Latest from Mary F. Silitch

As it does each year, NBAA is recognizing the top aviation maintenance and avionics technicians with good safety records who work for member companies.&nbs

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

Cessna Caravan 208B, Bellevue, Idaho, Dec.

Learjet 25B, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec.

Beech King Air C90A, Salt Lake City, Dec.

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

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

Raytheon Premier I, Rockland, Maine, Sept.

Sikorsky S-76, Tallinn, Estonia, Aug.

Learjet 35A, Bellville, Mich., Sept.

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Lihue, Hawaii, Sept.

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

Bell 206B JetRanger, New Orleans, Sept.

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

Dassault Falcon 20D, Lorain, Ohio, Sept.

Because of 120- to 140-knot headwinds, two Circuit City Citations were making a refueling stop at Pueblo (Colo.) Memorial Airport (PUB), on Feb.

A University of North Dakota (UND) Cessna Citation II icing research aircraft made a successful deadstick landing near Beaver, Alaska, about 70 miles north

Rupert, W.Va., June 13, 2004–King Air N200BE departed Summersville (W.Va.) Airport (SXL) VFR, having filed an IFR flight plan, but it struck Big Mou

Raytheon Beech King Air A90, Pensacola, Fla., Aug.

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

Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, Galliano, La., March 13, 2005–LongRanger N480RA was destroyed when it crashed into the Gulf of Mexico when departing an offs

Bombardier Learjet 55, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 19, 2004–Hop-A-Jet Learjet N55LF overran Runway 31 during the landing roll at Fort Lauderdale Exe

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Ferndale, Md., May 14, 2004–Epps Air Service MU-2 N755AF was destroyed when it hit trees and the ground while approaching Balti

Bell 206B JetRanger, Sirnach, Switzerland, March 26, 2005–The pilot and three passengers were killed when the Swiss-registered Jet-Ranger they were

Cessna 208B Caravan, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, April 12, 2005–On a flight from Vieques, Puerto Rico, to San Juan, Caravan N1241X exper

Bombardier CL-600-2B19 CRJ, West Grove, Pa., Oct.

Dassault Falcon 20D, Lorain, Ohio, Sept.

Swearingen SA-226TC, Denver, April 5, 2006–The NTSB blamed the accident on the failure of the elevator down cable due to improper routing.

Socata TBM 700B, Mobile, Ala., April 24, 2003–On approach to Mobile Downtown Airport, the pilot of TBM N705QD said he had a “runawayengine.” The gro

Cessna 441 Conquest, Vestavia Hills, Ala., Dec.