Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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First AW169 Crash Kills Five

Kills Thai Billionaire, Four Others

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October 29, 2018

Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 Crashes into Java Sea

Authorities fear none of 189 on board survived

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October 29, 2018

Pilatus Dedicates Completions Center in Broomfield

The facility will house completions activities for both the PC-12 NG and PC-24, in addition to spares and administrative offices.

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October 23, 2018

NBAA Study: Single Pilot Ops Lead in Accidents

Approximately 2,013 of the 7,457 accidents studied were attributable to aircraft with a flight crew of one.

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October 17, 2018

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Pilot Error Deemed Likely Cause of Near Disaster at SFO

NTSB says crew didn’t know of runway closure as they tried to land on taxiway

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October 11, 2018

NTSB: Crew in Falcon 50 Crash Not Qualified

Both pilots died in the accident and the two passengers suffered critical injuries.

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October 8, 2018

Accidents: October 2018

Preliminary and final reports

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October 3, 2018

Regulators Mandate More Inspections for 737NG Fan Blades

New ADs from the FAA and EASA require that CFM56-7B fan-blade repetitive-inspection intervals be cut from 3,000 cycles to 1,600

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October 1, 2018

Crew Killed in Falcon 50 Overrun at GMU

The trijet went down a nearly 40-foot drop-off and through a perimeter fence before coming to rest across a road, with the nose severed from the fuselage.

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September 28, 2018

Airbus A330-900 Gains EASA Certification

First delivery to launch customer TAP Air Portugal expected next month

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September 26, 2018

Russia Modernizes Syrian Defenses in the Wake of Il-20 Shootdown

The unintentional shootdown of a Russian spyplane highighted the inability of Syria's air defenses to identify aircraft during an air raid scenario

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September 25, 2018

GIV Aligns To Land on Taxiway, Narrowly Misses Airliner

At the time of the approach, the Runway 35 runway end identifier lights and the precision approach path indicator lights were out of service.

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September 17, 2018

NTSB Probes Uncontained Engine Failure Aboard Delta 757

No injuries reported as crew returns aircraft to Atlanta

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September 6, 2018

Aviaa Signs Patriots Jet as UPRT Partner

Patriots Jet Team provides full-envelope UPRT training in Sabreliner 60 jets.

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September 4, 2018

Accidents: September 2018

Preliminary and final reports

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September 2, 2018

EASA Reports Zero Bizjet Accidents in 2017

Over the preceding 10 years large business jets had the lowest mean number of fatal accidents in Europe.

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August 28, 2018

Utah Man Crashes CitationJet into Home Following Arrest

Duane Youd flew his employer’s jet into his house hours after being arrested for domestic assault in the second apparent suicide-by-airplane in four days.

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August 14, 2018

NTSB Issues Recommendations on Low-level Turbulence

Recommendations intended to improve its reporting of low-level turbulence and the training of NWS forecasters.

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August 13, 2018

Horizon Airlines Worker Steals, Later Crashes Q400

Richard Russell stole a parked regional airliner Friday evening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and flew more than an hour before crashing.

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August 12, 2018

France Continues Judicial Probe into MH370 Disappearance

Final safety investigation report released by Malaysian government last month.

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August 10, 2018