2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Mary F. Silitch

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.

Eurocopter AS 350B2, Chickaloon, Alaska, April 15, 2008–Four people were killed and one seriously injured when the ERA Helicopters AS 350

Preliminary Report: Mountain crash fatal

Hawker Beechcraft 1900D, Page, Ariz., March 26, 2008–A cargo door opened just after takeoff at Page Municipal Airport and the Great Lakes

Preliminary Report: Cargo door opens on takeoff

Hawker Beechcraft Beech 1900C, Lihue, Hawaii, Jan.

Preliminary Report: Beech 1900 lost in Pacific

Cessna Citation II, Milwaukee, June 4, 2007–Pilots of the Citation II that crashed into Lake Michigan struggled to keep control of the air

Factual Report: Wiring suspected in medical flight

Eurocopter EC 120B, Gulf of Mexico, Feb.

Factual Report: Offshore helicopter crashed in Gulf

MD 369D, Columbus, Mont., May 28, 2007– The commercial pilot and one crewmember were seriously injured and a second crew-member was killed when the

Factual Report: Pipeline helo lost power

Embraer E170, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb.

Final Report: Fatigue a factor in landing accident

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90A, Emporia, Kan., Sept.

Final Report: Vibration traced to trim installation

Bell 407, Morristown, Tenn., Nov.

Final Report: Pilot hit by main rotor

Hawker Beechcraft King Air 200, Leonardtown, Md., Oct.

Final Report: Faulty downlock plates caused gear collapse

Bombardier Challenger 604, Teterboro, N.J., Oct.

Final Report: TCAS alert resulted in excessive maneuver

Cessna 208B Caravan, Alliance, Neb., Feb.

Final Report: Cargo Caravan crashed on approach

Jennifer Harrington

U.S.

Judge: FAA Liable for Helicopter Crash

Ian Goold

Safety officials probing the circumstances leading to the January 17 accident of a British Airways (BA) Boeing 777 at London Heathrow are continuing to foc

Fuel system remains focus of investigation into BA 777 crash

Linda Burton Ricks

LEARJET 25B, PITTSBURGH, PA., NOV.

Learjet crashes on takeoff

MOUNT GAMBIER, AUSTRALIA, DEC.

King Air fatal downunder

PIPER CHEYENNE, GRAHAM, TEXAS, NOV.

Fog complicates VFR approach

BEECH 1900D, ROCHESTER, N.Y., JUNE 3, 2000–The Safety Board determined probable cause for a gear-up landing by a CommutAir Beech 1900D dur

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