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Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation Excel suffers door failure

Cessna 560XL Excel, White Plains, N.Y., May 28, 2010–The twinjet, operated by NetJets, sustained minor damage when the main cabin door ope
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air nosegear fails

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, Fort Worth, Texas, June 3, 2010–The King Air, owned and operated by the FAA, was substantially damaged whe
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Casa crash claims billionaire

Casa C-212 Aviocar, Republic of Congo, June 19, 2010–The unpressurized turboprop twin was carrying Australian mining magnate Ken Talbot when it crashed int
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Grand Caravan downed in Mexico

Cessna 208B, Felipe Carillo Puerto, Mexico, June 13, 2010–The Mexican-registered Grand Caravan was destroyed and the two crew and seven pa
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Reported engine problem downs King Air

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B100, Quebec City, Canada, June 23, 2010–After the pilot reported experiencing problems with the right engine o
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Taxiing trouble sinks seaplane

Cessna 208 Caravan, Little Peconic Bay, N.Y., June 17, 2010–The float-equipped Caravan was taxiing in rough water and high winds after lan
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Engine problem forces emergency landing

Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Beagle Bay, Australia, Jan.
Accidents

Final Report: Engine shutdown felled UK Citation

Cessna Citation 500, London, UK, March 8, 2008–A missing rivet head on a fuel shutoff valve likely caused an inadvertent engine shut
Charter & Fractional

Touching Basesd: Solairus grows in the large-cabin market

Solairus Aviation has added six large-cabin jets to its managed charter aircraft portfolio, including a Gulfstream G550 and Bombardier Challenger 601-3R.
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot disorientation blamed in King Air crash

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200C, North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands, Feb.
Charter & Fractional

Touching Bases: Dozens of charter companies plan ACSF audits

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) will conduct audits of 30 Part 135 charter operators this year, adding to the 12 that have thus far been audited.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Execujet opens office in Toluca

ExecuJet has opened an office at Toluca Airport in Mexico to support its maintenance, charter/management and sales activities.
Regulations and Government

Touching Bases: DOT plans rulemaking to clarify role of charter brokers

The Department of Transportation is planning to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking later this year covering the activities of air charter brokers
Regulations and Government

Touching Bases: DOT plans rulemaking to clarify role of charter brokers

The Department of Transportation is planning to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking later this year covering the activities of air charter brokers
Accidents

Final Report: Manufacturing flaw LED to rotor blade crack

Bell 206L-3, Abilene, Texas, March 29, 2009–The NTSB determined the fatigue crack in the trailing edge of a main rotor blade was caused by
Accidents

Final Report: Control loss blamed in runway excursion

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Amarillo, Texas, Feb.
Regulations and Government

Compliance Countdown: August 2010

Compliance_Countdown_August_2010.pdf PDF.
Aircraft

Falcon 900LX wins EASA, FAA certification

Dassault’s Falcon 900LX, the newest member of the Falcon line, has won certification from both the EASA and FAA.  The large-cabin 900LX i
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Maintenance and Modifications

New group offers MRO coverage

Aviation Alliance Insurance Risk Retention Group (AAIRRG), an entity that provides product liability insurance exclusively for Arsa member repair stations,
ATC

DOT IG: NextGen Could Face Delays

A DOT Inspector General report warns that the FAA is facing several challenges that could delay its transition plan to NextGen.
Maintenance and Modifications

AD Proposed for Gulfstream G200 Airbrakes

The FAA issued a proposed Airworthiness Directive regarding the use of airbrakes on the Gulfstream G200/IAI Galaxy.
Safety

FSF Updates Alar Tool Kit

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) released an updated version of its Approach-and-Landing Accident Reduction (Alar) tool kit, complete with a new section
Charter & Fractional

Executive AirShare Gets Frax Phenom 300

Kansas City-based fractional provider Executive AirShare took delivery of the first Embraer Phenom 300 for its fractional fleet last month.
Regulations and Government

NTSB fills vacant slots

With the swearing in of Mark Rosekind and Earl Weener as members of the NTSB on June 30, the investigative body reached its full complement of five for the
Accidents

Tuboprop safety declines as bizav activity picks up

As U.S.-registered business aircraft have begun to fly more hours compared with last year, accidents (at least those involving turboprops) have been on the
Aircraft

First Learjet 85 Fuselage Manufactured

Bombardier Aerospace has built the first all-composite manufacturing validation unit (MVU) for the Learjet 85’s pressure vessel.
FBOs

Argus Unveils TraqPak FBO Product

Argus launched a new Web-based aircraft tracking system for FBOs last month.
Avionics

AD Proposed for Eclipse 500 EFIS

A proposed Airworthiness Directive for Eclipse 500s would require changes to the electronic flight information system and the airplane flight manuals.
Sustainability and Environment

$125M Awarded for ‘Cleen’ Aircraft Engines

The FAA awarded contracts valued at $125 million to several manufacturers to develop and demonstrate technologies that will reduce jet aircraft fuel c