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Final Report: Conquest pilot had previous accidents, drug use
November 9, 2006, 10:53 AM
November 2006

Cessna 425 Conquest I, Lone Tree, Colo., Aug. 13, 2005–The NTSB determined that the cause of the accident was the pilot’s failure to properly execute the published instrument approach procedure.

Final Report: CitationJet gear collapsed
November 9, 2006, 10:51 AM
November 2006

Cessna 525 CitationJet, Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 16, 2006–The NTSB blamed the CitationJet accident on the pilot’s failure to maintain directional control
while landing on a wet runway.

Final Report: Suspended pilot reapplied under another name
November 9, 2006, 10:49 AM
November 2006

Mitsubishi MU-2B-25, Hillsboro, Ore., May 24, 2005–The NTSB found that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot’s failure to obtain minimum controllable airspeed during the takeoff climb, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control when the left engine suffered a partia

Factual Report: Four killed in BAE charter accident
November 9, 2006, 9:23 AM
November 2006

British Aerospace 146, Stord, Norway, Oct. 10, 2006–Four of the 16 occupants (including one crewmember) died when a British Aerospace 146-200A regional jet overran the runway and burned at Stord-Sorstokken Airport, Norway.

Factual Report: Wind shift reported in runway overrun
November 9, 2006, 9:19 AM
November 2006

Raytheon 390 Premier I, North Las Vegas, May 27, 2004–A routine weather report advised that the wind was from 160 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 20 four minutes before Premier N5010X landed on Runway 7 at North Las Vegas Airport (VGT) and overran the runway.

Factual Report: MU-2 destroyed in night IFR accident
November 9, 2006, 8:55 AM
November 2006

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Parker, Colo., Aug. 4, 2005–Making an instrument approach to Centennial Airport, near Denver, MU-2 N454MA crashed in night instrument conditions.

Power-line strike kills two
November 9, 2006, 8:51 AM
November 2006

Hughes 369D, Somis, Calif., Sept. 6, 2006–The pilot and a power-line inspector were killed when the Southern California Edison Hughes 369D, cruising about three miles from Somis, hit power lines.

Preliminary Reports: Birdstrikes damage CRJ and Hawker
November 9, 2006, 8:46 AM
November 2006

Bombardier CRJ200, New York, Sept. 26, 2006–An Air Wisconsin CRJ200 struck birds when landing at La Guardia Airport. The right flap of the regional jet was damaged, but there were no injuries to crew or passengers.

Preliminary Report: Legacy, 737 involved in midair
November 9, 2006, 8:43 AM
November 2006

Boeing 737-8EH and Embraer EMB 135BJ Legacy 600, Peixoto Azevedo, Brazil, Sept. 29, 2006–Legacy N600XL, operated by ExcelAire, was involved in a midair collision with GOL Flight 1907, a Boeing 737, at about 37,000 feet.

Congressional Observer: November 2006
November 9, 2006, 8:35 AM
November 2006

• Congress closed up shop on September 29, and November 13 was set as the date for what might be a lame-duck Congress to reconvene. The long interval freed legislators who are up for election to go to their home districts and do battle for votes.

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