2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

AIN Staff

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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.

Accidents: April 2012

Curt Epstein

Accidents: March 2012

Citation VII Experiences Control Problems

Accidents: February 2012

Neelam Mathews

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

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.

Indian airlines are unhappy over the leaking of a government safety audit

Indian Air Safety Audit Could Draw Unwelcome Outside Scrutiny

Mark Huber

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Sikorsky Settles with Cougar Helicopters

Ian Goold

Airline accident data shows safest three-month period in modern history. 

Recent Period Safest for Airlines in Modern History

Crashed Tour Helicopter Had Fresh MX

Accidents: January 2012

Bill Carey

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.

The FAA on Wednesday announced a final rule on pilot flight duty and rest requirements.

FAA Issues New Rule on Pilot Duty Time

Turboprop Single Crashes on New Jersey Highway

A Eurocopter AS350B2 registered to Sundance Helicopters crashed late yesterday afternoon during a twilight flight near Nevada’s Hoover Dam

Vegas Helicopter Tour Crash Kills Five

Preliminary Reports

Accidents: December 2011

Southwest Airlines says it will be the first major airline to widely use a wireless ground support communications system.

Southwest To Deploy Wireless Ground Communications

Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports, yesterday said he sustained four broken ribs, a broken clavicle and a concussion when his seat broke loose

Hendricks Says Private Jet’s Seat Broke Loose in Accident

Chad Trautvetter

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

Two Avantair pilots and two passengers suffered only minor injuries when their Piaggio Avanti P.180 went off the west side of Runway 18

Avantair Avanti Veers Off Runway

The Coalition to Save Our GPS sent a letter today to the FCC asking the agency to “promptly rule” that LightSquared be barred from

GPS Group to FCC: No Upper MSS Band for LightSquared

Gordon Gilbert

Accidents, fatalities jump in first nine months

Business aircraft accidents, fatalities jump in first nine months of 2011

Rick Hendrick, owner of Nascar team Hendrick Motorsports, his wife, and the two crewmembers suffered minor injures when their Gulfstream G150 overran

Nascar Owner Involved in Runway Overrun

Jeff Burger

NationAir Aviation Insurance has debuted a free iPad/iPhone app.

NationAir Launches iPhone App

Accidents