by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 25, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250403, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents, Pilots
Probable Cause: Failure of the down limit and down indicator switch and the warning horn switch assemblies, which prevented the landing gear from extending and at the same time providing a false indication that the landing gear was extended. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 19, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250403, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents, Pilots
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to engage the turbocharger for takeoff and his improper decision to continue the takeoff with partial power, rather than reject the takeoff. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 19, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250403, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents, Pilots
Probable Cause: The airplane owner/builder’s inappropriate use of a lower grade fuel than that required by the airplane and engine operations manual, which resulted in engine detonation and the degradation and eventual obliteration of the Nos. 1 and 2 cylinder spark...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 16, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250403, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, LSA, NTSB, NTSB Accidents, Pilots
Probable Cause: The pilot’s lack of proper maintenance, which allowed the fuel filters to become obstructed, leading to fuel starvation and a subsequent engine power loss. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 4, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250424, aviation accidents, Aviation News, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, NTSB, Pilots
Now pilots can submit NTSB Form 6120.1 on a phone or computer directly on the NTSB website, “providing a user-friendly option that also ends the need for investigators to manually input the information,” NTSB officials said. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 4, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250403, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents, Pilots
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power as a result of fuel contamination. Read...
