Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Final Report: EMS flight lost in ocean

Agusta A109A II, Edmonds, Wash., Sept.
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Preliminary Report: NetJets Citation taxis into van

Cessna Citation 560 Ultra, Farmingdale, N.Y., April 10, 2007–Taxiing at Republic Airport on Long Island, the NetJets Citation hit a parked maintenan
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Preliminary Report: U.S.-registered Challenger SE crashes in Moscow

Bombardier CL-600-2B19, Moscow, Feb.
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Preliminary Report: CRJ experiences stabilizer trim problem

Bombardier CRJ, Milwaukee, Wis., April 1, 2007–Climbing out from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) Runway 19R at 6:45 a.m., the Air Wisco
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Preliminary Report: Engine surge interrupts takeoff

Swearingen SA-226T, Wheeling, Ill., April 11, 2007–N125WG was substantially damaged during an aborted takeoff at Chicago Executive Airport.
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Factual Report: S-76 crashes off oil platform

Sikorsky S-76A++, Eugene Island, Gulf of Mexico, Oct.
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Legacy Pilots Indicted on Criminal Charges…

American pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino were indicted Friday for their alleged part in the collision of their Embraer Legacy with a Gol Airlines Boe
Regulations and Government

…But Extradition to Brazil Unlikely at This Stage

Next step for the pilots is their testimony in the case, scheduled to take place in Brazil on August 27.
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Citation Crash Kills Michigan Transplant Team

Recovery efforts are continuing today for the wreckage of a 1981 Cessna Citation II that crashed into Lake Michigan soon after takeoff from Milwaukee late
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Legacy CVR helps pilot's defense

Cockpit voice recordings leaked late last month from the Embraer Legacy that collided with the Gol Airlines 737 over the Amazon last September indicate tha
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Citation II Crash Kills Two

The NTSB released preliminary information last month after a Citation II hit terrain during a circling approach to Dillon Airport in southwest Montana, kil
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NTSB Faults Maintenance, FAA in Fatal Chalk’s Crash

The NTSB yesterday released the probable cause of the Dec.
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Jeppesen Sued by ACLU for Rendition Flight Support

In a rare case in aviation, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing Jeppesen Sanderson (a Boeing property) for its part in aiding so-called “ext
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Prosecutor Requests Indictment of Pilots, Controllers

A Brazilian public prosecutor has recommended that a federal judge indict four air traffic controllers and the two American pilots involved in the midair c
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DOT Says Serious Runway Incursions Still a Danger

The Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General (IG) said in a report released last Thursday that runway incursions remain a persistent, s
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Legacy Cockpit Voice Recorder Strengthens Pilots’ Case

Cockpit voice recordings from the Embraer Legacy that collided with the Gol Airlines 737 over the Amazon last September indicate that the two business-jet
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NBAA, FSF, IFALPA Blast Brazilian Police

NBAA, the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) heavily criticized a decision by Brazil
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Brazil’s Federal Police Blames Pilots for Midair

Brazil’s Federal Police has concluded that ExcelAire Legacy pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino were responsible for the September collision with a Boein
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Honeywell: Legacy Transponders Did Not Malfunction

Honeywell has gone on the record as saying that the transponders aboard the Embraer Legacy involved in September’s fatal midair with a Gol Airlines Boeing
Regulations and Government

NTSB Recommends Improved TCAS Failure Warnings

Reacting to last September’s fatal collision of an Embraer Legacy and Boeing 737 over the Amazon jungle, the NTSB yesterday called for improved certificati
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Charter firm raises questions about RIL runway conditions

Following a runway overrun at Colorado’s Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL) on March 23, the operator of the Falcon 900 that departed Runway 26 after l
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Brazil midair pilots submit report blaming ATC system

While the investigation into the causes of the September midair between an Embraer Legacy operated by Long Island-based ExcelAire and a Boeing 737 operated
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Preliminary Report: Sightseeing AS 350 has hydraulic problems

Eurocopter AS 350BA AStar, Princeville, Hawaii, March 8, 2007–Four people were killed and the Heli-USA Airways AStar was substantially damaged follo
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Preliminary Report: Air Tour Helo Loses Tail Rotor

McDonnell Douglas MD-369FF, Haena, Hawaii, March 11, 2007–The Inter-Island Helicopters MD-369 was destroyed and a passenger was killed when the helicopter
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Preliminary Report: Falcon damaged in overrun

Dassault Falcon 900, Rifle, Colo., March 23, 2007–Falcon N129KJ sustained substantial damage when it overran the 7,000-foot-long runway at Garfield
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Preliminary Report: Tire suspect in Piaggio landing mishap

Piaggio Avanti, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., March 20, 2007–The Avanti, operated by fractional operator Avantair, was substantially damaged when landing a
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Factual Report: PC-12 Loses Control

Pilatus PC-12, Big Timber, Mont., June 24, 2006–The PC-12 was destroyed and both occupants killed when N768H crashed after loss of control
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Factual Report: Commander Still Missing in Alaska

Aero Commander 690A, Anchorage, Alaska, July 28, 2006–Commander Northwest Aero Commander N57096 is presumed to have crashed about 23 miles
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Final Report: PC-12 Blamed on Insuffiecient Airspeed

Pilatus PC-12, Bellefonte, Pa., March 26, 2005–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the crash of the PC-12 on an ILS approach to University Par
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Final Report: Netjets Citation Failed to Maintain Airspeed

Cessna Citation 560, Woodruff, Wis., Jan.