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Pilot injured after plane hits a tree when runway lights turn off

By NTSB · July 8, 2021 ·

The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath during a night landing, which resulted in impact with a tree.

Distracted pilot dealing with motion sickness forgets to extend landing gear

By NTSB · July 7, 2021 ·

The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to extend the landing gear and the flight instructor’s failure to verify that the landing gear was extended due to distraction, which resulted in a gear-up landing.

Pietenpol test flight goes awry

By NTSB · July 6, 2021 ·

The failure of the left main landing gear attachment point during the landing roll for reasons that could not be determined because the attachment was not examined, which resulted in a loss of directional control, collision with a drainage culvert, and a subsequent nose-over.

Pilot stalls while practicing candy drop

By NTSB · July 5, 2021 ·

The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a low-altitude climbing turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

Ag pilot hits windmill tower ‘that blended into the gray sky’

By NTSB · June 30, 2021 ·

The pilot’s failure to see and avoid a windmill tower while maneuvering at low altitude.

Disorientation begins chain of events in Alaska accident

By NTSB · June 29, 2021 ·

The pilot’s geographic disorientation and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering to avoid mountainous terrain, resulting in an aerodynamic stall.

Pilot crashes after losing control on approach to airport

By NTSB · June 28, 2021 ·

The pilot’s loss of control for undetermined reasons.

Experimental’s test flight goes awry

By NTSB · June 25, 2021 ·

The pilot’s excessive brake application during landing on a short runway due to his lack of familiarity with the toe brakes, which resulted in a nose-over.

Piper makes forced landing in marsh after pilot forgets to lean the mixture

By NTSB · June 24, 2021 ·

The pilot’s failure to properly lean the fuel mixture in flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a subsequent total loss of engine power, and a forced landing with the landing gear retracted.

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