by General Aviation News Staff | Mar 2, 2022 | 20220310, aviation accidents, Aviation News, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents
The partial loss of engine power due to water and contaminants in the fuel, due to the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, and the pilot’s decision to conduct a steep turn at low altitude to return to the runway rather than land straight ahead, which resulted in...
by General Aviation News Staff | Feb 28, 2022 | 20220203, aviation accidents, Aviation News, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents
The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the examiner’s failure to check that the landing gear was extended. Read...
by Janice Wood | Feb 27, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220310, aviation accidents, Aviation News, aviation safety, Feature, flying, General Aviation, NTSB, Pilots
A 2020 NTSB investigation revealed that pilots assumed flight in snow was safe as long as minimum ceiling and visibility requirements were met or that snow conditions were too dry or cold to pose an icing hazard. Pilots also assumed that snow conditions are safe to...
by General Aviation News Staff | Feb 25, 2022 | 20220203, aviation accidents, Aviation News, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents
The pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing roll on the slush-covered runway. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Feb 23, 2022 | 20220203, aviation accidents, Aviation News, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents
The flight instructor’s inadequate communication with the pilot under review about his intention to simulate a single-engine failure and his subsequent exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack when the pilot did not respond as expected, which resulted in...
by General Aviation News Staff | Feb 21, 2022 | 20220203, aviation accidents, Aviation News, General Aviation, NTSB, NTSB Accidents
The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing on the snow/slush-covered portion of the runway and the flight instructor’s improper decision to allow the student to make his first solo flight from a snow/slush-covered runway....
