Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s improper installation of the throttle linkage attachment hardware, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power when the hardware separated in flight.
aviation accidents
Stuck shoe bends Luscombe
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and ground loop.
Failure to issue NOTAM blamed in crash
Probable cause: The airport’s failure to issue a NOTAM regarding the deployment of the traffic monitoring camera system before the accident, which resulted in the airplane striking the camera system during a short-field approach and landing.
Fuel exhaustion leads to crash
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure that sufficient fuel was available for the flight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Piper pilot hits trees while trying to land
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to attain a proper glidepath on approach for landing, which resulted in impact with trees. Contributing to the accident was a partial, temporary loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined bec
Fuel exhaustion leads to off-airport landing
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure that adequate fuel was onboard for the flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power.
Birds strike Cessna 172
Probable cause: An in-flight collision with multiple birds.
Biennial flight review ends in runway excursion
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a simulated left engine failure during takeoff. Also causal to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action to maintain directional control and re
Travel Air pilot hits plane on ground
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to see and avoid the airplane stopped ahead of him during taxi.







