This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Holland, Mich. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was a 23-year-old foreign exchange student from Nairobi, […]
NTSB Accidents
Errant fuel selector valve brings down Ercoupe
This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Ercoupe 415-D. Injuries: None. Location: Napa, Calif. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot, 23, who had logged 410 hours, said the takeoff […]
Night landing goes bad
This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Glasair III. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Oxford, Conn. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The pilot, who had logged 278 hours, but only 7.2 […]
CFIT kills two
This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Piper Cherokee Six. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The 81-year-old pilot, who had logged about 5,900 hours, […]
Scud run results in CFIT
This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: 2 Serious. Location: Joshua Tree, Calif. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The CFI and a student pilot took off on […]
Get-there-itis kills one
This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Cessna 172. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Greenbush, Maine. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The 77-year-old pilot, who had logged more than 14,000 hours, […]
Test flight ends in fatality
This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: RV-2. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Picayune, Miss. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: According to a witness, the pilot was preparing the RV-4 for […]
Inadequate planning leads to off-airport landing
This January 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Maule M-4-220C. Injuries: None. Location: Pearsall, Texas. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was on a night cross-country flight when he experienced […]
Bonanza ices up
This December 2009 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Beech Bonanza. Injuries: None. Location: Dodge City, Kan. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot stated that the pitot heat system was working […]