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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating a crash involving a twin-engine Beechcraft 95-B55 that occurred shortly after takeoff from Catalina Airport in California on Tuesday, killing all five on board. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, the bodies of five adults were discovered at the crash […]

The FAA says it will look into a landing mishap in blustery conditions that landed six occupants of an American Airlines A321neo in hospital briefly on Saturday in Hawaii. “American Airlines Flight 271, an Airbus A320 (FlightAware lists an A321neo), made a hard landing on Runway 20 at Kahului Airport in Hawaii at approximately 2 […]

Listed by Coeur d’ Alene Aviation & Maintenance who installed a brand new IO550P5B. Cruise at 200 knots in pressurized, air conditioned comfort in this FIKI Certified P210N with the Vitatoe Turbo normalized IO-550 conversion. Located in Northern Idaho at the Coeur d’ Alene Airport (KCOE). For the last 12 years this airplane has been […]

The U.S. Coast Guard announced today (May 11) it has suspended the search for the three occupants of a Learjet 36A that crashed into the Pacific Ocean yesterday off the coast of San Clemente Island. The as-yet-unidentified victims are presumed dead. The Learjet, N56PA, was operated by Phoenix Air on contract to the U.S. Navy. […]

Dialing in the altimeter setting is perhaps one of the most universal, timeless rituals of aviation, spanning decades, continents, and cultures, and tying all pilots to one another. This underscores the importance of atmospheric pressure and its effect on flight safety. But how much do you know about where those numbers come from? In this […]

In a first for the aviation industry, the FAA has approved supplemental type certificates (STCs) for the use of General Aviation Modifications Inc.’s G100UL 100-octane unleaded avgas in all general aviation piston aircraft. GAMI co-founder George Braly stated that the fuel will initially be produced in small batches while the manufacturing and distribution infrastructure is […]

While it sounds like an unsightly ridge in fresh Aero-Thane paint after removing the fine line tape, or the 49th parallel checkpoint that Prohibition bootlegger, Jake Hollow, referenced when air-smuggling whisky across the Canadian border into dry Minnesota in his Standard LS-5 biplane, dryline is neither. Both would make great HBO dramas, but only one […]

AVweb’s General Aviation Accident Bulletin is taken from the pages of our sister publication, Aviation Safety magazine. All the reports listed here are preliminary and include only initial factual findings about crashes. You can learn more about the final probable cause on the NTSB’s website at www.ntsb.gov. Final reports appear about a year after the […]

Be suspicious of articles beginning with, “This is a true story.” Except, this is true: In 1925, Rose Budine, 21, wanted to fly. Like an opening scene from one of my forgotten novels, barnstormer Fred Kane arrived in Kansas City, KS, for a skydiving demonstration. When his regular jumper, Fallon Sashweight, quit, Rose stepped from […]

The ROLLN 2 arrival into Cleveland‑Hopkins International has some notable fixes, such as ROLLN, STOHN, JANYS, JPLIN, plus a few others. Recently I was flying over southwestern Virginia on an Angel Flight mission, and I overheard the following: Center: “Airliner 123, I’ll clear you direct GEDDY if you can tell me who it’s named after.” […]