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Authorities Sift Through Wreckage of China Eastern Crash
Chinese officials have confirmed there are no survivors in Monday’s crash of the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735. The accident involving the Boeing 737-800 killed 123 passengers and nine crew...
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A Pilot Gets Caught Between Procedure and Instinct
Familiarity in flying has several components. There is the foundational element of general familiarity with airplanes and how to fly them. There is familiarity with systems; this may be of a general...
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Navy Aviation Under ‘Safety Pause’ Following String of Crashes
The U.S. Navy grounded all non-deployed aircraft for a “safety pause” Monday following a string of fatal accidents last week, the service announced. The news comes following crashes of two Navy and...
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Is Your Airport in Danger? Whiteman Field Provides a Cautionary Tale
It happens with alarming frequency: You read a story in your local newspaper about someone pushing for the closure of the local airport. Perhaps it’s an election year, or locals accuse the airport of...
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Court Ruling Brings Sigh of Relief but Not Immunity to Flight Schools, CFIs
The innovative airplane parachute system installed in the Cirrus SR22 does not guarantee survival in an accident. Like any aircraft system, there are multiple factors that contribute to its success,...
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Copilot’s Departure of Aircraft in Mid-Flight Baffles Authorities
Federal authorities and those in Wake County, North Carolina, are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the departure of a non-parachute-wearing copilot from an aircraft in mid-flight...
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Ditching a Cessna 150
Headset, kneeboard—seat belt cutter? How many of you carry these items with you every time you fly? John La Porta, 66, a flight instructor from Seattle, Washington, has added the latter to his...
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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Las Vegas Midair
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report regarding the investigation into the midair collision of two aircraft at North Las Vegas Airport (KVGT). The accident...
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NTSB Releases Final Report on Red Bull Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report regarding the crash of a Cessna 182 that was part of the Red Bull Airplane Swap stunt. The stunt, which was streamed on Hulu on...
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NTSB Preliminary Report Sheds Light on Copilot Mid-Air Departure
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the copilot of a skydiving aircraft that made an emergency landing July 29 at Raleigh, North Carolina, intentionally departed the aircraft in...
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Three Killed in California Mid-Air Collision
Three people have been killed in a mid-air collision of two Cessna aircraft in Santa Cruz County, California, according to authorities. The accident happened Thursday just before 3 p.m. at...
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Strategies To Avoid Mid-Air Collisions
“My airplane!” I was four days away from my private pilot check ride. My CFI, an Air Force Academy graduate, was with me as I practiced specialty takeoffs and landings at the towered airport. I had...
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Watsonville Mid-Air Collision Victims Identified
Officials have identified the victims of last week’s deadly mid-air collision between a twin-engine Cessna 340A and a Cessna 152 in Watsonville, California. Carl Kruppa, 75, and Nannette...
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Coast Guard Releases Names of Floatplane Accident Victims
The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of the victims of Sunday’s floatplane accident off Whidbey Island near Seattle. The nine adults and one child are presumed dead. The pilot was Jason Winter....
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Army, Air National Guard Helicopter Accidents a Result of Human Error, GAO Finds
The Government Accountability Office has published a report detailing what it says the U.S. Army and Air National Guard need to do to improve the safety of their helicopter operations. Responding in...
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Collings Foundation Reaches Settlement with ‘Nine-0-Nine’ Crash Victims
The Collings Foundation has settled legal claims involving eight of the 10 passengers who were aboard its B-17 Nine-0-Nine when it crashed at Hartford’s Bradley International Airport (KBDL) in...
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NTSB Preliminary Report on Kentucky Fatal Crash Released
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary findings on the fatal crash of a Piper PA-28-161 near Whitesville, Kentucky, in September involving a flight instructor and...
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Skyryse’s Automated Autorotation Tech Lands Guinness World Record
A Los Angeles-area startup angling to simplify the cockpit for pilots—and which has already taken nonpilots such as Emmy award-winning actor Jon Hamm and U.S. Representative Julia Brownley (D-Calif.)...
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AOPA Safety Report Released
Richard McSpadden Jr., senior vice president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute, was known for his dedication to analyzing aviation accidents to identify causal factors...
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A Skymaster Taking Off on One Engine?
Alaskan flying entails decisions and improvisations that pilots in the contiguous U.S. seldom contemplate. Remote locations, rugged terrain, and harsh weather on one hand, and, on the other, the...
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