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A controller who was trying to help a Bonanza pilot in distress directed him to a runway that no longer exists, according to an NTSB preliminary report posted this week. According to the report, the pilot of the Beech C35 Bonanza had taken off from Westhampton Beach, New York, on Sunday, August 16, on an […]
The FAA has some serious explaining to do following a tragic accident in Long Island last weekend that killed one person and injured another. As we reported, a Bonanza pilot had engine trouble and the controller vectored him toward a runway at the former Grumman Bethpage airport. Unfortunately, that airport has been closed for some […]
After several years of work by the Recreational Aviation Foundation, an old turf runway has been restored and reopened on North Fox Island, in Lake Michigan. The 3,000-foot runway has displaced thresholds on both ends, and is surrounded by trees up to about 60 feet high. The island, which comprises about 820 acres, is owned […]
A midair collision at an airshow in Switzerland Sunday killed one of the pilots involved. According to initial news reports two members of the three-ship Formation Grasshoppers team touched during a maneuver and both aircraft crashed. One pilot was reportedly able to parachute from his crippled aircraft. The Grasshoppers fly Ikarus C42 aircraft and do […]
Earlier this month, the NTSB released findings on trends in general aviation accidents. The GA fatal rate, after an all time low of 1.12/100,000 hours in 2013 reversed its trend to 1.4. That’s the highest since 1998. The overall accident rate spiked slightly from 6.26 in 2013 to 6.74 in 2014. But do these numbers […]
At least 11 people are feared dead a Hawker Hunter plowed into multiple cars, including a wedding limousine, on a road adjacent to an airport hosting an airshow in the U.K. Saturday. The pilot, identified as Andy Hill, a British Airways pilot and former RAF Harrier pilot, survived and is in the hospital in serious […]
Government agencies and law enforcement have been quietly testing ways to disable rogue unmanned aerial systems, Reuters reported this week. In efforts to address security concerns that come with commercially available unmanned aircraft, authorities are developing technology to track and disable them. According to Reuters, New York’s police department tested a system over the winter […]
A short circuit was the probable cause of the fire that started in a Boeing 787 parked at London’s Heathrow Airport in July 2013, U.K. investigators said this week. Two exposed wires in the aircraft’s lithium battery-powered ELT touched, starting the fire and causing substantial damage to the 787, the Air Accidents Investigations Branch said […]
A wildfire in Washington state thought to have been started by the crash of a Cessna 182 last week was likely due to other causes, officials said. The Associated Press reported this week that fire investigators are still searching for the cause but no longer believe the blaze was ignited by the crash, which occurred […]
The pilot of the twin-engine Swearingen Merlin III that crashed in April in British Columbia had a blood-alcohol level of 0.24 percent, three times the legal driving limit, a report from the B.C. Coroners Service said. Robert Brandt, 34, and first officer Kevin Wang, 32, died in the crash. Wang did not have drugs or […]
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