2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Gordon Gilbert

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

News and information about crew, passenger, aircraft and airport security issues.

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.

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.

In a letter to all 535 members of Congress, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) highlighted what it calls “costly and ill-conceived provisio

NATA Appeals to Congress on EPA Rule

Mary F. Silitch

Because of 120- to 140-knot headwinds, two Circuit City Citations were making a refueling stop at Pueblo (Colo.) Memorial Airport (PUB), on Feb.

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Dassault Falcon 20D, Lorain, Ohio, Sept.

Preliminary Report: Birds Down Falcon 20

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, West Memphis, Ark., Sept.

Preliminary Report: MU-2 Crashes Short of Runway

Bell 206B JetRanger, New Orleans, Sept.

Preliminary Report: New Orleans Photo Flight Hits House

Swearingen SA-227-AC Metro, Brownsville, Texas, Sept.

Preliminary Repot: Swearingen Aborts Takeoff

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Lihue, Hawaii, Sept.

Preliminary Report: Astar Crashes in Ocean

Learjet 35A, Bellville, Mich., Sept.

Preliminary Report: Learjet Strikes Runway Lights

Sikorsky S-76, Tallinn, Estonia, Aug.

Preliminary Report: Sikorsky S-7 Crashes in Baltic Sea

Raytheon Premier I, Rockland, Maine, Sept.

Preliminary Report: Premier I landing gear collapses

Agusta 109A II, Shoreline, Wash., Sept.

Preliminary Report: Three Killed in Offshore Accident

Rockwell International NA-265-80 Sabreliner, Brownwood, Texas, May 9, 2005–The NTSB blamed bird ingestion for the damage to the first-stage compress

Final Report: Birds Blamed

Beech King Air C90A, Salt Lake City, Dec.

Final Report: Pilot failed to maintain proper climb rate

Learjet 25B, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec.

Final Report: Mechanical Failure

Cessna Caravan 208B, Bellevue, Idaho, Dec.

Final Report: Pilot did not maintain control in icing

Beech King Air 200, Bay View, Texas, Dec.

Factual Report: Pilot lost control on takeoff

Raytheon Beech B200 King Air, Tulsa, Okla., Dec.

Final Report: King Air Ran Out of Fuel

Raytheon Beech King Air A90, Pensacola, Fla., Aug.

Final Report: Fuel Exhaustion Downed Another King Air

Rupert, W.Va., June 13, 2004–King Air N200BE departed Summersville (W.Va.) Airport (SXL) VFR, having filed an IFR flight plan, but it struck Big Mou

Final Report: VFR Flight Into IMC Blamed for Mountain Crash

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

A University of North Dakota (UND) Cessna Citation II icing research aircraft made a successful deadstick landing near Beaver, Alaska, about 70 miles north

Dual Engine Flameout Grounds UND Icing Research Jet

Accidents