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News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Failure To Use Deicing Boots Cited in Accident Report

The NTSB determined today that the Feb.
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Two fatal accidents

Two fatal bizjet accidents in the first two weeks of this year, already half the total for all of 2006, have claimed the lives of four pilots.
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Pilot Blames Weather for Runway Incursion

While the NTSB investigation into last month’s runway incursion at Denver International Airport continues, the pilot of one of the aircraft involved said b
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NTSB: Pinnacle crash exposes cultural, systemic safety flaws

A lack of professionalism, discipline and knowledge exhibited by the two pilots flying the Pinnacle Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 that crashed in Jefferson Ci
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NTSB Investigating Citation Takeoff Crash

More details have emerged about the November 5 fatal crash of Citation N505K following a loss of control on takeoff at Hobby Airport in Houston.
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Business Aviation Safety Off To Bad Start in 2007

Two fatal business jet accidents in the first two weeks of this year claimed the lives of four pilots.
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NTSB: Lack of Experience a Factor in MU-2 Fatal

The NTSB final report on the May 2005 crash of a Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 in Hillsboro, Ore., found several causes, notably mishandling a power loss due to a la
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Another Flight Options Beechjet Dual Flameout

A Flight Options Beechjet 400A (N691TA) yesterday afternoon experienced a dual-engine flameout en route from Indianapolis International Airport to Marco Is
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Just Do It: Crew of Troubled Nike GV Did

The maiden flight yesterday of Nike’s newest Gulfstream V–a 2002 model acquired by the sneaker giant on November 2–ended uneventfully, but not as originall
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Pilots’ ‘Unprofessional Behavior’ Led to CRJ Fatal

The NTSB concluded that the “unprofessional behavior” and “poor airmanship” of the pilots caused the Oct.
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ATC Procedures Faulted in MU-2 Fatal

Although the NTSB blamed the commercial pilot of a Mitsubishi MU-2 that crashed in Parker, Colo., in August 2005 for his failure to fly a stabilized instru
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CVR Recovered in Fatal Learjet 35A Crash

The NTSB recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the Learjet 35A that crashed while on final approach to Truckee Tahoe Airport, Calif., on the afte
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Chalk’s Grounds Mallards in Wake of Accident

Chalk’s Ocean Airways has voluntarily grounded its remaining fleet of four Grumman Turbo Mallards after investigators found a serious fatigue crack in the
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Wing Separated before Mallard Crashed

The NTSB has begun recovering the wreckage of the Chalk’s Ocean Airways Turbo Mallard that crashed off the coast of Miami yesterday afternoon, killing all
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Nascar King Air Crew Lost Situational Awareness

The NTSB in its final report released this morning said the crew of a Hendrick Motorsports King Air 200 lost situational awareness and overflew Martinsvill
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Citation Crashed after Aborted Landing Attempt

The Citation 560 (N86CE) crash in Carlsbad, Calif., on January 24 apparently followed an “attempted aborted landing” on Runway 24 at McClellan-Palomar Airp
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Lawsuit Blames Crew for Fatal GIII Crash

A wrongful-death suit was filed yesterday by the family of the flight attendant killed in the Nov.
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Speed Eyed in Citation Fatal Accident

Excessive speed might have been a factor in Tuesday morning’s fatal crash of a Cessna Citation 560 at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, Calif.
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CRJ200 Flameout Crash Spawns Lawsuit

Former DOT Inspector General Mary Schiavo’s law firm, Motley Rice LLC, has filed suit against Bombardier, General Electric, Honeywell, Northwest Airlines,
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NTSB Dispels Myth of Caravan Midair Collision

In its January 10 modified final report on the fatal crash of a Cessna Caravan more than three years ago, the NTSB said thre was “no evidence of an in-flig
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German-registered Citation Crashes in Iraq

Investigation has started into last Thursday’s crash of a Citation I/SP in mountains in northern Iraq.
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Metro Pilot Lost Control before Fatal Crash

A Tri-Coastal Airlines Swearingen SA-226TC (N629EK) crashed in a “nose-down, near-vertical attitude” near Paris, Tenn., while on a cargo flight from Dayton
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Survivor: ‘Chunks of Slush’ Slid Off Challenger

NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol, one of three who survived the Nov.
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Helicopter Crash Kills Three on Ground

Three people were killed and one seriously injured on the ground when an Aerospatiale Alouette II crashed on Sunday afternoon in the Camargue region in sou
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Accident Victim Sues Rolls-Royce, Others

On December 6, attorney Richard Genter filed a lawsuit on behalf of client Charles Duke in U.S.
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Injury Incurred After 727 Pilots Decline Tug

The NTSB concluded that the October 22 incident involving a corporate Boeing 727 injuring a person on the ground was caused by the captain’s “improper deci
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Recent Icing Events Prompt New AD for Caravans

Further icing accidents and incidents involving the Cessna Caravan, flight manual revisions that contain erroneous data and recent flight tests prompted th
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Wind a Factor in Falcon 900EX Overrun

On March 3 Falcon 900EX N973M sustained minor damage during a landing overrun at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
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Similar Maneuver, Same Location, Same Results

The canyon is called Descent and the maneuver was called the “yo-yo” by Sundance Helicopter pilots and the “Thelma-and-Louise” by Papillon Airways pilots.
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Causes Reached in Two Helicopter Accidents

The NTSB determined the probable causes of two helicopter accidents.