Regulations and Government
NTSB urges tighter repair station certification
Following its investigation of the Jan.

Following its investigation of the Jan. 24, 2003 fatal crash of a Beech 95 Travel Air in Upland, Calif., the NTSB recommended last month that the FAA prohibit individuals who have been associated with a previously revoked repair station certificate from operating a new repair station in a different FAA region. It expressed concern that the FAA currently has no mechanism in place for preventing such an occurrence.

The Travel Air pilot lost control shortly after takeoff from Cable Airport after a two-and-a-half foot section of a blade separated from the right propeller. The airplane entered a steep right bank, rolled inverted and hit a house in Rancho Cucamonga. The aircraft was destroyed and the sole-occupant pilot was killed. The flight was being conducted under Part 91 and was the first following overhauls of both propellers.

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