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News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Final Report: Ice blamed in Flight Options flameout

Hawker Beechcraft Beechjet 400, Jacksonville, Fla., Nov.

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Final Reports: Poor planned blamed in crash

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A90-1, Tampa, Fla., June 12, 2006–The captain’s poor in-flight planning and his failure to establish the airplane on a stabilize

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Final Reports: Pilot lifted gear

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Travis AFB, Calif., May 16, 2008–The accident was caused by the pilot’s inadvertently raising the King Air’s landing gear

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July 30, 2008

Final Reports: Crew unaware of wind shear warning

Cessna 650 Citation III, Atlantic City, N.J., Oct.

Accidents

July 30, 2008

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Final Reports: Cargo door opened in flight

Cessna CitationJet 525, Van Nuys, Calif., Jan.

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Medevac helicopters collide over Arizona

Neither of the two medevac Bell 407s that collided in midair June 29 over Flagstaff, Ariz., was equipped with TCAS or any kind of cockpit voice or data rec

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Airline To Stand Trial for Manslaughter

A French judge last month ordered Continental Airlines and five people–including aircraft designers, maintenance technicians and one civil aviation authori

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: This year's second Salt Lake City-area aeromed crash claims pilot

Searchers scouring the ground near the impact site of an Agusta A109K2 operated for Salt Lake City’s Latter Day Saints Hospital have found the part suspect

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Oscars cameraman awarded $13 million

A former Los Angeles-area TV cameraman who was badly hurt when the helicopter he was riding in crashed while he was covering the 2000 Academy Awards 

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Hawaiian air-tour accident claims family and pilot

The fiery wastelands of Hawaii’s vast volcano fields, among the world’s biggest and most violently active, are one of the Pacific Rim’s biggest tourist att

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Final Report: Cheyenne CFIT accident

Piper PA-31T1, Graham, Texas, Nov 12, 2001–The NTSB determined the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to discontinue the approach afte

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Final Report: King Air spins in

Beech King Air B90, San Jon, N.M., May 14, 2001–The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot’s failure to mai

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Final Report: MU-2 goes down following engine failure

Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, The Woodlands, Texas, May 1, 2001–The NTSB determined that the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to maintain air

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Preliminary Report: TBM 700 crashes on approach

Socata TBM 700B, Mobile, Ala., April 24, 2003–At 8:12 p.m.

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Preliminary Report: Eurocopter damaged in water collision

EUROCOPTER AS 350B2, VENICE, LA., MARCH 6, 2003–At 7:20 a.m.

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Preliminary Report: Hilltop takeoff mishap

AEROSPATIALE SA341G, ALPINE, TEXAS, MARCH 6, 2003–At 11:15 a.m.

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Preliminary Report: Wright replica hits trees

Virginia Aviation Wright Model B, Midland, Va., May 19, 2003–At 8:20 p.m.

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Preliminary Report: King Air veers off runway

Beech King Air 300, Houston, Texas, May 18, 2003–At 9:30 a.m.

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Preliminary Report: Birds may have brought down Learjet 45

Learjet 45, Milan, Italy, June 1, 2003–Learjet 45 I-ERJC, owned and operated by Eurojet Italia, crashed into a warehouse near a road on th

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Preliminary Report: King Air loses footing on landing approach

Beech King Air 200C, Coffs Harbour Aerodrome, New South Wales, Australia, May 15, 2003–At 10:50 a.m.

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Latest

Final Report: Ice blamed in Flight Options flameout

Hawker Beechcraft Beechjet 400, Jacksonville, Fla., Nov.

Final Reports: Poor planned blamed in crash

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A90-1, Tampa, Fla., June 12, 2006–The captain’s poor in-flight planning and his failure to establish the airplane on a stabilize

Final Reports: Pilot lifted gear

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Travis AFB, Calif., May 16, 2008–The accident was caused by the pilot’s inadvertently raising the King Air’s landing gear

Final Reports: Crew unaware of wind shear warning

Cessna 650 Citation III, Atlantic City, N.J., Oct.

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Final Reports: Cargo door opened in flight

Cessna CitationJet 525, Van Nuys, Calif., Jan.

Medevac helicopters collide over Arizona

Neither of the two medevac Bell 407s that collided in midair June 29 over Flagstaff, Ariz., was equipped with TCAS or any kind of cockpit voice or data rec

Airline To Stand Trial for Manslaughter

A French judge last month ordered Continental Airlines and five people–including aircraft designers, maintenance technicians and one civil aviation authori

Rotorcraft Update: This year's second Salt Lake City-area aeromed crash claims pilot

Searchers scouring the ground near the impact site of an Agusta A109K2 operated for Salt Lake City’s Latter Day Saints Hospital have found the part suspect

Rotorcraft Update: Oscars cameraman awarded $13 million

A former Los Angeles-area TV cameraman who was badly hurt when the helicopter he was riding in crashed while he was covering the 2000 Academy Awards&nbsp;

Rotorcraft Update: Hawaiian air-tour accident claims family and pilot

The fiery wastelands of Hawaii’s vast volcano fields, among the world’s biggest and most violently active, are one of the Pacific Rim’s biggest tourist att

Final Report: Cheyenne CFIT accident

Piper PA-31T1, Graham, Texas, Nov 12, 2001–The NTSB determined the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to discontinue the approach afte

Final Report: King Air spins in

Beech King Air B90, San Jon, N.M., May 14, 2001–The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot’s failure to mai

Final Report: MU-2 goes down following engine failure

Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, The Woodlands, Texas, May 1, 2001–The NTSB determined that the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to maintain air

Preliminary Report: TBM 700 crashes on approach

Socata TBM 700B, Mobile, Ala., April 24, 2003–At 8:12 p.m.

Preliminary Report: Eurocopter damaged in water collision

EUROCOPTER AS 350B2, VENICE, LA., MARCH 6, 2003–At 7:20 a.m.

Preliminary Report: Hilltop takeoff mishap

AEROSPATIALE SA341G, ALPINE, TEXAS, MARCH 6, 2003–At 11:15 a.m.

Preliminary Report: Wright replica hits trees

Virginia Aviation Wright Model B, Midland, Va., May 19, 2003–At 8:20 p.m.

Preliminary Report: King Air veers off runway

Beech King Air 300, Houston, Texas, May 18, 2003–At 9:30 a.m.

Preliminary Report: Birds may have brought down Learjet 45

Learjet 45, Milan, Italy, June 1, 2003–Learjet 45 I-ERJC, owned and operated by Eurojet Italia, crashed into a warehouse near a road on th

Preliminary Report: King Air loses footing on landing approach

Beech King Air 200C, Coffs Harbour Aerodrome, New South Wales, Australia, May 15, 2003–At 10:50 a.m.

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