Excluding NTSB Final Aircraft Accident Reports and FAA Airworthiness Directives at Trialabout what did or did not occur, orabout the likelihood of a particular sce-nario before a crash, should be recog-nized as a tactic to end-run the inad-missi...
1(a) We based our preliminary findings on information from the publicly released preliminary accident reports. (b) While Boeing uses the term “uncommanded MCAS function” in its assessment documents, in this report, we are using the term “unintended ...
1(a) We based our preliminary findings on information from the publicly released preliminary accident reports. (b) While Boeing uses the term “uncommanded MCAS function” in its assessment documents, in this report, we are using the term “unintended MCAS operation” as it relates to our revi...
callsignAir Rescue 5, had been tasked to conduct aHEMS / air ambulanceflight to transfer a patient from a road accident in a canyon in theAngeles National Forest. Oddly in the accident report
Deer on airports: an accident waiting to happen The authors analyzed data on civil aircraft strikes with wild ungulates (deer [Odocoileus spp.], elk [Cervus canadensis] and moose [Alces alces]) in the U.S. from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Wildlife Strike Database and the......
Holland & Knight Regulatory Litigation Blog Paul J. Kiernan Agency actions may cause people pain and distress but there is not always a judicial remedy. In a decision issued on June 19, the D.C. Circuit rejected the request of a pilot's father to reopen an accident investigation into the ...
Dr. Paul Schuda, Director of the NTSB Training Center, discussed the art and science of aircraft accident investigation during a June class.NTSB/Twitter Paul Schuda, director of theNTSB Training Centerin Ashburn, Virginia, died last Saturday when the Cessna 210 he was riding in crashed in sou...
I have read quite a few accident reports where the pilot apparently DID have an IF rating, but otherwise seemed to be unable to fly on basic instruments. Heavily dependent on the autopilot and the GPS and related gizmos. This seems to be the case especially in General Aviation in the USA...
Such disk failure in the engine would send broken engine pieces flying like shrapnel and can cause extensive damage to the aircraft, which is especially dangerous to a plane with a full fuel tank as in Friday's case, according to reports. ...
‘Disappointing’: NTSB chair slams Boeing over investigation Transportation Boeing stonewalling Alaska Airlines investigation, federal accident chief says Q&A ‘I’m Not Trying to Cause a Scene. I Just Want to Get Off This Plane.’ Transportation ...