Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Charter & Fractional
Avantair Avanti Veers Off Runway
Two Avantair pilots and two passengers suffered only minor injuries when their Piaggio Avanti P.180 went off the west side of Runway 18
Accidents
GPS Group to FCC: No Upper MSS Band for LightSquared
The Coalition to Save Our GPS sent a letter today to the FCC asking the agency to “promptly rule” that LightSquared be barred from
Accidents
Business aircraft accidents, fatalities jump in first nine months of 2011
Accidents, fatalities jump in first nine months
Accidents
Nascar Owner Involved in Runway Overrun
Rick Hendrick, owner of Nascar team Hendrick Motorsports, his wife, and the two crewmembers suffered minor injures when their Gulfstream G150 overran
Accidents
NationAir Launches iPhone App
NationAir Aviation Insurance has debuted a free iPad/iPhone app.
Safety
Bizav Accidents Climb Considerably in First Nine Months
The number of accidents and fatalities for business jet and turboprop operations worldwide increased substantially in the first nine months
Accidents
Accidents: October 2011
Preliminary Report: Chartered Jetliners Suffer Fatal Crashes
Yakovlev Yak-42D, Yaroslavl, Russia, Sept.
Rotorcraft
Robinson Working With FAA On R44 “Mast-Rocking”
CEO Kurt Robinson said the company has been working with the FAA for “some time” to address concerns about “mast-rocking” or “chugging”
Accidents
Sikorsky Charged with Hiding Documents in S-76 Crash Suit
Attorneys for offshore oil helicopter service operator PHI and an attorney representing the family of the lone crash survivor are accusing Sikorsky of supp
Accidents
Citation 550, Taildragger Nearly Collide on Runway
A Cessna Citation 550 cleared a piston single taildragger by only 15 feet while the jet was taking off last week from Caruaru Airport, a non-tower airfiel
Regulations and Government
PHI Accuses Sikorsky of Hiding Crash Suit Evidence
Accidents
Accidents: September 2011
Preliminary Report: Learjet Strikes Wing on Landing
Bombardier Learjet 35, Opa-Locka, Fla., July 12, 2011–While landing at Opa-Locka Executi
Charter & Fractional
Former Platinum Jet Pilot Gets Six Months Prison Time
Pilot Francis Vieira, 61, who had previously pleaded guilty to charges related to the 2005 takeoff crash at Teterboro Airport of a Challenger 600 operated
Aircraft
French Pilots’ Union Pulls Out of AF447 Accident Investigation
The French pilots’ union, SNPL, has withdrawn its participation in the ongoing investigation of Air France Flight 447 (AF447), the Airbus A330-200 that cra
Accidents
NTSB solves PC-12 crash puzzle
The NTSB coupled old-fashioned “kicking tin” with highly technical investigative assistance from safety agencies in Germany and Switzerland to solve a perp
Accidents
Accidents: August 2011
Preliminary Report: Medevac King Air Goes Down in Alaska
Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Atqasuk, Alaska, May 16, 2011–Icing is suspected in
Accidents
L-410 Crash Kills 16
A Let L-410 operated by Brazilian regional Noar Airlines crashed soon after takeoff from Recife, Brazil, on July 13, killing all 14 passengers and two pilo
Accidents
Pilot Error Caused 2009 Fatal Pilatus Crash, Says NTSB
In a board meeting Tuesday, the NTSB pinned the blame for the
Safety
Bizav Accidents and Fatalities Climb in First Half
Both the U.S.-registered business jet and turboprop segments worldwide experienced more fatal accidents in the first half of this year, compared with the s
Safety
Pitch and Power: Lessons from Air France Flight 447
When the French BEA released a partial cockpit voice recorder (CVR) transcript of the Air France Flight 447 accident in late May, pundits wasted no time un
Safety
Air France Flight 447: An Aft-Stick Stall Detailed
When Robert Barnes, president of the International Association of Flight Training Providers, read the initial BEA report on
Safety
NTSB Slams NM State Police Over 2009 Helo Crash
The NTSB’s final report on the fatal 2009 accident that killed a New Mexico State Police (NMSP) helicopter pilot and the hiker he had just rescued is sharp
Accidents
Liberty Bell B-17 Burns after Forced Landing
The NTSB is investigating the forced landing of a vintage B-17 Flying Fortress near Aurora Municipal Airport in Illinois last month.
Accidents
Accidents: July 2011
Preliminary Report: Global Suffers Wing Strike on Landing
Bombardier Global Express XRS, Teterboro, N.J., April 21, 2011–While the twinjet was land
Accidents
History of Flight AF447 Puzzles Experts
French BEA accident investigators on May 27 released factual information they have found in reading data from Air France Flight 447’s recorders, in hope of
Accidents
Brazil judge finds ATCO innocent, slams ATC in Legacy midair
In an astonishing verdict, Brazilian federal judge Murilo Mendes on on May 19 found the air traffic controller most involved in the September 200
Accidents
June 2011 Accidents
Preliminary Report: Indian Helicopter Crash Claims Five
Eurocopter AS350B3, Luguthang, India, April 30, 2011–The Ecureuil (Squirrel) was dest
Aircraft
Controller Found Innocent in Brazilian Midair
In an unexpected verdict announced late last week, Brazilian federal judge Murilo Mendes found air traffic controller Jomarcelo Fernandes dos Santos not g
Aircraft
Airbus, BEA Deny Reaching Conclusions about Air France Flight 447
Both Airbus and the French BEA (Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses) have denied reaching any conclusions about the
