Latest from Mary F. Silitch

Construction of Banyan Air Service’s new 25,000-sq-ft FBO terminal building at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport is nearing completion and a November 10 op

BLR Aerospace has received an STC from the FAA for its King Air 300 winglet system, the company announced here at NBAA’06.

Bell 407, Gulf of Mexico, Dec.

Raytheon King Air B200, Tulsa, Okla., Dec.

Cessna 441, Vestavia Hills, Ala., Dec.

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

Bombardier Challenger 600, Teterboro, N.J., April 2, 2005–On landing at TEB, Challenger N169TA porpoised and the right wing struck the runway surfac

Hawker 700A, Teterboro, N.J., March 8, 2005–At about 10 p.m.

Bell 206B-III, Shelbyville, Texas, March 10, 2005–Brainerd Helicopter Service’s JetRanger, operated by the U.S.

Pilatus PC-12, Bellefonte, Pa., March 26, 2005–A PC-12 carrying six people crashed at about 2 p.m.

Beech King Air 300, Daytona Beach, Fla., April 14, 2004–The pilot’s inadequate management of the airplane’s fuel system, resulting in fuel starvatio

Learjet 25, Amarillo, Texas, July 1, 2005–Landing at Amarillo International Airport with a 17-knot crosswind, the 7,300-hour captain was unable to m

Beech 99, Neihart, Mont., Aug.

Cessna CitationJet CJ2 525A, Newnan, Ga., July 15, 2005–The NTSB said the CitationJet’s collision with a localizer antenna was caused by the pilot’s

Commander 690A, Cleveland, Ohio, Jan.

Challenger 600, Tupelo, Miss., March 9, 2005–Inadequate design of the STCed microphone jack assembly, resulting in restricted aft movement of the co

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

Dassault Falcon 20, Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec.

Cessna 208 Caravan, Round Rock, Texas, Oct.

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

Bell 206L3 LongRanger, Gulf of Mexico, Oct.

Cessna Caravan 208B, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct.

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

Bombardier Challenger 600, Tupelo, Miss., March 9, 2005–The pilots of Romeo Mike Aviation’s Challenger 600 aborted the takeoff from Runway 36 of Tup

Rockwell International NA-265-80 Sabreliner, Brownwood, Texas, May 9, 2005–Debris, possibly from a bird, was found on the combustion chamber mating

Learjet 25B, Feb.

Raytheon Beech 1900D, Rockland, Maine, Aug.

Bell 206B LongRanger, Gulf of Mexico, Aug.

Mitsubishi MU-2, Parker, Colo., Aug.

As a result of its investigation into the Executive Airlines ATR 72-212 landing accident in Puerto Rico on May 9, 2004, the NTSB is recommending new proced