Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
A Boeing 777G operated by Ethiopian Airlines sustained serious fire damage to its fuselage.
The NTSB has released the docket information on the Aug. 15, 2019 crash of a Cessna Citation Latitude carrying race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.
The crash of an Atlas Air Boeing 767 in 2019 stemmed from improper activation of the go-around mode.
Reduced helicopter flight activity translated into fewer accidents during the first six months of 2020
A-Star sustained minor damage after "an inflight collision with a hard object of polycarbonate construction."
Fatal accidents involving U.S.-registered turbine business aircraft plummeted in the first half, according to data compiled by AIN.
Preliminary and final reports
The crash of a Falcon 50 in 2018 turned out to involve an illegal charter, although the NTSB did not take that into account.
For unknown reasons, the pilots of Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK8303 took off after landing with the gear retracted.
Incidents—rather than accidents—accounted for the vast majority of mishaps over the past decade.
