The pilot’s loss of directional control during a high-speed taxi operation and subsequent collision with terrain during the inadvertent flight.
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Disoriented pilot crashes on house
The pilot’s failure to maintain altitude during an instrument approach, which resulted in an impact with power lines.
Task-saturated pilot seriously injured in crash
The pilot’s failure to properly configure the airplane’s fuel system, which resulted in a loss of engine power on the left engine due to fuel starvation.
Pilot loses control on snow-covered backcountry airstrip
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing on a snow-covered unimproved runway.
Human Factors: Feeling trapped
If you are flying with someone else, allowing yourself to be swayed outside your comfort zone is a trap. That’s the lesson from this 2021 accident that claimed the life of the pilot in the lead airplane.
PT-17 hits wires, then river
The pilot’s improper decision to conduct an intentional low altitude flight which resulted in a collision with wires and impact with terrain.
Demo flight goes awry
Fuel starvation resulting in a loss of engine power.
NTSB summit focuses on pilot mental health
“Everyone should feel safe speaking up, getting the mental health care they need, regardless of their profession. Aviation should be no different, and yet it is different,” said NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy. “Current federal rules incentivize people to either lie about their needs or avoid seeking help in the first place — and that’s not safe for anyone.”
Takeoff into IMC fatal for student pilot and passenger
The student pilot’s decision to depart into night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of airplane control.