Probable Cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and failure to abort the takeoff at the predetermined decision point.
NTSB Accidents
Delayed Use of Carb Heat Leads to Accident That Seriously Injures Pilot
Probable Cause: The pilot’s delayed use of carburetor heat which resulted in the loss of engine power due to carburetor icing.
Overloading Of Landing Gear Bends Piper
Probable Cause: An overloading of the landing gear push/pull cable rod ends, which resulted in the landing gear being seized in an intermediate position during the subsequent landing.
Hard Landing Bends Piper, Breaks Runway Lights
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper descent rate during the final approach, resulting in a hard landing and collision with runway edge lights.
Skiplane Bent When Pilot Lands Between Runway and Taxiway
Probable Cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control while landing in soft snow, resulting in a nose over.
Bird Strikes 152 On Student’s Solo Cross-Country
Probable Cause: An inflight collision with a bird while approaching the destination airport.
Gender Reveal Flight Goes Awry
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to carburetor ice as a result of the pilot’s failure to use carburetor heat in conditions conducive to the formation of carburetor ice.
Student Pilot Hits Landscaper While Taxiing
Probable Cause: The pilot and the landscape worker’s inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision.
Student’s Landing Attempt in Gusty Wind Bends Musketeer
Probable Cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control, and the flight instructor’s lack of remedial action during a landing attempt in a gusty wind, which resulted in a loss of directional control and runway excursion.