Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
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Learjet 35 Crashes in Brazil
A Learjet 35 crashed November 4 in São Paulo, Brazil, killing at least eight people.
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Brand-new Global 5000 Crashes During Landing
Ron Joyce, cofounder of coffee chain Tim Hortons, was one of eight passengers on board a three-and-a-half-week-old Bombardier Global 5000 (registration C-G
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Preliminary Report: King Air hits utility pole
Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept.
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Preliminary Report: Learjet anti-skid system malfunctions
Bombardier Learjet 60, Westhampton, N.Y., Aug.
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Preliminary Report: Pilot survives forced landing
Cessna 208B Caravan, Cross City, Fla., Sept.
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Preliminary Report: Bandeirante crashes in Brazil
Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante PT-SDB, Curitiba, Brazil, Aug.
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Factual Report: Cowl departed Falcon
Dassault Falcon 2000, Stilesville, Ind., April 14, 2006–Falcon N722JB was at FL250 en route from Springfield, Ill., to Dayton, Ohio, when
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Final Report: Air tour copter crashed in crater
Bell 206B JetRanger, Waialeale, Kauai, Hawaii, July 23, 2003–The NTSB said that in the Jack Harter Helicopters air tour crash inside a mou
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Final Report: Helicopter hit powerlines during photo shoot
Bell 206B JetRanger, Walford, Iowa, June 30, 2006–The pilot of the photo helicopter, filming a movie, failed to maintain clearance from po
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Final Report: SA-226 took off with known deficiency
Swearingen SA-226T, Teterboro, N.J., May 31, 2005–The NTSB blamed the pilot’s “improper decision to depart with a known deficiency, which
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Final Report: ERJ 135 attempter pushback with brake set
Embraer ERJ 135LR, Newark, N.J., July 24, 2006–The NTSB determined that the captain of the American Eagle ERJ 135 failed to follow company
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Learjet 35 Crashes on Takeoff from Brazilian Airport
Brazilian officials are still combing through the wreckage of a Learjet 35 that crashed Sunday in São Paulo, killing at least eight people.
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Fuel exhaustion eyed in King Air crash
The preliminary NTSB report of the September 19 Beech King Air B90 crash in Chattanooga, Tenn., indicates that the pilot ran out of fuel during a flight fr
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UA accident investigation yields safety recommendations
The NTSB’s first investigation of an unmanned aircraft accident highlighted a problem that many have worried about and that the FAA has yet to address: the
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Focus on safety issues in collision, urges IFALPA
Brazilian authorities should drop their criminal investigation into the deadly midair collision last September involving a pair of American pilots and inst
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King Air pilots lost control during familiarization flight
According to the final report of the Irish Department of Transport Air Accidents Investigation Unit (AAIU) published earlier this year, a Beech King Air 90
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NTSB: Many Safety Issues with Unmanned Aircraft Ops
As a result of its first investigation of an accident
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Excel-Jet Sues FAA over 2006 Sport-Jet VLJ Crash
Excel-Jet of Monument, Colo., is suing the FAA over the
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Runway Overruns Lead to AD on Premier I
Two non-fatal accidents involving runway overruns of the Raytheon Premier I in which the lift-dump spoilers failed to deploy have led to an AD.
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Jets Do Triple Play Off Runways in One Day
There were no serious injuries or major damage initially reported following three separate incidents of business jets rolling off dry runways on April 21.
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Harrowing Ride Described by Lone B200 Survivor
According to the 13-year-old lone survivor of the April 4 crash of a King Air B200 that took the lives of six others, including her mother and father, “eve
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Saab 340B Compressor Stalls Lead To Emergency AD
Emergency AD 2003-08-52 was issued last month for the GE CT7-9B turboprop in response to 12 compressor-stall events in Saab 340Bs over a six-month period.
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IFALPA to Brazil: Don’t Criminalize Midair Collision
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) late last week called on the Brazilian government “to return to agreed international
