2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Mary F. Silitch

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, West Memphis, Ark., Sept.

Preliminary Report: MU-2 Crashes Short of Runway

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Lihue, Hawaii, Sept.

Preliminary Report: Astar Crashes in Ocean

Sikorsky S-76, Tallinn, Estonia, Aug.

Preliminary Report: Sikorsky S-7 Crashes in Baltic Sea

Rockwell International NA-265-80 Sabreliner, Brownwood, Texas, May 9, 2005–The NTSB blamed bird ingestion for the damage to the first-stage compress

Final Report: Birds Blamed

Agusta 109A II, Shoreline, Wash., Sept.

Preliminary Report: Three Killed in Offshore Accident

Raytheon Premier I, Rockland, Maine, Sept.

Preliminary Report: Premier I landing gear collapses

Swearingen SA-227-AC Metro, Brownsville, Texas, Sept.

Preliminary Repot: Swearingen Aborts Takeoff

Beech King Air 200, Bay View, Texas, Dec.

Factual Report: Pilot lost control on takeoff

Cessna Caravan 208B, Bellevue, Idaho, Dec.

Final Report: Pilot did not maintain control in icing

Beech King Air C90A, Salt Lake City, Dec.

Final Report: Pilot failed to maintain proper climb rate

Content Archive: October 2006