by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 10, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251009, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents, Pilots
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and an impact with the runway’s precision approach path indicator (PAPI) lights. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 7, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251009, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents, Pilots
Probable Cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot’s improper configuration of the automatic fuel transfer system. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to adequately monitor the header tank’s fuel quantity....
by William E. Dubois | Oct 4, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251023, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Human Factors, NTSB, Opinion, Pilots
The big takeaway from this accident is clearly that flying as a crew requires good communication and a clear discussion of who is responsible for each aspect of the flight. If we really want to take a page from airline crew resource management, duties should be...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 4, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251009, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents, Pilots
Probable Cause: The improper installation of the supplemental ignition system, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 4, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251023, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, aviation accidents, Aviation News, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, NTSB, Pilots
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute (ASI) has released a new video examining an accident in Lake Placid, New York, on Oct. 1, 2023, that took the lives of former NFL player Russ Francis and AOPA’s own Richard McSpadden. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 4, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251009, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents, Pilots
Probable Cause: The pilot’s decision to turn out early during the initial climb and failure to maintain adequate airspeed/angle-of-attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with airport hangars. Contributing to the accident was the variable wind...
