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...
A review of the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) accident database shows an 11.1% increase in the number of U.S. soaring accidents during this time period compared with the FY11 reporting period. However, FY12 saw a 40% decrease in the number of fatal accidents. While the ...
"I think we’re gonna need more boots on the ground, we’re gonna need more inspectors. We don’t have many inspectors on the aircraft certification side of the house." United Airlines announced last month that it found loose bolts on its Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes...
The operator of any civil aircraft ... shall immediately, and by the most expeditious means available, notify the nearest National Transportation Safety Board field office when an aircraft accident [occurs] Incidents Requiring Notification 830.5 The operator of any civil aircraft ... shall immediately...
Schulze began her career with the NTSB as an Aircraft System Safety Engineer within the Aviation Engineering Division and served as a group chairman and investigator on major domestic and international airline accident investigations, including Alaska Airlines flight 261, Pinnacle Airlines flight 3701 and...
Dr. Paul Schuda, Director of the NTSB Training Center, discussed the art and science of aircraft accident investigation during a June class. NTSB/Twitter Share this story Paul Schuda, director of the NTSB Training Center in Ashburn, Virginia, died last Saturday when the Cessna 210 he was rid...
NTSB accident investigation webpage:In-flight structural failure, Alaska Airlines flight 1282 Alaska Airlines Flight Was Scheduled for Safety Check on Day Panel Blew Off Alaska Airlines “engineers and technicians” had concerns and the aircraft was due to go out of service that evening. The NYT ...
Bombardier, the Canadian manufacturer of the jet, said in a statement that it cannot comment on the potential cause of the in-flight problem but extended its “deepest sympathies to all those affected by this accident.” “We stand behind our aircraft, which are designed to be robust...
Air Safety Investigator Brian Rutt says they're still looking at data to know whether a nearby air strip had anything to do with the accident. He also did not have any new information on the pilot to share with media. The NTSB is continuing to look for communications between the pilot ...
Boeing was aware it had a problem with “undocumented maintenance” — work completed but not recorded during aircraft assembly — almost a year before one such action caused the Alaska Airlines panel blowout. As the Alaska 737 was being assembled, a lack of formal records that a pane...