AVweb’s Flight Safety section offers in-depth coverage of aviation safety topics, including accident analyses, risk management strategies, regulatory updates, and pilot training insights. Designed for pilots, instructors, and aviation professionals, this section provides timely information to enhance situational awareness and promote best practices in flight operations.
Two Army National Guard crew members on board an Apache helicopter were killed when the aircraft crashed in the waters near Galveston Bay in southeastern Texas. Coast Guard divers entered the waters southeast of Houston Wednesday afternoon after reports of the helicopter breaking up in flight, according to an Associated Press report. The Houston Chronicle […]
The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin for some Piper PA-31Ts and similar models, warning of a potential fire hazard in their floor-mounted circuit breaker panels. The SAIB, published earlier this month, is recommending that operators of PA-31T, PA-31T1, PA-31T2, PA-31T3, and PA-31P-350 aircraft inspect wiring conditions in the area for chafing or […]
An Epic LT turboprop crashed about 6 p.m. on Tuesday into a front yard of a home near the runway at Spruce Creek, a fly-in community in Port Orange, on Florida’s east coast. Two people in the airplane were killed, but nobody on the ground was hurt. A witness told police he saw the airplane […]
Suhkoi’s Superjet RRJ95, a regional airliner, has been grounded by aviation authorities in Russia and Mexico after inspectors found metal fatigue near the tail in one of the planes. The fleet is fairly new, having entered service in 2011. All of the airplanes must be inspected, and records made including photographs of the suspect parts. […]
EAA and AOPA have filed formal comments with the FAA that raise questions about the agency’s proposed Airworthiness Directive regarding certain NavWorx ADS-B units. AOPA asked the FAA to provide more information about the unit’s reported deficiencies, and to better explain the necessity for the proposed AD. “The safety benefits offered by UAT [Universal Access […]
Colombia’s accident investigation team has released its preliminary report on last month’s fatal air charter crash, and confirmed that the LaMia Avro RJ85 crashed due to fuel exhaustion. The investigators said they found no technical fault with the aircraft, and no evidence of sabotage or a suicide attempt. Twenty-three investigators, including 10 from Colombia, formed […]
A couple of years ago, flying into ZRH (Zurich, Switzerland), just the day after the landing fees increased once more, we heard the following conversation while on hold between a Cessna 172 on final and the controller. It was a busy day with lots of commercial traffic. Controller: Cleared to land runway 28; winds calm, […]
Transport Canada has issued a Civil Aviation Safety Alert recommending owners and maintainers of virtually all older Piper Cherokees perform magnetic particle inspection of the welds on the control columns of their aircraft at the next annual. As we reported last May, a Canadian flight instructor reported the column broke off in his hands as […]
A Russian military aircraft carrying 92 people, including the Red Army Choir heading to entertain troops in Syria, crashed Christmas Day into the Black Sea. The Tu-154 took off from Sochi just after 5 a.m. Moscow time and disappeared from radar a short time later. It was carrying 84 passengers, including 64 members of the […]
Last month Icon Aircraft announced it had opened its second Flight Center to support its A5, a light sport amphibian (S-LSA). Based on Tampa’s Peter O. Knight Airport, the Center will provide flight training, sales, demos and service for the aircraft. At first glance, the announcement was generic good news that a general aviation manufacturer […]
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