Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Accidents
Learjet severely damaged in engine run
On June 18, a Learjet 40XR (N988AL) suffered severe damage at Fort Worth’s Meacham International Airport after technicians reported a stuck engine throttle
Regulations and Government
Air Methods appeals NTSB findings in 2008 midair
Air Methods has petitioned the NTSB to revise its probable cause findings related to the
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EC 225 rescue hampered by wristwatch locators
The 27-minute search for the life-rafts occupied by the survivors of a Bond-operated Eurocopter EC 225 helicopter that ditched into the North Sea on
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Police A109E hits mountain
The AgustaWestland A109E, owned by the New Mexico State Department of Public Safety and operated by the New Mexico State Police, had just rescued a lost hi
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Airlines brace for fallout of Colgan crash
Something positive might come from the February 12 crash of a Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 after all, if a broad FAA effort to revamp rules governing airline
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PC-12 strikes fence after landing slide
Pilatus PC-12/47, Bridgeport, Conn., June 12, 2009– The fractionally owned single-engine turboprop was substantially damaged when it struck a blast fence o
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Fuel system forced King Air dead-stick landing
Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90A, Yeehaw Junction, Fla., May 25, 2009–The turboprop twin suffered substantial damage during an emergency landing in an open
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NTSB: Learjet needs design changes
The NTSB issued six recommendations stemming from the Sept.
Regulations and Government
Suit Seeks $60M over Falcon 900 Overrun
Temporary staffing firm Select Staffing filed a $60 million lawsuit against Dassault Falcon in a Los Angeles federal court, alleging that “misleading and i
Accidents
Accidents: Russian helicopter crash kills all on board
Bell 407, Malyshkino, Russia, May 10, 2009–The helicopter was substantially damaged when it crashed in the Irkutsk region approximately th
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Accidents: King Air accident in Brazil claims 14
Hawker Beechcraft King Air B350, Porto Segura, Brazil, May 23, 2009–Operated by Metered Holdings, the turboprop twin crashed approximately 200 yards short
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Accidents: Control rigging error examined in Convair crash
Convair CV-580, Columbus, Ohio, Sept.
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Accidents: Helicopter suffers damage in loss of engine cowling
Bell 222, Milliken, Colo., March 13, 2009–Several parts were seen to fall off the helicopter while in flight, landing in the observer’s ya
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Accidents Preliminary Report: Falcon damaged after slip on icy runway
Dassault Falcon 20, Jamestown, N.Y., Dec.
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Accidents Final Report:Turboprop suffered main gear collapse
Rockwell 690C, Minden, Nev., May 2, 2008–The board was unable to determine why both main landing gear collapsed, substantially damaging th
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Accidents final reports: Dust and glare caused pilot misjudgment
Eurocopter AS 350B2, Cave Creek, Ariz., Feb.
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Accidents final report: unchocked Falcon struck fence after taxiing
Dassault Falcon 50, Asheville, N.C., Nov.
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Accidents final report: S-76 damaged in landing pad accident
Sikorsky S-76A, Santa Maria, Calif., June 27, 2008–The pilot’s misjudgment of clearance from an object during a hovering turn for landing was the pr
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PC-12, CRJ200 in Near Ground Collision
According to the NTSB, a runway incursion that occurred on May 29 at Charlotte (N.C.) Douglas International Airport involving a PC-12 turboprop single and
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NATA Summit covers criminalization in aviation
In September 2006, days after an ExcelAire Services Embraer Legacy 600 and a Gol Airlines Boeing 737 collided over the Amazon jungle in Brazil, an internat
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Final Report: Poor Communication Cited In Flagstaff EMS Midair
Two Bell 407s, Flagstaff, Ariz., June 29, 2008–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident was the failure of both pilots to se
