Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
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FAA King Air Lands Gear Up
An FAA-operated King Air, N11, in late July landed gear up at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) after a gear malfunction.
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Hawker 800 crashes in Minnesota
NTSB accident investigators are searching for clues as to what caused the crash of a Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 800 in Minnesota on July 31, killing both pil
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Faulty oxygen cylinder considered in 747 fuselage rupture and emergency landing
Accident investigators are eyeing the failure of an oxygen cylinder as the cause of an explosion that forced an emergency landing for a Qantas Boeing 747-4
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Kentucky Court Hears Comair Arguments
The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments last month on the question of whether a lower court can hold Lexington Blue Grass Airport liable for the Aug.
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Blackout 2003: bizav had an edge over the airlines
Fortunately, it was a clear, sunny day (rather than the proverbial dark, stormy night) over the Northeast when the electrical power gridwork gave up the gh
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Final Report: Meridian stalls and hits trees
Piper PA-46-500TP, Vero Beach, Fla., April 9, 2001–The NTSB determined the probable cause of this accident to be the pilot’s excessive ban
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Preliminary Report: Turboprop returns to airport after control problems
BEECH BE1900D, MILWAUKEE, WIS., JUNE 7, 2003–At 2 p.m.
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Preliminary Report: Cessna Twin goes down on approach
CESSNA 414, FORT MYERS, FLA., JUNE 26, 2003–According to the Lee County, Fla.
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Preliminary Report: Agusta hits hill following tail-rotor separation
AGUSTA A109K2, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JUNE 7, 2003–Agusta N123RX, operated by IHC Hospitals and piloted by an ATP-rated pilot, was destroye
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Preliminary Report: EC 120 crash a mystery
EUROCOPTER EC 120B, BOONVILLE, MO., JUNE 25, 2003–Eurocopter N298HS was destroyed when it crashed at about 10:45 p.m.
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Preliminary Report: Cessna Twin overruns runway
CESSNA 414, NEWPORT, R.I., JUNE 29, 2003– Cessna Chancellor N2UD was substantially damaged at approximately 1:05 p.m.
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Preliminary Report: Botched practice autorotation
BELL 206L-4, AURORA, COLO., MAY 8, 2003–At 5:15 p.m.
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Rotorcraft Update: Indian helo crash claims 27
In one of the highest death tolls from a civil helicopter crash in recent memory, 27 offshore oil workers as well as the crew of a Mil Mi-172 were killed A
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Bell says V-22 incident is 'nonevent'
The history of the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey military tiltrotor is that of the rankest of Hollywood cliffhangers.
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News Note: Hughes 500 crash claims 3
A family of three were killed July 19 when the Hughes 500 helicopter they had chartered for a sightseeing flight over the Kentish countryside crashed short
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Preliminary Report: CRJ crew has bad vibrations
BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19, CHATTANOOGA, TENN., MAY 8, 2003–At approximately 12:28 p.m.
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Preliminary Report: Learjet 45 suffers birdstrike
BOMBARDIER LEARJET 45, MILAN, ITALY, JUNE 1, 2003–At approximately 3:26 p.m., Learjet 45 (I-ERJC), operated by Linate-based air-taxi opera
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Preliminary Report: Twinstar crashes on takeoff
AEROSPATIALE AS 355F1, MADISON, FLA., JUNE 11, 2003–About 1:29 p.m.
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Preliminary Report: GPWS warning preceded approach crash
BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19 CRJ-100ER, BREST, FRANCE, JUNE 22, 2003–Air France Flight 5672 departed Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) in France a
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Final Report: Disoriented in fog, pilot crashed Learjet 25 on takeoff
LEARJET 25, ITHACA, N.Y., AUG.
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Embraer plays down gearup landing
An Embraer 170 prototype accidentally landed with the gear retracted at the company’s Gaviao Peixoto test complex in Brazil on August 17.
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Bizjet accidents raise community concerns
Two business jet accidents within two weeks at Groton-New London Airport, Conn., have renewed safety concerns and allegations by local residents of a lack
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Low-altitude steep bank preceded Learjet crash
The NTSB is about a month into its investigation of the fatal crash of a Learjet 35 that was attempting to land at Groton New London Airport in Connecticut
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NTSB: Hawker Crashed on Go-around
The East Coast Jets-operated Hawker 800A that crashed Thursday morning at Owatonna (Minn.) Degner Regional Airport, killing all eight on board, briefly tou
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Cure sought for ramp-rash incidents
If you’re the kind of pilot who relishes the moment when you flee the FBO in the crew car for a round of golf or a night on the town, there is a phalanx of
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Fatal bizav accidents increase in first half of year
The number of people killed in turbine business airplane accidents across all segments increased in the first half of this year compared with the first six
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Fairchild Metro crash in Kenya kills 14
A chartered Fairchild Metro on a safari flight crashed on Mt.
