Rob Finfrock
Contributor - Business Aviation

Contributor - Business Aviation

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Accidents

Pilot in Overrun: Citation Wouldn’t Rotate for Takeoff

According to a preliminary NTSB report, the crew rejected the takeoff past rotation speed after their busines jet would not respond to control inputs.
Aircraft

One Aviation Bankruptcy Plan Slowly Moves Forward

The ongoing saga of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding for One Aviation continues, but a plan by debtor-in-possession Citiking is progressing.
Accidents

Another Citation Overruns Runway, Catches Fire

For the second time in one week, passengers and crew evacuated safely from a Cessna Citation following a runway excursion and post-crash fire.
Accidents

NTSB Issues Preliminary Report in Hawaii King Air Crash

Two solo jumpers joined the flight just before takeoff.

FAA AMOC Clears Tamarack-equipped Citations for Flight

The agency stated aircraft that comply with two prior company service bulletins may once again take to the skies.
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Regulations and Government

EASA Approves Tamarack Fixes To Lift Atlas Emergency AD

The company hopes the FAA will also approve two previously issued service bulletins to return U.S. jets fitted with Tamarack’s active winglets to service.
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Accidents

NTSB Investigates Fatal Hawaii King Air Skydiving Crash

The 52-year-old King Air A90 with 11 onboard crashed Friday evening shortly after taking off from Oahu’s Dillingham Airport on a sunset skydiving flight.
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Regulations and Government

One Aviation Requests Court Approval for Asset Sale

The proposed Section 363 sale would allow debtor-in-possession Citiking International, or a higher bidder, to buy the company’s assets out of bankruptcy.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Tamarack Looks Toward New Product Lines as Company Shuffles Leadership

The company eyes additional Atlas winglet applications as work continues to resolve FAA, EASA airworthiness directives.
Aircraft

Trustee Files Motion To Dismiss One Aviation Bankruptcy Plan

the acting U.S. trustee in the ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of One Aviation motioned to dismiss the company's prepackaged reorganization plan.
Maintenance and Modifications

Citing ADs' Effects, Tamarack Aero Files for Bankruptcy

Tamarack Aerospace said 73 percent of CJs fitted with active winglets have received free upgrades that Tamarack expects will resolve the EASA and FAA ADs.
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Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Grounds Tamarack Atlas-equipped CJs

Tamarack maintains that two previously issued service bulletins remedy control issues in Citations equipped with active load-alleviating winglets.

Virgin Galactic Is 'Coming Home' to NM Spaceport

Company founder Sir Richard Branson announced plans to move Virgin Galactic’s headquarters and flight operations to Spaceport America this summer.

King Aerospace Preps Kirtland AFB Facility for NNSA Contract

King Aerospace will launch aircraft maintenance and support operations May 17 for the nuclear watchdog’s fleet of 737 and DC-9 “Combi” aircraft.
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Accidents

Crews Locate Challenger 601 Wreckage in NE Mexico

The twinjet disappeared from radar Sunday afternoon approximately 100 nm from its destination of Monterrey.
Accidents

Passengers Safe after Boeing 737 Ends Up in Florida River

Miami Air Flight 293 with 142 persons onboard overran runway 10 while landing at the Florida naval base in a thunderstorm.
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Maintenance and Modifications

EASA Emergency AD Issued for CJs with Tamarack Winglets

EASA Emergency AD for Cessna CJs with Tamarack winglets requires deactivating the active load-alleviating system before continued flight.
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Aircraft

FAA Grounds Cirrus SF50 Jet over AoA Vane Issue

An FAA emergency AD issued April 18 grounded the more than 110 in-service Cirrus SF50 jets for immediate replacement of the angle of attack (AoA) vane.
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Accidents

Atlas Air 3591 Pitched Down in Response to Elevator Deflection

In a March 12 update, the NTSB noted the Boeing 767-300 Freighter appears to have encountered turbulence before entering a steep dive into a coastal bay.
Accidents

Investigators Prepare To Analyze FDR from Atlas Air Wreckage

The NTSB expects data from the FDR and CVR from Atlas Air Flight 3591 will help gain insight into the crash of the Boeing 767.
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Accidents

Atlas Air 767 Entered Steep Dive Before Impact with Texas Bay

A low tide has hampered efforts to recover the FDR and CVR from the Boeing 767-300ER freighter that crashed Saturday near Houston.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Unveils Nexus Air Taxi Concept at CES

Bell’s proposed solution for urban air mobility has a name, configuration and a team of partners aimed at bringing the Nexus to service by the mid-2020s.
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Aircraft

One Aviation Continues Slog Through Chapter 11

One Aviation is still awaiting court approval for its plan to exit bankruptcy and facing a challenge from some company stakeholders.
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Klapmeier Sees Silver Lining in Bankruptcy Filing

The court has granted permission for One Aviation to maintain normal business ops throughout at least the early stages of the restructuring effort.
Aircraft

One Aviation Enters Chapter 11 Restructuring

Company intends to maintain support for Eclipse jets and continue development of the Eclipse 700 follow-on aircraft.
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Safety

GIV Lands Safely after Main Gear Tires Burst on Takeoff

Flight bound for London held for nearly five hours to burn off fuel before landing at New York’s Stewart International Airport.
Accidents

Utah Man Crashes CitationJet into Home Following Arrest

Duane Youd flew his employer’s jet into his house hours after being arrested for domestic assault in the second apparent suicide-by-airplane in four days.
Accidents

Horizon Airlines Worker Steals, Later Crashes Q400

Richard Russell stole a parked regional airliner Friday evening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and flew more than an hour before crashing.
Aircraft

Eclipse Reaches Settlement To Continue Operating at ABQ

Citiking International US has paid more than a million dollars in back rent and other charges owed to the city of Albuquerque, by Eclipse Aerospace.
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Aircraft

One Aviation Makes Appeal To Stay at ABQ

Citing new investors and ongoing restructuring, One Aviation promised this week to immediately pay all back rent if allowed to maintain a presence at ABQ
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