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Preliminary Reports: Fedex ATR lands short
Aerospatiale Alenia ATR 42-320, Lubbock, Texas, Jan.
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Excel veered off gravel runway
Cessna Citation Excel 560XL, Port Heiden, Alaska, April 30, 2008–The Excel ran off the gravel-topped Runway 23 at Port Heiden Airport (PTH) as a res
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Cargo door opened in flight
Hawker Beechcraft 1900D, Page, Ariz., March 26, 2008–The NTSB concluded that the flight crew’s unprofessional behavior and deviation from standard operatin
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CRJ lost cowling in flight
Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Lake Michigan, Mich., April 7, 2007–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the in-flight separation of the left engine transl
Final Report: Insufficient rotor speed blamed
Hughes 269A, Bremen, Ohio, Aug.
Final Report: Citation suffered in-flight loss of control
Cessna S550 Citation S/II, Dillon, Mont., May 3, 2007–The NTSB did not determine the reason for the in-flight loss of control of the Citation, which
Final Report: Crew miscalculated Falcon's weight
Dassault Falcon 900, Santa Barbara, Calif., June 10, 2007–The Safety Board blamed the Falcon accident on the erroneous gross weight calculation and
Final Report: Hawker crew failed to lower gear
British Aerospace HS.125-700A, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov.
Factual Report: Learjet crash-lands at Goodland
Bombardier Learjet 35A, Goodland, Kan., Oct.
Preliminary Report: Surveillance flight lands hard
Bell OH-58C, Quitman, Ark., Nov.
Preliminary Report: Allentown runway excursion date
Bombardier CRJ700/Cessna 172, Allentown, Pa., Sept.
Preliminary Report: Air ambulance flight crashes into trees
Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, God’s Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Nov.
Preliminary Report: More fatalities reported in Mexicoi City Learjet accident
Bombardier Learjet 45, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov.
Preliminary Report: Dash 8 lands gear up
Bombardier DHC-8-311 Dash 8, Philadelphia, Nov.
Preliminary Report: CASA makes forced landing
Construcciones Aeronauticas SA CASA 212-200, Toksook Bay, Alaska, Nov.
Accidents
Final Report: No cause determined for hydraulic leak
Cessna 750 Citation X, New York, N.Y., April 3, 2008–The Citation X ran off the runway on landing at John F.
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Final Report: Starflex arm failed
Eurocopter AS 350B2, Hiram, Ga., May 21, 2008–The NTSB attributed the buckling of the AS 350’s tail boom to failure of the starflex arm du
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Final Report: Gear torque knee failed
Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, Baton Rouge, La., April 25, 2008–Structural failure of the right main landing gear torque knee caused the
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Final Report: Parachutist killed in premature jump
Hawker Beechcraft Beech 99, Bowling Green, Mo., June 21, 2008–A parachutist was killed because he failed to follow procedures/directives b
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Preliminary Report: Bell crashes off oil rig
Bell 212, Persian Gulf, United Arab Emirates, Sept.
