Accidents

There were no fatal accidents involving European aircraft operators in 2019, but higher than average nonfatal accidents and serious incidents.

NTSB docket on a 2019 crash of a Citation Latitude paints a detailed account of an unstable approach that led to a botched landing and runway excursion.

There were no fatal accidents involving EASA-member-state-registered, non-commercial complex (NCC) business airplanes last year, according to a study.

A Boeing 777G operated by Ethiopian Airlines sustained serious fire damage to its fuselage.

The NTSB has released the docket information on the Aug. 15, 2019 crash of a Cessna Citation Latitude carrying race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.

The crash of an Atlas Air Boeing 767 in 2019 stemmed from improper activation of the go-around mode.

Reduced helicopter flight activity translated into fewer accidents during the first six months of 2020

A-Star sustained minor damage after "an inflight collision with a hard object of polycarbonate construction."

Fatal accidents involving U.S.-registered turbine business aircraft plummeted in the first half, according to data compiled by AIN.

Preliminary and final reports

The crash of a Falcon 50 in 2018 turned out to involve an illegal charter, although the NTSB did not take that into account.

For unknown reasons, the pilots of Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK8303 took off after landing with the gear retracted.

Incidents—rather than accidents—accounted for the vast majority of mishaps over the past decade.

Preliminary and final reports

Flight Safety Foundation proposes strategy to reduce commercial VFR helicopter operations.

Authorities fear few survivors of PIA Flight PK8303.

The NTSB found that a helicopter air ambulance operator’s “inadequate management of safety” led to the fatal crash of a Survival Fight helicopter.

The NTSB has issued its final report on the fatal 2017 crash of a Virginia State Police (VSP) Bell 407.

Japan’s Transportation Safety Board (JTSB) has linked the 2017 crash of an Airbus Helicopters AS332L to tail rotor maintenance.

The pilot was non-responsive before his ship rolled inverted.

Houston Police are investigating the fatal Saturday morning crash of one of the department’s helicopters as a homicide.

Chip Paige was killed when a 1969 Bell UH-1H crashed into a Mesa, Arizona park.

The NTSB factual report on the fatal crash of baseball player Roy Halladay's Icon A5 found nothing wrong with the airplane.

Preliminary and final reports

First-quarter accident numbers hint at a significant drop in accidents due to Covid-19 restrictions in the second quarter.

Preliminary and final reports

The test article, suspended underneath a helicopter, became unstable during flight and was released by the pilot.

The Canadian Transportation Safety Board reported unchanged non-fatal accidents, but air taxi accidents increased.

In the wake of the UK AAIB report on the Sala Malibu crash, three business aviation organizations are rolling out tools to combat illegal charter.

The UK AAIB’s report is a tour de force on why higher safety requirements for commercial operations protect unwary passengers.