Mary F. Silitch

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Final Report: King Air pilot lost control on landing

Beech King Air 200, North Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb.
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Preliminary Report: Bell 212 crashes in Spain

Bell 212, Guipuzcoa, Spain, June 13, 2007 – The two commercial pilots flying the Spanish-registered Bell 212 from Santander Airport to Ali
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Preliminary Report: Caravan engine fire under investigation

Cessna 208B Caravan, Quepos, Costa Rica, March 22, 2007 – Costa Rican-registered Cessna Caravan TI-BBG landed at the Aeropuerto La Managua, near Que
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Preliminary Report: Service letter issued for ERJ 135 gear

Embraer ERJ 135, Boston, June 20, 2007 – Despite a gear-down-and-locked indication with three green lights, the crew of the American Eagle
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Preliminary Report: Close call at Teterboro

Piaggio Avanti, Teterboro, N.J., June 17, 2007 – The pilot of a fractional Avanti, cleared to take off from Runway 24 at Teterboro Airport
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Preliminary Report: Falcon overruns on takeoff

Dassault Falcon 900, Santa Barbara, Calif., June 10, 2007 – As the Falcon 900 was taking off from Runway 25 at Santa Barbara Municipal Air
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Preliminary Report: GV lands with nosewheel up

Gulfstream V, Zurich, Switzerland, June 1, 2007 – The Swiss-registered GV landed nosewheel-up at Zurich/Kloten Airport, causing minor dama
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Preliminary Report: Helicopter loses power

Hughes 369D, Columbus, Mont., May 28, 2007 – The Dylan Aviation Hughes 369 lost power and crashed, killing one crewmember.
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Preliminary Report: Two airliners nearly collide at San Francisco

Embraer E170, San Francisco, Calif., May 26, 2007 – The Republic Airlines Embraer E170 and Skywest Airlines Embraer Brasilia almost collid
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NTSB still probing Caravan crash into Croatan Sound

The NTSB recently issued a factual report on the crash of a Cessna 208B Caravan in Manteo, N.C., on Christmas Day 2002.
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Final Report: Fuel starvation downed MD600

MD 600N, Vicksburg, Miss., Feb.
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Final Report: U.S. Forest Service AS 350 collided with trees

Eurocopter AS 350B3, Yellow Pine, Idaho, Aug.
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Final Report: Grand Canyon helicopter lost power

Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, Peach Springs, Ariz., May 2, 2005–The NTSB was unable to determine the reason for the loss of power that caused th
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Final Report: Caravan engine suffered fatigue failure

Cessna 208B Caravan, Globe, Ariz., July 22, 2005–The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the crash of Caravan N717BT was the fatigu
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Factual Report: S-76A lost tail rotor control

Sikorsky S-76A, Houston, April 19, 2006–The S-76A was hovering at West Houston Airport (IWS) when tail rotor control was lost.
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Preliminary Report: Jungle landing in Panama for two

Bell 206 JetRanger, Changuinola, Panama, April 21, 2007–The commercial pilot and a passenger were killed and two passengers seriously inju
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Preliminary Report: Beech 99 nosegear collapses

Raytheon Beech 99, Billings, Mont., May 19, 2007–The nosegear of Beech 99 N950AA, registered to Alpine Aviation of Provo, Utah, collapsed on landing
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Preliminary Report: Powerline patrol helo flight proves fatal

MD 369, Broadview, Mont., May 28, 2007–Helicopter N765HV was flying powerline patrol when it crashed near Broadview, killing one of the cr
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Preliminary Report: CRJ loses thrust reverser cowling

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Lake Michigan, Mich., April 7, 2007–The Mesa Airlines CRJ was substantially damaged when the thrust reverser translating
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Preliminary Report: Citation overruns Rifle runway

Cessna Citation 550, Rifle, Colo., May 29, 2007–Citation N575BW, landing at Garfield County Regional Airport, overran the runway, in an ac
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Preliminary Report: Routine flight ends in loss of control

Eurocopter AS 350B3, San Elizario, Texas, May 22, 2007–The U.S.
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Preliminary Report: Engine noises precede Bravo crash

Cessna Citation S550 Bravo, Dillon, Mont., May 3, 2007–The ATP-rated owner-pilot and a passenger were killed when the Citation Bravo crash
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Final Report: EMS flight lost in ocean

Agusta A109A II, Edmonds, Wash., Sept.
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Final Report: Copilot failed to follow approach procedure

Beech C99, Butte, Mont., March 18, 2006–The NTSB attributed the Ameriflight cargo airplane’s crash into mountains to the copilot’s failure
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Final Report: EMS helicopter lost control

Eurocopter AS 350-B3, Apache Junction, Ariz., Dec.
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Final Report: Baggage carts, CRJ collided

Bombardier CRJ (CL-600-2D24), Las Vegas, April 30, 2006–Northwest Airlines ground service personnel failed to set the parking brake properly on the lead ba
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Final Report: Avanti pilot lost control on landing

Piaggio Avanti, Eagle, Colo., Jan.
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Factual Report: AS 350 crashes in mountains

Eurocopter AS 350-B3, Yellow Pine, Idaho, Aug.
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Factual Report: S-76 crashes off oil platform

Sikorsky S-76A++, Eugene Island, Gulf of Mexico, Oct.
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Preliminary Report: Engine surge interrupts takeoff

Swearingen SA-226T, Wheeling, Ill., April 11, 2007–N125WG was substantially damaged during an aborted takeoff at Chicago Executive Airport.