by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 22, 2023 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
During takeoff, after rotating and becoming airborne, and while increasing airspeed, there was a violent fluttering of the flight controls observed that negatively affected the controllability of the aircraft. The effects were severe enough that I do not believe that...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 20, 2023 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
After this incident, the pilot of the Bonanza cut off a Diamond DA-20 on final, with an even closer, near miss of what was definitely less than 1,000 feet. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 15, 2023 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
He became so focused on making the runway and saving the engine that he forgot to lower the landing gear. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 13, 2023 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
I began my turn to downwind while looking for the traffic expecting it to be in the upwind. Instead the other pilot had made their crosswind turn closer to the runway and had cut me off while climbing. Luckily they were in a SR22 and at a higher altitude than mine,...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 8, 2023 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
It is rather unsettling that the left engine on the aircraft was actively destroying itself and the resulting vibration was mostly imperceptible. I assumed that “thrown rod” incidents would always include a loud bang and a cacophony of noise and vibration....
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 6, 2023 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
Immediately after touchdown, the discovery flight customer held the left brake, sending the plane aggressively to the east side of the runway and into the grass. Read...
