cockpit, however, he failed to re-secure the canopy before takeoff. Just after the RV-6A lifted off the runway at the airport, the canopy tilted […]