Runway excursion: Schweizer SGS 1-26C, N9839E, accident occurred on June 1, 2025, at Sky Soaring Airport (55LL), Hampshire, Illinois

• Location: Hampshire, Illinois 
• Accident Number: CEN25LA202 
• Date & Time: June 1, 2025, 15:00 Local 
• Registration: N9839E 
• Aircraft: Schweizer SGS 1-26C 
• Aircraft Damage: Substantial 
• Defining Event: Runway excursion 
• Injuries: 1 None 
• Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal

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The pilot reported that while maneuvering the glider for landing on runway 27, he encountered unexpected lift and then used a side slip maneuver to descend. He descended too low to continue the approach, so he maneuvered to land on runway 9 and landed about two-thirds of the way down the runway. The glider overran the departure end of the runway and impacted terrain, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the glider that would have precluded normal operation.

- Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper altitude during the approach, which resulted in overshooting the landing area, a runway excursion, and impact with terrain.

Abnormal runway contact: Cessna 182M Skylane, N71149, accident occurred on June 2, 2025, at Charlevoix Municipal Airport (CVX/KCVX), Charlevoix, Michigan

• Location: Charlevoix, Michigan 
• Accident Number: CEN25LA195 
• Date & Time: June 2, 2025, 11:30 Local 
• Registration: N71149 
• Aircraft: Cessna 182 
• Aircraft Damage: Substantial 
• Defining Event: Abnormal runway contact 
• Injuries: 1 None 
• Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Business 

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The purpose of the training flight was for the pilot, who was employed by the skydiving operator, to become familiar with the airplane, as he had never flown it before. During the takeoff, a witness observed the airplane bounce multiple times. During the second bounce, the witness heard a loud noise, and during the third and final bounce, the witness heard an even louder noise. The witness surmised that the third bounce was “so violent” that he thought the airplane as going to become inverted. The airplane became airborne and departed, while remaining in the traffic pattern. During the no flap landing, the pilot reported that as he began pulling back on the yoke to flare, he noticed that the nose of the airplane was not pitching up. The airplane landed on the nose landing gear, which sustained a flat tire. The airplane came to rest upright on the right side of the runway and the pilot was able to egress without further incident.

The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage aft of the engine compartment and to the cockpit floor. Postaccident examination of the flight control system found an excessive amount of slack in the elevator control cables due to the fuselage damage sustained from the multiple bounces that occurred during the takeoff. The substantial damage resulted in excessive slack to the elevator control cables that resulted in the pilot not having adequate pitch control during the landing.

- Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain pitch control during the takeoff that resulted in multiple bounces and substantial damage to the fuselage.

Runway excursion: Dassault Falcon 10, N87RT, accident occurred on June 6, 2025, at Panama City-Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP/KECP), Panama City, Florida

• Location: Panama City, Florida
• Accident Number: ERA23LA261
• Date & Time: June 6, 2023, 20:17 Local
• Registration: N87RT 
• Aircraft: DASSAULT-BREGUET FALCON 10 
• Aircraft Damage: Substantial 
• Defining Event: Runway excursion 
• Injuries: 5 None 
• Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal

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On June 6, 2023, about 2017 central daylight time, a Dassault-Breguet Falcon 10, N87RT, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Panama City, Florida. The pilot, copilot, and three passengers were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.

Upon arriving at the destination airport, the business jet touched down about 2,500 ft beyond the threshold of the 10,000-ft-long runway 16. The pilot extended the airplane's flight spoilers and attempted to activate the thrust reversers, but the airplane did not decelerate as expected and a warning horn sounded. The pilots then attempted to apply normal followed by emergency braking, both of which were ineffective in slowing the airplane. The airplane subsequently overran the runway and struck several approach lighting stanchions, coming to rest after the landing gear collapsed. The airplane's occupants were uninjured, but the airplane was substantially damaged during the accident sequence.

Following the accident, the captain noticed he had forgotten to move the thrust reverser emergency stow switches to their normal operating position after completing a preflight check. The warning horn heard during the landing was an indication of the stowed thrust reverser switches. The ineffective braking likely occurred because of the engines' increased thrust output due to the attempted application of the thrust reversers with the switches in the stowed position.

A postaccident examination of the wreckage confirmed that there was no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. The airplane checklist found in the cockpit was marked “For Training Purposes Only' and for an airplane that was not equipped with thrust reversers.

Probable Cause: The flight crew's failure to appropriately configure the airplane for landing, which resulted in a failed attempt to utilize the thrust reversers during landing and the inability to stop the airplane using its brakes due to increased forward thrust. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to utilize the appropriate checklist for the thrust reverser equipped airplane.