Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Accidents
Final Reports: OVERWEIGHT LANDING CAUSED CITATION ACCIDENT
Cessna CitationJet 525, Old Bridge, N.J., July 17, 2005–The NTSB blamed the crash of the Cessna CitationJet on the pilot’s improper preflight planni
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Preliminary Report: Prototype Sport-Jet cartwheels on takeoff
Excel-Jet Sport-Jet, Colorado Springs, Colo., June 23, 2006–Pilot James Stewart and mechanic John Welty were seriously injured when the prototype Sport-Jet
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Final Reports: BELOW-MINIMUMS LANDING DAMAGEd KING AIR
Raytheon Beech King Air 200, Dulles, Va., Oct.
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Final Report: UK AAIB FINDS NO CLEAR PROBABLE CAUSE
Reims Cessna F406, Inverness, Scotland, Oct.
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Preliminary Report: Takeoff crash kills MU-2 pilot
Mitsubishi MU-2, Fort Pierce, Fla., June 25, 2006–The pilot of MU-2 N316PR was killed when the airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Saint Lucie Coun
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Preliminary Report: Citation destroyed by fire after runway overrun
Cessna Citation 560 Ultra, Upland, Calif., June 24, 2006–The pilot of the Aero Charter Services Citation Ultra canceled his IFR clearance when he saw Cable
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Preliminary Report: Blowing dust obscures EMS pilot's vision
MBB BK 117, Ponce de Leon, Fla., June 22, 2006–Landing off airport, about 10 miles north of Ponce de Leon, the skid-equipped BK 117 hit trees and was subst
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Factual reports: Citation hydroplanes, runs off runway
Cessna 525 CitationJet, Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 16, 2006–Nashville Approach cleared the Interstate Warehousing CitationJet for a visual approach to Runway
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Final Report: GEARBOXES BLAMED In Eurocopter accident
Eurocopter AS 355F1, Andover, England, Dec.
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Factual Reports: EMS Westwind makes emergency landing
Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 Westwind, Georgetown, Bahamas, May 24, 2006– The Westwind ran off the side of the runway when making an emergency landing a
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Crash severely damages Sport-Jet
The sole Sport-Jet prototype crashed while taking off from the Colorado Springs Airport on June 22.
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328Jet Damaged in Abort Accident
The NTSB’s preliminary report of the June 3 accident involving a Dornier 328Jet, N328PD, that overran the runway and ended up on a street after an aborted
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Fatal Learjet Crash Under Investigation
At press time, the NTSB had not issued its preliminary report on the June 2 accident involving Learjet 35 N182K, which crashed in Baker Cove a few hundred
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Final Reports Posted on NTSB Web Site
The NTSB recently posted on its Web site final reports on its investigations into two fatal business jet accidents.
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Fatal King Air Crash Under Investigation
The NTSB is investigating the June 12 fatal crash of King Air A90 N7043G.
ATC
Crew, ATC cited in Learjet CFIT
In its final report released late last month, the NTSB concluded that a combination of flight crew and ATC deficiencies led to a controlled flight into ter
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Hawker goes out of control
The NTSB is investigating the May 4 upset of a Raytheon Aircraft-owned Hawker 800A near Lincoln, Neb., during a post-maintenance stall test.
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TWA 800... 10 years later: Putting the conspiracy theories to rest
Ten years ago this month our aviation community suffered its second major hull loss in two months.
Accidents
Report Shows False Data by MU-2 Pilot
The pilot of a Mitsubishi MU-2 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Portland-Hillsboro (Ore.) Airport in May last year had falsified his records, accord
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Montrose Crash Copilot Suing Bombardier
Eric Wicksell is suing Bombardier for negligence, claiming the Challenger 601 is defective because operating and training manuals didn’t disclose what he a
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737 freighter damaged in go-around accident
Bringing new meaning to “crash ’n’ dash,” a Boeing 737 suffered damage during a go-around at the attempted conclusion of a night freight flight from Liege,
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Citation crashes in Iowa cornfield
The NTSB has started an investigation into the fatal July 19 crash of Citation 560 N636SE near Cresco, Iowa.
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Data Shows Fewer Fatalities in First Half
Despite a rash of accidents in June involving U.S.-registered turbine business airplanes, there were fewer fatalities in the first six months of this year
