Accidents

At least one person is dead following the New Jersey accident.

Ground victim succumbs to injuries on Christmas, raising Louisville crash toll to 15.

Latest annual analysis highlights lower overall and fatal GA accident rates in 2023.

Responders in Philadelphia PA are on the scene of a plane crash that impacted Roosevelt Mall causing a fire across several street blocks. The FAA has confirmed that it was a Lear 55 that had just taken off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport on its way to Springfield, Missouri, on a medical flight. The FAA reported […]

Quite a lot has been written (and vlogged) about the crash of a Cessna 140 in a spot landing competition in May 2022. Most accounts point out—correctly—how decisions about spacing and glide path management, and even whether it was wise to hold the “pick-up game” contest in winds that caused cancellation of a larger, planned […]

Two crew members were pulled from the burning wreck of a Jeju Airlines Boeing 737-800 that landed gear up at Muan Airport in southwestern South Korea but all the remaining 179 people on board died. Video shows the plane sliding on its nacelles before hitting a perimeter barrier and exploding. Only the tail section appeared […]

The pilot of the Eurocopter AS350 that ditched in the East River in March 2018 told the NTSB he was worried about the tethers securing passengers for so-called doors off tours. All five passengers drowned when the aircraft touched down in the river after the fuel valve was inadvertently turned off. The findings were released […]

By now, you’ve seen Mike Patey’s remarkable video explaining in detail the crash of his equally remarkable Draco custom STOL aircraft. Based on a PZL Wilga airframe, the airplane was fitted with a 680-SHP Pratt & Whitney PT6A-28. The airplane achieved instant fame for its beyond-the-edge STOL performance and other worldly looks. It was a […]