Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Gordon Gilbert

The Transportation&nbsp;Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is&nbsp;again&nbsp;calling for&nbsp;Transport Canada to improve&nbsp;civil aviation medical examiners’ guidelines following its&nbsp;investigation into the latest of eight aircraft accidents since 2000 where cardiovascular disease&nbsp;in&nbsp;pilots, some with commercial certificates,&nbsp;was identified as a risk or cause.&nbsp;
After a&nbsp;Cavalier SA102.5 entered an aerodynamic stall and&nbsp;crashed in October 2021, killing the&nbsp;pilot, the Transport Canada office of the chief medical examiner in Alberta reported that the cause of death was attributed to blunt force trauma, “with cardiovascular disease as a significant contributing factor.” The report also noted that the pilot had evidence of a heart attack, although it was not possible to determine the exact time of this event.
The TSB issued its first recommendation concerning what it sees as deficiencies in the medical examiner guidelines for screening cardiovascular risks following its investigation of a&nbsp;loss of control and&nbsp;fatal&nbsp;crash of a TBM-3E fire-fighting airplane in&nbsp;April 2010.
“If Transport Canada guidance material and the civil aviation medical examination report do not include up-to-date cardiovascular screening methods to perform a global cardiovascular assessment when appropriate, there is an increased risk that cardiovascular disease will remain unidentified and pilots may become incapacitated while operating an aircraft,” the TSB said.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

Canada Transportation Safety Board Recommends Examining Medical Examiners

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is again recommending that Transport Canada improve the civil aviation medical examiners’ guidelines.

Canada TSB Urges Updates to Medical Examiner Guidelines

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Charles Alcock

Kaleyesus Bekele

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Industry group presses for regulatory progress and continuity across the continent 

African Bizav Strives for Greater Market Opportunity

Amy Wilder

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Rule would not apply to insulin-treated diabetes

FAA Proposes Easing Medical Approvals for Diabetic Pilots

Kerry Lynch

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

More In Regulations and Government

African Bizav Strives for Greater Market Opportunity

Industry group presses for regulatory progress and continuity across the continent

FAA Proposes Easing Medical Approvals for Diabetic Pilots

Rule would not apply to insulin-treated diabetes

Congress OKs Stopgap Government Funding Measure

Move averts potential shutdown

Longtime Bizav Attorney Gary Garofalo Flies West

His career spanned more than five and a half decades

New Treasury Rule Limits LLC Information Reporting

The revision relaxes some provisions of the Corporate Transparency Act

Nancy Kassebaum, Architect of GA Product Liability Reform, Dies

Kassebaum pushed through the General Aviation Revitalization Act

Nav Canada Increases ATC Service Charges

Increased fees are to recover pandemic shortfall

FAA InFO Outlines CVR Upgrade Deadlines

Larger new bizav aircraft face 2027 deadline, while small new turbine bizav aircraft have 2029 deadline

AIN Products

SUBSCRIPTIONS

RESOURCES

ABOUT AIN