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Report cites deficiencies in pilot training and post-maintenance procedures for the jets.

Well-known Reno racer was a runner-up to ‘Dreadnaught’ in the 1986 Gold race.

Students from Purdue University demonstrate that it takes more than desire to earn an airline first officer position.

Textron Aviation celebrates its eighth time orchestrating the Citation and Beechcraft crews lifting Special Olympians to the USA Games.

September 2, 2021, Enterprise, Ore. Cessna 172E Skyhawk At about 1130 Pacific time, the airplane was substantially damaged when its nose wheel assembly failed and it departed the runway before nosing over onto its back. The pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual conditions prevailed. Just prior to lifting off from a grass strip, the […]

Textron’s Beechcraft subsidiary has received full FAA certification for all program elements of its Beechcraft/Hawker 400A upgrade. All upgrade work is completed either in Wichita, Kansas, or at a Textron Aviation service center. The completed effort transforms the old 1980s-era airframe into a Hawker 400XPR that offers improved climb and takeoff performance, as well as […]

Garmin’s G5000 integrated flight deck has achieved STC approval for retrofit in the Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP. The avionics suite features two touch-screen controllers and three 12-screen displays capable of displaying as many as six independent pages simultaneously in the landscape orientation. The touch-screen controllers are mounted in portrait orientation below the displays. Instrument […]

The unregistered aircraft was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain at an unknown time. The private pilot was fatally injured. Visual conditions prevailed. The accident pilot was last observed flying the single-seat gyrocopter at about 1350 on the day of the accident. The wreckage was subsequently located the following day about 0915, about 750 feet east of the departure airports Runway 26 threshold. The private pilot held a rating for single-engine land-based airplanes.

The airplane was substantially damaged after ditching in the Caribbean Ocean at about 0920 Atlantic time, 17 miles north of Aruba, following a dual loss of engine power during cruise. The airline transport pilot and his pilot-rated passenger were uninjured. Visual conditions prevailed. On April 2, 2012, the pilots took delivery of the new airplane, then departed for Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (FXE), on the first leg of the delivery flight. During that flight, the pilots diverted to Marianna, Fla., and added 153 gallons of fuel. They then departed for FXE. The next morning, the pilots departed FXE at about 0534. The flight was uneventful until the pilots observed fuel gauges were reading lower than they anticipated.

The airplane sustained minor damage at about 1330 Central time during an en route climb when its windshield cracked/shattered. Visual conditions prevailed at the time. The pilot descended and landed without further incident. The pilot, copilot and two passengers were uninjured.