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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.
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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
Accidents
Final Report: Ice blamed in Flight Options flameout
Hawker Beechcraft Beechjet 400, Jacksonville, Fla., Nov.
Accidents
Final Reports: FOD blamed for Learjet accident
Bombardier Learjet 36A, Newport News, Va., March 26, 2007–The NTSB said that the Learjet accident was caused by foreign object debris (FOD) on the runway.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Mechanic hit by door
Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200, Taylor, Texas, April 11, 2008–A mechanic was killed when he tried to enter the Alaro King Air with the engines running.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Metro lost at sea
Swearingen SA-227AC Metro III, Bundeena, Australia, April 9, 2008–The Avtex Air Services Metro cargo flight crashed into the sea after the pilot reported h
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Helo accident in Osarks
MD Helicopters MD 500E, Sunrise Beach, Mo., May 25, 2008–Landing at a private helipad at Lake of the Ozarks, the MD 500 hit the water; one passenger was ki
Accidents
Preliminary Report: No injuries in S-76 accident
Sikorsky S-76, Grand Rapids, Mich., May 29, 2008–The Aero Med Spectrum Health S-76 was taking off from the helipad on the roof of the Spectrum Health Hospi
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Preliminary Report: Citation slides off runway
Cessna 525B Citation CJ3, Destin, Fla., July 3, 2008–No one was injured when the CitationJet slid off the runway at Destin’s Fort Walton Beach Airport.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Caravan engine quits
Cessna Caravan 208B, Greensburg, Ind., June 1, 2008–The Skydive Greensburg Caravan was at 7,000 feet msl, with 14 skydivers aboard, when the pilot heard an
Accidents
Preliminary Report: S-64 down in lake
Sikorsky S-64F, Torino, Italy, June 1, 2008– The Erickson Air-Crane aerial firefighting demonstration S-64 crashed in Lake Aviguana, near Torino, in VMC.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Skydiver hits stabilizer
Hawker Beechcraft Beech 99, Bowling Green, Mo., June 22, 2008–A parachutist jumping from the Skydive Factory Beech 99 hit the airplane’s horizontal stabili
