Two pilots and the company they flew for, Aéropro, were mainly responsible for the June 23, 2010 crash of a Canadian-registered Beech King Air A100, according to the final accident report released by the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada on August 20. The two pilots and their five passengers were killed when, just after takeoff, the aircraft struck the ground a mile-and-a-half beyond the end of Runway 30 at Québec City/Jean Lesage International Airport (CYQB).
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August 27, 2012 - 3:05pm
The FAA issued airspace restrictions in the Charlotte, N.C., area for the upcoming Democratic National Convention that closely resemble those currently in effect for the RNC in Tampa, Fla. The DNC Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) will be in effect for the Charlotte, N.C., area September 3 to 6. The DNC TFR will also be deemed “National Defense Airspace,” which means violators might be exposing themselves to deadly force should they pose an imminent security threat.
August 27, 2012 - 3:00pm
The NTSB has opened the public docket on the September 16, 2011 crash of a highly modified P-51 at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nev. The docket includes 900 pages of documents, photographs, FBI findings, drawings, maintenance records and aircraft weight-and-balance information. The agency expects to add more material as it becomes available.
August 27, 2012 - 2:55pm
Two pilots and two passengers were killed and seven others injured when a Let L-410 turboprop twin crashed on takeoff from the Ngerende Airstrip in Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve on August 22. The 19-seat Kenyan-registered aircraft, operated by Mombasa Air Safari, was destroyed in the accident.
August 27, 2012 - 2:50pm
“Decision errors in aviation are typically not slips or lapses, but mistakes,” concludes the introduction to the European Helicopter Safety Implementation Team’s new guide to rotorcraft decision making. “In other words, the problem doesn’t lie with a failure to execute a correct decision, but with making a poor decision in the first instance.”
August 27, 2012 - 2:45pm
The final deadline to comment on the NPRM to revise regulations governing FAA-certified repair stations has been extended to November 19 this year. The extension results from formal requests from repair stations and industry associations. The agency offers a variety of comment delivery options.
August 20, 2012 - 4:45pm
The largest threat to aviation safety is loss of control (LOC) and it stems mainly from inadequate pilot training, according to the International Committee for Aviation Training in Extended Envelopes (Icatee). The group was created in June 2009 as an arm of the UK-based Royal Aeronautical Society and tasked specifically with suggesting training alternatives to reduce LOC accidents.
