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Hearing Pushes FAA To Speed Icing Safety Regulations
February 25, 2010
The House aviation subcommittee yesterday held a hearing on aircraft icing to address issues brought to light by the NTSB’s recent “Most Wanted” list of “unacceptably slow” progress on icing rulemaking. The NTSB wants the FAA to accelerate rulemaking on design and approval for flight-in-icing conditions based on research of supercooled-large-droplet icing;...
moreFAA Issues AD for Sicli Halon 1211 Extinguishers
February 24, 2010
The FAA has issued a request for comments on a final rule for an Airworthiness Directive (AD) for SICLI Halon 1211 portable fire extinguishers installed on various models of airplanes and rotorcraft, including some models built by Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault, Embraer and Eurocopter. According to the AD, the Civil Aviation Authority of the UK has informed...
morePreliminary Report: Helicopter Damaged After Autorotation
February 24, 2010
Bell 407, Decatur, Texas, Dec. 25, 2009–The medevac helicopter was departing on a Part 91 positioning flight to pick up a patient when it lost all engine power at a height of about 100 feet, according to the pilot, who autorotated the helicopter back to the original helipad. The 407 sustained structural damage to its lower fuselage as it landed hard in an...
morePreliminary Report: S-76 Rolls on Platform Landing
February 24, 2010
Sikorsky S-76C++, Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 24, 2009–The helicopter was flying under Part 135 on an IFR flight plan when it rolled over after landing on an offshore oil platform. The S-76 remained on the platform but sustained substantial damage. The two crewmembers and five passengers were uninjured. The helicopter was owned and operated by PHI.
morePreliminiary Report: Power-Line Collision Claims Four Lives
February 24, 2010
Bell 206B, Auberry, Calif., Jan. 5, 2010–The JetRanger, registered to Palm Springs Aviation and operated by the California Department of Fish and Game, was on a deer surveying flight in VMC when witnesses saw it flying through a valley spanned by power lines. As the helicopter approached the vicinity of the lines it was seen to “rear back” and immediately...
morePreliminiary Report: Falcon Skids on Takeoff
February 24, 2010
Dassault Falcon 20C, Eagle, Colo., Jan. 8, 2010–The Mexican-registered twinjet suffered substantial damage when it skidded off the runway during an aborted takeoff attempt. According to the airport manager and the Falcon’s captain, the left main gear tire “blew” during the departure roll, and the captain was unable to stop the aircraft in the distance...
morePreliminary Report: MU-2 Crashes on Approach
February 24, 2010
Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Elyria, Ohio, Jan. 18, 2010–N80HH was destroyed and all four people on board were killed when the airplane went down short of Lorain County Regional Airport’s Runway 07 while on an instrument approach. The crew executed a missed approach to the runway, and on its second landing attempt a witness saw the airplane in a nose-low attitude...
morePreliminary Report: C99 Damaged in ICY Landing
February 24, 2010
Hawker Beechcraft C99, Kearney, Neb., Jan. 6, 2010–The turboprop twin, operating under Part 135, was substantially damaged during a hard landing in IMC at Kearney Municipal Airport. The pilot reported that he cycled the de-icing boots before the final approach fix after noting light to moderate icing. When the aircraft was about 25 feet above the runway,...
moreFactual Report: Helicopter Crashes During Police Chase
February 24, 2010
Bell 206L-4, Conroe, Texas, Oct. 13, 2008–After lifting off from Houston Hobby Airport to cover a police chase, N6ZV crashed in the W.G Jones State Forest, killing the commercial pilot and the news videographer, who were ejected from the wreckage. According to a witness, the helicopter was flying north at approximately 350 feet when it nosed over and...
moreFactual Report: Citation II Skids After Gear Collapse
February 24, 2010
Cessna 550 Citation II, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 29, 2009–During landing roll at Salt Lake City International Airport at the end of a Part 91 flight, N44FR skidded off the runway when the right main landing gear retracted, causing substantial damage to the aircraft but no injuries to the three people on board. The twinjet’s right wing contacted the...
moreFactual Report: Citation II Experiences Control Problems
February 24, 2010
Cessna 550 Citation II, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 14, 2008–Before takeoff from Palma de Majorca, the Citation II had several system warning messages displayed on its indicators. Warnings included door not locked, which the crew could not clear after ensuring all doors were secure; air duct o’heat, which the crew was able to clear during a telephone...
moreFactual Reports: Taxiing Sabreliner Wreaks Havoc at FXE
February 24, 2010
Sabreliner NA-265-80, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Feb. 1, 2008–While taxiing the Sabreliner from the repair station–following a months-long stay for corrosion repairs–the pilots attempted to maneuver around a Cessna Caravan that had stopped, facing it on the same ramp. As it passed, the Sabreliner’s left wing struck the Caravan’s rotating propeller, causing...
moreLinear Air adds Eclipse 500 FIKI/Avio NG 1.5 training
February 23, 2010
Before Eclipse Aviation declared bankruptcy and ended production of the Eclipse 500 in late 2008, the company manufactured about 260 of the very light twinjets. Of these, some 30 were equipped with Avio NG avionics. At press time, seven aircraft had been upgraded for full flight-into-known-icing (FIKI) and Avio NG 1.5 avionics. It’s fair to assume that...
moreFSF intros standards for safety of mining ops
February 23, 2010
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has developed a common safety approach for global companies operating aircraft in the mining and resources sector, and the plan has received the endorsement of the Minerals Council of Australia, which represents resource companies producing more than 85 percent of that country’s annual mineral output.The resources sector...
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