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News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Preliminary Report: Turboprop returns to airport after control problems

BEECH BE1900D, MILWAUKEE, WIS., JUNE 7, 2003–At 2 p.m.

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August 12, 2008

Preliminary Report: Cessna Twin goes down on approach

CESSNA 414, FORT MYERS, FLA., JUNE 26, 2003–According to the Lee County, Fla.

Accidents

August 12, 2008

Preliminary Report: Agusta hits hill following tail-rotor separation

AGUSTA A109K2, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JUNE 7, 2003–Agusta N123RX, operated by IHC Hospitals and piloted by an ATP-rated pilot, was destroye

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August 12, 2008

Preliminary Report: EC 120 crash a mystery

EUROCOPTER EC 120B, BOONVILLE, MO., JUNE 25, 2003–Eurocopter N298HS was destroyed when it crashed at about 10:45 p.m.

Accidents

August 12, 2008

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Preliminary Report: Cessna Twin overruns runway

CESSNA 414, NEWPORT, R.I., JUNE 29, 2003– Cessna Chancellor N2UD was substantially damaged at approximately 1:05 p.m.

Accidents

August 12, 2008

Preliminary Report: Botched practice autorotation

BELL 206L-4, AURORA, COLO., MAY 8, 2003–At 5:15 p.m.

Accidents

August 12, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Indian helo crash claims 27

In one of the highest death tolls from a civil helicopter crash in recent memory, 27 offshore oil workers as well as the crew of a Mil Mi-172 were killed A

Accidents

August 11, 2008

Bell says V-22 incident is 'nonevent'

The history of the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey military tiltrotor is that of the rankest of Hollywood cliffhangers.

Accidents

August 11, 2008

News Note: Hughes 500 crash claims 3

A family of three were killed July 19 when the Hughes 500 helicopter they had chartered for a sightseeing flight over the Kentish countryside crashed short

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Preliminary Report: CRJ crew has bad vibrations

BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19, CHATTANOOGA, TENN., MAY 8, 2003–At approximately 12:28 p.m.

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Preliminary Report: Learjet 45 suffers birdstrike

BOMBARDIER LEARJET 45, MILAN, ITALY, JUNE 1, 2003–At approximately 3:26 p.m., Learjet 45 (I-ERJC), operated by Linate-based air-taxi opera

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Preliminary Report: Twinstar crashes on takeoff

AEROSPATIALE AS 355F1, MADISON, FLA., JUNE 11, 2003–About 1:29 p.m.

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Preliminary Report: GPWS warning preceded approach crash

BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19 CRJ-100ER, BREST, FRANCE, JUNE 22, 2003–Air France Flight 5672 departed Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) in France a

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Final Report: Disoriented in fog, pilot crashed Learjet 25 on takeoff

LEARJET 25, ITHACA, N.Y., AUG.

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Factual Report: Learjet 25 couldn't get airborne

GATES LEARJET 25B, PITTSBURGH, PA., NOV.

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Embraer plays down gearup landing

An Embraer 170 prototype accidentally landed with the gear retracted at the company’s Gaviao Peixoto test complex in Brazil on August 17.

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Bizjet accidents raise community concerns

Two business jet accidents within two weeks at Groton-New London Airport, Conn., have renewed safety concerns and allegations by local residents of a lack

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Low-altitude steep bank preceded Learjet crash

The NTSB is about a month into its investigation of the fatal crash of a Learjet 35 that was attempting to land at Groton New London Airport in Connecticut

Accidents

August 5, 2008

NTSB: Hawker Crashed on Go-around

The East Coast Jets-operated Hawker 800A that crashed Thursday morning at Owatonna (Minn.) Degner Regional Airport, killing all eight on board, briefly tou

Accidents

August 5, 2008

Cure sought for ramp-rash incidents

If you’re the kind of pilot who relishes the moment when you flee the FBO in the crew car for a round of golf or a night on the town, there is a phalanx of

Accidents

August 4, 2008

Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Latest

Preliminary Report: Turboprop returns to airport after control problems

BEECH BE1900D, MILWAUKEE, WIS., JUNE 7, 2003–At 2 p.m.

Preliminary Report: Cessna Twin goes down on approach

CESSNA 414, FORT MYERS, FLA., JUNE 26, 2003–According to the Lee County, Fla.

Preliminary Report: Agusta hits hill following tail-rotor separation

AGUSTA A109K2, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JUNE 7, 2003–Agusta N123RX, operated by IHC Hospitals and piloted by an ATP-rated pilot, was destroye

Preliminary Report: EC 120 crash a mystery

EUROCOPTER EC 120B, BOONVILLE, MO., JUNE 25, 2003–Eurocopter N298HS was destroyed when it crashed at about 10:45 p.m.

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Preliminary Report: Cessna Twin overruns runway

CESSNA 414, NEWPORT, R.I., JUNE 29, 2003– Cessna Chancellor N2UD was substantially damaged at approximately 1:05 p.m.

Preliminary Report: Botched practice autorotation

BELL 206L-4, AURORA, COLO., MAY 8, 2003–At 5:15 p.m.

Rotorcraft Update: Indian helo crash claims 27

In one of the highest death tolls from a civil helicopter crash in recent memory, 27 offshore oil workers as well as the crew of a Mil Mi-172 were killed A

Bell says V-22 incident is 'nonevent'

The history of the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey military tiltrotor is that of the rankest of Hollywood cliffhangers.

News Note: Hughes 500 crash claims 3

A family of three were killed July 19 when the Hughes 500 helicopter they had chartered for a sightseeing flight over the Kentish countryside crashed short

Preliminary Report: CRJ crew has bad vibrations

BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19, CHATTANOOGA, TENN., MAY 8, 2003–At approximately 12:28 p.m.

Preliminary Report: Learjet 45 suffers birdstrike

BOMBARDIER LEARJET 45, MILAN, ITALY, JUNE 1, 2003–At approximately 3:26 p.m., Learjet 45 (I-ERJC), operated by Linate-based air-taxi opera

Preliminary Report: Twinstar crashes on takeoff

AEROSPATIALE AS 355F1, MADISON, FLA., JUNE 11, 2003–About 1:29 p.m.

Preliminary Report: GPWS warning preceded approach crash

BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19 CRJ-100ER, BREST, FRANCE, JUNE 22, 2003–Air France Flight 5672 departed Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) in France a

Final Report: Disoriented in fog, pilot crashed Learjet 25 on takeoff

LEARJET 25, ITHACA, N.Y., AUG.

Factual Report: Learjet 25 couldn't get airborne

GATES LEARJET 25B, PITTSBURGH, PA., NOV.

Embraer plays down gearup landing

An Embraer 170 prototype accidentally landed with the gear retracted at the company’s Gaviao Peixoto test complex in Brazil on August 17.

Bizjet accidents raise community concerns

Two business jet accidents within two weeks at Groton-New London Airport, Conn., have renewed safety concerns and allegations by local residents of a lack

Low-altitude steep bank preceded Learjet crash

The NTSB is about a month into its investigation of the fatal crash of a Learjet 35 that was attempting to land at Groton New London Airport in Connecticut

NTSB: Hawker Crashed on Go-around

The East Coast Jets-operated Hawker 800A that crashed Thursday morning at Owatonna (Minn.) Degner Regional Airport, killing all eight on board, briefly tou

Cure sought for ramp-rash incidents

If you’re the kind of pilot who relishes the moment when you flee the FBO in the crew car for a round of golf or a night on the town, there is a phalanx of

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