Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Accidents

Factual Report: Worn parts eyed in landing gear failure

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A200, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 21, 2008–Following a partial landing gear malfunction, the turboprop twin–which was oper
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Final Report: Wake turbulence downed Mexican Learjet 45

Bombardier Learjet 45, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov.
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Final Report: King Air destroyed in Canadian crash

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada, Jan.
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Final Report: Citation damaged in birdstrike

Cessna 550 Citation II, Sellersburg, Ind., June 5, 2009–A collision with
a large bird damaged the Citation II as it departed from Clark Regio
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Final Report: Turbine blade fatigue felled Bell 407

Bell 407, DeLand, Fla., Jan.
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Suit settled in crash of Learjet 60

A settlement has been reached in one lawsuit stemming from the September 2008 crash of a Learjet 60 in which Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein was injured.
Safety

TSB Critiques CBAA Oversight in 2007 Crash

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) last month released the
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Settlement Reached in 2008 Learjet 60 Crash

A settlement has been reached in one of a number of lawsuits stemming from the September 2008 crash of a Learjet 60 in which Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein was inj
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Turbulence Caused Mexican Learjet 45 Crash

Mexican Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) investigators on Tuesday said that turbulence from a Boeing 767-300 caused the Nov.
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Pilot error blamed in aeromed Citation crash

The NTSB has issued its findings in the June 4, 2007 crash of a Cessna Citation II into Lake Michigan, which killed the two crewmembers and four passengers
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No Injuries in First Phenom 100 Incident

The first incident involving an Embraer Phenom 100 caused no injuries to the two crewmembers aboard and damage only to the landing gear and flaps when the
Safety

Business Aviation safety record continues to improve

Continuing the recent trend of safety improvement, business aviation accidents declined nearly 50 percent during the first three quarters of this year comp
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Controversy surrounds S-61 crash investigation

The investigation into last year’s fatal crash of a 1965 Carson Helicopter Sikorsky S-61N is beginning to take on the tenor of a high-stakes suspense novel
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Medevac crash fatal for pilot and crew

Eurocopter AS 350, Georgetown, S.C., Sept.
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Six killed in Turkish jetranger crash

Bell 206, Kahramanmaras City, Turkey, March 25, 2009–The helicopter was destroyed and the pilot and all five passengers on board were killed when the JetRa
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Problem on takeoff downs King Air

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Hayward, Calif., Sept.
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Helicopter crash claims Indian official

Bell 430, Kurnoon, India, Sept.
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Challenger damaged in rough landing

Bombardier CL-600-2B16, Vineyard Haven, Mass., Sept.
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Snow blindness caused Eurocopter crash

Eurocopter AS 350B2E, Haines, Alaska, April 12, 2009–The NTSB determined the cause of the Coastal Helicopters crash to be the pilot’s failure to maintain c
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Pilot fatigue blamed in fatal PC-12 crash

Pilatus PC-12/47E, Sante Fe, N.M., Sept.
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Distracted commander pilot clips tree

Commander 690, Wenatchee, Wash., Aug.
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Citation disappears in Carribean

Cessna 501 Citation I, Las Americas, Dominican Republic, Aug.
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Icing eyed in fatal CJ crash

Cessna 525, West Gardiner, Maine, Feb.
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Pilot killed in final approach accident

Socata TBM 700, Kennesaw, Ga., July 15, 2008–The turboprop single was destroyed and its pilot killed when it rolled inverted and collided with trees
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Payne Stewart Crash Remembered, 10 Years On

Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the Payne Stewart accident, in which the 42-year-old professional golfer and five others aboard a chartered Learjet 3
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Pilot suspects static electricity in Citation X pitot failures

Static electricity may cause pitot static probes to fail, according to a Cessna Citation X owner-pilot who survived a simultaneous failure of all three pit
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NTSB: Pilot Error Caused Aeromed Citation Crash

In a final report released yesterday, the NTSB listed crew mismanagement of an abnormal f
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Canadian Safety Board Wants Increased CRM Training

In the wake of its investigation into the January 2007 fa
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US Airways F/O here retelling ditching tale

Jeffrey Skiles, the first officer of the US Airways Airbus A320 that successfully ditched into the Hudson River on January 15, saving 155 lives, is appeari