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Preliminiary Report: Narsarsuaq Diversion Downs Piaggio

Piaggio Avanti II, Greenland, Oct.
Accidents

Preliminiary Report: Metro Skids on Landing

Fairchild (M7 Aerospace is the current TC holder) Metro III, Somerset, Ky., Jan.
Accidents

Preliminiary Report: Socaca Damaged in Bad-Weather Landing

Socata TBM700, Truckee, Calif., Dec.
Accidents

Factual Report: Flawed Fan Blades Afflict Two Learjets

Bombardier Learjet 60, Palm Springs, Calif., March 31, 2007–N244X, operated by Jet Solutions, suffered a loss of power in its left engine while cruising at
Accidents

Factual Report: Fatal King Air Crash on Final

Hawker Beechcraft King Air F90, Egelsbach, Germany, Dec.
Accidents

Factual Report: Dutch PC-12 Crashes on Takeoff

Pilatus PC-12/47, Weert, The Netherlands, Oct.
Accidents

Factual Report: Landing Gear Collapses on Citation

Cessna 560XL, White Plains, N.Y., April 15, 2008–The Citation Excel was landing at Westchester County Airport when the left landing gear collapsed, followe
Accidents

Factual Report: Landing Gear Collapses on Citation

Cessna 560XL, White Plains, N.Y., April 15, 2008–The Citation Excel was landing at Westchester County Airport when the left landing gear collapsed, followe
Accidents

Factual Report: Landing Gear Collapses on Citation

Cessna 560XL, White Plains, N.Y., April 15, 2008–The Citation Excel was landing at Westchester County Airport when the left landing gear collapsed, followe
Accidents

Factual Report: Landing Gear Collapses on Citation

Cessna 560XL, White Plains, N.Y., April 15, 2008–The Citation Excel was landing at Westchester County Airport when the left landing gear collapsed, followe
Accidents

Final Report: Overloading Blamed in Fatal Helicopter Crash

Hughes 369D, Price, Utah, July 19, 2008–The pilot’s inadequate preflight performance planning for the takeoff and the loading (which exceeded the lift perf
Accidents

Final Report: Icy Runways Led to Two Jet Mishaps

Dassault Falcon 20, Jamestown, N.Y., Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: Cennected GPU Claims Longranger

Bell 206L-3, White Plains, N.Y., Aug.
Regulations and Government

Compliance Countdown: February 2010

AIN_Compliance_Countdown_Feb2010.pdf.
Aircraft

AIDC aims for greater role as aerospace sector supplier

Taiwan’s Aero Industrial Development Corp.
Aircraft

Bombardier’s Chinese ties tighten in C Series program

Given China’s standing as the world’s third largest market for commercial airplanes, it should have come as little surprise when Bombardier moved to consol
Safety

Hot Section Torque: FAA must focus on preventing overrun crashes

The underwear bomber’s abortive attempt to blow up a Northwest/Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit quickly overshadowed aviation’s other lucky break thi
Maintenance and Modifications

Mx industry weighs in on thorny issues for 2010

“The most significant issue facing the maintenance community in 2010 is financial sus- tainability,” Aaron Hilkemann, president of Duncan Aviation, told
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Service center opens for Embraer executive jets

Embraer has opened a service center dedicated exclusively to its executive jets at its headquarters in São José dos Campos.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: ARSA sets dates for annual repair symposium

The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) has set March 4 to 6 as the dates for its 2010 annual repair symposium.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: Hawker Beechcraft signs Hartzell Propeller deal

Hartzell Propeller has entered into a five-year agreement with Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) to be the exclusive provider of constant-speed propellers for all th
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: Twin Commander Aircraft relocates to East Coast

Twin Commander Aircraft has completed its relocation from Arlington, Wash., to Creedmoor, N.C.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: Southeast aerospace buys Global Aerospace Cunsulting

Global Aerospace Consulting, which provides design, integration, certification and aircraft technical publications, has been acquired by Southeast Aerospac
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: Flight safety and Wayfarer establish savings program

Under an agreement reached between Wayfarer Aviation and FlightSafety International, maintenance crew training will be discounted off FlightSafety’s
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: Falcon wing tank mod approval goes to StandardWero

StandardAero has become the first authorized independent service center in North America trained to perform wing tank (dry bay) modifications on the Dassau
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: Snap-on offers multimeter certification program

Snap-on Industrial is offering a multimeter certification program designed to meet the electrical monitoring requirements of technicians.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: BBA Aviation ERO establishes centers of excellance

BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul Group (ERO) is creating centers of excellence (COE) at each of its major repair and overhaul facilities in the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: Elite Aviation extends mx services to the public

Van Nuys, Calif.-based charter operator Elite Aviation has created a new division and is now offering its previously in-house maintenance services to the p
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot section: Fokker Services, Goodrich sign licensing agreement

A manufacturing license agreement has been signed between Fokker Services and Goodrich’s Landing Gear business for the future manufacturing and supply of F