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September 28, 2009
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Aug. 05, 2009 Mont Laurier, Canada ENSTROM F28 C-GVQQ A/c registered to private individual and piloted by accident pilot destroyed when impacted wires and terrain near Mont-Laurier Airport (CSD4). Two...
September 21, 2009
New FAA Safety Initiatives Unveiled
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt is putting a new spin on air safety, moving to improving the agency's response to public safety complaints and whistleblower charges while ensuring that air carriers comply with safety...
September 21, 2009
Safety Rules & Regs
Flightcrew Alerting; Reopening of Comment Period. Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); reopening of comment period. SUMMARY: On July 9, 2009, the FAA published an NPRM to amend the airworthiness standards for flightcrew alerting and invited comments for a...
September 21, 2009
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks August 01, 2009 Nairobi, Kenya CESSNA U206 N5Y-LMB A/c owned and operated by African Inland Mission collided with the ground. 1 fatality, one serious A/c conducting low flight while passengers filming...
September 14, 2009
Air Safety in the Big Apple
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is revising flight procedures to create safe, dedicated operating corridors for all the aircraft that fly at lower altitudes around Manhattan and over the Hudson River. A New York Airspace Task Force chartered by the...
September 14, 2009
New Safety Measures for Medical Choppers
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has drafted and sent a multitude of new recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) industry that would require better flight training and...
September 14, 2009
Industry Contributes to HEMS Safety
Industry has stepped forward in support of the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) calls for new equipment, better training and operational changes to improve the safety of emergency medical helicopters, Industry officials have embraced some of the...
September 14, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
Boston Logan Gets ASDE-X Boston Logan International is now operating with the Sensis Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X), a runway incursion detection and alerting system. Logan is the 19th airport to receive the technology through the FAA's...
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
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...
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