Aviation Safety

The National Transportation Safety Board has released the preliminary report on the fatal seaplane accident near Seattle on Labor Day weekend. The NTSB has reviewed the aircraft’s maintenance records, the experience level of the pilot, and weather at the time of the accident. Nine adults and one child were onboard the de Havilland DHC-3 Turbine […]

Here are the things you really should not do when maintaining an airplane.

We need to do better. Here’s a good place to start.

Out of 706 ejection seat cartridges inspected, four were deemed suspect and replaced, the Air Force said.

Two airplanes, one runway

New app streamlines the process to get credit for checkrides and flight reviews.

Officials from the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a midair collision at North Las Vegas Airport (KVGT) that killed four people.  According to the FAA, a Piper PA-46 Malibu Mirage and Cessna 172 Skyhawk collided Sunday in the traffic pattern at the airport. “Preliminary information indicates that the Piper PA-46 was […]

The NTSB released its final report on the SIAI Marchetti accident that killed Dale “Snort” Snodgrass in Idaho last summer.

Tips from an instructor before you take that long summer cross-country flight

The National Academy of Sciences gave the agency more than a dozen recommendations.