Accidents

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

Although the probable cause has yet to be released, the NTSB's factual report details flights by the VFR airline in IFR weather.

The International Civil Aviation Organization reports a 9.8 percent drop in the rate of accidents and a 66 percent decline in fatalities last year.

After damaging the landing gear during a landing attempt, the co-pilot of a CASA 212 results in co-pilot's airborne suicide.

Preliminary and final accident reports, August 2022

Officials in Ohio are continuing their investigation into the cause of a fatal accidental hangar foam discharge at Wilmington Air Park.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership reintroduced a bill to ensure NTSB oversight of commercial space accident investigations.

The NTSB found that the sole-occupant pilot killed in a January 2021 Citation V crash lost control of the twinjet after becoming incapacitated.

The fatal July 17 midair collision between a Cessna 172 and Piper PA-46 JetProp occurred as both aircraft were on short final for Runway 30R.

Pentastar Aviation has notched two important safety program designations.

Acting FAA Administrator Nolen stressed the role of data analysis in improving aviation safety.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a final rule amending its Part 830 definition of “unmanned aircraft accident.”

Chuck Aaron and SUU’s Helicopter Training Teaches Pilots How to Survive IIMC Situations

For business aircraft pilots, the best tactic to surviving a wake turbulence encounter is to avoid it altogether.

The Sikorsky SB>1 Defiant and S-97 Raider helicopters would bring new rotorcraft technology to NATO member countries.

The ICAO Global Aviation Safety Plan sets a goal of reaching zero accidents by 2030.

An April 2021 accident stemmed from ZeroAvia’s flight-test team failing to review the risk assessment following loss of propulsion on previous flights.

Zero fatalities from U.S. bizjet accidents in first half

Preliminary and final accident reports, July 2022

Simply hoping an aircraft ditching will not happen to you is no way to prepare for a successful outcome.

The crash of an air-taxi Rockwell 690B was the only turbine airplane fatal accident last year in Canada, according to the TSB's annual report for 2021.

None of the five fatal fatal accidents in the country last year involved commercial or turbine general aviation aircraft.

As the FAA and EASA meet this week, industry leaders remain concerned that regulators cannot keep pace as the industry roars back to recovery.

Preliminary and final accident reports, June 2022

The pilot's failure to avoid a thunderstorm and ATC's failure to provide info about that storm were cited by the NTSB as factors in a 2019 turboprop crash.

Hawaii aviation attorney says 'FAA is not doing its job.'

Cockpit image recording systems have been a hot-button topic for more than 20 years, but the time for the FAA to require them might have arrived.

The fatal crash of a Challenger 601-3A on May 5, 2019, was the result of a loss of control due to a rapid climb and inversion caused by severe turbulence.

Gulfstream has issued maintenance and operations letters regarding ground spoiler checks as a result of a December 2021 fatal crash of a GIV-SP.

Accumulated snow/ice, excessive gross weight, and out-of-limit center of gravity are among factors eyed by investigators of a Pilatus PC-12 crash.