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September 14, 2009
Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Short Brothers Model SD360. Final rule. SUMMARY: This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an...
September 14, 2009
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks August 03, 2009 Suffolk, VA MOONEY M20F N3549N A/c made forced landing and collided with trees. Pilot was flying around for an hour before began "buzzing" his house. One serious Made a series of...
August 31, 2009
Preliminaries on Navion In-Flight Breakup
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its preliminary report on the mid-flight breakup of a Navion general aviation aircraft in Adrian, OR, which killed all three people on board the aircraft. The report fails to explain why the aircraft...
August 31, 2009
Laptop Searches to Continue at U.S. Borders
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing new guidelines for searches of computers and other electronic data storage devices at U.S. border crossings. The DHS announcement comes a day after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a...
August 31, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
Chris Hart Now NTSB Vice Chair President Barack Obama has designated National Transportation Safety Board Member Christopher A. Hart as the agency's vice chairman. Hart was sworn in as a member of the NTSB on August 12 to a term that ends December 31, 2012...
August 31, 2009
Security Shortlines
Alleged Swindler Who Faked Death Sentenced to Four Years in Prison The Indiana man who bailed out of a Piper PA-46 Malibu and allowed it to crash in an attempt to fake his own death was sentenced to 51 months in a federal prison, and ordered to pay more than...
August 31, 2009
Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited (Jetstream) Model 410. Final rule. SUMMARY: This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an...
August 31, 2009
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks August 01, 2009 West Point, VA BEECH B90 N1999G A/c operated by Rampart Aviation substantially damaged during skydive flight from Middle Peninsula Regional Airport (FYJ). Flight departed and climbed to 14,000...
August 26, 2009
One More Day to Sign Up
This year has seen some of the worst controversies surrounding aviation safety in more than a decade as analysts debate the impact of such accidents as Colgan Flight 3407, the subject of Senate hearings yesterday, as well as Air France 447. For that reason...
August 24, 2009
NTSB Revises Hudson Mid-Air Assessment; NATCA Off Crash Probe
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators have modified their preliminary report on the Aug. 8 midair collision of a small fixed-wing aircraft and a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River. They now say the air tour helicopter struck by...
August 24, 2009
Safety on Par at Network & Regional Carriers
U.S. regional airlines and their mainline air carriers live by the same aviation safety standards, according to senior airline executives who recently testified before a Senate aviation panel. The congressional hearing was held in the wake of the Feb. 12...
August 24, 2009
FOD Finder in Vancouver
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is the first commercial airport in the world to link a day and night camera to its existing Tarsier Foreign Object Debris (FOD) radar detection system. The new camera upgrades the airport's 24-hour automated runway debris...
August 24, 2009
Aeronautical Forensic Archiving Keeps Flying Safe and Confident
San Diego-based Forensic Imaging and Archiving (FIA) has introduced Aeronautical Forensic Archiving (AFA), which provides quality assurance by photographically documenting aircraft inspections, maintenance and/or repairs. AFA creates a permanent archive of an...
August 24, 2009
He Sounded Like 'Mickey Mouse'
A Cirrus SR-22 crashed July 30, 2009 in Ravenswood WV after the pilot---the sole occupant---apparently lost consciousness and flew hundreds of miles past the destination airport in Indiana. Air National Guard F-16 pilots who scrambled to intercept the errant...
August 24, 2009
The Airplane was "Upside Down."
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators continue to probe the July 8, 2009 crash of a CESSNA 421C (N4467D) that killed the pilot and four passengers. The Cessna 421C was destroyed after it impacted the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, about 25...
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