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Final Report: King Air pilot pulled up gear too soon
September 22, 2006, 11:53 AM
April 2006

Beech King Air 200, Green Bay, Wis., June 30, 2004–The accident was caused by the loss of engine power for an undetermined reason and the pilot’s premature retraction of the landing gear after takeoff, said the Safety Board.

Final Report: Spatial disorientation in night IMC downed EMS helo
September 22, 2006, 11:50 AM
April 2006

Eurocopter BO 105 CBS5, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., Oct. 20, 2004–The NTSB blamed the helicopter accident on the pilot’s spatial disorientation and in-flight loss of control after encountering night IMC. A factor was the pilot’s decision to fly when IMC was forecast.

Final Report: Inadequate planning blamed for night IMC accident
September 22, 2006, 11:48 AM
April 2006

Beech King Air 90, Rawlins, Wyo., Jan.

Final Report: LongRanger that crashed into East river overnight
September 22, 2006, 11:47 AM
April 2006

Bell 206L LongRanger, New York, N.Y., June 14, 2005–The NTSB blamed the crash of the Helicopter Professionals LongRanger on “the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in an attempted takeoff with an overweight helicopter and subsequent impact with a pier and water.” Accord

Mustang wins first VLJ type certificate
September 22, 2006, 7:14 AM
October 2006
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Cessna’s Citation Mustang on September 8 became the first very light jet to be fully FAA type certified. Its P&WC PW615F engine was FAA certified on the same day. See page 20 for a program update and page 58 for the first pilot report since the Mustang got its papers.

Business Aviation Safety: A look back at 10 years
September 22, 2006, 6:12 AM
October 2006

Over the last 10 years business aviation safety has improved immensely. During the same period, the entire aviation industry has been subject to a number of equipment, avionics and procedural requirements designed to reduce accidents.

Bombardier Challenger 605
September 22, 2006, 6:03 AM
March 2006

About a week after the January 22 first flight of the Challenger 605, Bombardier relocated the test airplane to Wichita to begin the approximately 200 flight hours needed to achieve certification in the fourth quarter.

In The Works: Spirit Wing SpiritLear
September 22, 2006, 6:01 AM
March 2006

Spirit Wing Aviation of Guthrie, Okla., has begun the final phase of flight-testing the Spirit-Lear, a re-engined and modified Learjet 24/25.

In The Works: Socata TBM 850
September 22, 2006, 5:58 AM
March 2006

The Socata TBM 850, a faster, more powerful derivative of the TBM 700 turboprop single, received FAA approval on January 23, six weeks after the EASA certified the airplane.

Lawsuit Blames Crew for Fatal GIII Crash
September 22, 2006, 5:49 AM
March 2006

The family of flight attendant Kristi Dunn, killed in the Nov. 22, 2004, crash of a Gulf-stream III en route to pick up former president George H.W.

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