Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Safety

Gulfstream V causes runway incursion at Los Angeles

The FAA has interviewed the pilots of a Gulfstream V that caused a runway incursion on September 30 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), during whic
Accidents

Lidle SR20 crash in New York ignites debate about GA safety

When New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, 34, and his flight instructor, Tyler Stranger, 26, crashed their Cirrus SR20 into an east side Manhattan high-ris
Safety

A Winter Wakeup Call for Business Aviation

Seeing Susan Saint James on the Today show early last month remembering the life of her 14-year-old son, Teddy Ebersol–one of three people who died in the
Accidents

Legacy pilots in midair face ordeal

Brazilian authorities held two U.S.
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Legacy 600 Passenger Recalls Midair Collision

I write this on October 15, my 60th birthday.
Joe Sharkey and damaged Legacy
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NTSB adopts final on pivotal crash

The NTSB on October 31 was scheduled to release the final report on its investigation into the crash of a Challenger 600 at Teterboro, N.J., after it overr
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Thirteen Killed in Three Turboprop Crashes

Three twin-turboprop accidents within four days of each other last month claimed the lives of all 13 aboard.
Accidents

Business Jet Fatal Accidents Tripled

Business jets were involved in 18 nonfatal accidents and three fatal accidents during the first nine months of this year, compared with 16 nonfatal acciden
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Pilot Hurt in KA B200 Deadstick

The pilot suffered minor injuries and his aircraft was destroyed when he deadsticked a King Air B200 onto a street in Tulsa, Okla., on December 8 about fou
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C208 Accidents Lead to NTSB Concern

The NTSB is recommending that pilots of Cessna 208 Caravans approved for flight into known icing conditions be required to undergo annual training for grou
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Flight Options Suffers Fender-Bender

The FAA is investigating a November 29 incident in which an Embraer Legacy operated by fractional provider Flight Options hit a parked company Legacy while
Accidents

Two Killed in Crash of Cargo MU-2

The pilot and the pilot-rated passenger were killed when their Mitsubishi MU-2B crashed while trying to return to Centennial Airport in Denver.
Safety

A Winter Wakeup Call for Business Aviation

Seeing Susan Saint James on the Today show early last month remembering the life of her 14-year-old son, Teddy Ebersol–one of three people who died
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Six Die In PC-12 Crash

Pilatus PC-12, Bellefonte, Pa., March 26, 2005–A PC-12 carrying six people crashed at about 2 p.m.
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Preliminary Report: Jetranger Lost On Fire Mission

Bell 206B-III, Shelbyville, Texas, March 10, 2005–Brainerd Helicopter Service’s JetRanger, operated by the U.S.
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Preliminary Report: Hawker Overruns At TEB

Hawker 700A, Teterboro, N.J., March 8, 2005–At about 10 p.m.
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Preliminary Report: Challenger Porpoises At TEB

Bombardier Challenger 600, Teterboro, N.J., April 2, 2005–On landing at TEB, Challenger N169TA porpoised and the right wing struck the runway surfac
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Preliminary Report: Metro Strikes Deer On Landing

Swearingen SA-227-AC Metro, Miami, Fla., March 30, 2005–An IBC Airways Swearingen on an instructional flight hit a deer while landing at Dade-Collie
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Factual Report: Cessna 441 Pilot Concerned About Weather

Cessna 441, Vestavia Hills, Ala., Dec.
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Factual Report: King Air Lost Power

Raytheon King Air B200, Tulsa, Okla., Dec.
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Factual Report: Helicopter Hit Object On Oil Platform

Bell 407, Gulf of Mexico, Dec.
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Bizav suffers a steep spike in fatal accidents

The 30 days between late October and late November last year was the worst period ever for serious turbine corporate airplane accidents in the U.S.
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Macedonian King Air accident shows value of TAWS

Analysis of last year’s fatal accident involving a King Air carrying Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski and others reinforces the value of the FAA’s req
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Pilot error blamed in Swiss Citation crash

A Cessna 560 Citation V, registered HB-VLV and operated by Eagle Air of Bern, Switzerland, crashed on takeoff at Zurich Airport on Dec.
Accidents

Deficient Mach research caused SJ30-2 accident

In its determination of probable cause, the NTSB implicated a history of stability issues at high Mach speeds in the April 26, 2003, crash of Sino Swearing
Accidents

Gearbox Oil Pressure Blamed In S-92 Emergency

Pilots of a Sikorsky S-92A from Norway’s Norsk Helikopter put out a Mayday call one day near the end of March, after being warned of a major drop in main r
Charter & Fractional

Out-of-limit cg might have led to TEB crash

Although the NTSB has not yet determined a probable cause for the February 2 Challenger 600 accident at New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport, it has released a n
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Icing Might Have Caused Caravan Crash

Cessna Caravan 208B, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct.
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Preliminary Report: Longranger Disappears In Gulf Of Mexico

Bell 206L3 LongRanger, Gulf of Mexico, Oct.
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Preliminary Report: Coyote Interrupts Beech 1900 Takeoff Roll

Beech 1900D, Ogdensburg, N.Y., Oct.