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Accident caused by the crew "initiating and continuing a descent in IMC below the authorized altitude without visual contact with the runway environment."

N-numbered business jets and turboprops still have incurred fewer accidents year-over-year.

Regulatory deadlines approaching in the coming months

Of the 10 people aboard, three passengers died and the ATP-rated pilot and four passengers sustained serious injuries

Proposed AC is primarily applicable to Part 135 certificate holders operating 10 or more helicopter air ambulances.

NASA said its Aviation Safety Reporting System continues to receive a “significant number of incident reports related to checklist errors.”

Learjet conducted an “unexpected maneuver,” continuing a left-hand turn with an “excessive bank angle despite the loss of visual contact" with the fighter.

Discovery that all seven passengers on the airplane were in the U.S. illegally was made during an immigration inspection just before it was to depart.

A witness stated that the Sabreliner twinjet and Cessna 172 piston single did not appear to take avoidance actions before colliding.

Neither the toe brakes nor emergency braking slowed or stopped the Falcon 2000 from hitting a Falcon 50 and King Air C90.

The main focus of the new training standards is for those who intend to pursue a career as an airline transport-rated pilot.

Regulatory deadlines approaching in the coming months

NTSB says pilots of the Cessna 172 and Sabreliner that collided near San Diego Brown Field Municipal Airport on August 16 were in contact with the tower.

The pilot said that the autofeather system feathered the right propeller, but could not recall feathering the left engine.

Aircraft were attempting to land at at San Diego-Brown Field Municipal Airport when they collided.

Regulatory deadlines approaching in the coming months

Bills would repeal the state’s decade-old tax exemption on the sale of aircraft, maintenance and parts.

Notice is based on findings from an FAA/industry working group, recent and upgraded bird-strike statistics, and NTSB recommendations made in 2009.

Facility will comprise a two-story 13,000-sq-ft terminal, a 40,000-sq-ft hangar, 16,000 sq ft of shop/office space and 92,000-sq-ft ramp.

Airplane hit a near-vertical rock face in a nose-high, wings-level attitude at an elevation of 1,600 feet msl and came to rest upright on steep terrain.

According to AIN research, N-numbered business jets had not seen a fatal-free first half since 2009.

Upcoming regulations for the next year and beyond

Virtually every section of the 60-page document contains new or revised material.

Unit sales of WACs are down 73 percent since 2007.

Of 29 aviation recommendations, TSB found that only three had reached the response status of "Fully Satisfactory."

After a series of ice ingestion accidents, Canada's Transportation Safety Board looks to initiate an inlet design review to prevent mishaps in winter.

Business aviation leaders appear before state Senate hearing in Boston to fight measure.

Having two pilots yields only a slight safety advantage.

The event included an aircraft static display, product demonstrations and a seminar on operational issues in the Boston area.

Pilot said that he did not realize his landing gear was retracted until it was too late and he was “committed to land.”