Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Aircraft

Preliminary report: Door pops open in flight

BEECH KING AIR E90, GALESBURG, ILL., JAN.
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Preliminary report: Engine quits on Narc airplane

AYRES S2T-T65, MAGDALENA, N.M., JAN.
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Preliminary report: Meridian in marginal VMC

PIPER PA-46-500TP, DAYTONA BEACH, FLA., DEC.
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Factual report: King Air lost power exceeded engine TBO

BEECH 65-A90, FENTRESS, TEXAS, OCT.
Aircraft

Learjet seriously damaged in hard landing

An Airnet Systems Learjet 35A on a Part 135 cargo flight was seriously damaged March 19 during a failed attempted to abort the landing.
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S-76 wreckage and bodies found

Wreckage of an Era Aviation Sikorsky S-76 was found late last month, two days after it crashed into the Gulf of Mexico about 60 miles south of Galveston, T
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U.N. says rediscovered CVR not from Falcon 50 crash

On April 6, 1994, the Rwandan government’s Falcon 50 was shot down over Africa, killing all aboard, including the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi.
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Preliminary Report: Aileron roll damages Learjet wing

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Columbus, Ohio, Jan.
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Preliminary Report: Postal flight hits building

Cessna 208B Caravan, Alliance, Neb., Feb.
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Preliminary Report: EMS crash kills three

Raytheon Beech King Air 200, Belgrade, Mont., Feb.
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Preliminary Report: Approach light out at EWB

Socata TBM 700, North Dartmouth, Mass., Feb.
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Preliminary Report: E170 overruns runway

Embraer E170, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb.
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Preliminary Report: Piaggio swerves off runway

Piaggio Avanti, Eagle, Colo., Jan.
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Accidents: Citation fails to decelerate on landing

Cessna Citation 550, Butler, Pa., Jan.
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Final Report: Ice ingestion downed research Citation

Cessna Citation 550, Fort Yukon, Alaska, Sept.
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Final Report: Pilot failed to maintain control

Bombardier CL-600-2B19, Rapid City, S.D., Jan.
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Missing Bolt Blamed for Q400 Mishap

Japanese investigators have determined that
a missing support arm bolt caused the nosegear hatch on an All Nippon Airways Bombardier Q400 to jam as i
Regulations and Government

Carnahan Family Seeks More Damages from Crash

The family of the late Missouri Gov.
Regulations and Government

NTSB rails FAA, TC and Bombardier in 604 crash

In one of its longest investigations into a general aviation accident, the NTSB released its final report last month on the Oct.
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For one pilot, survival can be measured in inches

Photos surface on the Internet occasionally that are too strong just to file away.
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Patient Killed in Helicopter Air Ambulance Crash

The patient was killed and the three crewmembers injured when their Air Evac Lifeteam Bell 206 crashed April 20 about 30 miles northeast of Evansville, Ind
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Preliminary Report: Learjet rolls off runway

Learjet 55, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 19, 2004–Learjet N55LF overran Runway 31 during its landing roll at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, in VMC.
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Preliminary Report: Learjet hits fence on final

Gates Learjet 35A, New Castle, St.
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Preliminary Report: Westwind crashes on takeoff

Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 Westwind, Tocumen, Panama, July 2, 2004–Westwind N280AT, operated by Air Trek as a Part 135 air ambulance flight, crashed i
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Final Report: Instructor cited in Falcon fatal

2003–The NTSB cited the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight of Grand Aire Express’s Falcon 20 N183GA, while practicing ILS approaches
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Final Report: Pilot-heat switch failure led to loss of control

CESSNA 425 CONQUEST I, SAN JOSE, CALIF., MARCH 6, 2002–The NTSB concluded that the in-flight breakup of Conquest N444JV was caused “by the pilot’s loss of
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King Air Crashes on Flight to Residential Airpark

The NTSB continues its investigation into the April 14 crash of a 1985 King Air 300 while being vectored in VMC to Spruce Creek Airport, a private resident
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Final Report: Pilot blamed in Malibu turboprop breakup

PIPER PA-46-310P MALIBU, OSTENN, FLA., JUNE 14, 2002–Trying to thread through a hole in an area of thunderstorms on an IFR flight from Raleigh, N.C.
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Line Technician Dies after Ramp Accident

A line technician died on February 14 after the tug he was driving backed into the wing of a Falcon 900EX at Naples Airport in Florida.
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Many blamed for Citation, airliner collision

The final report of the Oct.