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Accidents
Final Report: Wing succumbed to fire
FAIRCHILD/SWEARINGEN SA-226-TC METROLINER, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, JUNE 18, 1998–Often layers of events come together to create catastrophes.
Accidents
Final Report: Unstabilized approach led to crash
BOEING 737-200, PATNA, INDIA, JULY 17, 2000–What causes a flight crew to lose control of their aircraft, without mechanical failure as a c
Accidents
Maintenance error led to gear-up landing
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
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Mitsubishi MU-300, Anderson, IN
MITSUBISHI MU-300, ANDERSON, IND., MARCH 25, 2002–A Diamond operated by Corporate Flight Management sustained substantial damage during an
Dual flameout
MITSUBISHI MU-2, LEWISTON, IDAHO, FEB.
King Air crashes on foggy approach
KING AIR B-200, PIQUA, OHIO, AUG.
Learjet crashes on foggy takeoff
LEARJET 25, ITHACA, N.Y., AUG.
Air Transat fined in wake of A330 gliding incidentq
Transport Canada (TC) fined Montreal-based Air Transat, the country’s largest charter airline, C$250,000 ($160,500) for improper maintenance on the Airbus
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35, Carolina, PR
MITSUBISHI MU-2B-35, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO, APRIL 15, 2002–Shortly after 3 p.m., an MU-2 crashed into a car dealership west of San Juan.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Sikorsky S-61A, Dunsmuir, CA
SIKORSKY S-61A, DUNSMUIR, CALIF., MARCH 26, 2002–Visual meteorological conditions prevailed when the twin-engine helicopter hit terrain, k
Accidents
Hypoxia suspected in King Air accident
RAYTHEON BEECH KING AIR B200, WERNADINGA STATION, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, SEPT.
Gulfstream I loss of control
Grumann G-159, Linneus, Maine, July 19, 2000–Two pilots perished when an engine failed in night IMC about 2,000 ft above the aircraft’s s
Cessna Twin sinks in ocean
Cessna 402C, Vieques, Puerto Rico, July 8, 2000–“One main landing gear tire, wheel and brake assembly, the left wing lower skin from the a
King Air gear collapse
Beech King Air 200, Seattle, Wash., April 8, 2001–“The pilot’s failure to properly follow pre-takeoff checklists…and his subsequent failur
