Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Accidents
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
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Rotorcraft News Update: So, did I pass?
A Sikorsky S-76A crashed onto a helipad at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., during an FAA check ride on May 29, seriously injuring the pilot an
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Regional News Update: Bombardier 'regrets' Q400 accident
Bombardier expressed “regrets” about a March 13, 2007, accident involving a Q400 turboprop at Japan’s Kochi Airport after the Japanese Aircraft and Railway
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Midair Collision Civil Suit Moves to Brazilian Courts
Wrongful-death suits brought on behalf of family members of passengers and crew killed in the 2006 midair involving a Legacy business jet and a Brazi
Safety
Concorde Manslaughter Trial To Take Place in France
A French judge last week ordered Continental Airlines and five people–including aircraft designers, maintenance technicians and one civil aviation authorit
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NTSB Calls on FAA To Address Pilot Fatigue
The NTSB cited three accidents and an incident involving a regional airline as the basis for a pair of
Aircraft
Stuck Power Control Leads To Eclipse 500 Tire Blowout
Eclipse Aviation on Monday issued a “customer pilot communication” regarding an incident last Thursday in which an Eclipse 500’s main gear tires blew out d
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Preliminary Report: Wing skin wrinkled
Hawker Beechcraft King Air B300, Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 4, 2008–The King Air encountered severe turbulence that apparently caused substan
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Preliminary Report: Peruvian 412 accident kills 10
Bell 412EP, Santa Cruz, Peru, March 11, 2008–The Evergreen Helicopters Bell 412 was destroyed and 10 people, including the U.S.
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Preliminary Report: Excel gear collapses
Cessna Citation Excel 560XL, Port Heiden, Alaska, April 30, 2008–The AT&T Alascom Excel was substantially damaged on landing at Port H
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Preliminary Report: Mountain crash fatal
Eurocopter AS 350B2, Chickaloon, Alaska, April 15, 2008–Four people were killed and one seriously injured when the ERA Helicopters AS 350
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Preliminary Report: Cargo door opens on takeoff
Hawker Beechcraft 1900D, Page, Ariz., March 26, 2008–A cargo door opened just after takeoff at Page Municipal Airport and the Great Lakes
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Preliminary Report: Beech 1900 lost in Pacific
Hawker Beechcraft Beech 1900C, Lihue, Hawaii, Jan.
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Factual Report: Wiring suspected in medical flight
Cessna Citation II, Milwaukee, June 4, 2007–Pilots of the Citation II that crashed into Lake Michigan struggled to keep control of the air
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Factual Report: Offshore helicopter crashed in Gulf
Eurocopter EC 120B, Gulf of Mexico, Feb.
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Factual Report: Pipeline helo lost power
MD 369D, Columbus, Mont., May 28, 2007– The commercial pilot and one crewmember were seriously injured and a second crew-member was killed when the
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Final Report: Vibration traced to trim installation
Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90A, Emporia, Kan., Sept.
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Final Report: Faulty downlock plates caused gear collapse
Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200, Leonardtown, Md., Oct.
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Final Report: TCAS alert resulted in excessive maneuver
Bombardier Challenger 604, Teterboro, N.J., Oct.
