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Colgan Flight 3407 Crash on NTSB’s Most Wanted List

The crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 no doubt left its mark o

By Gregory Polek • Senior Editor

February 26, 2010

The crash of
Colgan Air Flight 3407 no doubt left its mark on the “Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements” issued this month by the National Transportation Safety Board, and for good reason. The Board’s first “most wanted” item essentially reiterates a pair of 2005 NTSB recommendations to which the FAA responded with only an Advisory Circular. Unfortunately, the FAA’s advisement did not prevent Capt. Marvin Renslow from omitting information about two failed check rides on his employment application, nor did it ensure that he receive more training to perhaps better prepare him for the conditions he confronted on Feb. 12, 2009, the night the Bombardier Q400 he piloted crashed outside Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50.

In fact, Colgan Air complied with all the FAA regulations now in place, which essentially mandate that airlines comply with the
Pilot Records Improvement Act (PRIA)–the 1996 federal law that sets the standards for airline background checks.

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