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Preliminary Report: Birds Down Falcon 20

Dassault Falcon 20D, Lorain, Ohio, Sept.
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Preliminary Report: MU-2 Crashes Short of Runway

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, West Memphis, Ark., Sept.
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Preliminary Report: New Orleans Photo Flight Hits House

Bell 206B JetRanger, New Orleans, Sept.
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Preliminary Repot: Swearingen Aborts Takeoff

Swearingen SA-227-AC Metro, Brownsville, Texas, Sept.
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Preliminary Report: Astar Crashes in Ocean

Eurocopter AS 350BA, Lihue, Hawaii, Sept.
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Preliminary Report: Learjet Strikes Runway Lights

Learjet 35A, Bellville, Mich., Sept.
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Preliminary Report: Sikorsky S-7 Crashes in Baltic Sea

Sikorsky S-76, Tallinn, Estonia, Aug.
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Preliminary Report: Premier I landing gear collapses

Raytheon Premier I, Rockland, Maine, Sept.
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Preliminary Report: Three Killed in Offshore Accident

Agusta 109A II, Shoreline, Wash., Sept.
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Final Report: Birds Blamed

Rockwell International NA-265-80 Sabreliner, Brownwood, Texas, May 9, 2005–The NTSB blamed bird ingestion for the damage to the first-stage compress
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Final Report: Pilot failed to maintain proper climb rate

Beech King Air C90A, Salt Lake City, Dec.
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Final Report: Mechanical Failure

Learjet 25B, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec.
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Final Report: Pilot did not maintain control in icing

Cessna Caravan 208B, Bellevue, Idaho, Dec.
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Factual Report: Pilot lost control on takeoff

Beech King Air 200, Bay View, Texas, Dec.
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Final Report: King Air Ran Out of Fuel

Raytheon Beech B200 King Air, Tulsa, Okla., Dec.
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Final Report: Fuel Exhaustion Downed Another King Air

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

Final Report: VFR Flight Into IMC Blamed for Mountain Crash

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
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Strategies, Options & Perspectives: June 2005

Like the flu and other nasty bugs, the user-fee virus is making its periodic appearance as Congress considers FAA reauthorization, up for renewal in 2007.
Regulations and Government

NTSB includes Part 91K in call for improved GA statistics

How accurate are the NTSB’s published general aviation accident rate statistics and related data? Not accurate enough, according to the Safety Board.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Insurance Competitors Merge

Former insurance competitors Aero Insurance and AirSure have merged to form what officials say is now the “largest general aviation insurance broker in the
Charter & Fractional

NetJets pilots reach accord

Four years after their contract became “amendable,” the unionized NetJets pilots may finally have a new work agreement.
ATC

Myths and facts enshrouding the FAA’s STMP slot program

“We use the standard slot system like everyone else,” said a NetJets official in response to an AIN inquiry about how the frax operator gets slots u
Aircraft

New Jet Single to be Unveiled at NBAA

Look for a new single-engine jet to be unveiled at the NBAA Convention this month.
Airports

Port Authority prepares to battle FAA over TEB access

A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) told AIN its chairman, Anthony Coscia, would use “whatever means necessary,”
Charter & Fractional

Mustang Not For Air-Limo Network

Few if any Mustang orders are for very light (VLJ) jet air-limo operators, and Cessna seems neither surprised nor alarmed.
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Union Drive Strengthening

Three of the five Flight Options pilots who have been trying to organize the fractional pilot group under IBT Local 1108 (the same union that represents Ne
ATC

FAA Addressing Snowbird Congestion

With input from NBAA, the FAA has taken steps it hopes will reduce air traffic congestion between the Northeast and Florida.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

FAA Asks IRS to Suspend Fuel Tax

Business aviation groups welcomed a letter from the FAA to the commissioner of internal revenue asking him to suspend implementation of new fuel tax rules
Aircraft

Avanti II Awarded EASA Certification

Piaggio received EASA certification for the Avanti II, an upgraded version of the turboprop twin.
Regulations and Government

AOPA fighting against permanent D.C. ADIZ

As the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) mounted a “national pilot alert” against the proposed permanent air defense identification zone (ADIZ)