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New training for MU-2 reduces accident rate

In 2008, the FAA <link ain-and-ainalerts/ainalerts/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/faa-finalizes-mandatory-mu-2-training-sfar/?no_cache=1&tx_ttne

Aircraft

January 27, 2010

FAA Warns of Fire Extinguisher Dangers

The FAA is seeking comments on an Airworthiness Directive aimed at contaminated Halon 1211 used in some handheld cabin fire extinguishers.

Safety

January 26, 2010

ARG/US Endorses IS-BAO as Standard

Aviation Research Group/US (ARG/US) is endorsing the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) as the “one standard that all operato

Safety

January 26, 2010

To meet ICAO standards, firms seek IS-BAO audits

As the clock ticks toward the November compliance date for ICAO’s Annex 6 Part II, which contains standards and recommended practices for international ope

Safety

January 26, 2010

Videos

NTSB Expands Accident/Incident Reporting Rules

Effective March 8, the NTSB is amending its reporting requirements for aviation inciden

Safety

January 12, 2010

2009 Bizav Accidents Decrease as Flight Hours Decline

As flight activity last year declined from that of the previous year, so too did the number of U.S.

Safety

January 7, 2010

Hot section Torqued: Lessons for 2010

One year’s end always gets me thinking about the past 12 months and my hopes for the year to come.

Safety

December 29, 2009

Alertness management coming soon for HEMS

At hearings last month members of the Senate Aviation Operations subcommittee pressured FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt to speed the agency’s rewrite of re

Safety

December 29, 2009

NPRM targets safety plans for repair stations

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to establish requirements for FAA-certified repair stati

Safety

December 29, 2009

NTSB criticizes FAA action on runway safety

While NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman lauded controllers and pilots for an improving runway incursion rate in the U.S., she took the FAA to task for its dith

Safety

December 28, 2009

More Operators Pass ACSF Charter Audit Muster

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) announced that three more aircraft charter operators passed its “industry audit standard” and achieved “registered

Safety

December 28, 2009

FAA Won’t Meet Its Own Deadline for New Fatigue Rules

As the anniversary of the Feb.

Safety

December 21, 2009

Comprehensive Charter Safety Review Issued by ACSF

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) late last week released its first accident and incident review of the Part 135 on-demand air charter industry.

Charter & Fractional

December 15, 2009

NTSB Data Show Loose Line a Common Crash Cause

On November 1, a Bell LongRanger operated by Rotorcraft Leasing was taking off from oil-drilling platform High Island A442A in the Gulf of Mexico en route

Safety

December 2, 2009

FAA Puts the Freeze on Takeoffs with Polished Frost

The FAA yesterday issued a final rule that prohibits Part 91K, 135 and 121 operators from taking off with “polished frost”–meaning frost buffed to make it

Safety

December 1, 2009

Helo Accident Rate Drops

In 2005 the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) was formed with the ambitious goal of reducing helicopter accidents 80 percent by 2016.

Safety

November 24, 2009

EMS crash underscores value of risk assessment

When a veteran EMS helicopter pilot, probably thinking he was running out of options, decided to dive under a cloud deck to look for the ground, he crashed

Safety

November 24, 2009

TSB Critiques CBAA Oversight in 2007 Crash

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) last month released the<link http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2007/a07a0134/a07a0134.asp blind

Safety

November 23, 2009

Babbitt to regional execs: add FOQA and ASAP

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt called on members of the Regional Airline Association (RAA) to participate in voluntary safety information programs such as

Safety

November 23, 2009

NTSB Urges Upset Training for Charter/Frax Pilots

As the result of the crash of an aeromedical Cessna Citation 550 into Lake Michigan more than two years ago, the NTSB has recommended that the FAA require

Safety

November 3, 2009

Safety

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

Latest

New training for MU-2 reduces accident rate

In 2008, the FAA <link ain-and-ainalerts/ainalerts/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/faa-finalizes-mandatory-mu-2-training-sfar/?no_cache=1&tx_ttne

FAA Warns of Fire Extinguisher Dangers

The FAA is seeking comments on an Airworthiness Directive aimed at contaminated Halon 1211 used in some handheld cabin fire extinguishers.

ARG/US Endorses IS-BAO as Standard

Aviation Research Group/US (ARG/US) is endorsing the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) as the “one standard that all operato

To meet ICAO standards, firms seek IS-BAO audits

As the clock ticks toward the November compliance date for ICAO’s Annex 6 Part II, which contains standards and recommended practices for international ope

Videos

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NTSB Expands Accident/Incident Reporting Rules

Effective March 8, the NTSB is amending its reporting requirements for aviation inciden

2009 Bizav Accidents Decrease as Flight Hours Decline

As flight activity last year declined from that of the previous year, so too did the number of U.S.

Hot section Torqued: Lessons for 2010

One year’s end always gets me thinking about the past 12 months and my hopes for the year to come.

Alertness management coming soon for HEMS

At hearings last month members of the Senate Aviation Operations subcommittee pressured FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt to speed the agency’s rewrite of re

NPRM targets safety plans for repair stations

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to establish requirements for FAA-certified repair stati

NTSB criticizes FAA action on runway safety

While NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman lauded controllers and pilots for an improving runway incursion rate in the U.S., she took the FAA to task for its dith

More Operators Pass ACSF Charter Audit Muster

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) announced that three more aircraft charter operators passed its “industry audit standard” and achieved “registered

FAA Won’t Meet Its Own Deadline for New Fatigue Rules

As the anniversary of the Feb.

Comprehensive Charter Safety Review Issued by ACSF

The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) late last week released its first accident and incident review of the Part 135 on-demand air charter industry.

NTSB Data Show Loose Line a Common Crash Cause

On November 1, a Bell LongRanger operated by Rotorcraft Leasing was taking off from oil-drilling platform High Island A442A in the Gulf of Mexico en route

FAA Puts the Freeze on Takeoffs with Polished Frost

The FAA yesterday issued a final rule that prohibits Part 91K, 135 and 121 operators from taking off with “polished frost”–meaning frost buffed to make it

Helo Accident Rate Drops

In 2005 the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) was formed with the ambitious goal of reducing helicopter accidents 80 percent by 2016.

EMS crash underscores value of risk assessment

When a veteran EMS helicopter pilot, probably thinking he was running out of options, decided to dive under a cloud deck to look for the ground, he crashed

TSB Critiques CBAA Oversight in 2007 Crash

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) last month released the<link http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2007/a07a0134/a07a0134.asp blind

Babbitt to regional execs: add FOQA and ASAP

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt called on members of the Regional Airline Association (RAA) to participate in voluntary safety information programs such as

NTSB Urges Upset Training for Charter/Frax Pilots

As the result of the crash of an aeromedical Cessna Citation 550 into Lake Michigan more than two years ago, the NTSB has recommended that the FAA require

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