Accidents/NTSB

Its never good when a general aviation accident leads the evening news, but that was the case Friday when a TBM 900 became a ghost flight off the South Carolina coast and continued south before crashing in the water off Jamaica early in the afternoon. As we reported, the TBM departed Rochester, New York on […]

The pilot of a Cherokee that landed on or near the beach in Venice, Florida on July 27, killing two swimmers, told the NSTB he was worried that the aircraft would flip if landed in deep water. In a preliminary report (PDF) released on Thursday, the NTSB said the pilot, identified by local media as […]

AVweb’s weekly review of what’s going on in aviation turned up news that Power Flow had broken its own record for sales of Tuned Exhaust Systems at AirVenture, Oxygen to Go, LLC and its founder Dr. Brent Blue were recognized by Delta Airlines for significant contributions to persons with disabilities, the NTSB has proposed changes […]

For the second time in less than three weeks, a small plane made a forced landing on a Sarasota County, Florida beach. Television station WWSB Channel 7 is reporting that just before noon Tuesday, the Air Traffic Control tower at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport called 911. A Pitts Special reported an engine power loss and landed […]

If you’ve been reading our news columns or watching the national news, you’re probably aware we had another beach landing in Florida earlier this week. It was Pitts that went into the water off Sarasota’s Siesta Key. No injuries, but the airplane is probably toast. Recall that in late July, just as AirVenture was starting, […]

Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was among those killed Wednesday morning in the crash of a Cessna Citation XL in Santos, Brazil, according to CNN. The exact number of people killed in the crash wasn’t immediately known, but there were no survivors, Agencia Brasil reported, citing officials from Campos’ Brazilian Socialist Party. Campos, 49, was […]

AVweb’s weekly review of what’s happening in aviation found everything from a flight program for young cancer survivors through new Hartzell props for the world’s fastest turboprop to the newest recipient of the EAA’s August Raspet Award and an NTSB training program in emergency communications. Summit Aviation and Eagle Mount announced a partnership to bring […]

NTSB Board member Earl Weener sat outside at a caf at AirVenture with AVwebs Rick Durden to talk about what the NTSB does, his background in aviation and some of his thoughts on improving aviation safety. Weener holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, one of three degrees he earned at that institution while […]

While visiting AirVenture 2014, NTSB board member and experienced pilot Earl Weener sat down at an outdoor caf with AVweb’s Rick Durden. Weener talked about his aviation background and what the NTSB does and made some specific air safety recommendations. Duration: 7:44 File Size: 7.1 MB download here

The wreckage of a missing Air Algerie MD-83 has been located in Mali, about 30 miles north of the Burkina Faso border, on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers. Reports indicate there were no survivors among the 166 aboard.Contact was lost about 50 minutes after takeoff from Ouagadougou, Air Algerie said, as the plane […]