Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Final Report: MU-2 goes down following engine failure

Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, The Woodlands, Texas, May 1, 2001–The NTSB determined that the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to maintain air
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Preliminary Report: TBM 700 crashes on approach

Socata TBM 700B, Mobile, Ala., April 24, 2003–At 8:12 p.m.
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Preliminary Report: Eurocopter damaged in water collision

EUROCOPTER AS 350B2, VENICE, LA., MARCH 6, 2003–At 7:20 a.m.
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Preliminary Report: Hilltop takeoff mishap

AEROSPATIALE SA341G, ALPINE, TEXAS, MARCH 6, 2003–At 11:15 a.m.
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Preliminary Report: Wright replica hits trees

Virginia Aviation Wright Model B, Midland, Va., May 19, 2003–At 8:20 p.m.
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Preliminary Report: King Air veers off runway

Beech King Air 300, Houston, Texas, May 18, 2003–At 9:30 a.m.
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Preliminary Report: Birds may have brought down Learjet 45

Learjet 45, Milan, Italy, June 1, 2003–Learjet 45 I-ERJC, owned and operated by Eurojet Italia, crashed into a warehouse near a road on th
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Preliminary Report: King Air loses footing on landing approach

Beech King Air 200C, Coffs Harbour Aerodrome, New South Wales, Australia, May 15, 2003–At 10:50 a.m.
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Preliminary Report: Commander crashes

GULFSTREAM COMMANDER 695, OGAWA VILLAGE, JAPAN, MARCH 24, 2003–At approximately 10:50 a.m.
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Preliminary Report: Robinson R44 lost at sea

Robinson R44, Brazos Block 532, Gulf of Mexico, May 29, 2003–Robinson N7188K crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, killing Dudley Tarlton, the
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Preliminary Report: Four killed in P Navajo accident

Piper PA-31P, Woodruff, Wis., May 25, 2003–At 5:54 p.m.
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Preliminary Report: Cessna ditches on return flight from recurrency training

Cessna 414, Port Jefferson, N.Y., May 26, 2003–At 2:28 p.m.
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Eclipse forges ahead on 500 fixes

Eclipse Aviation in late June received flight into known icing (FIKI) approval for the Eclipse 500, though in-service and undelivered aircraft up to S/N 26
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Pilot killed in crash of CRJ100

A Brit Air CRJ100 carrying 21 passengers and three crewmembers crashed onto a small road and caught fire some 2,500 feet short of the runway at Brest-Guipa
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Milan court opened runway crash trial

Early last month, 11 airport and ATC officials went on trial in connection with Italy’s worst aviation disaster: the Oct.
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NTSB: Pilot stalled Meridian returning to airport

According to the NTSB, the pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a bank angle of 60 to 80 degrees while trying to return to the Vero Beach Municipal
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Pilot Error, Weather Eyed in Korean S-92 Crash

A botched emergency landing instigated by bad weather appears to have brought down a twin-engine Sikorsky S-92A carrying the 88-year-old Rev.
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Accidents: Citation ran out of fuel

CESSNA 551 CITATION II/SP, KINGMAN, ARIZ., JAN.
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Accidents: Conquest pilot lost control

CESSNA 441 CONQUEST II, ARKANSAS CITY, KAN., JAN.
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Accidents: Final Report Roundup

CESSNA 303, BINGHAMTON, N.Y., NOV.
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Bizjet Accident Rate Stable, Turboprop Mishaps Up

Business jet accidents in the first six months of this year remained the same as during the first half of last year, while the turboprop segment saw a sign
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Accidents: EMS helo crash fatal

Eurocopter EC 135T2+, La Crosse, Wis., May 10, 2008–Three people–the pilot, a physician and a flight nurse–were killed when the Air Methods helicopt
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Accidents: Possible engine failure for FH-1100

Fairchild Hiller FH-1100, Comstock, Mich., May 16, 2008–The pilot of the FH-1100 was killed and the helicopter destroyed when it hit trees and the g
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Accidents: Caravan loses power

Cessna 208B Caravan, Ada, Mich., May 9, 2008–The CSA Air commercial pilot had to make a forced landing after the Caravan lost power on a visual appr
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Accidents: AS 350 crashes on Catalina

Aerospatiale AS 350D, Avalon, Calif., May 24, 2008–The Island Express Helicopters AS 350 crashed on landing at Two Harbors, Catalina Island.
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Factual Report: Gusts disrupt dogsled filming flight

Bell 206L LongRanger, Nikolai, Alaska, March 4, 2008–The pilot of the LongRanger was maneuvering while his passenger was filming a dogsled
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Final Report: Poor judgment preceded Citation crash

Cessna 560 Citation Encore, Cresco, Iowa, July 19, 2006–The NTSB attributed the crash of Citation N636SE to inadequate decision-making and
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Final Report: Offshore helo tangled with wind gusts on rig

Eurocopter EC 120B, Gulf of Mexico, Feb.
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Final Report: Caravan accident fatal for two

Cessna 208B Caravan, Oak Glen, Calif., March 28, 2006–The NTSB said the Caravan stall-spin crash that killed the two pilots was caused by
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Final Report: Turbine blade failed

McDonnell Douglas MD 369D, Columbus, Mont., May 28, 2007–The Safety Board blamed this accident, which resulted in the death of a crewmembe