NTSB

Aircraft: Piper Cherokee. Injuries: 3 Minor. Location: Platinum, Alaska. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: Several people saw the Cherokee fly over the field and line up to land on the closed runway. The newer runway is lighted and had been in operation for at least two years. The old runway had been repurposed and […]

Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Walnut Grove, Mo. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The private pilot had logged approximately 405 hours, of which 340 were in a 172. Of that time, 109 hours were at night. The accident occurred during the last leg of a long VFR cross-country flight. He departed on […]

Aircraft: Cessna 310. Injuries: 1 Fatal, 1 Minor. Location: Orange, Mass. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot told investigators that he had become a pilot in 1989 and had logged about 500 hours. He had stopped flying for about seven years, then resumed about a year before the accident. The Cessna was purchased […]

Aircraft: Cessna 140. Injuries: None. Location: Winnsboro, S.C. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane allowed his pilot-rated passenger to make a wheel landing. During the landing roll, the airplane drifted to the right and in response the pilot took control and attempted to correct with left rudder input. The […]

Aircraft: Taylorcraft BC-12-65. Injuries: 1 Serious. Location: College Place, Wash. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot departed for a short local flight. About 20 minutes later, he returned to land. The sun was low on the horizon, and as he turned onto the final approach leg of the traffic pattern, his view became […]

Aircraft: Cessna 210. Injuries: None. Location: Abilene, Texas. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot departed on a 615-nautical mile cross-country flight. He determined the flight would take him about four hours and 15 minutes. He had about five and a half hours of fuel on-board. He received a weather briefing before departing. During […]

Aircraft: Cessna 185A, Taylorcraft. Injuries: None. Location: Madras, Ore. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: At the time of the accident, the ceiling was broken clouds at about 6,500 feet AGL, and visibility was more than 10 miles. The Cessna and a Taylorcraft were both on approach to the same runway. The pilot of the […]

Aircraft: Cessna 182. Injuries: 2 Serious. Location: West Milford, N.J. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: A representative from the FBO stated that when the pilot arrived he requested a heater for his airplane, as the temperature was below freezing and the airplane was parked outside on the ramp. The FBO employee set up the […]

Aircraft: Piper Super Cub. Injuries: None. Location: Pullman, Wash. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was maneuvering the airplane at a low altitude over open, snow-covered terrain when he noticed that the engine was running rough and beginning to lose power. He applied the carburetor heat and added full engine power, but could […]