Safety

FAA's Lirio Liu hails the potential of fly-by-wire in light rotorcraft as 'a major advancement.'

U.S.-registered business jets were fatal accident free in the first nine months, but three accidents involving non-U.S-registered jets killed 14.

NTSB member Michael Graham expresses the need to erase the perception of SMS as costly and difficult.

Rotorcraft Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (R-ASIAS) mirrors safety reporting programs developed for fixed-wing aircraft.

Issues with Vespel spline adapters continue to overhang S-92 main gearboxes.

The FAA's decades-old thinking on spin training needs a new approach.

NBAA-BACE has planned 18 sessions during this year's BACE focusing on safety priorities.

An uncommanded flap deployment above the maximum flaps-extended speed on a Challenger 604 has resulted in several recommendations by the UK AAIB.

A Cessna Citation CJ3 was destroyed in a post crash fire following a gear-up or gear-collapse landing at a Washington Airport. All 10 aboard escaped.

Baldwin Safety & Compliance has integrated NASA Aviation Safety Report System (ASRS) capabilities into its Baldwin safety reporting module.

During an investigation into the August 15 incident in which both Ethiopian Airlines pilots fell asleep during a flight, the captain has resigned.

The 10-year FAA WAAS contract with Raytheon Intelligence & Space has a total value of $375 million.

The National Air Transportation Association has released a white paper: Unleaded Avgas Conversion Considerations for Aviation Fuel Providers.

The three-day aviation safety conference’s theme this year is “Moving Safety Forward.”

On Friday, a Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet sustained substantial damage when it crashed near Orlando, Florida, after deploying its airframe parachute.

Montreal-based Acass was first awarded IS-BAO Stage 3 in 2017.

A Daher TBM 700 that crashed near Lansing, Michigan, on Oct. 3, 2019, was low, slow, and overweight, in addition to having a c.g. aft of the limit.

Beechcraft Baron B55s with the required autopilot and display can now be equipped with Garmin's Smart Rudder Bias.

ExecuJet's Bombardier Global Express will be based at the charter operator's facilities at Lanseria International Airport.

EASA has postponed by two years a rule requiring large airplanes to be equipped with emergency locator transmitters with distress tracking capability.

A Cessna Citation II/SP business jet plunged into the Baltic Sea after the pilot reported pressurization issues, killing the pilot and three passengers.

CH-47 engine fires are linked to use of nonstandard engine O-rings.

For the fifth year in a row, there were no fatal business jet accidents in Canada in 2021.

The FAA has issued a safety notice to advise pilots of the continued high number of TCAS alerts on approaches to Runway 16L/16R at Denver Intl. Airport.

A visual approach in a large turbine-powered aircraft can be a challenge.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has issued a report examining the FAA's response to the growing laser strike menace.

The Hansen Helicopters trial in Guam saw the final prosecution witness testify about the company's many accidents.

Bakersfield Jet Center in California is the latest FBO to achieve Stage 3 registration under the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling.

AviationManuals says it has seen a marked increase in use of its SAFA manuals as Europe expands ramp inspections.

Prosecutors allege Hansen executives formed Pacific Spotters to continue 'fraud scheme.'