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An American 737 at Dallas/Fort Worth [Credit: AirlineGeeks/William Derrickson]

Maintenance Error Caused American Airlines 737 Runway Incident

NTSB final report says misconnected brake hoses and wiring led to reduced braking during DFW landing.

An ambulance helicopter crashed on October 6 near Sacramento, California, after losing power for an unknown reason, according to the NTSB’s preliminary report. [Credit: California Department of Transportation District 8]

NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on California Helicopter Crash

Agency says uncommanded loss of power was reported just before the accident that fatally injured a flight nurse.

Aft view of the Citation damage to its empennage. [Credit: NTSB]

Expectation Bias Contributes to Texas Runway Collision

NTSB final report cites distracted pilots and an inoperative cockpit voice recorder played a role in a 2023 ground collision at Hobby Airport.

NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on New York Helicopter Accident

Agency is scrutinizing video from the sightseeing tour crash that killed the pilot and a family of five in April.

Why Are There So Many Landing Accidents on NTSB Reports?

Every flight ends with a landing, and it is a skill-tensive, task-saturated aspect of it.

Ultimate Issue: Analyzing a Fatal Final Turn

Van’s RV-4 accident presents a tragic case study of the stall-spin scenario.

NTSB: Interruptions, Multitasking Cause of JFK Near Collision

The incident prompted a call from the safety agency for cockpit voice recorders to be required to cover the last 25 hours of audio instead of two hours.

A Night Flight Leads a Pilot to a Tragic End

Rather than reverse course, a former Marine continued to turn until he was heading into the dark unknown of bad weather in 2020.