This February 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: FK1 STOL, Cessna 185. Injuries: None. Location: Dixie, Idaho. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The aircraft were flying as a flight of two. […]
aviation accidents
Pilot confused by fuel selector
This February 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: Beech Musketeer. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Winter Haven, Fla. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The private pilot, who had logged more than 468 […]
Lack of airspeed, distraction fatal combo
This February 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: Beech Turbo Bonanza. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Edgewater, Md. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The airplane was on final approach to land about […]
Pilot loses control in crosswind
This February 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: North American AT-6C. Injuries: None. Location: Mesa, Ariz. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings on runway 22L. […]
Intoxicated pilot crashes
This February 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. Injuries: 1 Fatal. Location: Springfield, Ky. Aircraft damage: Destroyed, What reportedly happened: The pilot, who had logged 1,522 hours and held commercial […]
Cessna loses power during approach
This February 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: None. Location: Sparks, Nev. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: According to the pilot, he was descending to the airport with […]
$11.35 million: What will it cost you?
By DALE FORTON. Dec. 18, 2011: One of the largest air crash disaster verdicts was handed down by a Philadelphia jury, which awarded $11.35 million in compensatory damages to Dr. Robert Marisco Jr. and his fiancee Heather Moran, both of Akron, Ohio, in an action against Winner Aviation Corp. I must first state I am […]
Gear collapses on landing
This February 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 210. Injuries: None. Location: Aurora, Colo. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: Shortly after takeoff when the pilot attempted to retract the landing […]
Spatial disorientation kills two
This February 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 Malibu. Injuries: 2 Fatal. Location: Belleville, Illinois. Aircraft damage: Destroyed. What reportedly happened: The pilot had flown to an airport to receive training […]