Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Accidents
Crash severely damages Sport-Jet
The sole Sport-Jet prototype crashed while taking off from the Colorado Springs Airport on June 22.
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Factual Reports: EMS Westwind makes emergency landing
Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 Westwind, Georgetown, Bahamas, May 24, 2006– The Westwind ran off the side of the runway when making an emergency landing a
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Preliminary Report: Blowing dust obscures EMS pilot's vision
MBB BK 117, Ponce de Leon, Fla., June 22, 2006–Landing off airport, about 10 miles north of Ponce de Leon, the skid-equipped BK 117 hit trees and was subst
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737 freighter damaged in go-around accident
Bringing new meaning to “crash ’n’ dash,” a Boeing 737 suffered damage during a go-around at the attempted conclusion of a night freight flight from Liege,
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Montrose Crash Copilot Suing Bombardier
Eric Wicksell is suing Bombardier for negligence, claiming the Challenger 601 is defective because operating and training manuals didn’t disclose what he a
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Report Shows False Data by MU-2 Pilot
The pilot of a Mitsubishi MU-2 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Portland-Hillsboro (Ore.) Airport in May last year had falsified his records, accord
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Data Shows Fewer Fatalities in First Half
Despite a rash of accidents in June involving U.S.-registered turbine business airplanes, there were fewer fatalities in the first six months of this year
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Citation crashes in Iowa cornfield
The NTSB has started an investigation into the fatal July 19 crash of Citation 560 N636SE near Cresco, Iowa.
