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News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Factual Report: AS 350 crashes in mountains

Eurocopter AS 350-B3, Yellow Pine, Idaho, Aug.

Accidents

June 8, 2007

Final Report: Avanti pilot lost control on landing

Piaggio Avanti, Eagle, Colo., Jan.

Accidents

June 8, 2007

Final Report: Baggage carts, CRJ collided

Bombardier CRJ (CL-600-2D24), Las Vegas, April 30, 2006–Northwest Airlines ground service personnel failed to set the parking brake properly on the lead ba

Accidents

June 8, 2007

Final Report: EMS helicopter lost control

Eurocopter AS 350-B3, Apache Junction, Ariz., Dec.

Accidents

June 8, 2007

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Final Report: Copilot failed to follow approach procedure

Beech C99, Butte, Mont., March 18, 2006–The NTSB attributed the Ameriflight cargo airplane’s crash into mountains to the copilot’s failure

Accidents

June 8, 2007

Final Report: EMS flight lost in ocean

Agusta A109A II, Edmonds, Wash., Sept.

Accidents

June 8, 2007

Preliminary Report: NetJets Citation taxis into van

Cessna Citation 560 Ultra, Farmingdale, N.Y., April 10, 2007–Taxiing at Republic Airport on Long Island, the NetJets Citation hit a parked maintenan

Accidents

June 7, 2007

Preliminary Report: U.S.-registered Challenger SE crashes in Moscow

Bombardier CL-600-2B19, Moscow, Feb.

Accidents

June 7, 2007

Preliminary Report: CRJ experiences stabilizer trim problem

Bombardier CRJ, Milwaukee, Wis., April 1, 2007–Climbing out from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) Runway 19R at 6:45 a.m., the Air Wisco

Accidents

June 7, 2007

Preliminary Report: Engine surge interrupts takeoff

Swearingen SA-226T, Wheeling, Ill., April 11, 2007–N125WG was substantially damaged during an aborted takeoff at Chicago Executive Airport.

Accidents

June 7, 2007

Factual Report: S-76 crashes off oil platform

Sikorsky S-76A++, Eugene Island, Gulf of Mexico, Oct.

Accidents

June 7, 2007

Legacy Pilots Indicted on Criminal Charges…

American pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino were indicted Friday for their alleged part in the collision of their Embraer Legacy with a Gol Airlines Boe

Accidents

June 5, 2007

…But Extradition to Brazil Unlikely at This Stage

Next step for the pilots is their testimony in the case, scheduled to take place in Brazil on August 27.

Regulations and Government

June 5, 2007

Citation Crash Kills Michigan Transplant Team

Recovery efforts are continuing today for the wreckage of a 1981 Cessna Citation II that crashed into Lake Michigan soon after takeoff from Milwaukee late

Accidents

June 5, 2007

Legacy CVR helps pilot's defense

Cockpit voice recordings leaked late last month from the Embraer Legacy that collided with the Gol Airlines 737 over the Amazon last September indicate tha

Accidents

May 31, 2007

Citation II Crash Kills Two

The NTSB released preliminary information last month after a Citation II hit terrain during a circling approach to Dillon Airport in southwest Montana, kil

Accidents

May 31, 2007

NTSB Faults Maintenance, FAA in Fatal Chalk’s Crash

The NTSB yesterday released the probable cause of the Dec.

Accidents

May 31, 2007

Jeppesen Sued by ACLU for Rendition Flight Support

In a rare case in aviation, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing Jeppesen Sanderson (a Boeing property) for its part in aiding so-called “ext

Accidents

May 31, 2007

Prosecutor Requests Indictment of Pilots, Controllers

A Brazilian public prosecutor has recommended that a federal judge indict four air traffic controllers and the two American pilots involved in the midair c

Accidents

May 29, 2007

DOT Says Serious Runway Incursions Still a Danger

The Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General (IG) said in a report released last Thursday that runway incursions remain a persistent, s

Accidents

May 29, 2007

Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Latest

Factual Report: AS 350 crashes in mountains

Eurocopter AS 350-B3, Yellow Pine, Idaho, Aug.

Final Report: Avanti pilot lost control on landing

Piaggio Avanti, Eagle, Colo., Jan.

Final Report: Baggage carts, CRJ collided

Bombardier CRJ (CL-600-2D24), Las Vegas, April 30, 2006–Northwest Airlines ground service personnel failed to set the parking brake properly on the lead ba

Final Report: EMS helicopter lost control

Eurocopter AS 350-B3, Apache Junction, Ariz., Dec.

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Final Report: Copilot failed to follow approach procedure

Beech C99, Butte, Mont., March 18, 2006–The NTSB attributed the Ameriflight cargo airplane’s crash into mountains to the copilot’s failure

Final Report: EMS flight lost in ocean

Agusta A109A II, Edmonds, Wash., Sept.

Preliminary Report: NetJets Citation taxis into van

Cessna Citation 560 Ultra, Farmingdale, N.Y., April 10, 2007–Taxiing at Republic Airport on Long Island, the NetJets Citation hit a parked maintenan

Preliminary Report: U.S.-registered Challenger SE crashes in Moscow

Bombardier CL-600-2B19, Moscow, Feb.

Preliminary Report: CRJ experiences stabilizer trim problem

Bombardier CRJ, Milwaukee, Wis., April 1, 2007–Climbing out from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) Runway 19R at 6:45 a.m., the Air Wisco

Preliminary Report: Engine surge interrupts takeoff

Swearingen SA-226T, Wheeling, Ill., April 11, 2007–N125WG was substantially damaged during an aborted takeoff at Chicago Executive Airport.

Factual Report: S-76 crashes off oil platform

Sikorsky S-76A++, Eugene Island, Gulf of Mexico, Oct.

Legacy Pilots Indicted on Criminal Charges…

American pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino were indicted Friday for their alleged part in the collision of their Embraer Legacy with a Gol Airlines Boe

…But Extradition to Brazil Unlikely at This Stage

Next step for the pilots is their testimony in the case, scheduled to take place in Brazil on August 27.

Citation Crash Kills Michigan Transplant Team

Recovery efforts are continuing today for the wreckage of a 1981 Cessna Citation II that crashed into Lake Michigan soon after takeoff from Milwaukee late

Legacy CVR helps pilot's defense

Cockpit voice recordings leaked late last month from the Embraer Legacy that collided with the Gol Airlines 737 over the Amazon last September indicate tha

Citation II Crash Kills Two

The NTSB released preliminary information last month after a Citation II hit terrain during a circling approach to Dillon Airport in southwest Montana, kil

NTSB Faults Maintenance, FAA in Fatal Chalk’s Crash

The NTSB yesterday released the probable cause of the Dec.

Jeppesen Sued by ACLU for Rendition Flight Support

In a rare case in aviation, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing Jeppesen Sanderson (a Boeing property) for its part in aiding so-called “ext

Prosecutor Requests Indictment of Pilots, Controllers

A Brazilian public prosecutor has recommended that a federal judge indict four air traffic controllers and the two American pilots involved in the midair c

DOT Says Serious Runway Incursions Still a Danger

The Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General (IG) said in a report released last Thursday that runway incursions remain a persistent, s

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