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Selected recent general aviation and airline accidents

Selected recent general aviation and airline accidents

Noise restrictions can be a fact of life at urban and suburban airports. Keep the peace by keeping quiet

In more than 30 years of flying I have flown only a handful of ILS approaches with the weather right at minimums. The same is true for most pilots. I think the reason is that the weather seldom cooperates. Fog frequently drops the visibility well below the required minimums, but mist, drizzle and rain usually […]

The temptation sometimes strikes to beat that big airplane to the runway. Hope those two minutes you save are really important to you

The Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently completed an investigation into the alleged harassment of a Missouri pilot, Joseph Brinell, by the FAA. The report found that personnel at the Kansas City Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), including a supervisor, had indeed abused their authority in their dealings with Brinell. The […]

The following briefs were selected from the 98 preliminary reports filed with the NTSB in February 2003. Statements in quotes were taken directly from the NTSB documents. The information is subject to change as the investigations are completed. Click here to view “Accident Totals, February.”

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February 01, Quartzsite, Ariz.
Beech Bonanza
At 1046 mountain time, a Beech S-35 landing at Desert Gardens Airstrip collided with a car crossing the runway. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The pilot said he was landing on the dirt strip when a car pulled out to cross the runway. He applied power to go around, but the…

Airlines take the switch to a new airplane type very seriously, but GA pilots tend to miss the importance.

The instructors from the FlightSafety International Academy at Vero Beach, Florida, obvious in their crisp epauleted uniforms, fanned out through the Orlando Convention Center exhibit hall during the National Business Aviation Association meeting. They were bright eyed and enthusiastic, particularly considering their early, pre-dawn wheels-up departure for the bus trip from their Vero Beach campus. […]

At the National Business Aviation Association Convention in Orlando in September Cessna announced that it will build an all-new very light jet, the Citation Mustang, and will also develop a new Citation, the CJ3, which has a larger cabin and more powerful engines than the wildly successful CJ2. The Mustang, priced at $2.295 million, is […]