Accidents

Investigators challenge claims that an amateur radio signal database can help locate the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating a ground collision at New York City-area Long Island MacArthur Airport, between a taxiing Pilatus PC-12 and a Hawker.

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.

Preliminary and final accident reports, February 2022

The accident in which football star Emiliano Sala was killed highlighted many questions about illegal charter flights in Europe.

A preliminary report indicates asymmetrical spoiler deployment may be a factor in the December 15 crash of a Gulfstream IV-SP in the Dominican Republic.

The Learjet 35A involved in a December 27 fatal accident struck powerlines and subsequently crashed about 1.43 nm east of Gillespie Field in California.

EC-135 was attempting emergency landing

U.S.-registered business jets and turboprops, which flew significantly more in 2021 than in 2020, also experienced more fatal accidents last year.

Preliminary and final accident reports, January 2022

The 2017 crash of an Irish S-92 highlights the hazards of night-time SAR operations.

The Part 135 accident occurred during maneuvering for a visual approach.

The 7,500-nm Gulfstream G700 has racked up a number of city-pair records and is checking off tests predominantly using SAF.

Seven passengers and two crewmembers were killed yesterday evening when a GIV-SP crashed shortly after takeoff while attempting a diversionary landing.

Preliminary and final accident reports, December 2021

Circling approaches are 25 times less safe than straight-in approches and thus should be conducted only as a last resort.

The U.S. NTSB is proposing to add a Subpart F (Commercial Space Investigations) to its Part 831 regulations covering accident investigation.

Fatalities from general aviation aircraft accidents decreased overall last year amid broad pandemic-induced reductions in flight activity, the NTSB said.

David Henderson was jailed for 18 months for arranging the January 2019 flight in which soccer star Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson were killed.

The MD-87 involved in the October 19 runway excursion accident following a rejected takeoff at Houston Executive had jammed elevators, the NTSB said.

A chartered Beechcraft King Air 90 crashed Friday in Minas Gerais, Brazil, killing 26-year-old Latin Grammy winner Marília Mendonça and four others.

Tamarack Aerospace is disputing the NTSB’s final report on fatal crash of a Citation CJ2+ which went down soon after takeoff in Indiana in November, 2018.

The NTSB prepares to examine the flight recorders and wreckage of the Transair Boeing 737 that crashed off of Hawaii on July 2.

Preliminary and final accident reports, November 2021

David Henderson was found guilty of endangering safety and illegally arranging a charter flight that resulted in the death of soccer star Emiliano Sala.

The FAA's Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative points to solutions to the state's poor safety record, but costs are an obstacle.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating the Tuesday morning crash in Houston of a privately operated McDonnell Douglas MD-87.

The U.S. Justice Department has charged former Boeing chief technical pilot Mark Forkner with six counts of fraud.

Embry-Riddle research finds that helicopter air ambulances have twice the fatal accident rate compared with all other forms of air transport.

NBAA's Safety Committee is focusing on three types of accidents.