Accidents

An Airbus H125 rotorcraft operated by Manang Air crashed on a sightseeing flight near Mount Everest.

A Cessna Citation crashed early on Saturday morning, killing all on board, while flying a second non-precision approach in early morning fog.

Nine people lost their lives in business jet accidents in the first half of this year compared with zero fatal accidents in all of 2022.

The pilot-in-command of a Falcon 900EX EASy that crashed in February 2021 had his certificates revoked two years earlier for records falsification.

The NTSB concluded that a fatal Cessna Citation 501 crash in February 2020 stemmed from spatial disorientation and cumulative effects of task saturation.

The NTSB finds controlled flight into terrain accident caused by pilot reading log book while flying in mountains.

An Erickson S-64E Skycrane used the bed of a pickup truck as a landing surface after its right gear detached in flight.

After another similar accident, the NTSB again recommended that single-engine commercial ops be included in load manifest regs under FAR 135.63(c).

A Citation V made a 180-degree turn from its intended destination and flew for 50 minutes with a non-responsive pilot before crashing.

Federal safety experts say Alaskan air tour operators have not resolved all issues arising from a spate of accidents between 2007 and 2021.

Preliminary and final accident reports, June 2023

Challenger 300/350 pilots should review the airplane's quick reference handbook in light of a recent upset accident in the business jet.

An Aug. 21, 2021, Gulfstream GIV accident was due to the separation of the nose landing gear's pip pin, all 14 occupants escaped uninjured.

Over a 30-year period, there were more than 255,000 reports of animals and aircraft colliding.

The HondaJet Owners & Pilots Association plans to hold to safety standdown event to discuss runway excursion issues.

Sun glare and a required radio frequency change made it unlikely that the pilot of a LongRanger helicopter saw or had time to avoid a wedgetail eagle.

Search-and-rescue operations were suspended for three occupants of a Bombardier Learjet 36A that crashed into the sea off the California coast.

Preliminary and final accident reports, May 2023

Pilots should not hesitate to execute a go-around when encountering a bounced landing in a business aircraft.

Judges rule that prosecutors did not produce evidence of a direct connection between the actions of Airbus and Air France and the crash of AF447.

Accidents involving two U.S.-registered business jets and three turboprops took the lives of 16 crew and passengers in the first quarter of 2023.

The Vietnamese Civil Aviation Authority has suspended helitour operations following a fatal Bell 505 crash on Wednesday.

An Air Methods Airbus EC130T2 crashed while attempting a scene pickup.

According to the NTSB, a Hawker 800XP that overran the runway in Aspen, Colorado, tried to take off in a tailwind that exceeded the airplane's limitation.

Preliminary and final accident reports, April 2023

A CitationJet landed safely after its left Tamarack Aerospace winglet broke off while in flight.

A Bombardier Challeger 300 suffered an in-flight upset that occurred after a pilot responded to one of multiple EICAS messages.

According to the NTSB, pilot spacial disorientation caused the May 2021 fatal crash of a Cessna Citation 501 near Smyrna, Tennessee.

The pilot of the Beechcraft King Air 350 that crashed on climout from Little Rock airport received three low-level wind shear advisories before departure.

A Bell APT 70 UAV cargo drone being developed for civil and military missions crashed during flight testing last week in Texas.