Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Preliminary Report: Bell Misses Ship in Gulf

Bell 222B, Gulf of Mexico, Feb.
Charter & Fractional

NTSB narrows its focus on Montrose Challenger crash

“Chunks of slush” slid off the taxiing Bombardier Challenger 600 just before
it crashed on takeoff from Montrose Regional Airport in Montrose, Colo.,
Charter & Fractional

Lawsuit Blames Crew for Fatal GIII Crash

The family of flight attendant Kristi Dunn, killed in the Nov.
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Final Report: LongRanger that crashed into East river overnight

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
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Final Report: Inadequate planning blamed for night IMC accident

Beech King Air 90, Rawlins, Wyo., Jan.
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Final Report: Spatial disorientation in night IMC downed EMS helo

Eurocopter BO 105 CBS5, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., Oct.
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Final Report: King Air pilot pulled up gear too soon

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 pr
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King Air Crash Kills Six

All six people aboard a King Air 200 that crashed in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., on February 3 were killed.
Safety

Wake Vortices Might Have Caused Mishap

The pilot of a Bombardier Challenger 600 that was substantially damaged during a hard landing on Runway 15 at Aspen, Colo., on February 9, told the NTSB th
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Fund Created for Children of Pilots Killed

In an unusual move, Air Tractor has established a college education fund for children of pilots who are killed in accidents involving the company’s aerial
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Pilot Lost Control before Fatal Crash

A Tri-Coastal Airlines Metro crashed in a “nose-down, near-vertical attitude” near Paris, Tenn., while on a cargo flight from Dayton, Ohio, to Harlingen, T
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Hendrick King Air crew lost situational awareness

A Beech King Air 200 carrying members of the Hendrick Motorsports Nascar race team crashed near Martinsville, Va., on Oct.
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M7 Aerospace recieves EASA approval

In its most recent AS9100 surveillance audit, Sabreliner’s southeast Missouri operations received a score of 98.9 percent, its highest rating for quality s
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Luton Challenger overrun under investigation

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch has launched a formal investigation into the factors leading to the February 5 overrun of a German-registered Cha
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Factual Report: S-76 tail rotor hits fence

Sikorsky S-76B, New York, N.Y., Oct.
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Final Report: Pilot faulted in AStar wire strike

Eurocopter AS 350-B2 AStar, Jasper, Ala., Dec.
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Preliminary Report: King Air cockpit fire remains a mystery

Raytheon Beech King Air 90, Raleigh, N.C., April 27, 2006–The pilot of King Air N90CH reported a fire in the cockpit and diverted to Raleigh.
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Preliminary Report: Cowling flies off Falcon

Dassault Falcon 2000, Stilesville, Ind., April 14, 2006–The Falcon 2000, N722JB, was at FL250 when the left engine cowling separated from the engine and hi
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Preliminary Report: Ecuadorian Caravan loses power

Cessna 208 Caravan, Cuenca, Ecuador, March 24, 2006–An Ecuadorian-registered Cessna Caravan, operated by Atesa Aero Taxis Ecuatorianos, lost power and cras
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Final Report: Excessive climb rate blamed for flight attendant injury

Bombardier Challenger 600, Snow Hill, Va., July 21, 2004–According to the NTSB, excessive maneuvering was the cause of an incident that re
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Final Report: Poor communication caused collision

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Philadelphia, Nov.
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Final Report: Inadequate planning, crew communication let to crash

British Aerospace Hawker 700, Teterboro, N.J., March 8, 2005–The NTSB blamed the overrun on the pilot-in-command’s inadequate in-flight planning for
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Final Report: Wind caught Alaskan Caravan

Cessna 208 Caravan, Brevig Mission, Alaska, Dec.
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Final Report: NIKE GV had jammed gear

Gulfstream GV, Hillsboro, Ore., Nov.
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Final Report: Improper flare blamed for Learjet overrun

Learjet 35A, Eagle, Colo., July 15, 2005– The NTSB determined that the cause of the overrun was the pilot’s improper flare, resulting in a hard land
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Factual Report: Engine problem factor in MU-2 fatal

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Englewood, Colo., Dec.
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Factual Report: Learjet pilots declared emergency

Learjet 24B, Helendale, Calif., Dec.
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Preliminary Report: Venezuelan Caravan loses power

Cessna 208B Caravan, Arecuna, Venezuela, March 5, 2006–A Venezuelan-registered Caravan, YV-1149C, crashed during a forced landing after re
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Preliminary Report: Cargo Beech 99 down in mountains

Beech 99, Butte, Mont., March 18, 2006–The ATP pilot and commercial copilot were killed when the Ameriflight Beech 99 cargo flight crashed into tree
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Preliminary Report: Jetranger crashes in trees

Bell 206B JetRanger, Patterson, La., March 14, 2006–As the Rotorcraft Leasing JetRanger left Patterson for an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the hel