Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Unstabilized Approach Led to Bin Laden Family-owned Phenom Crash

The company's crew did not often make visual circuit arrivals other than at Blackbushe.
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Bodies And FDR Recovered From ATR 42 Crash In Pakistan

All 47 occupants pronounced dead
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Cause of TBM 700 Loss-of-Control Accident Unknown

The TBM 700 crashed east of Paris on a flight from the south of France to Belgium.
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Accidents: December 2016

Preliminary and final reports
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UK Authorities to Examine Ill-Fated Avro’s FDR, CVR

Air Accidents Investigation Branch and BAE Systems supporting Colombian authorities in crash probe
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King Air Crashes during Missed Approach

The pilot and one passenger sustained minor injuries and five passengers were uninjured in the mishap.
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Bolivian Avro RJ85 Crashes in Colombia, At Least 71 Dead

Regional jet carried members of Brazilian soccer team en route to tournament finals
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PIC Blamed for Fatal 2014 Citation Crash

German investogators said the pilot-in-command decided to “conduct the VFR approach even though he was aware of prevailing [IMC in fog] at the airport."
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Ground, Air Factors Preceded Sabreliner/Skyhawk Midair

During the time leading up to the collision, the local controller was handling nine aircraft.
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NTSB Cites Wind, Unstabilized Approach in CL601 Fatal

Weather at the time of the accident “was near or in exceedance of the aircraft’s maximum tailwind and crosswind component for landing.”
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New MH370 Report Indicates Uncontrolled Descent

Findings based on final satellite communications and evidence that wing flap remained retracted upon separating from aircraft
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Accidents: November 2016

Preliminary and final reports
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FSF Highlights Need for Safety Data Sharing in Bizav

FSF’s GSIP crosses both air transport and bizav because they share many of the same challenges.
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Pence Uninjured in La Guardia Runway Overrun

The vice presidential candidate's Boeing 737 traveled through the arrestor bed on LGA's Runway 22.
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Airport Staff, ATC, Pilots Implicated in Fatal Falcon Crash

The jet lifted off the runway at about 134 knots, but a moment later the right wing and right landing gear hit the snowplow before the airplane crashed.
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NTSB Faults Crew 'Mismanagement' in Akron Hawker Crash

NTSB recommended FAA require flight data monitoring programs and safety management systems for all Part 135 operators.
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Canada Begins Probe into Fatal Citation Crash

The aircraft struck terrain approximately seven miles north of Kelowna Airport eight minutes after takeoff.
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FBI Moves In: Hartford Crash 'Intentional Act'

The aircraft crashed near Pratt & Whitney's East Hartford plant.
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Bizav Accidents Decline in First Nine Months

Number of accidents involving turbine business airplane operations worldwide fell more than 30 percent versus the same period last year.
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Accidents: October 2016

Preliminary, final and factual reports
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Prosecutors Say MH17 Shot Down from Pro-Russian Territory

BUK missile system identified as the weapon used
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Pilots Blast NTSB Report on La Guardia Runway Excursion

ALPA claims Safety Board failed to identify multiple factors in 2015 accident
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Southwest Engine Probe Reveals Fatigue Crack in Fan Blade

Investigators yet to find missing piece of broken fan blade
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Botched Go-around Appears To Have Led to Emirates 777 Crash

Pilots applied engine thrust just three seconds before impact
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Accidents: September 2016

Preliminary, final and factual reports
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U.S. Helicopter Accident Rate Improves

Overall, accident rate for civil helicopters declined in the U.S. for the first six months of 2016, to 3.28 per 100,000 flight hours
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NTSB Investigating Inflight Collision with Object

The Ameriflight pilot discovered a 12-inch section of the vertical stabilizer missing after an unidentified object struck his airplane.
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Hybrid Airship Damaged in Hard Landing on Second Flight

Pilots appeared to lose control of the vehicle as it nose-divd from 100 feet
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EASA Issues Proposal for EC Rules Tied to Germanwings Crash

Opinion calls for strict psychological testing as part of class 1 medical exam, more effective oversight of aeromedical examiners
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Final Report on Westwind Accident Unable To Identify Cause

The airplane crashed immediately after takeoff and was destroyed.