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A Year after KDCA Midair, FBO GM Recalls Bizav Role in Response

Signature Aviation played a role in the disaster’s aftermath

Investigators examining mid air collsion wreckage in Signature KDCA hangar — Following the fatal midair collision last year on approach to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., Signature Aviation’s FBO on the field was enlisted as an accident investigation stage by the NTSB and the FBI. The wreckage from the two aircraft was transported there by truck and laid out on the hangar floor as the investigators attempted to piece together how the tragedy occurred.

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

January 29, 2026

A year after the skies over our nation’s capital bore witness to one of the most tragic aviation accidents in recent history, Adam Cope, the general manager of the Signature Aviation FBO at KDCA, looked back at the little-known but critical role business aviation played in the response.

On Jan. 29, 2025, an American Airlines CRJ700 regional jetliner on final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) collided with a U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter that transited across the approach path at an altitude of about 300 feet. All 67 lives aboard the two aircraft were lost in the disaster.

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