Aftermath

A deteriorating situation in the air can quickly become an emergency for a pilot.

Pilot might reasonably have considered a thorough preflight inspection unnecessary after such a brief stop.

Never doubting that the airplane was safe, the two men embarked on a lunch flight.

For an expert pilot, this new toy did not turn out to be child’s play.

Unfamiliarity with an airplane’s fuel system proved to be fatal.

A Cessna 140 proved to be a goose among swans in a flock of dedicated STOL.

Van’s RV-4 accident presents a tragic case study of the stall-spin scenario.

Fatal Saratoga accident shows that some destinations aren’t worth making.

NTSB reports blame a pair of aviation accidents on green pilots.

Departing Key West unexpectedly in February 2012 cost two Polish nationals their lives in a Cessna 172.