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.
A Montana woman has pleaded guilty to lunging at the controls of Cape Air Cessna 402 just as it was landing at Havre Airport on March 21, 2023, and very nearly causing it to crash. Tracy Lynn Eagleman, 36, of Havre will be sentenced in December and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in […]
A New York Times documentary looks into the mental health issues affecting the aviation industry and builds the case using the sensational story of an Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to crash a plane he was on last fall. Capt. Joe Emerson was in the jump seat of the E175 hitching a ride to San […]
The FAA has issued an AD ordering operators of all models of the Boeing 787 to inspect the flight deck seat switches in response to the sudden forward pitch of a Dreamliner off Australia last March that hurt 50 people. The sudden dive occurred when the captain’s seat experienced an “uncommanded horizontal movement” causing the […]
The Air Current is reporting that Boeing has suspended certification flight testing of its new flagship 777X airliner after it found problems with the engine attachments in all three test aircraft. The publication said a thrust link that helps secure the engine to its mounting structure was discovered to be broken after a flight from […]
A man killed in the crash of a J3 Cub in Tennessee on Friday does not appear to have had a pilot certificate. There’s a lot of attention on the mishap because the person killed was Scott Bloomquist, 60, a famous dirt track racing driver considered by many to be the best at the sport. […]
A flight school operating at Virginia’s Manassas Regional Airport/ Harry P. Davis Field abruptly shut down on Aug. 1, leaving several of its students stranded. Students from American Aviation Flight School, including Thida Aung, reached out to local news station FOX 5 seeking help. According to FOX 5 Aung had paid the flight school […]
A Renegade Air Dash-8 with 38 passengers and crew aboard made a successful belly landing after the gear was mostly torn off when it struck a dyke on takeoff from Maban in South Sudan. With portions of the long gear struts dangling from the nacelles, the aircraft continued to Malakal. The plane went into a […]
Pilot associations are sounding the alarm on Airbus’ proposal to move towards single-pilot operations in the cockpit. In an Aug. 6 letter to Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) President Capt. Jason Ambrosi urged the manufacturer to reconsider its proposal to reduce cockpit crew from two to one from entering the commercial […]
For the first time, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared commercial drone operators in Dallas to fly beyond their operator’s sight. According to the agency, Zipline International and Wing Aviation have received approval to conduct package deliveries—ensuring their drones remain safely separated through the use of new Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) technology. […]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report on the fatal Lancair ES crash during opening day of EAA’s AirVenture on July 22. According to the report, Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) data indicates the aircraft departed Trenton Mercer Airport (TTN) in Trenton, New Jersey, around 7:40 a.m. and flew to Hartford Municipal […]
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