Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate separation and visual lookout during landing, which resulted in his airplane colliding with the airplane ahead of it on the runway.
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Grumman noses over in lake after pilot forgets to retract landing gear
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to retract the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-down water landing and a nose over.
Improper nose trim contributes to Mooney crash
Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control during initial climb due to an excessively nose-high attitude. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to properly set the elevator trim before takeoff in accordance with the Before Takeoff checklist.
Hard landing bends AirCam
Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and the left main landing gear wheel separating from the airplane, followed by an aborted landing, and a subsequent ground loop during the follow-on landing.
GA accidents down as flight hours increase
A new AOPA Air Safety Institute report shows that the fatal accident rate declined in 2015 — the latest year data was available — while flight hours increased.
Wrong flap setting contributes to crash
A failure to use a physical checklist played a significant part in this accident.
Piper’s wing hits tree
Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a tree while maneuvering at low altitude.
Dust devil bends SNJ
Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to compensate for a dust devil during an aborted landing, which resulted in the left wing hitting the ground, a runway excursion, and the airplane coming to rest in a nose-down attitude.
Ag pilot hits antenna
Failure to maintain clearance from an antenna atop a tower led to the airplane’s subsequent impact with terrain during an attempted off-airport landing.




