Accidents
News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.
Acting FAA Administrator Nolen stressed the role of data analysis in improving aviation safety.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a final rule amending its Part 830 definition of “unmanned aircraft accident.”
For business aircraft pilots, the best tactic to surviving a wake turbulence encounter is to avoid it altogether.
The Sikorsky SB>1 Defiant and S-97 Raider helicopters would bring new rotorcraft technology to NATO member countries.
The ICAO Global Aviation Safety Plan sets a goal of reaching zero accidents by 2030.
An April 2021 accident stemmed from ZeroAvia’s flight-test team failing to review the risk assessment following loss of propulsion on previous flights.
Zero fatalities from U.S. bizjet accidents in first half
Simply hoping an aircraft ditching will not happen to you is no way to prepare for a successful outcome.
Preliminary and final accident reports, July 2022
The crash of an air-taxi Rockwell 690B was the only turbine airplane fatal accident last year in Canada, according to the TSB's annual report for 2021.
