An experimental airplane of the same series that the National Transportation Safety Board urged the Federal Aviation Administration to ground seven months ago, until a flight control problem could be corrected, was involved in another fatal accident last week.
Airplane Type Recommended For Grounding Involved In Another Fatal Accident
November 14th, 2009 by admin, Comments Off on Airplane Type Recommended For Grounding Involved In Another Fatal Accident
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Northwest 188 Investigation Update
October 26th, 2009 by admin, Comments Off on Northwest 188 Investigation Update
In its continuing investigation of an Airbus A320 that overflew the Minneapolis-St Paul International Wold-Chamberlain Airport (MSP), the National Transportation Safety Board has developed the following factual information:
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NTSB Investigating Landing on Taxiway in Atlanta
October 22nd, 2009 by admin, Comments Off on NTSB Investigating Landing on Taxiway in Atlanta
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the landing of a Delta B-767 on an active taxiway at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport (ATL).
According to preliminary information received from several sources, on Monday, October 19, 2009, at 6:05 a.m. EDT, a Boeing B767-332ER (N185DN) operating as Delta Air Lines flight 60 from Rio de Janeiro to […]
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NTSB Faults Pilot and FAA in Cessna Citation Crash
October 14th, 2009 by admin, Comments Off on NTSB Faults Pilot and FAA in Cessna Citation Crash
Washington, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of an aircraft that lost control and impacted water was the pilots’ mismanagement of an abnormal flight control situation through improper actions, including lack of crew coordination, and failing to control airspeed and to prioritize control of the airplane.
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NTSB Animation of Lubbock Crash
September 29th, 2009 by admin, Comments Off on NTSB Animation of Lubbock Crash
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This three-dimensional 3-D animated reconstruction shows the January 27, 2009, accident involving an ATR-42-320 N902FX, operated by Empire Airlines, which crashed short of Runway 17R, Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, Lubbock, Texas, while executing an instrument landing system approach.
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Hudson River Collision Animation
September 16th, 2009 by admin, Comments Off on Hudson River Collision Animation
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The NTSB today released an animation of the Hudson River midair based on radar and ATC communications. This animation consists of a two-dimensional (2-D) depiction of preliminary radar flight path information of the August 8, 2009 mid-air collision of a Piper 32 aircraft with a Eurocopter helicopter.
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