Aviation Safety

At approximately 1300 mountain time, a Mooney M20K struck a fence during a runway overrun after landing at Madison County Airport. The pilot and three passengers were not injured. The pilot said he landed long and fast and was unable to get the aircraft stopped by the time it reached the end of the 4,200-foot runway. As the airplane approached a fence past the departure end of the runway, the pilot attempted to make it the airplane hop over the fence. The aircrafts landing gear caught on the fence. The pilot reported no pre-accident mechanical anomalies….

At 0950 eastern time, a Beech 58 was damaged while landing at Lehigh Valley International Airport. The pilot was not injured. The pilot reported landing without incident but then raising the landing gear switch instead of the flaps during the rollout. The landing gear retracted and the airplane slid to a stop on the runway, suffering damage to the left wing spar during the sequence….

At 2030 eastern time, a Cessna 177RG lost engine power and made a forced landing in South Vienna. The pilot and passenger were seriously injured. The pilot said he was about seven miles from his destination of Madison County Airport at 2,500 feet when he noticed a burning smell and the engine lost power. He determined he could not make the airport and aimed at a dark patch on the ground. The airplane then impacted a soybean field in a nose-down attitude. Examination of the engine revealed the dual magneto had backed off its mounting bracket on the engine and was lying in the engine cowling. The attaching hardware for the magneto was not located….

At approximately 0800 mountain time, a Mooney M20B was damaged during a forced landing on rocks near Loa. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The pilot said the engine quit about 15 minutes after departure, shortly after he slid his seat back to retrieve something from the back seat. During the forced landing, rocks ripped open the wing and damaged the nose gear. Examination of the airplane revealed the fuel selector valve, which is located under the pilots seat, was between the right and off positions….

At about 1700 eastern time, a Cirrus SR-20 was damaged on landing at Mason County Airport. The student pilot and passenger received minor injuries. The pilot said he spotted four deer on the runway while he was on final approach. He adjusted his approach to land beyond them and the airplane touched down 700 to 1,000 feet past the deer. At that point, the pilot spotted three more deer to his right front about 50 to 75 feet away, and crossing the runway. The pilot added power and pitched the nose of the airplane up but the airplane struck two deer, departed the side of the runway and went into a line of trees….

At approximately 0905 Pacific time, a Lancair IV crashed during an aborted landing at a private airstrip four miles east-southeast of Coeur dAlene. The pilot and one passenger were killed and another passenger was seriously injured. The survivor was a pilot who had flown into and out of the landing site on previous occasions, but the pilot had never flown into the 40-foot-wide, 2,206-foot-long airstrip before. The owner of the airstrip said the aircraft entered a left traffic pattern and, on short final, appeared to be high and with a nose-high attitude. The aircraft touched down with the left main wheel on the runway about three feet left of the runways right edge and the right gear touch…

At 1720 eastern time, a Cessna 172N struck a tower while flying the GPS Rwy 21 approach to Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport, killing the pilot and passenger. During the approach, which involved a shortcut requested by the pilot and approved by the controller, the pilot was advised to maintain 3,000 feet until established on the approach. The controller told the pilot to switch to the Unicom frequency twice, but the pilot said he wanted to stay with the controller in case of a missed approach. The airplane tracked parallel to but about a mile west of the approach course and the altitude fluctuated between 2,300 feet and 2,500 feet for much of that segment of the approach. The controll…

At about 1425 eastern time, a Pilatus PC-12/45 suffered an engine failure and was damaged in the ensuing forced landing. One passenger suffered minor injuries and the other three occupants were not injured. The pilots said the flight departed runway 06, the airplane was cleaned up and then it entered the clouds. They detected a smell they could not identify and there were multiple bangs from the front of the airplane. Flame and sparks were observed coming from the left side engine exhaust. The pilot turned toward the airport, shut down the engine and feathered the prop. The airplane landed long and fast with a 20-knot tailwind and wet pavement. The airplane departed the end of the runway, co…

At about 1512 eastern time, a Cessna 182B lost engine power in cruise flight near Hartwood and was damaged in the ensuing forced landing. The pilot sustained minor injuries. The pilot said he departed Hartwood Airport with 2 inches of fuel in each tank. The pilot flew over the local area for approximately one hour, and then the engine lost power. Examination of the wreckage revealed there was no fuel in either tank….

At 1634 central time, a Cessna 150M crashed while attempting what a witness described as an aerobatic flight maneuver. The pilot suffered serious injuries. The flight departed from a field near Kincaid at an unconfirmed time. The 150 was not certified in the acrobatic category….