Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Final Report: ERJ 135 attempter pushback with brake set

Embraer ERJ 135LR, Newark, N.J., July 24, 2006–The NTSB determined that the captain of the American Eagle ERJ 135 failed to follow company
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Learjet 35 Crashes on Takeoff from Brazilian Airport

Brazilian officials are still combing through the wreckage of a Learjet 35 that crashed Sunday in São Paulo, killing at least eight people.
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Preliminary Report: Wrong Runway Assigned

Bombardier Learjet 35, Washington, D.C., Sept.
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Fuel exhaustion eyed in King Air crash

The preliminary NTSB report of the September 19 Beech King Air B90 crash in Chattanooga, Tenn., indicates that the pilot ran out of fuel during a flight fr
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UA accident investigation yields safety recommendations

The NTSB’s first investigation of an unmanned aircraft accident highlighted a problem that many have worried about and that the FAA has yet to address: the
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Focus on safety issues in collision, urges IFALPA

Brazilian authorities should drop their criminal investigation into the deadly midair collision last September involving a pair of American pilots and inst
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King Air pilots lost control during familiarization flight

According to the final report of the Irish Department of Transport Air Accidents Investigation Unit (AAIU) published earlier this year, a Beech King Air 90
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NTSB: Many Safety Issues with Unmanned Aircraft Ops

As a result of its first investigation of an accident
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Excel-Jet Sues FAA over 2006 Sport-Jet VLJ Crash

Excel-Jet of Monument, Colo., is suing the FAA over the
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Runway Overruns Lead to AD on Premier I

Two non-fatal accidents involving runway overruns of the Raytheon Premier I in which the lift-dump spoilers failed to deploy have led to an AD.
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Jets Do Triple Play Off Runways in One Day

There were no serious injuries or major damage initially reported following three separate incidents of business jets rolling off dry runways on April 21.
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Harrowing Ride Described by Lone B200 Survivor

According to the 13-year-old lone survivor of the April 4 crash of a King Air B200 that took the lives of six others, including her mother and father, “eve
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Saab 340B Compressor Stalls Lead To Emergency AD

Emergency AD 2003-08-52 was issued last month for the GE CT7-9B turboprop in response to 12 compressor-stall events in Saab 340Bs over a six-month period.
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IFALPA to Brazil: Don’t Criminalize Midair Collision

The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) late last week called on the Brazilian government “to return to agreed international
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Preliminary Report: Grand Aire Falcon Crash #1

Dassault Falcon 20, Swanton, Ohio April 8, 2003–At approximately 1:50 p.m.
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Preliminary Report: Grand Aire Falcon Crash #2

DASSAULT FALCON 20, ST.
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Final Report: Maintenance error leads to hard landing

GULFSTREAM V, WEST PALM BEACH, FLA., FEB.
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Final Report: Cheyenne CFIT Accident

Piper PA-31T1, Graham, Texas, Nov 12, 2001–The NTSB determined the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to discontinue the approach afte
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Investigation Continues into TBM 700 Fatal

The NTSB continues its investigation into a fatal crash April 24 that killed the pilot when his TBM 700 turboprop single hit a 38-foot telephone pole, then
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Fuel Starvation Eyed in King Air B90 Crash

An NTSB preliminary report suggests that the Beechcraft King Air B90 (N10TM) that crashed into a parking lot in Chattanooga, Tenn., on September 19 ran out
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Investigators zero in on 1900D crash

According to the NTSB, faulty maintenance contributed to the crash of an Air Midwest Beech 1900D seconds after taking off from Charlotte, N.C., on January
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Bell Helicopter Goes To Court over Crash Deaths of Paramedics

Bell Helicopter must face trial over the deaths of three paramedics killed in a 1998 helicopter crash in Los Angeles, after the California Supreme Court de
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Final Report: Hawker crew just scrapes by

HAWKER SIDDELEY DH.125-1F, SEATTLE, WASH., DEC.
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Preliminary Reports: Trim woes precede 1900D crash

BEECH 1900D, HYANNIS, MASS., AUG.
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Factual Report: Firefighting helo crashes

BELL B206L-3, WHITERIVER, ARIZ., JULY 26, 2003–At 10:34 a.m.
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Russian Leader Killed in Crash

Alexander Lebed, a once-powerful Russian politician, was killed April 29 when the Russian-made Mil Mi-8 helicopter in which he and 19 others were traveling
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Homemade approach a path to disaster

RAYTHEON BEECH 1900D, SEPT-ILES, QUEBEC, AUG.
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Hypoxia suspected in King Air accident

RAYTHEON BEECH KING AIR B200, WERNADINGA STATION, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, SEPT.
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Preliminary Report: Mitsubishi MU-300, Anderson, IN

MITSUBISHI MU-300, ANDERSON, IND., MARCH 25, 2002–A Diamond operated by Corporate Flight Management sustained substantial damage during an