Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Aircraft
Preliminary Report: Merlin lands short in IMC
SWEARINGEN MERLIN IIIB, SPOKANE VALLEY, WASH, NOV.
Aircraft
Preliminary Report: Merlin hits trees on approach
SWEARINGEN MERLIN IIA, JACKSONVILLE, FLA., NOV.
Accidents
Safety Board investigates Circuit City accident
The NTSB’s unusually lengthy preliminary report on the February 16 crash of a Circuit City Citation 560 on an ILS approach to Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB)
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Circuit City Citation crashes on approach
Cessna Citation 560, Pueblo, Colo., Feb.
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Preliminary Report: Air ambulance crashes on positioning flight
Raytheon Beech King Air 90, Rawlins, Wyo., Jan.
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Preliminary Report: Hawker misses runway in Quebec
Hawker 600, Bromont Airport, Montreal, Feb.
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Preliminary Report: Takeoff accidnet kills Mexican governor
Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 Westwind, Morelia, Mexico, Feb.
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Factual Report: Fuel exhaustion suspected in engine shutdown
Beech King Air A90, Pensacola, Fla., Aug.
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Final Report: Trim anomaly blamed in Citation accident
Cessna Citation 550 Bravo, Bethany, Okla., May 20, 2002–Despite a trouble-free preflight and taxi at Wiley Post Airport, Bethany, the Citation’s nosegear f
Accidents
Final Report: Loss of control caused fatal MU-2 crash
Mitsubishi MU-2B-35, Carolina, Puerto Rico, April 15, 2002–In IFR conditions with no IFR flight plan filed, the pilot of Mitsubishi N45BS experienced a los
Accidents
Final Report: Jetstar lost flap
Lockheed 1329-23E JetStar, Houston, May 15, 2004–On final approach to William P.
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Final Report: Sightseeing helo tangled with power lines
Bell 206B JetRanger, Cushing, Okla., June 26, 2004–The chartered JetRanger was giving sightseeing rides at 8:45 p.m.
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Final Report: Low-level maneuvering caused loss of control
Bell 206B3, Atlantic City, Wyo., Aug.
Accidents
Investigating the TEB Challenger accident
Deep within every accident are messages for improving safety, but some mishaps are particularly provocative and have far-reaching implications.
Accidents
Jury Finds Vacuum Pump Manufacturer Negligent
A jury found Parker Hannifin negligent in the Oct.
Safety
Turbine airplane accidents and fatalities climb
With the notable exception of professionally flown corporate jet operations, which had no accidents, business turboprops and jets posted more accidents and
Accidents
Three Killed in Crash of King Air E90
Three of the four people aboard an air ambulance King Air E90 were killed late January 11 when the turboprop twin crashed on approach to Rawlins Municipal
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No Serious Injuries in Citation II Crash
Neither the instrument-rated private pilot nor his five passengers were seriously injured when their Citation II, N35403, was substantially damaged on Janu
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Bullet Strike Discovered on Citation
A hydraulic leak that, along with inclement weather, forced a NetJets Citation on a ferry flight from Appleton, Wis., to Rochester, Minn., to divert to Min
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Forward C.G. implicated in TEB Challenger
“The center of gravity was found to be well forward of the allowable limit,” according to an NTSB update on the accident in which a Challenger 600 overran
Accidents
Another ticket pulled in TEB Challenger overrun
Darby Aviation is the latest to feel the wrath of the FAA in the wake of the Challenger runway overrun accident at Teterboro Airport (see page 58).
Accidents
Bent mic jack might be cause of yoke jamming
It’s probable that a bent-down microphone jack receptacle–a non-OEM installation–found near the base of the copilot’s control column prevented aft movement
Accidents
CVR: Jetstream stalled on final
The Corporate Airlines Jetstream 31 that crashed a mile short of the runway while on a night, reduced-visibility localizer approach to Kirksville Regional
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Antenna Strike Fails To Down King Air
When investigators inspected a King Air C90 after it collided with a weather station antenna, they found an obstruction light was embedded in the right win
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Texas GIII crew had VOR, not ILS, tuned
Cockpit voice recorder (CVR) transcripts indicate that the pilots of the Gulfstream III that crashed in IMC November 22 after being cleared for the Runway
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Rotor-blade defect blamed in S-76 crash
British investigation authorities implicated a manufacturing defect in the July 16, 2002, crash of a Sikorsky S-76 into the North Sea.
