Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Accidents
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
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10 years on, NBAA notes anniversary of Stewart crash
October 25 marks the 10th anniversary of an event that shocked the worlds of aviation and golf when one of the game’s greats–Payne Stewart–lost his life af
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Factual Report: King Air Clips Tree while Taxiing
Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200, Henderson, Nev., March 22, 2009–The twin turboprop, operated by Southern Nevada Jet Charter, collided with
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Tour Helicopter Crashes on Catalina
Eurocopter AS 350D, Avalon, Calif., May 24, 2008–N67GE, operated by Island Express Helicopters under Part 135, crashed while landing at Sa
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Preliminary Report: Birdstrike Causes Beechjet Damage
Hawker Beechcraft 400A, Sugar Land, Texas, July 31, 2009–While on takeoff roll from Sugar Land Municipal Airport and approaching 95 knots,
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Preliminary Report: King Air Cabin Door Opens on Takeoff
Hawker Beechcraft C90A, Bismarck, N.D., July 23, 2009–The cabin entry door opened while the aircraft was climbing through 500 feet.
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Final Report: Maintenance Flaws Led to Fatal Helicopter Crash
Eurocopter AS 350BA, Princeville, Hawaii, March 8, 2007–The NTSB has blamed the fatal crash on the failure of maintenance personnel to properly tighten the
Regulations and Government
NTSB seeks to reduce risks of EMS helicopter operations
Responding to a sharp increase in fatal helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) operations in 2008, the NTSB on September 1 issued 19 safety recommend
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ATR Crash in thailand kills captain
An ATR 72-212 operated by Thailand’s Bangkok Airways crashed into a disused ATC tower on August 4, killing the aircraft’s captain and injuring the copilot
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PC-12 Loss of Control Precedes Crash
Pilatus PC-12/45, Raphine, Va., July 5, 2009–The turboprop single crashed into a pasture during an IFR flight from Teterboro Airport to Tampa’s Exec
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Rotation during Lift Downs LongRanger
Bell 206L-1, Breckenridge, Colo., July 2, 2009–N38AZ, owned and operated by Mile High Helicopters, was substantially damaged after it rotated during
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Medical Transport Clips Pole on Landing
Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil, Loris, S.C., July 2, 2009–The AS 350 suffered substantial damage while landing to pick up a patient at a hospital heli
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Turbulence Injures Medevac Patient, Crew
Hawker Beechcraft King Air B100, Rapid City, S.D., June 15, 2009–King Air N4490M, operated as a medical transport under Part 135 by Air Methods, enc
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Birdstrike Doomed Citation
Cessna Citation 500, Oklahoma City, Okla., March 4, 2008–The Board has determined that wing structural damage caused by one or more large
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Crew Heard Clicks Just Before Learjet Crash
The NTSB last month released a cockpit voice recorder transcript as part of its investigation into the Sept.
ATC
ATC Union Expelled from Midair Investigation
The NTSB has removed the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) as a party in the investigation of the August 8 fatal
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Hudson VFR Corridor Targeted in Wake of Midair
New York City’s Hudson River VFR corridor came under fresh and vociferous political attack in the wake of Saturday’s fatal midair between a Piper PA-32R an
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Learjet 60 Crew Heard Clicks Just Before Crash
The NTSB on Friday released a cockpit voice recorder transcript, group factual reports and other documents from the agency’s investigation of the Sept.
Charter & Fractional
Birds Blamed in Citation I Crash
The NTSB said the probable cause of a crash in Oklahoma City of a Cessna Citation I was airplane wing-structure damage sustained during impact with one or
