Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90A, Mount Airy, N.C., Feb. 1, 2008–All six people on board were killed when the King Air crashed into a residential area less than 1,000 feet from the Mount Airy-Surry County Airport, the airplane’s destination. Cleared for final approach, the airplane evidently overshot and made two sharp left turns before crashing. Weather was reported as a low c more

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90B, Port Said, Egypt, Jan. 15, 2008–The pilot and a student pilot were killed when the Nuclear Center Survey King Air crashed at Port Said Airport on a training flight. The aircraft was destroyed in a post-crash fire. The pilots were doing touch-and-goes and crashed on takeoff for the seventh circuit. The Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority, aided by a more

Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, Venice, La., Dec. 29, 2007–The pilot of the Air Logistics helicopter lost control approaching an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico in IMC and crashed into the ocean. One passenger was killed and the commercial pilot and two other passengers were seriously injured.

The pilot told NTSB investigators that he had encountered a “sloping clou more

Piper PA-46 Meridian, San Antonio, Jan. 18, 2008–The instrument-rated pilot of the Meridian was killed and the aircraft destroyed when the pilot lost control on an instrument approach in IMC to San Antonio International Airport. The pilot reported that he was having trouble performing a “coupled” approach and that he was trying to “get control” of the airplane before the more

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90B, Kiev, Ukraine, Dec. 9, 2007–The German-registered King Air crashed on approach to Zhulyany Airport, killing the two crewmembers and three passengers. The flight had originated in Prague, Czech Republic. The Ukraine State Aviation Administration Ministry of Transport and Communications is investigating the accident.

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Bombardier Learjet 35, Santa Fe, Argentina, Oct. 11, 2007–The Baires Fly Learjet 35 ran off the runway while landing at Sauce Viejo Airport, Santa Fe, Argentina, causing minor damage and no injuries. According to the Government of Argentina, the Learjet’s antiskid control system failed and the right main landing gear tires locked. more

Piaggio Avanti, Battle Mountain, Nev., Dec. 7, 2007–After landing on a wet runway at Battle Mountain, the pilot engaged the nosewheel steering just below 60 knots indicated, and the airplane veered left. It turned 180 degrees and slid backward, running off the runway. The right main gear collapsed and the airplane was substantially damaged. No mechanical anomalies were found. Th more

Gulfstream V/Hawker 800A, Teterboro, N.J., Dec. 27, 2007–An East Coast Jets Hawker 800A and a GV were involved in a runway incursion at Teterboro Airport while ground control training was in progress. The Hawker, ECJ Flight 81, landed on Runway 6 and was told by the certified local controller in the tower to “turn left at Taxiway Bravo if able, cross [Runway] One, contact grou more

Eurocopter AS 350B2, Kamarang, Guyana, Feb. 6, 2005–The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) determined that the cause of the Canadian-registered AS 350 accident was a flight control malfunction and the pilot’s inability to control the helicopter before it hit the ground. Although the TSB did not determine the cause of
the malfunction, the agency said it was proba more

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 26, 2006–The pilot’s inadequate compensation for a gusty crosswind, which resulted in loss of control and a wing strike on the runway, was responsible for the landing accident involving a Secure Air Charter Learjet, according to the NTSB. Factors contributing to the accident were the failure of the aileron augmentation (spoiler) f more