Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Accidents
Final Report: Parachutist killed in premature jump
Hawker Beechcraft Beech 99, Bowling Green, Mo., June 21, 2008–A parachutist was killed because he failed to follow procedures/directives b
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Final Report: Gear torque knee failed
Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, Baton Rouge, La., April 25, 2008–Structural failure of the right main landing gear torque knee caused the
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Final Report: Starflex arm failed
Eurocopter AS 350B2, Hiram, Ga., May 21, 2008–The NTSB attributed the buckling of the AS 350’s tail boom to failure of the starflex arm du
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Final Report: No cause determined for hydraulic leak
Cessna 750 Citation X, New York, N.Y., April 3, 2008–The Citation X ran off the runway on landing at John F.
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Victims File Lawsuit in S.C. Learjet Accident
Travis Barker and Thelma Martin Still have filed a lawsuit in the California Superior Court following the September 19 overrun crash in Columbia, S.C., of
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Sabotage Unlikely in Mexican Learjet 45 Crash
Officials are all but ruling out sabotage in the November 4 crash of a Learjet 45 in Mexico City, which killed all nine aboard, including Mexican Interior
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FAA Publishes Helo EMS Rule Changes
Late last week the FAA published long-awaited proposed revisions in the operations specification governing helicopter EMS (HEMS) flights under Part 135 wit
Aircraft
Mexican Learjet 45 Crash: Accident or Sabotage?
NTSB and Mexican aviation accident investigators are on scene in Mexico City, where a Learjet 45 (XC-VMC) crashed into a mixed residential/commercial neigh
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Preliminary Report: Close call for CRJ and 172 at ABE
Bombardier CRJ700, Allentown, Pa., Sept.
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Preliminary Report: Learjet crashes on takeoff
Bombardier Learjet 60, West Columbia, S.C., Sept.
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Preliminary Report: Parts separate from LongRanger
Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, Greensburg, Ind., Aug.
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Preliminary Report: Blown tires tear off gear door
Bombardier CL-600-2C10 CRJ, Denver, July 29, 2008–The Skywest flight blew the left main tires on departure, tearing off the gear door.
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Preliminary Report: Tanker flight fatal for three firefighters
Lockheed SP-2H, Reno, Nev., Sept.
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Preliminary Report: Medevac flight crashes
Aerospatiale SA 365N-1 Dauphin, Camp Springs, Md.
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Factual Report: CRJ loses cowling in flight
Bombardier CRJ CL-600-2B19, Lake Michigan, Mich., April 7, 2007–At 16,000 feet over Lake Michigan, the Mesa Airlines CRJ thrust reverser t
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Final Report: Controllers cited in TEB runway incursion
Cessna 172 and Dassault Falcon 200, Teterboro, N.J., July 9, 2008–The NTSB blamed the Teterboro Airport (TEB) runway incursion on the grou
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Final Report: Faulty maintenance cited
Bell 47G-3B-2, Lafayette, Ind., July 24, 2008–A fatigue fracture of the carburetor heat control valve spring and inadequate maintenance in
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Final Report: Learjet landed on closed runway
Bombardier Learjet 45, Teterboro, N.J., June 25, 2008–The NTSB attributed the Learjet’s landing on a closed runway to the fact that the lo
Rotorcraft
Casino Flight Comes to Grief
Authorities say VFR flight into IMC appears the culprit in a spectacular pre-dawn helicopter crash in late September.
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Helitech '08: Accident stats in hand, European team moves to develop safety plan
The European helicopter safety team (Ehest) released the preliminary results of the first European-wide helicopter accident study on October 13, during a c
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Tires Blew before Learjet Crashed
The NTSB said both main tires blew before the Learjet 60 (N999LJ) overran Runway 11 and crashed while taking off from Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan Airport
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Last lawsuit settled after 1996 GIV crash
After a dozen years, the litigation surrounding the fatal crash of a Gulfstream IV has finally been settled.
