Latest from Mary F. Silitch
Preliminary Report: Air ambulance flight crashes into trees
Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, God’s Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Nov.
Preliminary Report: More fatalities reported in Mexicoi City Learjet accident
Bombardier Learjet 45, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov.
Preliminary Report: Dash 8 lands gear up
Bombardier DHC-8-311 Dash 8, Philadelphia, Nov.
Preliminary Report: CASA makes forced landing
Construcciones Aeronauticas SA CASA 212-200, Toksook Bay, Alaska, Nov.
Accidents
Final Report: No cause determined for hydraulic leak
Cessna 750 Citation X, New York, N.Y., April 3, 2008–The Citation X ran off the runway on landing at John F.
Accidents
Final Report: Starflex arm failed
Eurocopter AS 350B2, Hiram, Ga., May 21, 2008–The NTSB attributed the buckling of the AS 350’s tail boom to failure of the starflex arm du
Accidents
Final Report: Gear torque knee failed
Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, Baton Rouge, La., April 25, 2008–Structural failure of the right main landing gear torque knee caused the
Accidents
Final Report: Parachutist killed in premature jump
Hawker Beechcraft Beech 99, Bowling Green, Mo., June 21, 2008–A parachutist was killed because he failed to follow procedures/directives b
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Bell crashes off oil rig
Bell 212, Persian Gulf, United Arab Emirates, Sept.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Maintenance flight overruns runway
Hawker Beechcraft King Air A200, Bridgewater, Va., Sept.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Power loss downs two JetRangers
Bell 206B JetRanger, Longview, Wash., Oct.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: MD 900 control rods separate
MD Helicopter MD 900, Weatherford, Texas, Oct.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Learjet crash kills Mexican official
Bombardier Learjet 45, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov.
Accidents
Final Report: Learjet landed on closed runway
Bombardier Learjet 45, Teterboro, N.J., June 25, 2008–The NTSB attributed the Learjet’s landing on a closed runway to the fact that the lo
Accidents
Final Report: Faulty maintenance cited
Bell 47G-3B-2, Lafayette, Ind., July 24, 2008–A fatigue fracture of the carburetor heat control valve spring and inadequate maintenance in
Accidents
Final Report: Controllers cited in TEB runway incursion
Cessna 172 and Dassault Falcon 200, Teterboro, N.J., July 9, 2008–The NTSB blamed the Teterboro Airport (TEB) runway incursion on the grou
Accidents
Factual Report: CRJ loses cowling in flight
Bombardier CRJ CL-600-2B19, Lake Michigan, Mich., April 7, 2007–At 16,000 feet over Lake Michigan, the Mesa Airlines CRJ thrust reverser t
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Medevac flight crashes
Aerospatiale SA 365N-1 Dauphin, Camp Springs, Md.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Tanker flight fatal for three firefighters
Lockheed SP-2H, Reno, Nev., Sept.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Blown tires tear off gear door
Bombardier CL-600-2C10 CRJ, Denver, July 29, 2008–The Skywest flight blew the left main tires on departure, tearing off the gear door.
