Accidents

Cessna 208 Caravan, Cuenca, Ecuador, March 24, 2006–An Ecuadorian-registered Cessna Caravan, operated by Atesa Aero Taxis Ecuatorianos, lost power and cras

Dassault Falcon 2000, Stilesville, Ind., April 14, 2006–The Falcon 2000, N722JB, was at FL250 when the left engine cowling separated from the engine and hi

Raytheon Beech King Air 90, Raleigh, N.C., April 27, 2006–The pilot of King Air N90CH reported a fire in the cockpit and diverted to Raleigh.

Sikorsky S-76B, New York, N.Y., Oct.

Cessna 208 Caravan, Round Rock, Texas, Oct.

Cessna Caravan 208B, Pelee Island, Ontario, Jan.

Cessna 208B Caravan, Unalakleet, Alaska, Oct.

Bell 206B JetRanger, Gulf of Mexico, Aug.

Socata TBM 700, Lancaster, Calif., Dec.

Bell 206B JetRanger, Cleveland, Ohio, June 25, 2005–A failure of the main drive shaft for undetermined reasons, the NTSB concluded, caused the total loss o

Raytheon Hawker 1000 (BAE 125-1000A), San Francisco, Sept.

The chartered Bombardier Challenger 600 sat on the ramp at Montrose Regional Airport in Colorado for 40 to 45 minutes on Nov.

Despite the installation of runway collision avoidance equipment at many of the nation’s largest airports, recently there has been an increase in the numbe

The investigation into the apparently accidental death of line employee Joyce Miller, 29, on February 28 at Wilson Air Center’s Charlotte/Douglas Internati

In FY 2005, there were 327 runway incursions, of which 29 were serious Category A and B incidents, according to the FAA’s regional administrator for the We

Falcon 900EX N973M sustained minor damage during a landing overrun at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on March 3.

The FAA last month issued AD 2006-06-06, the result of further icing accidents and incidents involving the Cessna Caravan, flight manual revisions that con

A proposed AD is aimed at owners of the Sandel ST3400 terrain awareness and warning system/radio magnetic indicator (TAWS/RMI).

Concerned about the growing number of Cessna 208 Caravan icing accidents, aviation authorities in the U.S.

A New Jersey man was sentenced last month to two years’ probation after pleading guilty to shining a handheld laser, first into the cockpit of a Citation l

At press time, investigators near the town of Boushin in northern Iraq discovered the site where a Citation I/SP crashed on February 16.

A former Comair flight attendant faces 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of setting fire to one of the airline’s Bombardier CRJs, forcing it

Many of you may remember that there was an accident involving a Challenger 600 in Montrose, Colo., in November 2004.

The first quarter of this year continued the downward trend in fatalities from turbine business aircraft accidents.