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. Injuries: 1 Minor. Location: Collegedale, Tenn. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot took off from a 4,700-foot asphalt runway at […]
aviation accidents
Engine failure blamed on contaminated fuel
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: Czech Sportcruiser. Injuries: 2 Minor. Location: La Quinta, Calif. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: Prior to the flight the pilot conducted a preflight […]
Plane stumbles on touch and go
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 150. Injuries: None. Location: Taunton, Mass. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting a touch and go landing on a […]
Blocked oil line 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: Cessna 182. Injuries: 2 Minor. Location: Reno, Nev. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot reported that during cruise flight he felt a […]
Luscombe bent in bad 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: Luscombe 8A. Injuries: None. Location: Madison, Ga. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot landed the tailwheel airplane on runway 14 and slowed […]
Long landing ends in snowbank
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 Archer. Injuries: None. Location: Great Barrington, Mass. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot initially reported that as the airplane approached […]
Pilot’s poor decisions kill 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: 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, […]
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 […]