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News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Final Report: Pilot pushed spoileron circuit breaker

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Goodland, Kan., Oct.

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February 27, 2009

Icing eyed in Colgan Q400 crash

The crew of the Colgan Air Q400 that crashed outside Buffalo on February 12 observed “significant” ice accretion on the aircraft’s windows and wings before

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February 27, 2009

Landing Falcon 10 Hits Snowbanks

A Bermuda-registered Falcon 10 veered off the runway after touchdown at Samaden Airport in Switzerland on January 12 and hit piled snow.

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February 26, 2009

NTSB Raises Maintenance Issues in Nascar Crash

The NTSB determined that a July 2007 accident in Sanford, Fla., which killed the two aboard the airplane and three people on the ground, was caused by a se

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February 4, 2009

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Offshore helo crashes in swamp

Sikorsky S-76C++, Morgan City, La., Jan.

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January 30, 2009

Citation overruns runway

Cessna Citation II, Wilmington, N.C., Jan.

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January 30, 2009

Second Mexican Learjet crashes

Bombardier Learjet 23, Tlaxcala, Mexico, Dec.

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January 30, 2009

Five fatalities in Gulf crush

Bell 206 JetRanger, Sabine Pass, Texas, Dec.

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January 30, 2009

ThreeCRJs suffer gear problems

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Philadelphia, Dec.

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January 30, 2009

Bell 407 loses power

Bell 407, Bow, N.H., Dec.

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January 30, 2009

Kind Air loses avionic power

Hawker Beechcraft Super King Air B200, Liberal, Kan., Nov.

Accidents

January 30, 2009

Napping pilots overfly airport

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Hilo, Hawaii, Feb.

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January 30, 2009

CRJ lost cowling in flight

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Lake Michigan, Mich., April 7, 2007–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the in-flight separation of the left engine transl

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January 30, 2009

Cargo door opened in flight

Hawker Beechcraft 1900D, Page, Ariz., March 26, 2008–The NTSB concluded that the flight crew’s unprofessional behavior and deviation from standard operatin

Accidents

January 30, 2009

Excel veered off gravel runway

Cessna Citation Excel 560XL, Port Heiden, Alaska, April 30, 2008–The Excel ran off the gravel-topped Runway 23 at Port Heiden Airport (PTH) as a res

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January 30, 2009

Medevac King Air flew into mountain

Hawker Beechcraft King Air E90B, Ruidoso, N.M., Aug.

Accidents

January 30, 2009

Undetected Ground Ice and Bird Avoidance felled Fokker 100

The crash of a Régional Fokker 100 shortly after takeoff from Pau, southwest France, in January 2007 was caused by undetected ground ice and excessive rota

Accidents

January 29, 2009

Flight hours drop, as does safety

Despite reports indicating that operators were flying less in 2008, the number of business aircraft accidents increased from the previous year, according t

Accidents

January 28, 2009

De-icing: NTSB: 'ice bridging' is a myth

Pilots should “activate boots as soon as the airplane enters icing conditions,” according to a safety alert released in December by the NTSB.

Accidents

January 28, 2009

Complex web of factors blamed in HEMS crashes

There is no “magic bullet” solution to the spate of fatal helicopter EMS crashes over the last two years.  Rather, investigation documents

Accidents

January 27, 2009

Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Latest

Final Report: Pilot pushed spoileron circuit breaker

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Goodland, Kan., Oct.

Icing eyed in Colgan Q400 crash

The crew of the Colgan Air Q400 that crashed outside Buffalo on February 12 observed “significant” ice accretion on the aircraft’s windows and wings before

Landing Falcon 10 Hits Snowbanks

A Bermuda-registered Falcon 10 veered off the runway after touchdown at Samaden Airport in Switzerland on January 12 and hit piled snow.

NTSB Raises Maintenance Issues in Nascar Crash

The NTSB determined that a July 2007 accident in Sanford, Fla., which killed the two aboard the airplane and three people on the ground, was caused by a se

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Offshore helo crashes in swamp

Sikorsky S-76C++, Morgan City, La., Jan.

Citation overruns runway

Cessna Citation II, Wilmington, N.C., Jan.

Second Mexican Learjet crashes

Bombardier Learjet 23, Tlaxcala, Mexico, Dec.

Five fatalities in Gulf crush

Bell 206 JetRanger, Sabine Pass, Texas, Dec.

ThreeCRJs suffer gear problems

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Philadelphia, Dec.

Bell 407 loses power

Bell 407, Bow, N.H., Dec.

Kind Air loses avionic power

Hawker Beechcraft Super King Air B200, Liberal, Kan., Nov.

Napping pilots overfly airport

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Hilo, Hawaii, Feb.

CRJ lost cowling in flight

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Lake Michigan, Mich., April 7, 2007–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the in-flight separation of the left engine transl

Cargo door opened in flight

Hawker Beechcraft 1900D, Page, Ariz., March 26, 2008–The NTSB concluded that the flight crew’s unprofessional behavior and deviation from standard operatin

Excel veered off gravel runway

Cessna Citation Excel 560XL, Port Heiden, Alaska, April 30, 2008–The Excel ran off the gravel-topped Runway 23 at Port Heiden Airport (PTH) as a res

Medevac King Air flew into mountain

Hawker Beechcraft King Air E90B, Ruidoso, N.M., Aug.

Undetected Ground Ice and Bird Avoidance felled Fokker 100

The crash of a Régional Fokker 100 shortly after takeoff from Pau, southwest France, in January 2007 was caused by undetected ground ice and excessive rota

Flight hours drop, as does safety

Despite reports indicating that operators were flying less in 2008, the number of business aircraft accidents increased from the previous year, according t

De-icing: NTSB: 'ice bridging' is a myth

Pilots should “activate boots as soon as the airplane enters icing conditions,” according to a safety alert released in December by the NTSB.

Complex web of factors blamed in HEMS crashes

There is no “magic bullet” solution to the spate of fatal helicopter EMS crashes over the last two years.&nbsp; Rather, investigation documents

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There is no “magic bullet” solution to the spate of fatal helicopter EMS crashes over the last two years. Rather, investigation documents