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Gulfstream Forms Service Is Enhancing Safety
June 01, 2010
Gulfstream says its flight-data monitoring/flight operational quality assurance program “is already making a difference in safety to operators.” Introduced last year, the aircraft manufacturer’s flight operations risk management service (Forms) increases operational safety by measuring exposure to known risks, such as unstable approaches, system operating...
moreNTSB Expands Accident Reporting Rules
June 01, 2010
The FAA is notifying operators that the NTSB amended Part 830 to include five new conditions that require immediate notification upon occurrence. These include propeller blade release; loss of information from cockpit displays; TCAS resolution advisories issued; damage to helicopter tail- or main-rotor blades; and events involving aircraft that land or...
moreSurvey: AOPA’s Airport Watch works
June 01, 2010
Airports that adopted the voluntary security measures of AOPA’s Airport Watch program saw a steep decline in crime the year after the program’s launch, according to a survey of 122 Pennsylvania noncommercial airports conducted by an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide educator.Of the respondent airports, those that adopted the recommended...
moreFAA Reminds Pilots To Avoid Distractions
June 01, 2010
In light of several incidents, the FAA has called for operators to create and enforce policies that will limit distractions in the cockpit and keep pilots focused on transporting passengers safely, and that guidance also applies to the business aviation world. The FAA also issued an Information for Operators (InFO) to remind crewmembers and operators that...
moreSimCom To Build PC-12 NG Trainer for Pilatus
June 01, 2010
SimCom signed an agreement with Pilatus Aircraft to manufacture a type-specific PC-12 NG flight training device, to be used by owners and operators throughout Europe. The simulator will be located at the Pilatus factory in Stans, Switzerland, and will be available for training in the first quarter of next year. In addition, SimCom will provide the initial...
moreFAA Issues Alert on Nighttime Ground Ops
June 01, 2010
The FAA last week issued Safety Alert for Operators 10008 to emphasize the importance of developing procedures for ground operations at night at non-towered airports or towered airports after the tower has closed. Alarmingly, the FAA said there has recently been an increase of incidents involving aircraft operating–taxi, takeoff and landing–at night where...
moreNo child left unbuckled
June 01, 2010
Aircraft passengers tend not to worry about the in-flight safety of their children, says Lucille Fisher, whose job is writing and rewriting safety requirements for business aircraft owners and operators. But, she adds, the truth is they should. First of all, she explained, FAA requirements for child restraint systems are minimal. Second, those airline seats...
moreCorporate Aviation Safety Seminar: Speakers shine spotlight on importance of SMS, FOQA
June 01, 2010
sMS (safety management systems) and FOQA (flight operations quality assurance) are no longer just buzzwords, said Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) president and CEO Bill Voss in remarks opening last month’s FSF/ NBAA Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar. Noting that the emergence and maturation of these initiatives is becoming increasingly prevalent in corporate...
moreCorporate Aviation Safety Seminar: SMS Implementation Tools
June 01, 2010
Several of the most influential corporate aviation organizations offer specific tools to assist in implementation of SMS programs, according to John Sheehan, audit manager for the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC). In addition to the IBAC’s Risk Analysis Guidelines, he listed the organization’s booklet “SMS Tools” for achievement of the...
moreCorporate Aviation Safety Seminar: Agency SMS
June 01, 2010
SMS is not just for airlines and corporate aviation, as John David, Nav Canada v-p for safety and quality, explained. The private agency put safety oversight in place soon after privatization. David is chair of the joint Nav Canada-Transport Canada safety committee. “We believe safety planning is key, so we have a manual for SMS policy-making and planning,...
moreNewscopter and 737 in Near-collision
June 01, 2010
The NTSB is investigating the April 28 incident at Houston Hobby in which a Bell 407 operated by Helicopters, Inc. and a Southwest Airlines 737 nearly collided. Both aircraft were departing in day VFR.
morePreliminary Report: King Air Suffers Damage in Hard Landing
June 01, 2010
Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 19, 2010–While operating under Part 91 on an IFR flight plan, the turboprop twin was substantially damaged in a hard landing at Sioux Gateway Airport/Col. Bud Day Field. The flight had originated at Des Moines International Airport less than an hour before, and IMC prevailed at the time of the...
morePreliminary Report: EMS Helicopter Crashes Minutes from Base
June 01, 2010
Eurocopter AS350B3, Brownsville, Tenn., March 25, 2010–While returning to base on a Part 91 positioning flight after delivering a patient, the Memphis Medical Center helicopter was destroyed and the pilot and two flight nurses were killed when it crashed in a thunderstorm. Night IMC prevailed at the time of the accident. According to communications between...
morePreliminary Report: King Air Damaged After Gear Collapse
June 01, 2010
Hawker Beechcraft King Air A90, De Kalb, Ill., March 2, 2010–Owned by Eagle Air Transport, the King Air sustained substantial damage after its left main gear collapsed during landing rollout at De Kalb Taylor Municipal Airport at the conclusion of a Part 91 flight. Weather was VMC at the time of the accident. The pilot and a company mechanic on board were...
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