Latest from Mary F. Silitch

Each year, NBAA recognizes the top aviation maintenance and avionics technicians with excellent safety records who work for member companies.

The National Business Aviation Association presents Pilot Flying Safety Awards each year to the member company pilots who have exemplary safety records.

Cessna 510 Mustang, Carlsbad, Calif., April 19, 2008–According to the NTSB, the probable cause of the Mustang’s runway overshoot was the pilot’s mis

Construcciones Aeronauticas SA (CASA) C-212-CC, Kotzebue, Alaska, Feb.

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan.

Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante, Santo António, Brazil, Feb.

Eurocopter AS 332-L2 Super Puma, off Crimond, Scotland, April 1, 2009–A Bond Offshore Super Puma crashed in the North Sea while transporting offshor

Bell 206L-4 LongRanger, Moundridge, Kan., March 8, 2009–The commercial pilot, the only occupant, was killed when the LongRanger crashed into a wheat

Bombardier Learjet 55, Casper, Wyo., March 17, 2009–The Learjet 55, registered to Sunwest Aviation of Calgary, Alberta, aborted its takeoff from Nat

National Aerospace Laboratories Saras, Bangalore, India, March 6, 2009–The number-two prototype of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-powered Saras cras

Bombardier CRJ, Tallahassee, Fla., March 1, 2009–After external power was applied in preparation for a Part 121 scheduled flight, the Atlantic South

Dassault Falcon 100, Samedan, Switzerland, Feb.

Eurocopter SA 365N-1D Dauphin, District Heights, Md., Sept.

Cessna 208B Caravan, Columbus, Ohio, Dec.

Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200, Salmon, Idaho, Dec.

Bombardier CL-600-2B19, Providence, R.I., Dec.

Bell 407, Huntsville, Texas, June 8, 2008–The Board determined the probable cause of the EMS 407 accident was the pilot’s failure to identify and ar

Sikorsky S-76C++, Morgan City, La., Jan.

McDonnell Douglas MD 600, San Clemente, Calif., Feb.

Bombardier CRJ200, Tallahassee, Fla., March 1, 2009–The ASA Airlines regional jet had a cockpit fire after external power was applied as the airplane was b

Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne III, Konigstein, Germany, Jan.

Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier I, Lewistown, Mo., Dec.

Eclipse EA500, Rockford, Ill., July 17, 2008–The North American Jet Charter Eclipse was on an IFR flight when the pilots reduced power to enter a cloud dec

Bombardier Learjet 60/Embraer ERJ 145, Chicago, July 21, 2008–The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the near miss of the Electrolux Home Pr

Gulfstream IV, Sugar Land, Texas, Nov.

Aerospatiale AS 350-BA, Princeville, Hawaii, March 8, 2007–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the AS 350 crash was the failure of maintenance person

Cessna 551 Citation II/SP, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Dec.

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Goodland, Kan., Oct.

Hughes 369A, Moulton, Ala., May 13, 2007–The NTSB blamed the crash of the 369 on the separation of its main rotor blade from its tension torsion bar, but <

Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante, Pownal, Vt., Aug.