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Accidents

Final Report: Netjets Citation Failed to Maintain Airspeed

Cessna Citation 560, Woodruff, Wis., Jan.
Accidents

Final Report: PC-12 Blamed on Insuffiecient Airspeed

Pilatus PC-12, Bellefonte, Pa., March 26, 2005–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the crash of the PC-12 on an ILS approach to University Par
Accidents

Factual Report: Commander Still Missing in Alaska

Aero Commander 690A, Anchorage, Alaska, July 28, 2006–Commander Northwest Aero Commander N57096 is presumed to have crashed about 23 miles
Accidents

Factual Report: PC-12 Loses Control

Pilatus PC-12, Big Timber, Mont., June 24, 2006–The PC-12 was destroyed and both occupants killed when N768H crashed after loss of control
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Tire suspect in Piaggio landing mishap

Piaggio Avanti, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., March 20, 2007–The Avanti, operated by fractional operator Avantair, was substantially damaged when landing a
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Falcon damaged in overrun

Dassault Falcon 900, Rifle, Colo., March 23, 2007–Falcon N129KJ sustained substantial damage when it overran the 7,000-foot-long runway at Garfield
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Air Tour Helo Loses Tail Rotor

McDonnell Douglas MD-369FF, Haena, Hawaii, March 11, 2007–The Inter-Island Helicopters MD-369 was destroyed and a passenger was killed when the helicopter
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Sightseeing AS 350 has hydraulic problems

Eurocopter AS 350BA AStar, Princeville, Hawaii, March 8, 2007–Four people were killed and the Heli-USA Airways AStar was substantially damaged follo
Accidents

Brazil midair pilots submit report blaming ATC system

While the investigation into the causes of the September midair between an Embraer Legacy operated by Long Island-based ExcelAire and a Boeing 737 operated
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: May 2007

• At the end of March, lawmakers took a spring break that ended in mid-April, leaving in a holding pattern approval of House and Senate supplemental emerge

FAA Training for Disabled Vets

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is partnering with the FAA to provide veterans with disabilities on-the-job training as air traffic controllers or
Regulations and Government

Group Seeks Ban on Noisy Bizjets

A group of airports, local governments and residents asked Congress to order the complete phase-out of all Stage 1 and Stage 2 aircraft in the new FAA reau
Regulations and Government

NextGen ATC Lacks ‘Urgency’

Aerospace Industries Association president and CEO John Douglass warned Congress that government agencies must redouble efforts to develop the nation’s nex
Regulations and Government

FAA Puts Final ATOP in Place

Aircraft flying over the Arctic Ocean can take more direct routes, save fuel and maintain schedules with activation of the FAA’s final Advanced Technologie
Maintenance and Modifications

California company plans to expand MX operation

California company plans to expand mX Operation As FBOs go, 10-year-old Jet Source, of Carlsbad, Calif., is fairly young.
Maintenance and Modifications

Banyan announced as Blackhawk mod center

Blackhawk Modification recently announced the addition of Banyan Air Service of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to its global distributor network of authorized engi
Maintenance and Modifications

Aviall to acquire Sisu services

Aviall has reached an agreement to acquire certain assets of Sisu Services, a supplier of aircraft brake and wheel services, parts and technical informatio

Banyan's Dale Meiler gets award

Dale Meiler, lead maintenance inspector for Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, is the recipient of the ATP/NATA General Aviation Serv
Maintenance and Modifications

MX industry survey highlights growth

The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), which represents nearly 700 members of the international aviation maintenance and alteration community,
Maintenance and Modifications

CRS Jet Spares to carry Perkins windshields

Perkins Aircraft Windows signed an agreement with CRS Jet Spares for that company to stock and distribute Perkins-manufactured windows and windshields.
Maintenance and Modifications

Falcon 2000/EX/EASy APU Firewall option offered

Falcon 2000 and 2000EX/EASy owners now have the option of replacing their damaged OEM APU firewalls with a significantly strengthened APU firewall repairab
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer chooses Menlo for Asian parts support

Brazilian airframer Embraer has selected Menlo’s Singapore Logistics Centre as regional hub for service parts warehousing and fulfillment in Asia.
Training and Workforce

Michigan Institure of Aviation adds FlightSafety course

The Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology (MIAT) will incorporate FlightSafety’s Principles of Troubleshooting course into its curriculum.
Maintenance and Modifications

NetJets honors Gulfstream with MX award

For the second year in a row the Gulfstream Service Center in Dallas has received an Outstanding Achievement Award for its excellence in base maintenance o
Maintenance and Modifications

AMT Association donates Taylor bust

The Aircraft Maintenance Technicians Association is donating a bronze bust of Charles E.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Airmotive adds PW500 repairs to Portsmouth facility

Dallas Airmotive has expanded the services of its Regional Turbine Center (RTC) in Portsmouth, England, with the addition of repair, hot-section inspection
Maintenance and Modifications

Maintenance conference focuses on ‘soft’ skills

Recognizing the managerial potential of the maintenance technician was among the issues under discussion at the 16th annual NBAA Maintenance Management Con
Regulations and Government

New ICAO procedures should widen IFR ops

The obstacle clearance panel (OCP), a group of experts in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), is designing more suitable IFR procedures f
Rotorcraft

Bristow Group Buys Four S-92s

Houston-based Bristow has exercised options to acquire four more Sikorsky S-92s.
Rotorcraft

Pilot Strike Hurt PHI

The Office and Professional Employee International Union says that the pilot strike it led at PHI had a significant effect on the company’s 2006 financial