Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Preliminary Report: Learjet 45 suffers birdstrike

BOMBARDIER LEARJET 45, MILAN, ITALY, JUNE 1, 2003–At approximately 3:26 p.m., Learjet 45 (I-ERJC), operated by Linate-based air-taxi opera

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Preliminary Report: Twinstar crashes on takeoff

AEROSPATIALE AS 355F1, MADISON, FLA., JUNE 11, 2003–About 1:29 p.m.

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Preliminary Report: GPWS warning preceded approach crash

BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19 CRJ-100ER, BREST, FRANCE, JUNE 22, 2003–Air France Flight 5672 departed Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) in France a

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Final Report: Disoriented in fog, pilot crashed Learjet 25 on takeoff

LEARJET 25, ITHACA, N.Y., AUG.

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Factual Report: Learjet 25 couldn't get airborne

GATES LEARJET 25B, PITTSBURGH, PA., NOV.

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Embraer plays down gearup landing

An Embraer 170 prototype accidentally landed with the gear retracted at the company’s Gaviao Peixoto test complex in Brazil on August 17.

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Bizjet accidents raise community concerns

Two business jet accidents within two weeks at Groton-New London Airport, Conn., have renewed safety concerns and allegations by local residents of a lack

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Low-altitude steep bank preceded Learjet crash

The NTSB is about a month into its investigation of the fatal crash of a Learjet 35 that was attempting to land at Groton New London Airport in Connecticut

Accidents

August 5, 2008

NTSB: Hawker Crashed on Go-around

The East Coast Jets-operated Hawker 800A that crashed Thursday morning at Owatonna (Minn.) Degner Regional Airport, killing all eight on board, briefly tou

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Cure sought for ramp-rash incidents

If you’re the kind of pilot who relishes the moment when you flee the FBO in the crew car for a round of golf or a night on the town, there is a phalanx of

Accidents

August 4, 2008

Fatal bizav accidents increase in first half of year

The number of people killed in turbine business airplane accidents across all segments increased in the first half of this year compared with the first six

Accidents

August 4, 2008

Runway incursions down in first half

The recently released FAA half-year report shows runway incursions dropped from 166 in the first six months of last year to 158 in the same period this yea

Accidents

July 31, 2008

Fairchild Metro crash in Kenya kills 14

A chartered Fairchild Metro on a safari flight crashed on Mt.

Accidents

July 31, 2008

Cessna 402 crash near Bahamas claims two

It was a honeymoon gone bad.

Accidents

July 31, 2008

Charter operator settles wrongful-death lawsuit

A wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by the families of three of the 15 passengers killed in the crash of a Gulfstream III attempti

Accidents

July 31, 2008

Misrigged elevator and tail-heavy condition spelled doom for 1900D

When a noticeably tail-heavy Air Midwest Beech 1900D lifted off from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, N.C., on the morning of January 8, the twin t

Accidents

July 30, 2008

TEB crash prompts NTSB safety recommendation

The NTSB issued safety recommendations A-08-48 and -49 on July 17 warning that pilots may decide to abort takeoffs in Bombardier Challengers if the pilots

Accidents

July 30, 2008

U.S. judge dismisses wrongful death suit in Brazilian midair

Wrongful-death suits brought on behalf of family members of passengers and crew killed in the 2006 midair between an Embraer Legacy and a Brazilian Gol 737

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Preliminary Report: Cargo flight fata for pilot

Bombardier DHC-6 Twin Otter 100, Hyannis, Mass., June 18, 2008–The Wiggins Airways Twin Otter was substantially damaged when it crashed during takeoff from

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Preliminary Report: EMS flight crashes in forest

Bell 407, Huntsville, Texas, June 8, 2008–Four people–the pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic and a patient–were killed when the EMS Bell 407 crashed in

Accidents

July 30, 2008

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Preliminary Report: Learjet 45 suffers birdstrike

BOMBARDIER LEARJET 45, MILAN, ITALY, JUNE 1, 2003–At approximately 3:26 p.m., Learjet 45 (I-ERJC), operated by Linate-based air-taxi opera

Preliminary Report: Twinstar crashes on takeoff

AEROSPATIALE AS 355F1, MADISON, FLA., JUNE 11, 2003–About 1:29 p.m.

Preliminary Report: GPWS warning preceded approach crash

BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19 CRJ-100ER, BREST, FRANCE, JUNE 22, 2003–Air France Flight 5672 departed Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) in France a

Final Report: Disoriented in fog, pilot crashed Learjet 25 on takeoff

LEARJET 25, ITHACA, N.Y., AUG.

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Factual Report: Learjet 25 couldn't get airborne

GATES LEARJET 25B, PITTSBURGH, PA., NOV.

Embraer plays down gearup landing

An Embraer 170 prototype accidentally landed with the gear retracted at the company’s Gaviao Peixoto test complex in Brazil on August 17.

Bizjet accidents raise community concerns

Two business jet accidents within two weeks at Groton-New London Airport, Conn., have renewed safety concerns and allegations by local residents of a lack

Low-altitude steep bank preceded Learjet crash

The NTSB is about a month into its investigation of the fatal crash of a Learjet 35 that was attempting to land at Groton New London Airport in Connecticut

NTSB: Hawker Crashed on Go-around

The East Coast Jets-operated Hawker 800A that crashed Thursday morning at Owatonna (Minn.) Degner Regional Airport, killing all eight on board, briefly tou

Cure sought for ramp-rash incidents

If you’re the kind of pilot who relishes the moment when you flee the FBO in the crew car for a round of golf or a night on the town, there is a phalanx of

Fatal bizav accidents increase in first half of year

The number of people killed in turbine business airplane accidents across all segments increased in the first half of this year compared with the first six

Runway incursions down in first half

The recently released FAA half-year report shows runway incursions dropped from 166 in the first six months of last year to 158 in the same period this yea

Fairchild Metro crash in Kenya kills 14

A chartered Fairchild Metro on a safari flight crashed on Mt.

Cessna 402 crash near Bahamas claims two

It was a honeymoon gone bad.

Charter operator settles wrongful-death lawsuit

A wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by the families of three of the 15 passengers killed in the crash of a Gulfstream III attempti

Misrigged elevator and tail-heavy condition spelled doom for 1900D

When a noticeably tail-heavy Air Midwest Beech 1900D lifted off from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, N.C., on the morning of January 8, the twin t

TEB crash prompts NTSB safety recommendation

The NTSB issued safety recommendations A-08-48 and -49 on July 17 warning that pilots may decide to abort takeoffs in Bombardier Challengers if the pilots

U.S. judge dismisses wrongful death suit in Brazilian midair

Wrongful-death suits brought on behalf of family members of passengers and crew killed in the 2006 midair between an Embraer Legacy and a Brazilian Gol 737

Preliminary Report: Cargo flight fata for pilot

Bombardier DHC-6 Twin Otter 100, Hyannis, Mass., June 18, 2008–The Wiggins Airways Twin Otter was substantially damaged when it crashed during takeoff from

Preliminary Report: EMS flight crashes in forest

Bell 407, Huntsville, Texas, June 8, 2008–Four people–the pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic and a patient–were killed when the EMS Bell 407 crashed in

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