Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Pilatus Broomfield
Oct 23, 2018 - 11:42 AM
Pilatus Dedicates Completions Center in Broomfield
The facility will house completions activities for both the PC-12 NG and PC-24, in addition to spares and administrative offices.
Oct 17, 2018 - 4:28 PM
NBAA Study: Single Pilot Ops Lead in Accidents
Approximately 2,013 of the 7,457 accidents studied were attributable to aircraft with a flight crew of one.
Oct 11, 2018 - 3:26 PM
Pilot Error Deemed Likely Cause of Near Disaster at SFO
NTSB says crew didn’t know of runway closure as they tried to land on taxiway
Oct 8, 2018 - 1:48 PM
NTSB: Crew in Falcon 50 Crash Not Qualified
Both pilots died in the accident and the two passengers suffered critical injuries.
Oct 3, 2018 - 9:00 AM
Accidents: October 2018
Preliminary and final reports
Oct 1, 2018 - 3:23 PM
Regulators Mandate More Inspections for 737NG Fan Blades
New ADs from the FAA and EASA require that CFM56-7B fan-blade repetitive-inspection intervals be cut from 3,000 cycles to 1,600
Sep 28, 2018 - 12:55 PM
Crew Killed in Falcon 50 Overrun at GMU
The trijet went down a nearly 40-foot drop-off and through a perimeter fence before coming to rest across a road, with the nose severed from the fuselage.
Sep 26, 2018 - 9:30 AM
Airbus A330-900 Gains EASA Certification
First delivery to launch customer TAP Air Portugal expected next month
Sep 25, 2018 - 1:13 PM
Russia Modernizes Syrian Defenses in the Wake of Il-20 Shootdown
The unintentional shootdown of a Russian spyplane highighted the inability of Syria's air defenses to identify aircraft during an air raid scenario
Sep 17, 2018 - 10:11 AM
GIV Aligns To Land on Taxiway, Narrowly Misses Airliner
At the time of the approach, the Runway 35 runway end identifier lights and the precision approach path indicator lights were out of service.