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Part 135: Is it right for your flight department?
What does it really take to start a Part 135 operation? Talking with pilots reveals confusion and intimidation about the requirements.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Mid-air collision kills one
PILATUS UV-20A, MARANA, ARIZ., MARCH 15, 2002–A U.S.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Cessna 425 breaks up in flight
CESSNA 425, SAN JOSE, CALIF., MARCH 6, 2002–“Just lost my needle…give me…” was the last transmission controllers heard from the pilot of a
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Lightning strike damages Embraer
EMBRAER EMB-145LR, CHESTER, MASS., MARCH 26, 2002–FAA inspectors found a “baseball size” hole in the left elevator of a Chautauqua Airline
Accidents
Final Report: Failed ILS approach kills N.J. legislator and family
MITSUBISHI MU-2B-26A, EDGARTOWN, MASS., OCT.
Accidents
Final Report: Cocaine impairment and failed approach kills two
CESSNA 421B, NORMAN, OKLA., DEC.
Accidents
Final Report: Failure to follow IFR procedures damages aircraft
HAWKER SIDDELEY HS-125-700, JACKSON HOLE, WYO., DEC.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Florida swamp claims two aboard Bell 206L-1
BELL 206L-1, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA., FEB.
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.
Learjet crashes on foggy takeoff
LEARJET 25, ITHACA, N.Y., AUG.
NTSB releases factual report on Missouri governor’s crash
One year after the death of former Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan in the crash of a Cessna 335, the NTSB released factual information in the continuing inv
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
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
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
Accidents
Hypoxia suspected in King Air accident
RAYTHEON BEECH KING AIR B200, WERNADINGA STATION, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, SEPT.
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
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.
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-300, Anderson, IN
MITSUBISHI MU-300, ANDERSON, IND., MARCH 25, 2002–A Diamond operated by Corporate Flight Management sustained substantial damage during an
King Air crashes on foggy approach
KING AIR B-200, PIQUA, OHIO, AUG.
Dual flameout
MITSUBISHI MU-2, LEWISTON, IDAHO, FEB.
