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FAA readies for budget crunch
October 3, 2006, 11:13 AM
August 2005

If there’s one thing that FAA COO Russell Chew has going for him as he faces $8.3 billion in budget losses by 2009, it’s that he has lots of people on the sidelines giving him advice.

TSA publishes interim rule for DCA
October 3, 2006, 11:03 AM
August 2005

The long-awaited reopening of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to some general aviation aircraft now appears imminent with the Trans- portation Security Administration’s release of an interim final rule last month.

Final Flights: September 2005
October 2, 2006, 3:12 PM
September 2005

Philip Klass, a former avionics/technical writer for Aviation Week & Space Technology, died August 9. He was 85.

People: September 2005
October 2, 2006, 3:10 PM
September 2005

Thomas Seeber was promoted to president and CEO of Pentastar Aviation. He was previously president and COO.

Final Report: MU-2 Lost Control For Undetermined Reasons
October 2, 2006, 3:01 PM
September 2005

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, Pittsfield, Mass., March 25, 2004–The NTSB determined the cause of the accident was “the pilot’s loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin and subsequent impact with the ground.”

Final Report: Learjet Flew Into Thunderstorm
October 2, 2006, 3:00 PM
September 2005

Learjet 55, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 19, 2004–The NTSB blamed the accident on the flight crew’s decision to continue the approach into a known area of potentially severe weather (the thunderstorm), which resulted in the flight encountering a 30-knot crosswind, heavy rain, low-level win

Factual Report: Unqualified Pilot Flew King Air
October 2, 2006, 2:58 PM
September 2005

Beech King Air B200, Morlan, Ga., Dec. 4, 2003–The Southeastern Air Charter King Air crashed on a localizer approach to Runway 32 at the Newnan Coweta County Airport. IMC prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed.

Factual Report: Cargo Airplane Crashed In Icing Area
October 2, 2006, 2:56 PM
September 2005

Cessna 208B Caravan, Bellevue, Idaho, Dec. 6, 2004–Mountain Bird’s UPS cargo flight crashed in flat open terrain about seven miles outside Bellevue, Idaho, in VMC. The aircraft was destroyed and the two ATP pilots were killed. The captain had logged 9,757 hours.

Preliminary Report: Bell Crashes in Malaysian Mountains
October 2, 2006, 2:54 PM
September 2005

Bell 206L4 LongRanger, Balaga, Sarawak, Malaysia, July 25, 2005–At about 10:45 a.m. local time, Malaysian-registered Bell 206L4 LongRanger 9M-BCT crashed in mountainous terrain north of Balaga, Malaysia.

Preliminary Report: Medical Flight Overruns Runway
October 2, 2006, 2:53 PM
September 2005

Learjet 35A, Eagle, Colo., July 15, 2005–Learjet N620JM was substantially damaged when it ran off the runway on landing at the Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE). The landing gear collapsed and the airplane caught fire.

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