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NBAA: 18% of Bizjet Crews Don't Do Pre-takeoff Control Checks

NBAA report, stemming from the 2014 Hanscom crash, found that 17.66 percent of flights on average have taken off without full pre-takeoff checks.

Nearly 20 percent of business aircraft crews do not conduct a proper before-flight control check, according to an NBAA study.

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

September 21, 2016

The 2014 fatal crash of a Gulfstream IV at Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass., and a subsequent NBAA report finding an 18-percent non-compliance rate with manufacturer-required pre-takeoff flight-control checks are warnings that the business aviation industry needs to focus on leadership and professionalism, industry experts say.

“The tragic GIV accident at Bedford, Mass., on May 31, 2014, provided ample stimulus to probe more deeply into business aviation procedural non-compliance,” NBAA said in the safety report released in September. “It is equally disturbing that the data highlights a lack of professional discipline among some crews in not accomplishing manufacturer-directed checklists—particularly items critical to safety of flight.

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