Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
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NTSB’s final reports delayed by agency’s limited resources
An aircraft accident happens, on average, three or more times a day in the U.S.
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Preliminary Report: MOVIE PLATFORM HITS POWERLINES
Bell 206B JetRanger II, Walford, Iowa, June 30, 2006–A cameraman was killed during the shooting of a movie when the JetRanger used for the filming h
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Preliminary Report: LACY LEARJET SUFFERS IN-FLIGHT FIRE
Bombardier Learjet 55, Van Nuys, Calif., July 15, 2006–Learjet N554CL, operated by Clay Lacy Aviation, suffered an in-flight fire while on approach
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Preliminary Reports: Bell Runs Into Trouble in Search
Bell 206L-3 LongRanger, Taos, N.M., July 12, 2006–An NBC Channel 4 Eyewitness News helicopter, operated by AeroWest Helicopters of Albuquerque, N.M.
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Preliminary Report: CITATION LANDS IN CREEK AFTER OVERRUN
Cessna 560 Citation Ultra, Hamilton, Mont., July 10, 2006–According to the FAA report, Citation Ultra N50CV was landing at Ravalli County Airport wh
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Preliminary Report: PC-12 crash fatal for two
Pilatus PC-12, Big Timber, Mont., June 25, 2006–PC-12 N768H crashed shortly after takeoff from Big Timber Airport (6S0) and the two people on board were ki
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Preliminary Report: Pilots Killed in Citation Overrun
Cessna Citation 560, Cresco, Iowa, July 19, 2006–The pilot and copilot of Citation N636SE, registered to Tomco of Nashville, Tenn., were killed on l
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Preliminary Report: LOSS OF POWER SUSPECTED IN CARAVAN CRASH
Cessna 208B Caravan, Vilanculos, Mozambique, June 30, 2006–The Caravan charter was approaching Vilankulo Airport at night when it crashed abo
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Final Reports: OVERWEIGHT LANDING CAUSED CITATION ACCIDENT
Cessna CitationJet 525, Old Bridge, N.J., July 17, 2005–The NTSB blamed the crash of the Cessna CitationJet on the pilot’s improper preflight planni
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Preliminary Report: Prototype Sport-Jet cartwheels on takeoff
Excel-Jet Sport-Jet, Colorado Springs, Colo., June 23, 2006–Pilot James Stewart and mechanic John Welty were seriously injured when the prototype Sport-Jet
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Final Reports: BELOW-MINIMUMS LANDING DAMAGEd KING AIR
Raytheon Beech King Air 200, Dulles, Va., Oct.
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Final Report: UK AAIB FINDS NO CLEAR PROBABLE CAUSE
Reims Cessna F406, Inverness, Scotland, Oct.
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Preliminary Report: Takeoff crash kills MU-2 pilot
Mitsubishi MU-2, Fort Pierce, Fla., June 25, 2006–The pilot of MU-2 N316PR was killed when the airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Saint Lucie Coun
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Preliminary Report: Citation destroyed by fire after runway overrun
Cessna Citation 560 Ultra, Upland, Calif., June 24, 2006–The pilot of the Aero Charter Services Citation Ultra canceled his IFR clearance when he saw Cable
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Preliminary Report: Blowing dust obscures EMS pilot's vision
MBB BK 117, Ponce de Leon, Fla., June 22, 2006–Landing off airport, about 10 miles north of Ponce de Leon, the skid-equipped BK 117 hit trees and was subst
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Factual reports: Citation hydroplanes, runs off runway
Cessna 525 CitationJet, Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 16, 2006–Nashville Approach cleared the Interstate Warehousing CitationJet for a visual approach to Runway
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Final Report: GEARBOXES BLAMED In Eurocopter accident
Eurocopter AS 355F1, Andover, England, Dec.
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Factual Reports: EMS Westwind makes emergency landing
Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 Westwind, Georgetown, Bahamas, May 24, 2006– The Westwind ran off the side of the runway when making an emergency landing a
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Crash severely damages Sport-Jet
The sole Sport-Jet prototype crashed while taking off from the Colorado Springs Airport on June 22.
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328Jet Damaged in Abort Accident
The NTSB’s preliminary report of the June 3 accident involving a Dornier 328Jet, N328PD, that overran the runway and ended up on a street after an aborted
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Fatal Learjet Crash Under Investigation
At press time, the NTSB had not issued its preliminary report on the June 2 accident involving Learjet 35 N182K, which crashed in Baker Cove a few hundred
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Final Reports Posted on NTSB Web Site
The NTSB recently posted on its Web site final reports on its investigations into two fatal business jet accidents.
