2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Gordon Gilbert

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Witnesses said twinjet had trouble climbing before it hit a power line and crashed

NTSB Starts Probe of Citation II Fatal Accident in Texas

Matt Thurber

Both pilots survived after the jet was destroyed in a post-crash fire

Pilots Report Comms Failure in Citation X+ Crash

Charles Alcock

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

Second-in-command pilot was not type rated in the business jet

Crew Error Caused Premier I Fatal Crash in Malaysia

Kerry Lynch

Sydney Bosmans helped two passengers escape safely from a burning aircraft

NBAA To Honor Flight Attendant for Saving Lives of Two Passengers

Chad Trautvetter

Turboprop single experienced altitude oscillations just before crash

AOPA ASI Issues Early Analysis of PC-12 Crash in Wyoming

David Jack Kenny

Preliminary and final accident reports, August 2024

Business Aircraft Accident Reports: August 2024

Aircraft was en route to Moscow from Thailand when it reported low fuel

Low Fuel Leads to Falcon 10 Crash in Afghanistan

Deaths from turboprop crashes also declined

Global Bizjet Accident Fatalities Fall in 1H2024

Martha Jercinovich

Preliminary and final accident reports, July 2024

Business Aircraft Accident Reports: July 2024

The NTSB final report was inconclusive about why the jet was unable to rotate

Aspen Takeoff Overrun Followed Instantaneous Wind Call 

Jet's location has been a mystery since it crashed in 1971

Missing Bizjet Wreckage Found in Lake Champlain

News and information about crew, passenger, aircraft and airport security issues.

Essential news and analysis on the defense aerospace business. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs and requirements in military aircraft (manned and unmanned), engines, avionics, weapons and associated systems, including ground-based air defense.

Wreckage of the Malawi Defence Force twin turboprop was found in a mountainous area 

Malawi's Vice President Killed in Aircraft Crash

Richard Pedicini

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

The federal judge ruled that too much time had passed to sentence the American pilots

Amazon Legacy 600 Midair Collision Case Closed

Preliminary and final accident reports, June 2024

Business Aircraft Accident Reports: June 2024

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

The Bell 212  was part of a convoy of three

Iran Confirms Helicopter Crash Killed Its President

Sarah Rose

Pilot flew while intoxicated last December

Kentucky Aeromed Helo Pilot Sentenced for Flying Drunk

The preliminary accident report shows a series of autopilot engagements and disengagements

NTSB: TBM 700 Crashed while Maneuvering for Landing

Missing hardware led the NTSB to conclude that pilots and maintenance personnel performed "inadequate inspections"

R44 Crash Final Report Cites Maintenance Errors

Preliminary and final accident reports, May 2024

Business Aircraft Accident Reports: May 2024

Animation uses ATC transcripts and NTSB documentation to depict the accident sequence

AOPA Institute Takes Closer Look at CL605 Truckee Crash

Accidents