Category Archives: Pilot Error
Texas pilot, passenger survive Gulf of Mexico crash
A pair of Texas men is lucky to be alive after the plane they occupied suffered a hard water landing. The aviation accident over the Gulf of Mexico involved fire, a smoky cockpit and a water rescue. The plane had taken off from a Texas airport in Baytown. The experienced pilot had flown the… Read More »
Two dead in flight lesson crash near Texas airport
Two men, a teacher and a student, died during a flight lesson near the Llano Municipal Airport, north of San Antonio. The fatal airplane accident happened when a 60-year-old instructor and his 51-year-old student were practicing “touch-and-go” maneuvers — repeated takeoffs and short landings that do not bring the aircraft to a full stop…. Read More »
Rented glider crashes in Wallis, kills three
An aviation accident in a small city in Austin County killed all three family members aboard, including a 3-year-old child. The glider was operated by an experienced glider pilot, the father-in-law of one passenger and the grandfather of the other passenger. The glider and the plane that towed the motorless aircraft into flight were… Read More »
