Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Nascar King Air Crew Lost Situational Awareness

The NTSB in its final report released this morning said the crew of a Hendrick Motorsports King Air 200 lost situational awareness and overflew Martinsvill
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Citation Crashed after Aborted Landing Attempt

The Citation 560 (N86CE) crash in Carlsbad, Calif., on January 24 apparently followed an “attempted aborted landing” on Runway 24 at McClellan-Palomar Airp
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Lawsuit Blames Crew for Fatal GIII Crash

A wrongful-death suit was filed yesterday by the family of the flight attendant killed in the Nov.
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Speed Eyed in Citation Fatal Accident

Excessive speed might have been a factor in Tuesday morning’s fatal crash of a Cessna Citation 560 at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, Calif.
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CRJ200 Flameout Crash Spawns Lawsuit

Former DOT Inspector General Mary Schiavo’s law firm, Motley Rice LLC, has filed suit against Bombardier, General Electric, Honeywell, Northwest Airlines,
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NTSB Dispels Myth of Caravan Midair Collision

In its January 10 modified final report on the fatal crash of a Cessna Caravan more than three years ago, the NTSB said thre was “no evidence of an in-flig
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German-registered Citation Crashes in Iraq

Investigation has started into last Thursday’s crash of a Citation I/SP in mountains in northern Iraq.
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Metro Pilot Lost Control before Fatal Crash

A Tri-Coastal Airlines Swearingen SA-226TC (N629EK) crashed in a “nose-down, near-vertical attitude” near Paris, Tenn., while on a cargo flight from Dayton
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Survivor: ‘Chunks of Slush’ Slid Off Challenger

NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol, one of three who survived the Nov.
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Helicopter Crash Kills Three on Ground

Three people were killed and one seriously injured on the ground when an Aerospatiale Alouette II crashed on Sunday afternoon in the Camargue region in sou
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Accident Victim Sues Rolls-Royce, Others

On December 6, attorney Richard Genter filed a lawsuit on behalf of client Charles Duke in U.S.
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Injury Incurred After 727 Pilots Decline Tug

The NTSB concluded that the October 22 incident involving a corporate Boeing 727 injuring a person on the ground was caused by the captain’s “improper deci
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Recent Icing Events Prompt New AD for Caravans

Further icing accidents and incidents involving the Cessna Caravan, flight manual revisions that contain erroneous data and recent flight tests prompted th
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Wind a Factor in Falcon 900EX Overrun

On March 3 Falcon 900EX N973M sustained minor damage during a landing overrun at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
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Similar Maneuver, Same Location, Same Results

The canyon is called Descent and the maneuver was called the “yo-yo” by Sundance Helicopter pilots and the “Thelma-and-Louise” by Papillon Airways pilots.
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Causes Reached in Two Helicopter Accidents

The NTSB determined the probable causes of two helicopter accidents.
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Probable Cause Determined in 2005 King Air Fatal

The NTSB concluded that the pilot’s “inadvertent flight” into severe icing and his “inadequate planning” for the forecast weather was the probable cause of
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Citation Crash Lawsuit Settled

A wrongful-death lawsuit in connection with the Feb.
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Learjet Safe after Losing Right Elevator

On December 1 a Learjet 36 with two pilots and one passenger aboard lost its right elevator while maneuvering off the coast of San Diego.
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ExcelAire pilots return home; Brazil bizav still feels the heat

Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino, the pilot and copilot of the ExcelAire Legacy 600 involved in a midair with a Boeing 737 operated by Brazil’s Gol on Septem
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Structural failure eyed in Grob crash

Structural failure appears to have caused the fatal crash of the second Grob SPn prototype near the company airfield in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany, on
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Cockpit setup implicated in Houston Gulfstream crash

The probable cause of the Nov.
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Lexington probe uncovers holes in takeoff regs

Comair’s operating procedures did not include any written guidance specific to runway identification for takeoff before Flight 5191 crashed and burned in a
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Preliminary Report: Four die in Norwegian overrun

British Aerospace 146-200A, Stord-Sorstokke, Norway, Oct.
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Preliminary Report: S-76 sinks near offshore platform

Sikorsky S-76A, Eugene Island, La., Oct.
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Preliminary Report: Gear-up landing damages Hawker

British Aerospace 125-700A, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov.
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Preliminary Report: Engine failure downs EMS 407

Bell 407, Kalispell, Mont., Nov.
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Preliminary Report: LongRanger engine quits

Bell 206L LongRanger, Colville Lake, Canada, Oct.
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Factual Report: Helos collide after Nascar event

Aerospatiale AS 350B/Eurocopter EC 130B4, Homestead, Fla., Nov.
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Factual Report: Pothole damages King Air

Raytheon Beech King Air 200, Hondo, Texas, Sept.