Investigation of the accident that killed a U.S. senator and seven others leads to calls for increased surveillance of on-demand aircraft operators, implementation of crew resource management training programs for two-pilot flight crews and development of low-airspeed-alert systems…. Continue Reading →
The crew of a Raytheon Beech 1900D used self-programmed global positioning system (GPS) waypoints for navigation during a night approach to a Canadian airport with weather conditions below minimums for the published nonprecision instrument approach…. Continue Reading →
Limited nose-down elevator travel and an excessive aft center of gravity rendered the twin-turboprop airplane uncontrollable in pitch on takeoff from Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. The accident report cited incorrect rigging of the elevator-control system and deficiencies in maintenance oversight and in calculation of passenger weights and baggage weights…. Continue Reading →
All the occupants of the Beechcraft 1900C and the Beechcraft King Air A90 died from the inhalation of smoke, soot or other products of combustion in the postaccident fire that consumed both aircraft…. Continue Reading →
A Raytheon Super King Air 200 was transporting members of a collegiate basketball team in instrument meteorological conditions when the alternating-current electrical system malfunctioned. The report said that the pilot became spatially disoriented. The pilot’s control inputs placed a large aerodynamic load on the aircraft and caused it to break apart at low altitude…. Continue Reading →
The report said that dark night conditions during the emergency medical services positioning flight also were a significant factor in the fatal controlled-flight-into-terrain accident…. Continue Reading →
The report said that the pilot apparently was unable physically to respond to air traffic control radio transmissions after the aircraft ascended above the assigned altitude, 25,000 feet. The aircraft likely continued flying on autopilot, with no input from the pilot, for several hours before it struck terrain…. Continue Reading →
The landing gear were not retracted, and the propeller on the failed engine was not feathered. A control loss occurred, and the aircraft struck terrain. Before the accident, engine-condition trend-monitoring data indicated that a potentially significant problem was developing in the engine…. Continue Reading →
A Boeing 757-200 on a passenger flight from Freetown (Sierra Leone) to London Heathrow (UK) was in the cruise at night in IMC at FL370 when vibration levels on both engines increased. When the prescribed ice shedding drill was followed, one engine malfunctioned and vibration on the other remained abnormally high and so a MAYDAY…… Continue Reading →