Safety
News and information on safety procedures and concerns.
The FAA has issued an emergency AD for visual inspections of the left-hand elevator auxiliary spars on DHC-3 Turbine Otters.
Charter and other commercial air transport operators in Australia will need to have safety management systems in place by December 2024.
Florida's Polk County Sheriff's Office will receive the first Robinson R66 helicopter fitted with night vision goggles.
FAA's Lirio Liu hails the potential of fly-by-wire in light rotorcraft as 'a major advancement.'
U.S.-registered business jets were fatal accident free in the first nine months, but three accidents involving non-U.S-registered jets killed 14.
NTSB member Michael Graham expresses the need to erase the perception of SMS as costly and difficult.
Rotorcraft Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (R-ASIAS) mirrors safety reporting programs developed for fixed-wing aircraft.
Issues with Vespel spline adapters continue to overhang S-92 main gearboxes.
The FAA's decades-old thinking on spin training needs a new approach.
NBAA-BACE has planned 18 sessions during this year's BACE focusing on safety priorities.