Content Archive: July 2009
Accidents
Accidents: Control rigging error examined in Convair crash
Convair CV-580, Columbus, Ohio, Sept.
Accidents
Accidents: Helicopter suffers damage in loss of engine cowling
Bell 222, Milliken, Colo., March 13, 2009–Several parts were seen to fall off the helicopter while in flight, landing in the observer’s ya
Accidents
Accidents Preliminary Report: Falcon damaged after slip on icy runway
Dassault Falcon 20, Jamestown, N.Y., Dec.
Accidents
Accidents final reports: Dust and glare caused pilot misjudgment
Eurocopter AS 350B2, Cave Creek, Ariz., Feb.
Accidents
Accidents final report: unchocked Falcon struck fence after taxiing
Dassault Falcon 50, Asheville, N.C., Nov.
Accidents
Accidents final report: S-76 damaged in landing pad accident
Sikorsky S-76A, Santa Maria, Calif., June 27, 2008–The pilot’s misjudgment of clearance from an object during a hovering turn for landing was the pr
Regulations and Government
Obama moves to fill agency positions
Deborah Hersman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board since June 2004, was nominated by President Obama last month to become the 12th chair
Australian PMA Parts Could Soon Be Shipping to U.S.
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) recently reached an agreement with the FAA that extends an existing aviation treaty-level document to co
G20 Cites U.S. over Proposed Foreign Repair Rules
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association notes the U.S.
