Accidents

A Citation V made a 180-degree turn from its intended destination and flew for 50 minutes with a non-responsive pilot before crashing.

Federal safety experts say Alaskan air tour operators have not resolved all issues arising from a spate of accidents between 2007 and 2021.

Preliminary and final accident reports, June 2023

Challenger 300/350 pilots should review the airplane's quick reference handbook in light of a recent upset accident in the business jet.

An Aug. 21, 2021, Gulfstream GIV accident was due to the separation of the nose landing gear's pip pin, all 14 occupants escaped uninjured.

Sun glare and a required radio frequency change made it unlikely that the pilot of a LongRanger helicopter saw or had time to avoid a wedgetail eagle.

Over a 30-year period, there were more than 255,000 reports of animals and aircraft colliding.

The HondaJet Owners & Pilots Association plans to hold to safety standdown event to discuss runway excursion issues.

Search-and-rescue operations were suspended for three occupants of a Bombardier Learjet 36A that crashed into the sea off the California coast.

Preliminary and final accident reports, May 2023

Pilots should not hesitate to execute a go-around when encountering a bounced landing in a business aircraft.

Judges rule that prosecutors did not produce evidence of a direct connection between the actions of Airbus and Air France and the crash of AF447.

Accidents involving two U.S.-registered business jets and three turboprops took the lives of 16 crew and passengers in the first quarter of 2023.

The Vietnamese Civil Aviation Authority has suspended helitour operations following a fatal Bell 505 crash on Wednesday.

According to the NTSB, a Hawker 800XP that overran the runway in Aspen, Colorado, tried to take off in a tailwind that exceeded the airplane's limitation.

Preliminary and final accident reports, April 2023

A CitationJet landed safely after its left Tamarack Aerospace winglet broke off while in flight.

An Air Methods Airbus EC130T2 crashed while attempting a scene pickup.

A Bombardier Challeger 300 suffered an in-flight upset that occurred after a pilot responded to one of multiple EICAS messages.

According to the NTSB, pilot spacial disorientation caused the May 2021 fatal crash of a Cessna Citation 501 near Smyrna, Tennessee.

The pilot of the Beechcraft King Air 350 that crashed on climout from Little Rock airport received three low-level wind shear advisories before departure.

A Bell APT 70 UAV cargo drone being developed for civil and military missions crashed during flight testing last week in Texas.

An NTSB preliminary report says the crew of the Pilatus PC-12 that broke up in flight on February 24 made their last radio call 8 minutes after takeoff.

Capitol Helicopters' Bell 429 was substantially damaged in an attempted theft in Sacramento, California.

Turboprops accounted for four of five fatal accidents last year with loss of life to passengers and crew onboard, according to IATA's 2022 safety report.

The NTSB is looking into a "reported trim issue" that occurred before Challenger 300 N300ER experienced an in-flight upset that killed a passenger.

Preliminary and final accident reports, March 2023

Five people were killed when a Guardian Flight Pilatus PC-12 broke apart in flight over Nevada on February 24.

David Rathbun died when his Cirrus SR22 crashed near Duluth

The clean aircraft concept ensures that an aircraft is safe for flight in wintry conditions.