Spectacular Aircraft Mishaps Trilogy

“Spectacular Aircraft Mishaps Trilogy” is an anthology of my first three books about aircraft accidents titled; “20 Spectacular Airplane Mishaps”, “20 Spectacular Airplane Mishaps II” and “20 Spectacular Aircraft Mishaps III”; so now you can get all 60+ stories in one book for one low price. There are over 60 stories altogether owing to bonuses in some volumes. All are taken from a collection of aircraft incidents that I have amassed over the years. Most are tragic and are not for the faint hearted. All but a few end in fatalities. These accidents range from the small to the large. All are interesting even if you are not a pilot or an airplane owner. If you like reading to learn of the shocking mishaps that have happened to others you will be very impressed with all of these stories that I gleaned from thousands of case files. It is hoped that we can learn from these terrible tragedies in order that we as pilots not repeat the same probable causes.

Index of Over 60 Stories:

Story #1: The Lady Photographer
Story #2: The Jet Engine Mechanic
Story #3: The Aerobatic Bi-plane Pilot
Story #4: A Christmas Eve Crash
Story #5: Dogfight
Story #6: Aerobatic Stunts; Wrong Size Bolts
Story #7: The Runaway Airplane
Story #8: Learjet 35A: “It’s Gonna Stall”
Story #9: Airplane Crashes On First Flight
Story #10: A Lost Airplane Pilot Doesn’t Make It
Story #11: Four Fingers Missing
Story #12: Stinson Hits Trees
Story #13: Wake Turbulence
Story #14: Radar Controller's Deviation from Prescribed Procedures; Failure To
Properly Aid Old Pilot
Story #15: 10 Killed Trying to Land On Dirt Road
Story #16: Ramp Agent Killed By Propeller Strike
Story #17: Right Wing Folded On Takeoff
Story #18: Billionaire John Walton Killed In Ultra Light Airplane
Story #19: CRASH OF BASEBALL PLAYER THURMAN MUNSON
Story #20: Crash of X-1515A-3 #66672; The End of the X-15 Program

Index From Book II;

1) Husband’s Plane In Wife’s Rearview Mirror
2) Fuel Nozzle Fell Into Gas Tank
3) Rappel Training Death From Helicopter
4) Glider’s Tow Cable Snaps
5) Airline Transport Pilot’s Death A Mystery
6) Pilot Walks Into Rotor Blades After Crash
7) Fire Suppression Mishap On Christmas Day
8) Pilot Crashes Into Mother-In-Law’s House
9) Helicopter Missing Several Parts
10) Beer and Aerobatics Don’t Mix
11) Glider Wings Improperly Installed
12) Pilot Known For His Steep Turns
13) Two Crop Duster Airplanes Collide
14) Falcon Jet Crashes During Landing Practice
15) Ejection Seat Malfunctions At Bad Moment
16) Team Aerobatic Practice Goes Wrong
17) The Yoke Would Not Move After Take-Off
18) Beaver - Cessna Lose Sight of Each Other
19) Piper PA-11 Cub Has Sick Engine & Pilot
20) Pilot’s Gas Tank Rained In All Night
21) Never Had Flown A Twin Engine Before

Index From Book III;

1) RUDDER HOOKED UP BACKWARDS
2) NOSE HIGH SLIP FATALITY
3) GRASS RUNWAY TOO SHORT
4) LEARJET & EXTRA ‘300’ COLLIDE MIDAIR
5) AIRSHIP GROUND CREW MIX-UP
6) PILOT TRIED TAKE OFF ON ONE ENGINE
7) WORN OUT MOONEY WORN OUT RUNWAY
8) HOT AIR BALLOON ASCENSION
9) BUZZING LAKE USING FLASHLIGHT
10) BOATER U-TURNS INTO FLOATPLANE
11) VICE, TOOLBOX, STAPLES FOR BALLAST
12) PILOT WALKS INTO HELICOPTER ROTORS
13) PILOT REFUELED ON A STEEP SLOPE
14) PIPER AEROBATIC BREAKUP
15) EXCESSIVE FLAPS, INCORRECT FUSE
16) RAPTOR INVENTORY NEST SURVEY
17) STUCK FUEL GAUGE
18) NORTH AMERICAN T-28 OIL PROBLEM
19) 9/16” HEX-BOLT IN CONTROL LOCK
20) DEFECTIVE SWITCH - PITOT ICING
21) SUICIDE; TERRORISM or ACCIDENT?

Note: Although all these mishaps represent true accounts; each backed by actual findings of ‘Probable Cause’ - the author asserts for the record that no attempt is being made by him to determine or question the abilities, mindset, skills, personhood, character or judgment of any person living or dead. Wherever real names are used; same is part of the record and constitutes no effort on the part of the author to disrupt the privacy of any person living or dead.
Lam Bastion (author)