Accidents

Advisory Directive comes in reaction to uncontained failure of engine on Air France A380

Enhanced assessments apply to all phases of flight and focus on human factors.

Preliminary, final and factual reports

Dennis Murphy was forced to ditch his Cessna 402B in the Straights of Florida after an engine fire.

Front of engine sheared off as superjumbo flew over the Atlantic

Dennis Murphy was forced to ditch his Cessna 402B in the Straights of Florida after an engine fire.

The helicopter crashed during an instructional flight in 2015.

The report provides a detailed explanation of what happened, but no conclusions as to why the A5 was flown into a canyon surrounded by steep terrain.

Preliminary and final reports

FAA alert calls event an “extreme example” of incorrect approaches and landings

Last year, 37 people died in 30 crashes of GA airplanes, microlights and helicopters, compared with 64 deaths in 46 mishaps in 2015.

Preliminary and factual reports

The pilot and five passengers on board were not injured during the mishap.

Passenger Bethany Root, manager of Amelia Earhart Airport in Atchison County Kansas was also killed

Received eight months of house arrest, three years of probation and a $2,000 fine for obstructing the NTSB and FAA during an accident investigation.

Fifteen died in eight crashes of business turboprops and jets in the first six months of this year.

Preliminary and final reports

Preventing loss-of-control accidents dictates further pilot training but opinions differ still and few have had any training yet.

The pilot's control inputs exacerbated extreme aerodynamic forces.

Jet diverted and safely landed at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after experiencing a left engine flameout over Pennsylvania.

Execuflight is beefing up its safety processes as a result of the fatal accident in November 2015.

Preliminary and final reports

The aircraft was less than a mile from Runway 6 when it turned right to circle for approach, but aircraft typically are 3.8-nm during the right turn.

The King Air B200 landed on Runway 17 while ground personnel were there preparing to launch gliders.

Expert claims bizav pilots now have little experience of high altitude hand flying.

Two luminaries lauded for service to business aviation, and six companies take honors for accident-free records at EBACE 2017.

Since the sky and the ocean were almost the same blue color, the pilot had been able to recognize the aircraft's flight attitude only with the clouds.

Bizjets have been involved in six of the last nine incidents in the U.S. where engineered materials arresting systems have safely stopped aircraft.

Both pilots were killed when the twinjet crashed in a warehouse area a quarter mile short of Runway 1 in gusty winds. No one on the ground was injured.

The preliminary report hints at an unsure crew operating in poor weather with suspect data.