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Fire at Berry Aviation Destroys Dornier 328-100
July 03, 2008
A flash fire in the hangar at Berry Aviation in Austin, Texas, last Friday morning destroyed an executive-configured 30-passenger Dornier 328-100 turboprop that was undergoing an extensive interior refurbishment. A spokesman for Berry Aviation said the airplane had been completely stripped of its old interior and a worker was using a variety of chemical...
moreAeromed Helos Collide, No TCAS Aboard Either
July 01, 2008
The two aeromedical Bell 407s involved in a fatal midair over Flagstaff, Ariz., on Sunday afternoon were not equipped with traffic collision avoidance systems or cockpit voice or data recorders, an NTSB spokesman told AIN. Both medevac helicopters were en route to the Flagstaff Medical Center when they collided in uncontrolled airspace less than a half mile...
moreSafety Board calls on FAA to address pilot fatigue concerns
July 01, 2008
The NTSB cited three accidents and an incident involving regional airlines as the basis for a pair of recommendations to the FAA related to pilot fatigue last month. The Board called on the FAA to develop guidance for operators to establish “fatigue management systems” and methodology to assess their effectiveness, including their ability to improve sleep...
moreEmergency AD targets Eclipse thrust levers
July 01, 2008
The pilot of an Eclipse 500 pushed the throttles forward during a wind-shear encounter at Chicago Midway Airport last month with enough force to result in an “eng control fail” crew alerting system message followed by a maximum uncontrolled thrust condition on both of the airplane’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F turbofans. Unable to slow the airplane...
moreRotorcraft News Update: So, did I pass?
July 01, 2008
A Sikorsky S-76A crashed onto a helipad at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., during an FAA check ride on May 29, seriously injuring the pilot and the FAA inspector aboard. The helicopter was operated by Aero Med Spectrum Health. Video from a surveillance camera shows that the helicopter backed into a tower adjacent to the helipad while lifting...
moreRotorcraft News Update: S-76 vertical stabilizer AD proposed
July 01, 2008
A proposed airworthiness directive for the Sikorsky S-76 would require inspections of the tail rotor vertical stabilizer aft spar assembly every 50 hours after an assembly has 1,000 hours time-in-service. It would also require track and balance of the tail rotor within 30 days and every 200 hours thereafter. The AD would affect an estimated 216 S-76A/B/Cs...
moreRegional News Update: Bombardier 'regrets' Q400 accident
July 01, 2008
Bombardier expressed “regrets” about a March 13, 2007, accident involving a Q400 turboprop at Japan’s Kochi Airport after the Japanese Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission (JARAIC) in late May found that a missing bolt caused the airplane’s nose landing gear door to jam, forcing a gear-up landing. None of the 60 passengers and crew aboard...
moreTouching Bases: Safety 1st develps TEB training
July 01, 2008
A comprehensive pilot training and briefing system is available online (www.airportflightcrewbriefing.com/Teterboro) to help pilots prepare for flights into and out of Teterboro Airport. The briefing was produced by NATA’s Safety 1st program and Avstar Media and funded by an FAA grant. Offered as a free online training tool, the briefing uses audio and...
moreAccicdents: Angel Flight accident kills toddler
July 01, 2008
EADS Socata TBM 850, Iowa City, Iowa, June 3, 2008–A two-year-old patient was killed when an Angel Flight TBM 850 crashed on takeoff from Iowa City. According to the Iowa City Press-Citizen, eyewitnesses said a wing turned perpendicular to the ground before the turboprop crashed and then cartwheeled. Weather was overcast, with rain and wind gusting to 36...
moreAccidents: UN passengers killed in Panama
July 01, 2008
Bell UH-1N, Panama City, Panama, May 29, 2008–The Panamanian Air Service UH-1N crashed into an office building in Panama City, killing two of the three crewmembers and all nine passengers. No one on the ground was hurt. The passengers were Chilean and Panamanian police officials en route to a UN conference. Autoridad Aeronautica Civil of Panama is...
moreAccidents: Beech 1900 crashes soon after takeoff
July 01, 2008
Hawker Beechcraft Beech 1900, Billings, Mont., May 23, 2008–The ATP-rated pilot of the Alpine Air Express Beech 1900 was killed when it crashed and exploded three miles northeast of Logan International Airport, two minutes after takeoff. The pilot was told to turn left to intercept Victor 187, but radar data showed the airplane started to turn right slowly....
moreAccidents: Beech 1900 crashes in Sudan
July 01, 2008
Hawker Beechcraft Beech 1900C, Rumbek, Sudan, May 2, 2008–Twenty people were killed when the chartered Flex Air Cargo Unlimited Beech 1900 lost power in both engines and crashed near Rumbek. The flight departed Wau in Southern Sudan, en route to Juba, also in southern Sudan, with a planned stop at Rumbek. An NTSB technical advisor is assisting the...
moreAccidents: PHI LongRanger lost in Congo
July 01, 2008
Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, Muanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 9, 2008–The pilot of the Petroleum Helicopters LongRanger was killed when it crashed into the water near Muanda. It was flying from one tanker ship to another. The helicopter wreckage sank into 7,500 feet of water. The DRC Civil Aviation Authority is investigating, aided by an NTSB...
moreAccidents: Hydraulic warnings cited in Citation overrun at JFK
July 01, 2008
Cessna 750 Citation X, New York, N.Y., April 3, 2008–On landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the copilot of WM Aviation’s Citation X said he did not have nosewheel steering, brakes or any feeling of engine thrust reverse at about 80 knots. Despite emergency air brake application, the jet veered off the runway and collided with a dirt divider,...
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