Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Accidents

Avionics training software now offered direct to pilots

For more than 10 years, Minneapolis-based Aerosim Technologies (www.flyaerosim.com) has been providing low-co
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Regulations and Government

Accident spurs town to chip in for tree removal

The FAA and the state of Connecticut were willing to pay 97 percent of the $4.5 million price tag to have trees removed from around Danbury Municipal Airpo
Accidents

Freezing Rain Cited in Caravan Crash

An FAA preliminary report on the January 17 fatal crash of a Canadian airline-operated Cessna Caravan near Lake Erie’s Pelee Island, Toronto, indicates tha
Accidents

DHL crew saves A300B4 after SAM hit on takeoff

Though unconfirmed by DHL, an unofficial collection of photos and text circulating on the Internet sheds chilling light on the November 22 missile attack a
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Accidents

Pilot, Instructor Blamed in Fatal Training Accident

Performing intentional stalls at too low an altitude and the flight instructor’s “inadequate supervision” were blamed by the NTSB for the crash on Septembe
Accidents

NTSB report on AA 587 spreads blame

While the NTSB determined that “unnecessary and too aggressive” rudder inputs by the first officer broke the vertical stabilizer off American Airlines Flig
Accidents

Two Finished, One To Go

With the recent issuance of a probable cause, the NTSB has completed its investigation into the second of two cargo Falcon 20 accidents on the same day by
Accidents

Notam Reported Snow on Runway

In the January 6 incident in which a Gulfstream III landed on a taxiway between the two parallel runways at Denver Centennial Airport, notam 01-17 advised
Accidents

Crashed Citation 300 agl at Four Mile

The Citation 560 that crashed short of Runway 26R at Pueblo Municipal Airport, Colo., on February 17 was only about 300 feet agl while still four miles out
Accidents

Challenger pilot said yoke was jammed in TEB crash

The recently released NTSB preliminary report on the February 2 crash of a Bombardier Challenger 600 at New Jersey’s Teterboro (TEB) Airport was all too br
Accidents

Fuel Leak Led to PC-12 Flameout

A leak in the fuel control unit pneumatic system caused the P&WC PT6 to fail in a Pilatus PC-12 on December 14, according to Pilatus (see AIN, January, pag
Accidents

Recent Challenger overrun resembles TEB crash

New York Yankees’ catcher Yogi Berra might have said “it’s déjà vu all over again,” but it was a recent Challenger 600 accident that illustrated the well k
Aircraft

Pilot incapacitation eyed in Brit Air crash

Pilot incapacitation at the end of the approach phase might have caused a Brit Air CRJ100 to crash about a mile-and-a-half short of the runway at Brest Gui
Accidents

Pinnacle CRJ Crew Took a Joy Ride

Transcripts released by the FAA early last month reveal that the pilots of the Pinnacle Airlines CRJ200 that crashed in Jefferson City, Mo., on October 18
Charter & Fractional

Preliminary Report: Metro hits snowbank

FAIRCHILD SWEARINGEN METRO IIIA, RAWLINS, WYO., NOV.
Charter & Fractional

Preliminary Report: Merlin nosegear fails

SWEARINGEN MERLIN IIIA, GRAND JUNCTION, COLO., NOV 18, 2003–Merlin IIIA N332BA, owned and operated by Key Lime Air, Englewood Colo., was s
Aircraft

Preliminary Report: Merlin lands short in IMC

SWEARINGEN MERLIN IIIB, SPOKANE VALLEY, WASH, NOV.
Aircraft

Preliminary Report: Citation nosegear fails

CESSNA 560 CITATION, SAVANNAH, GA., NOV.
Aircraft

Preliminary Report: Merlin hits trees on approach

SWEARINGEN MERLIN IIA, JACKSONVILLE, FLA., NOV.
Aircraft

Factual Report: Icing eyed in caravan crash

CESSNA 208, PARKS, ARIZ., NOV.
Accidents

Safety Board investigates Circuit City accident

The NTSB’s unusually lengthy preliminary report on the February 16 crash of a Circuit City Citation 560 on an ILS approach to Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB)
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Circuit City Citation crashes on approach

Cessna Citation 560, Pueblo, Colo., Feb.
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Preliminary Report: Air ambulance crashes on positioning flight

Raytheon Beech King Air 90, Rawlins, Wyo., Jan.
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Preliminary Report: EMS fatal flight in Arkansas

Bell 206B JetRanger, Gentry, Ark., Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Hawker misses runway in Quebec

Hawker 600, Bromont Airport, Montreal, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Takeoff accidnet kills Mexican governor

Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 Westwind, Morelia, Mexico, Feb.
Accidents

Factual Report: Fuel exhaustion suspected in engine shutdown

Beech King Air A90, Pensacola, Fla., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Trim anomaly blamed in Citation accident

Cessna Citation 550 Bravo, Bethany, Okla., May 20, 2002–Despite a trouble-free preflight and taxi at Wiley Post Airport, Bethany, the Citation’s nosegear f
Accidents

Final Report: Loss of control caused fatal MU-2 crash

Mitsubishi MU-2B-35, Carolina, Puerto Rico, April 15, 2002–In IFR conditions with no IFR flight plan filed, the pilot of Mitsubishi N45BS experienced a los
Accidents

Final Report: Copilot tried to park without help

Embraer EMB-135BJ, Cleveland, Nov.