Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
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Crew killed in Aeromed King air crash
All three crewmembers were killed when their King Air B90, N777KU, crashed February 17 near Dodge City Regional Airport, Kan.
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Two killed in King Air crash in Florida
The pilot and his teenage son were killed January 31 when their King Air C90, N75GC, crashed into Everglades National Park about 10 minutes after departing
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Pilot blamed in Crossair crash; others implicated
Switzerland’s Federal Bureau of Air Accident Investigation, known as the BFU, identified pilot error as the cause of a Crossair Avro RJ100 accident on Nov.
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Editorial: March 2005 - Lawyers Circling
Airplane accidents usually cause harm beyond the grief they bring to the families of those lost, and the spate of business aircraft crashes late last year
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Preliminary Report: Riley Conversion crashes on takeoff
Cessna 421C Riley Turbine Eagle, Overland Park, Kan., Jan.
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Preliminary Report: Ice accumulation obscures pilot's vision
Cessna 551 Citation II, Ainsworth, Neb., Jan.
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Preliminary Report: Possible engine failure in Embraer accident
Embraer EMB-110-P1, Swanzey, N.H., Jan.
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Factual Reports: Bell 206L damaged after engine failure
Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, Patterson, La., Dec.
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Fanal Report: Lift dump problems plague Premier 1
Raytheon 390 Premier I, Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, UK, April 7, 2004– According to the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch report, the instrum
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Factual Report: UND icing research flight suffered dual flameout
Cessna 550 Citation II, Ft.
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Final Report: EMS A119 lost power
Agusta A119, Mancos, Colo., June 30, 2005–The NTSB determined that the crash of the EMS A119 was caused by the loss of engine power for undetermined
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Final Report: FAA currency flight suffered gear-up mishap
Beech King Air C90, Windsor Locks, Conn., June 23, 2006–The nonflying pilot’s improper procedure, resulting in his inadvertent retraction
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Final Report: King Air damaged taxiing over a pothole
Beech King Air B200, Hondo, Texas, Sept.
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Final Report: AS 350 tail rotor separated
Eurocopter AS 350BA, Kapaau, Hawaii, July 12, 2005–The NTSB blamed the crash of the AS 350 on the in-flight separation of the tail-rotor system as a
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CF34 Break-Up Prompts AD
The FAA issued an emergency AD last month to all owners and operators of GE CF34-3A1, -3B and -3B1 turbofans after investigators found an electrical arc-ou
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Fokker 100 crashes on takeoff
A Fokker 100 flown by Air France subsidiary Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne crashed immediately after takeoff on January 25 in Pau, southwest France
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Citation Flameout Blamed on Crew
The NTSB concluded that the forced landing of a University of North Dakota Citation 550 research jet on Sept.
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King Air Hits Ridge, Three Killed
Three people were killed when their King Air 200 crashed on approach to Gallatin Field Airport (elevation 4,474 feet) in Bozeman, Mont., on February 6.
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Three Killed in TBM Crash in Poor Weather
A TBM 700 crashed one mile west of New Bedford Regional Airport in New Bedford, Mass., on February 2, killing all three people aboard.
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U.S. Cheyenne Fatal Reported in Germany
Piper Cheyenne N160TR was destroyed and its pilot killed when the turboprop twin crashed into a field near Rieschweiler, Germany, on February 12.
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Preliminary Report: Learjet crash in Mexico fatal for two
Learjet 24, Guadalajara, Mexico, Jan.
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Deicing guidance blamed in Circuit City accident
During the January 23 public meeting on the icing-related crash of a Cessna Citation 560 near Pueblo, Colo., NTSB members criticized the FAA and Cessna for
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Preliminary Report: Conquest destroyed in crash
Cessna 425 Conquest I, Harbor Springs, Mich., Jan.
