Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
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Rotocraft Update: Turbomeca demo flight kills two
A Eurocopter AS 350 helicopter crashed at the Tarnos, France factory of engine maker Turbomeca on March 26, killing company test pilot Eric Fortier, 41, an
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Rotorcraft Update: PHI accident claims pilot
Petroleum Helicopters pilot Charles Getchell, 56, of Milton, Fla.
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Final Report: Failed ILS approach kills N.J. legislator and family
MITSUBISHI MU-2B-26A, EDGARTOWN, MASS., OCT.
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Preliminary Report: Lightning strike damages Embraer
EMBRAER EMB-145LR, CHESTER, MASS., MARCH 26, 2002–FAA inspectors found a “baseball size” hole in the left elevator of a Chautauqua Airline
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Preliminary Report: Cessna 425 breaks up in flight
CESSNA 425, SAN JOSE, CALIF., MARCH 6, 2002–“Just lost my needle…give me…” was the last transmission controllers heard from the pilot of a
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Preliminary Report: Mid-air collision kills one
PILATUS UV-20A, MARANA, ARIZ., MARCH 15, 2002–A U.S.
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Preliminary Report: Double bird-strike ends in aborted takeoff
CANADAIR CL-600-2B19, DULLES AIRPORT, VA., MARCH 9, 2002–Shortly after 10 a.m.
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ATC implicated in fatal King Air accident
The NTSB determined the probable cause of a January 2000 King Air C90 fatal accident was the failure of the pilot to follow his approach clearance, and his
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Missionary pilot blamed in Peruvian shootdown
With the final report by a joint Peruvian-U.S.
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Crash destroys Learjet 25D testing for Avcon Mod
A Learjet 25D (N333CG) that crashed on approach to Salina, Kan., after losing
elevator control on June 12, was involved in a test flight in connectio
elevator control on June 12, was involved in a test flight in connectio
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Turbine airplane fatalities fall
In the first quarter of this year, the U.S.-registered Part 91 and 135 business jet and turboprop fleet experienced 22 total accidents, five of which kille
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Wooden sticks eyed in GV crash
Wooden tongue depressors are implicated in the hard landing of a Gulfstream V last February 14 that drove the right main landing gear up through the wing,
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King Air gear collapse kills Texas mechanic
Don Judy, a mechanic for Addison (Texas) Airport-based DFW Aero Mechanix, was killed last month when the landing gear of a King Air 200 apparently collapse
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Incident started with wrong word, not wrong squawk
According to the AOL Time Warner flight department, it wasn’t a hijack code that was mistakenly squawked (AIN, December 2001, page 10<
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All survive King Air crash into roof of Reno building
The airplane was destroyed, but the pilot and five passengers escaped serious injury March 13 (no, it wasn’t a Friday) when their King Air E90 crashed into
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In-flight breakup preceded fatal Conquest crash
The pilot and two passengers aboard a Cessna 425 Conquest I were killed March 6 after the aircraft suffered an in-flight breakup and crashed about 13 mi fr
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Feds drop Stewart Learjet criminal investigation
Nearly two years after the FBI effectively closed down air-taxi operator Sunjet Aviation, the federal criminal investigation into the October 1999 crash of
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NTSB to respond to ATR Roselawn petition
The NTSB has confirmed talk that the Board is “about to release” a report modifying some of its findings in the October 1994 crash of an American Eagle ATR
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Preliminary Report: One fatality in Atlantic Ocean ditch
PIPER PA-31-350, HOLLYWOOD, FLA., JAN.
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Preliminary Report: Florida swamp claims two aboard Bell 206L-1
BELL 206L-1, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA., FEB.
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Final Report: Failure to follow IFR procedures damages aircraft
HAWKER SIDDELEY HS-125-700, JACKSON HOLE, WYO., DEC.
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Final Report: Cocaine impairment and failed approach kills two
CESSNA 421B, NORMAN, OKLA., DEC.
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New Asian bizav group takes off
With the goal of promoting a better understanding of the needs and benefits of business aviation in the Asia/Pacific region, the newly formed Asian Busines
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One killed in Bell/Agusta AB139 crash
The crash of one of the flying prototypes of the Bell/Agusta AB139 twin-turbine helicopter in Italy late last month killed a flight-test engineer, when he
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MU-2 crash kills pilot and one on ground
A Mitsubishi MU-2 crashed into a car dealership April 15 at about 3 p.m.
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Aeromed Helo Hits Terrain in Night MVFR
A Eurocopter EC 135 T2+ (N135UW) operated by Air Methods for the University of Wisconsin crashed Saturday night shortly after taking off VFR from La Crosse
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Columbia Helicopters BV-107 Crash Claims Three
A Boeing Vertol BV-107 operated by Columbia Helicopters of Portland, Ore., crashed in August during a maintenance check flight in southern Montana, killing
