Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Accidents
DOT Says Serious Runway Incursions Still a Danger
The Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General (IG) said in a report released last Thursday that runway incursions remain a persistent, s
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Legacy Cockpit Voice Recorder Strengthens Pilots’ Case
Cockpit voice recordings from the Embraer Legacy that collided with the Gol Airlines 737 over the Amazon last September indicate that the two business-jet
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NBAA, FSF, IFALPA Blast Brazilian Police
NBAA, the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) heavily criticized a decision by Brazil
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Brazil’s Federal Police Blames Pilots for Midair
Brazil’s Federal Police has concluded that ExcelAire Legacy pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino were responsible for the September collision with a Boein
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Honeywell: Legacy Transponders Did Not Malfunction
Honeywell has gone on the record as saying that the transponders aboard the Embraer Legacy involved in September’s fatal midair with a Gol Airlines Boeing
Regulations and Government
NTSB Recommends Improved TCAS Failure Warnings
Reacting to last September’s fatal collision of an Embraer Legacy and Boeing 737 over the Amazon jungle, the NTSB yesterday called for improved certificati
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Charter firm raises questions about RIL runway conditions
Following a runway overrun at Colorado’s Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL) on March 23, the operator of the Falcon 900 that departed Runway 26 after l
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Brazil midair pilots submit report blaming ATC system
While the investigation into the causes of the September midair between an Embraer Legacy operated by Long Island-based ExcelAire and a Boeing 737 operated
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Preliminary Report: Sightseeing AS 350 has hydraulic problems
Eurocopter AS 350BA AStar, Princeville, Hawaii, March 8, 2007–Four people were killed and the Heli-USA Airways AStar was substantially damaged follo
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Preliminary Report: Air Tour Helo Loses Tail Rotor
McDonnell Douglas MD-369FF, Haena, Hawaii, March 11, 2007–The Inter-Island Helicopters MD-369 was destroyed and a passenger was killed when the helicopter
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Preliminary Report: Falcon damaged in overrun
Dassault Falcon 900, Rifle, Colo., March 23, 2007–Falcon N129KJ sustained substantial damage when it overran the 7,000-foot-long runway at Garfield
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Preliminary Report: Tire suspect in Piaggio landing mishap
Piaggio Avanti, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., March 20, 2007–The Avanti, operated by fractional operator Avantair, was substantially damaged when landing a
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Factual Report: PC-12 Loses Control
Pilatus PC-12, Big Timber, Mont., June 24, 2006–The PC-12 was destroyed and both occupants killed when N768H crashed after loss of control
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Factual Report: Commander Still Missing in Alaska
Aero Commander 690A, Anchorage, Alaska, July 28, 2006–Commander Northwest Aero Commander N57096 is presumed to have crashed about 23 miles
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Final Report: PC-12 Blamed on Insuffiecient Airspeed
Pilatus PC-12, Bellefonte, Pa., March 26, 2005–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the crash of the PC-12 on an ILS approach to University Par
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Final Report: Netjets Citation Failed to Maintain Airspeed
Cessna Citation 560, Woodruff, Wis., Jan.
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Final Report: Mechanical Led to LongRanger Power Loss
Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, Patterson, La., March 14, 2006–The LongRanger’s loss of power during cruise, the NTSB said, was due to the improper installa
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Final Report on Circuit City Crash Released
The NTSB has published the final report on the Icing-related crash of a Cessna Citation 560 that stalled during approach to Runway 26R at Pueblo Memorial A
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Pilot of Crashed Sikorsky S-76C Recovering
Mark Schaberg, one of the pilots of MBNA’s Sikorsky S-76C that crashed into New York City’s East River near 42nd Street on Friday, was released from the ho
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Learjet Cleared in Payne Stewart Crash Trial
The six-woman jury in a wrongful-death trial ruled yesterday that Learjet (now Bombardier) should not be held responsible for the death of professional gol
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ExcelAire Blames Brazilian ATC for Midair
New York-based charter operator ExcelAire recently submitted to Brazilian Federal Police Chief Renato Sayao a 150-page report on the September 29 midair be
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NTSB Cites Crew Decision In Learjet 55 Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board last week issued its final report on a February 21 accident at Ft.
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Fatal Bizav Accidents Increased in First Half
Jet and turboprop operations under Part 91 were responsible for an increase in fatal turbine business airplane accidents in the first six months of this ye
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Two Serious King Air Accidents Under Investigation
Five people were killed in the crash of a King Air E90 on June 23 and two people were hurt in the crash of a C90 on June 13.
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Three Hurt in Twin Commander Takeoff Crash
A Twin Commander taking off full length from 5,000-foot Runway 12R at North Las Vegas Airport for a VFR surveillance flight appeared never to get out of gr
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Four Injured in Learjet 35A Landing Roll Crash
On July 15 at 0845 MDT, Learjet 35A N620JM was substantially damaged when the airplane went off the runway at Eagle County Regional Airport, Colo., during
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Investigation Launched into Fatal MU-2 Crash
An NTSB investigation is under way into the crash of a Mitsubishi MU-2 while on an IFR approach to Centennial Airport, Colo., on August 5.
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Recorders Recovered from Crashed ATR 72
Cypriot and Italian salvage crews today found the flight data recorder from the Tuninter ATR 72-200 that crashed off the northern coast of Sicily on August
