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August 10, 2009
Safety Rules & Regs
Safety Management System. Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), Request for Comments. SUMMARY: This ANPRM solicits public comments on a potential rulemaking requiring certain 14 CFR part 21, 119, 121, 125, 135, 141, 142, and 145 certificate holders...
August 10, 2009
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks July 07, 2009 Skwentna, AK DOUGLAS DC-3C N777YA Tailwheel-equipped DC-3C sustained substantial damage while taxiing after landing on a gravel-covered, off-airport site, about 24 miles west of Skwentna. No...
August 3, 2009
AIA Works to Change Foreign Repair Station Provision
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) says it is continuing efforts to change a "harmful" provision in the FAA reauthorization bill that could damage U.S. relations abroad and put thousands of U.S. jobs at risk. The reauthorization bill cleared...
August 3, 2009
Addressing On-Demand Operator Shortfalls
The Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General (IG) recently issued a report scrutinizing the oversight of on-demand operators by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). According to the audit by the Office of the Inspector General, There is less...
August 3, 2009
New Forms of Metal Can Enhance Aircraft Performance
Researchers at the University of Rochester are using laser light technology to help the military create new forms of metal that may guide, attract and repel liquids and cool small electronic devices. Dr. Chunlei Guo and his team of researchers discovered a...
August 3, 2009
Pilots Should Seek Apnea Treatment
Two pilots for Go! Airlines slumbered during a flight in Hawaii, were suspended for careless and reckless operation of an aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and subsequently fired by their employer. The captain was later found as suffering...
August 3, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
New NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman, who has been a member of the National Transportation Safety Board for the past fiveyears, has been sworn in as the Safety Board's 12th chairman. Hersman was nominated for the two-year term as chairman by the While House last...
August 3, 2009
Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Turbomeca S.A. Arriel 1A1, 1A2, 1B, 1C, 1C1, 1C2, 1D, 1D1, 1E2, 1K1, 1S, and 1S1 Turboshaft Engines. Final rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting emergency...
August 3, 2009
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks July 05, 2009 Raphine, VA PILATUS PC-12/45 N578DC A/c impacted in a pasture following in-flight loss of control. Flight from Teterboro Airport (TEB), Teterboro, NJ, to Tampa Executive Airport (VDF)...
July 27, 2009
Safety Board Urges Lear 60 Thrust Reverser Redesign
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommends that the FAA require a re-design of the thrust reverser system on Learjet 60 business aircraft. The recommendations contained in a letter to FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt stem from the Sept. 19...
July 27, 2009
Better Coordination Needed to Boost African Aviation Safety
A recently released General Accountability Office (GAO) report says more can be done to improve aviation safety among the nations of Africa. The African continent is important to U.S. economic, strategic, and foreign policy interests, and efforts have been...
July 27, 2009
Safety Oversight of On Demand Operators Criticized
There is less safety oversight of "on-demand" flight operators than commercial airlines, according to a new audit by Transportation Department's Office of the Inspector General. The IG report says the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducts...
July 27, 2009
Probable Cause of 2008 Wyoming Mid-Air Released
A mid-air collision that occurred Aug. 10, 2008 in Rock Springs, Wyoming happened because the pilots of the two aircraft involved simply did not see each other, according to the probable cause report released by the NTSB. There were three fatalities. A Cessna...
July 27, 2009
Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Model F.28 Mark 0100. Final rule. SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Fokker Model F.28 Mark 0100 airplanes. That AD currently requires revisions to the airplane...
July 27, 2009
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks June 01, 2009 Uddevalla, Sweden CESSNA 172H SE-GUP A/c owned by Uddevalla Flygklubb (Flying Club) and piloted by accident pilot, destroyed when impacted terrain under unknown circumstances at Uddevalla Rorkarr...
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