Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Probable Cause Determined in 2005 King Air Fatal

The NTSB concluded that the pilot’s “inadvertent flight” into severe icing and his “inadequate planning” for the forecast weather was the probable cause of
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Citation Crash Lawsuit Settled

A wrongful-death lawsuit in connection with the Feb.
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Learjet Safe after Losing Right Elevator

On December 1 a Learjet 36 with two pilots and one passenger aboard lost its right elevator while maneuvering off the coast of San Diego.
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ExcelAire pilots return home; Brazil bizav still feels the heat

Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino, the pilot and copilot of the ExcelAire Legacy 600 involved in a midair with a Boeing 737 operated by Brazil’s Gol on Septem
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Structural failure eyed in Grob crash

Structural failure appears to have caused the fatal crash of the second Grob SPn prototype near the company airfield in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany, on
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Cockpit setup implicated in Houston Gulfstream crash

The probable cause of the Nov.
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Lexington probe uncovers holes in takeoff regs

Comair’s operating procedures did not include any written guidance specific to runway identification for takeoff before Flight 5191 crashed and burned in a
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Preliminary Report: Four die in Norwegian overrun

British Aerospace 146-200A, Stord-Sorstokke, Norway, Oct.
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Preliminary Report: S-76 sinks near offshore platform

Sikorsky S-76A, Eugene Island, La., Oct.
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Preliminary Report: Gear-up landing damages Hawker

British Aerospace 125-700A, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov.
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Preliminary Report: Engine failure downs EMS 407

Bell 407, Kalispell, Mont., Nov.
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Preliminary Report: LongRanger engine quits

Bell 206L LongRanger, Colville Lake, Canada, Oct.
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Factual Report: Helos collide after Nascar event

Aerospatiale AS 350B/Eurocopter EC 130B4, Homestead, Fla., Nov.
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Factual Report: Pothole damages King Air

Raytheon Beech King Air 200, Hondo, Texas, Sept.
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Final Reports: King Air touched down early

Raytheon Beech King Air 100, Pawtucket, R.I., Aug.
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Final Report: Space shuttle search helo crashed

Bell 407, Broadus, Texas, March 27, 2003–The NTSB said the probable cause of the 407 crash was “the partial loss of engine power due to erratic fuel flow m
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Final Report: LongRanger rolled off offshore platform

Bell 206L-3 LongRanger, Gulf of Mexico, Aug.
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Final Report: Helicopter encountered ground resonance

Aerospatiale SA 319B, Escalante, Utah, Dec.
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Final Report: Loss of power unexplained

Cessna 208B Caravan, Portland, Ore., Dec.
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Final Report: JetRanger lost control

Bell 206B-3 JetRanger, Shelbyville, Texas, March 10, 2005–The NTSB could not determine the reason for the loss of control and subsequent crash of the JetRa
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Premier I Overruns Runway in France

A Raytheon Premier I business jet operated by Spain-based Gestair overran the runway while landing at Deauville, France, on December 6 at about 1:20 p.m.
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Effect of Grob SPn Crash on Cert. Schedule Unclear

It wasn’t immediately clear how the Grob SPn light business jet program will be affected by yesterday’s crash of the second prototype near the company’s ai
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Airline Pilots Groups Call for Release of ExcelAire Pilots

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and its international umbrella group, the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA), are cal
Regulations and Government

Brazilian ATC Chief Replaced

In the wake of the September 29 midair in Brazil between an Embraer Legacy 600 and a Gol Airlines 737 and the subsequent disruptions in ATC services that h
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Learjet Lands Safely after Losing Right Elevator

On December 1 Learjet 36 N26FN with two pilots and one passenger aboard lost its right elevator while maneuvering off the coast of San Diego.
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IS&S brings its 10-inch displays to the PC-12

After receiving an STC for a cockpit retrofit incorporating 15-inch-diagonal displays in the Pilatus PC-12 in May, Innovative Solutions & Support has follo
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Challenger crash sheds light on control issues

While the NTSB ruled that the chartered Challenger 600 that overran a runway at Teterboro Airport (TEB) on Feb.
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Judge in Brazil denies release of crash pilots

Nearly two months after the worst aviation accident in Brazil’s history, the midair between a Boeing 737-800 operated by Brazilian airline Gol and a Legacy
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NBAA, Pilot Union: Let U.S. Pilots Go

NBAA and the Allied Pilots Association, the union representing 13,000 American Airlines pilots, have added their voices to the growing international call t