Mary F. Silitch

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Accidents

Prliminary Report: Fuel Imbalance in Metro

Swearingen SA-226TC Metro, Paris, Tenn., Feb.
Regulations and Government

NTSB urges TAWS requirement for helos

The NTSB has recommended to the FAA that all U.S.-registered turbine helicopters certified to carry at least six passengers be required to have terrain awa
Safety

FAA searches for solution to Caravan icing accidents

Concerned about the growing number of Cessna 208 Caravan icing accidents, aviation authorities in the U.S.
Accidents

Ice accumulation blamed in Montrose Challenger crash

The chartered Bombardier Challenger 600 sat on the ramp at Montrose Regional Airport in Colorado for 40 to 45 minutes on Nov.
Accidents

Final Report: Hawker caught fire on runway

Raytheon Hawker 1000 (BAE 125-1000A), San Francisco, Sept.
Accidents

Final Report: JetRanger's main drive shaft failed

Bell 206B JetRanger, Cleveland, Ohio, June 25, 2005–A failure of the main drive shaft for undetermined reasons, the NTSB concluded, caused the total loss o
Accidents

Final Report: Student and instructor blamed in crash of training flight

Socata TBM 700, Lancaster, Calif., Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: Oil rig helo ran out of fuel

Bell 206B JetRanger, Gulf of Mexico, Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Low-level maneuvering proved too low

Cessna 208B Caravan, Unalakleet, Alaska, Oct.
Accidents

Final Report: Icing and overload downed Caravan

Cessna Caravan 208B, Pelee Island, Ontario, Jan.
Accidents

Factual Report: Caravan loses power, lands on road

Cessna 208 Caravan, Round Rock, Texas, Oct.
Accidents

Factual Report: S-76 tail rotor hits fence

Sikorsky S-76B, New York, N.Y., Oct.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air cockpit fire remains a mystery

Raytheon Beech King Air 90, Raleigh, N.C., April 27, 2006–The pilot of King Air N90CH reported a fire in the cockpit and diverted to Raleigh.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Cowling flies off Falcon

Dassault Falcon 2000, Stilesville, Ind., April 14, 2006–The Falcon 2000, N722JB, was at FL250 when the left engine cowling separated from the engine and hi
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Ecuadorian Caravan loses power

Cessna 208 Caravan, Cuenca, Ecuador, March 24, 2006–An Ecuadorian-registered Cessna Caravan, operated by Atesa Aero Taxis Ecuatorianos, lost power and cras
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot faulted in AStar wire strike

Eurocopter AS 350-B2 AStar, Jasper, Ala., Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: Excessive climb rate blamed for flight attendant injury

Bombardier Challenger 600, Snow Hill, Va., July 21, 2004–According to the NTSB, excessive maneuvering was the cause of an incident that re
Accidents

Final Report: Poor communication caused collision

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Philadelphia, Nov.
Accidents

Final Report: Inadequate planning, crew communication let to crash

British Aerospace Hawker 700, Teterboro, N.J., March 8, 2005–The NTSB blamed the overrun on the pilot-in-command’s inadequate in-flight planning for
Accidents

Final Report: Wind caught Alaskan Caravan

Cessna 208 Caravan, Brevig Mission, Alaska, Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: NIKE GV had jammed gear

Gulfstream GV, Hillsboro, Ore., Nov.
Accidents

Final Report: Improper flare blamed for Learjet overrun

Learjet 35A, Eagle, Colo., July 15, 2005– The NTSB determined that the cause of the overrun was the pilot’s improper flare, resulting in a hard land
Accidents

Factual Report: Engine problem factor in MU-2 fatal

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Englewood, Colo., Dec.
Accidents

Factual Report: Learjet pilots declared emergency

Learjet 24B, Helendale, Calif., Dec.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Venezuelan Caravan loses power

Cessna 208B Caravan, Arecuna, Venezuela, March 5, 2006–A Venezuelan-registered Caravan, YV-1149C, crashed during a forced landing after re
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Cargo Beech 99 down in mountains

Beech 99, Butte, Mont., March 18, 2006–The ATP pilot and commercial copilot were killed when the Ameriflight Beech 99 cargo flight crashed into tree
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Jetranger crashes in trees

Bell 206B JetRanger, Patterson, La., March 14, 2006–As the Rotorcraft Leasing JetRanger left Patterson for an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the hel
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Learjet loses control on takeoff

Learjet 35, Philadelphia, March 22, 2006–As the Bankair Learjet N58EM was taking off at 2 a.m.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Cessna's demo Caravan crashes

Cessna 208 Caravan, Yucaipa, Calif., March 29, 2006–Cessna Aircraft Western and Canada regional sales manager Steve O’Neill and Rick Voorhis, presid
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot blamed for Bader overrun

Sikorsky S-76B, New York, Oct.