Safety

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

Aircraft

Does GEX lightning-strike study strike out?

Banking and oil heir Michael Huffington, who is suing Bombardier over a Global Express he first ordered in 1995 and later rejected after he learned the air
Engines

TFE731 Turbine Disks Might Have To Be Replaced

Of some 3,572 TFE731-2 and -3 engines on U.S.-registered business jets that would have to get their low-pressure turbine stage 1 disks repetitively checked
Safety

NTSB Wants FAA Color-vision Screening Tightened…

Commercial pilots with color-vision-deficiency waivers might face stricter screening in the future.
Safety

New NTSB Member Has Little Aviation Experience

Deborah Hersman, sworn in last month as a member of the NTSB, has minimal aviation experience compared with the extensive background of John Goglia, the Sa
Safety

Judge Denies Carnahan Family’s Request for Trial

A Circuit Court judge refused to grant a new trial to the family of the late Missouri Gov.
Safety

AD Addresses Falcon 900 EFIS Anomaly

Close to 100 Falcon 900s are the subject of an Airworthiness Directive requiring revisions to the “abnormal procedures” section of the airplane flight manu
Safety

R22 AD requires rotor-blade check

The FAA issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive last month to all Robinson R22 owners and operators, calling for them to carry out immediate checks to
Safety

Runway Safety Forum Offers No ’Silver Bullet’

Thirty years after the worst runway collision in aviation history, an NTSB forum on runway incursions spotlighted some promising technology but offered no
Safety

Runway incursions still plague operations

The investigation report of the October 2001 runway collision between a taxiing Citation CJ2 and a Scandinavian Airlines MD-87 taking off at the Linate Air
Safety

Would you know what to do if things go sour?

Emergency procedures training is offered by several business aviation OEMs and all of the major simulator training companies as part of their wide array of
Safety

Don’t deflate the value of an onboard life raft

For Michael Smith, the trip from Japan back to the states in a Pilatus PC-12 was intended as simply a little moonlighting, a job he took to make a few extr
Safety

Switlik Finds Golden Parachute in Life Preservers and Rafts

To anyone who hit the silk more than 30 years ago, the name Switlik Parachute is well known as a preeminent maker of the lifesaving devices.
Safety

Standdown addresses safety and security

Spurred by the popularity of Bombardier’s blockbuster annual standdown in Wichita, safety stand- downs are becoming regional one- day events.
Safety

NTSB reports increase in aviation accidents

No fatal accident involving Part 121 or 135 scheduled carriers occurred in 2002, versus three last year in which 24 people died, according to NTSB data.
Safety

Safety Improved in All Aviation Segments

The number of accidents in all segments of civil aviation last year was less than in 2005, according to the NTSB, with general aviation recording the lowes
Safety

Safety Standdown To Play in Europe

Bombardier will hold its first Safety Standdown event in Europe following this year’s European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva.
Safety

Dubai company supports rebuilding effort in Iraq

Not too much has gone right in Iraq lately, but a small Dubai-based company has played an important part in what little has.
Safety

NTSB takes a close look at ice bridging

Every few years, a debate erupts about whether the phenomenon of ice bridging is real or something questionable that pilots discuss while hangar flying or
Safety

Dubai company supports rebuilding effort in Iraq

Not too much has gone right in Iraq lately, but a small Dubai-based company has played an important part in what little has.
Safety

FAA User Fees Bad for Helicopters, Too

Ed Bolen, president and CEO of NBAA, described the recently released FAA funding proposal as “one of the greatest threats business aviation has ever faced.
Safety

EMS helicopter operators build a case for their service

Jeff Hensel leaves the same voicemail every July 23.
Safety

Fatal Jet Accidents down, turboprops up

The accident picture in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year showed mixed results, according to statistics compiled by Ro
Safety

Online Tool To Predict In-flight Icing below FL180

Using a new Web-based tool, operators who typically fly below Class A airspace can now obtain icing forecasts up to 12 hours in advance of their flight.
Aircraft

Unique MU-2 seminars enter their 10th year

Mitsubishi garnered top bragging rights in the most recent AIN product-support survey, and the biennial pilots’ review of proficiency (PROP) semi
Safety

NASA tries out latest cockpit safety innovations, all at once

Scientists and engineers at NASA’s Langley, Va., Research Center are evaluating the integration of a number of separate systems and techniques which, when
Safety

Airbags going airborne, without the hot air

Contrary to a popular misconception, most aircraft accidents are survivable.
Safety

ICAO wants safety data guards

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) assembly is expected to take action later this month on legal guidance for member states to protect sa
Safety

NTSB revisits child restraints

Although child restraints on airplanes have been on the NTSB’s list of most wanted safety improvements for almost a decade, the agency last month reclassif
Safety

What does it take to pilot a jet?

The “right stuff” might be your answer, particularly if you liked what author Tom Wolfe had to say in his recounting of America’s efforts to send a man to
Safety

Euro SECIFR approval delayed until next year

European authorities have again delayed approval for single-engine commercial operations in instrument meteorological conditions (SECIMC).