Shannon Airport (Virginia)

Facilities and aircraft

Civil War history

Air Museum

Accidents and incidents

• 29 September 2012: A Cessna 150M, registration number N66246, went into a 90-degree left bank immediately after takeoff and descended in a spiral, striking the ground and killing the pilot and the single passenger. The accident was attributed to "The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment due to alcohol."
• 22 July 2013: A Cessna 172M, registration number N61954, pitched down into a near-vertical full-power descent from an altitude of approximately and struck the ground about northwest of the runway, killing the pilot and sole occupant. The pilot had recently been diagnosed with "severe recurrent major depression," and after a brief altercation with him before the flight, his fiancée had reported to local police that she believed he intended to kill himself. The accident was attributed to "The pilot's intentional descent into the ground to commit suicide."
• 12 August 2016: A Beechcraft T-42A, registration number N128VB, struck the ground during an attempted go-around after an unsuccessful landing attempt, substantially damaging the aircraft and killing all 6 occupants. Investigators found no significant anomalies in the aircraft and its engines. The accident was attributed to "The pilot failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an attempted go-around, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall."