Latest from Mary F. Silitch
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Parts separate from LongRanger
Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, Greensburg, Ind., Aug.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Learjet crashes on takeoff
Bombardier Learjet 60, West Columbia, S.C., Sept.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Close call for CRJ and 172 at ABE
Bombardier CRJ700, Allentown, Pa., Sept.
Accidents
Final Report: 'Inadequate' icing guidance for Cessna Citations
Cessna Citation 500, Beverly, Mass., March 17, 2007–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the Air Trek Citation icing accident was the
Accidents
Final Report: King Air crashed into Colorado mountains
Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90A, Pagosa Springs, Colo., Oct.
Accidents
Final Report: Learjet pilot failed to compensate for wind
Bombardier Learjet 35A, Aniak, Alaska, Feb.
Accidents
Factual Report: New data on ENG midair
American Eurocopter AS 350B2 N613TV/Eurocopter AS 350B2 N215TV, Phoenix, July 27, 2007–The NTSB has released factual information about the
Accidents
Preliminary Report: LongRanger loses power
Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, Heber Springs, Ark., Aug.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Fokker hits antenna
Fokker F-27 Friendship 500, Mogadishu, Somalia, Aug.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: King Air crashes in Utah
Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, Moab, Utah, Aug.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Learjet suffers electrical loss
Bombardier Learjet 35A, Guadalajara, Mexico, Aug.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Caravan crashes in Chile
Cessna Caravan 208B, La Junta, Chile, June 7, 2008–The commercial pilot was killed when the Patagonia Airlines Caravan crashed in the mountains west
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Preliminary Report: Brakes lock on CitationJet
Cessna 525 CitationJet, London, Ky., July 29, 2008–The brakes are thought to have locked when the CitationJet was taking off from London-C
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Pilot's door pops open
Hawker Beechcraft Beech 99, Bakersfield, Calif., July 9, 2008–The pilot’s door of the Amflight Beech 99 opened while the airplane was flyi
Safety
Safety records of NBAA Part 91pilots are anything but accidents of fate
The National Business Aviation Association presents Pilot Flying Safety Awards each year to the member company pilots with exemplary safety records.
Safety
Top five commercial flight ops rack up 175 years, 282K hours of safe flying
Crow has been a family business since 1947, and is run by Eric Barnum, who has been president since 1982.
Safety
NBAA honors maintenance techs who maintain highest standards for decades
Donald Hunt has been aircraft maintenance manager for OSI Restaurant Partners, which owns the Outback Steakhouse chain and seven others, since 1993.
Safety
Top performers credit safety culture for flight departments’ accident-free hours
Over the last 76 years, Exxon Mobil has operated a variety of aircraft from Beech Staggerwings and Douglas DC-3s to Gulfstream IVs and the Bombardier Globa
Blues Brothers take stage tonight
Can you imagine Jim Belushi and Dan Aykroyd at an NBAA Convention? Well, you don’t have to imagine it.
Accidents
Final Reports: Crew unaware of wind shear warning
Cessna 650 Citation III, Atlantic City, N.J., Oct.
Accidents
Final Reports: Pilot lifted gear
Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Travis AFB, Calif., May 16, 2008–The accident was caused by the pilot’s inadvertently raising the King Air’s landing gear
Accidents
Final Reports: Poor planned blamed in crash
Hawker Beechcraft King Air A90-1, Tampa, Fla., June 12, 2006–The captain’s poor in-flight planning and his failure to establish the airplane on a stabilize
