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At about 1535 Atlantic time, the airplane experienced a loss of engine power and force-landed on a closed airfield. The airplane was substantially damaged. Visual conditions prevailed. The commercial pilot and two passengers were not injured.

At 1828 Eastern time, the airplane collided nose-first into the Atlantic Ocean, 150 yards off the beach. Visual conditions prevailed; an IFR flight plan was filed. The flight instructor and private pilot aboard were killed. The airplane was destroyed. The airplane sank in approximately 16 feet of water. During the recovery process, the engine, firewall, instrument panel and pedestal, cabin floor assembly, vertical stabilizer with rudder and right horizontal stabilizer with elevator were floated to the surface using airbags and pulled to shore with a crane.

The airplane was destroyed during an in-flight collision with terrain at about 1852 Central time. Night visual conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight. The private pilot was fatally injured. Radar data recorded by ATC appeared to depict the accident airplane.

(February 2011) — It has been seldom in the history of aviation that a single technology has revolutionized the way we fly by addressing multiple problems facing the industry and solving them all. The most important such event was the widescale adoption of the turbine engine in the 1940s. Turbines, as you know, remedied (and […]

During a planned full-stop landing, the airplane bounced back into the air after the initial touchdown and then settled to the runway a second time. Almost immediately after the second touchdown, the airplane veered sharply to the left and departed the runway surface, striking. The pilot later said he should have executed a go-around when the airplane first bounced back into the air.

At about 1535 Eastern time, the airplane was substantially damaged during a forced landing following an in-flight loss of engine power. The flights purpose was to conduct a private pilot practical test. Visual conditions prevailed. The student pilot and designated pilot examiner on-board were not injured.

At approximately 1600 Central time, the airplane was substantially damaged when it impacted trees at the departure end of a runway during a landing attempt after a cross-country flight. Visual conditions prevailed. The private pilot and two passengers were seriously injured.

The airplane was substantially damaged at about 0940 Eastern time during a forced landing following an in-flight loss of engine power. The solo airline transport pilot was not injured. Day, visual conditions prevailed. About 20 minutes into the flight, the engine began to lose power. The pilot informed ATC and requested a vector to the closest airport.

You could say the bad news is that Bye Energy’s plan for an electric Cessna 172 will have only two seats and an endurance of two hours. But the good news for flight schools might far outweigh those drawbacks. For one, the energy costs to fly the airplane are expected to be less than $10 […]

The airplane was substantially damaged at approximately 1000 Mountain time when it made a hard landing. Visual conditions prevailed. The pilot and two passengers were not injured.