Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Accidents
Final Report: Contact with power line downed two helicopters
Hughes 269B, Salesville, Ark., July 15, 2008–The board ruled that the probable cause of the helicopter crash was the pilot’s failure to ma
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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
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Final Report: Eclipse Lost Fairing in Flight
Eclipse EA-500, Rockford, Ill., July 17, 2008–The NTSB has determined the probable cause of the separation of the left-side wing-to-body f
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Preliminary Report: Passenger Pilot Lands King Air
Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Fort Myers, Fla.
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Preliminary Report: Engine fire damages Caravan
Cessna 208, Frederick, Md., April 21, 2009–While taxiing after landing, the pilot of the Caravan owned by Greystoke Engineering reported t
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Factual Report: Error on Landing Causes Wing Damage
Bombardier Learjet 35A, Kansas City, Mo., Feb.
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Factual Report: Venezuelan crash kills six
Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, San Miguel, Venezuela, March 1, 2009–The turboprop twin operated by Command Air crashed into a mountain,
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Final Report: Improper flight planning led to C90 crash
Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, Bloomingdale, Ga., Sept.
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Final Report: Pilot distracted and disoriented at night
Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, Chino, Calif., Nov.
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Final Report: Cabin pressure mishap proved fatal
Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Taylor, Texas, April 10, 2008–The NTSB ruled that the probable cause of the accidental death of a mechani
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French rescue org suffers third fatal EC 145 crash
A Eurocopter EC 145 operated by France’s emergency preparedness organization, Sécurité Civile, crashed on April 25 on the French island of Corsica, killing
Regulations and Government
NTSB Expands Release of Accident Public Dockets
The NTSB yesterday began to release all accident investigation public dockets to its public Web site in accordance with the NTSB Freedom of Information Act
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NTSB scrutinizes pilots in Colgan Q400 crash probe
The pilots of the Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 that crashed on February 12 outside Buffalo, killing 50 people, did not observe the so-called sterile cockpit
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Banker’s Family Perishes in Brazil King Air Crash
The crash of a Beechcraft King Air 350 on approach to a private airfield near the beach resort of Trancoso in northeast Brazil on Friday killed the airplan
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Procedure Deviations Cited in Helo Midair
The NTSB determined the probable cause of the June 29, 2008 fatal midair between two Bell 407s on approach to Arizona’s Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) was
Regulations and Government
Cuisine Air ready for stricter security rules
Caterers providing food for business aircraft flights from UK airports are being forced to meet security requirements previously applied only to airlines.
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Preliminary Report: Bandeirante crash fatal for 24
Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante, Santo António, Brazil, Feb.
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Preliminary Report: Super Puma crash in North Sea claims 16
Eurocopter AS 332-L2 Super Puma, off Crimond, Scotland, April 1, 2009–A Bond Offshore Super Puma crashed in the North Sea while transporting offshor
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Preliminiary Report: Engine problem suspected
Bell 206L-4 LongRanger, Moundridge, Kan., March 8, 2009–The commercial pilot, the only occupant, was killed when the LongRanger crashed into a wheat
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Preliminary Report: Learjet aborts takeoff twice
Bombardier Learjet 55, Casper, Wyo., March 17, 2009–The Learjet 55, registered to Sunwest Aviation of Calgary, Alberta, aborted its takeoff from Nat
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Preliminary Report: Indian prototype crashes
National Aerospace Laboratories Saras, Bangalore, India, March 6, 2009–The number-two prototype of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-powered Saras cras
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Preliminary Report: CRJ cockpit catches fire on the ramp
Bombardier CRJ, Tallahassee, Fla., March 1, 2009–After external power was applied in preparation for a Part 121 scheduled flight, the Atlantic South
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Preliminary Report: Falcon collides with snow bank in Switzerland
Dassault Falcon 100, Samedan, Switzerland, Feb.
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Factual Report: EMS Dauphin crashes in IMC
Eurocopter SA 365N-1D Dauphin, District Heights, Md., Sept.
