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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Plane crash survivor went for help By FlyingNews @ 10:56 AM :: 874 Views :: 0 Comments :: Flying Accidents, FAA A Missouri couple's flight to Kewanee to pick up their grandson for Thanksgiving ended in tragedy Monday when their light plane crashed near the Kewanee Municipal Airport. The plane, piloted by Harold D. Middleton, 82, of Downing, Mo., crashed just before 6 p.m. Monday after taking off from the airport. The Cessna 172 crashed just a half-mile south of the airport in a field of standing corn owned by Greg and Mark Fargher. Read the entire article here. Read More..

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Teterboro pilot indicted By FlyingNews @ 10:51 AM :: 785 Views :: 0 Comments :: Flying Accidents, FAA A pilot of a jet that crashed after a failed takeoff from Teterboro Airport in 2005 was indicted Tuesday, accused by federal authorities of lying about airplane weight, doctoring flight logs and flying numerous commercial flights without Federal Aviation Administration qualifications. John Kimberling, 63, a second pilot and three officials of the now-defunct Platinum Jet Management were charged in the 27-count indictment. Michael Brassington, the former president of the firm, is accused of instructing pilots to dangerously over-fuel their planes at airports, such as Teterboro, where fuel could be bought cheaply. Read the entire article here. Read More..

Thursday, September 11, 2008 FAA Awards Controller Training Contract to Raytheon By FlyingNews @ 9:58 AM :: 1136 Views :: 0 Comments :: FAA The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today awarded a $437 million contract to Raytheon to support the agency in training air traffic controllers. “This is a performance-based contract that is designed to allow us to train controllers better, faster and cheaper,” said Robert A. Sturgell, the FAA’s acting administrator. “It holds Raytheon accountable for meeting our stringent training requirements and offers incentives for improving the quality of training while lowering the overall time and cost.” Read More..

Thursday, August 14, 2008 FAA Seeks Penalties Against American Airlines for Deferred Maintenance, Other Violations By FlyingNews @ 3:45 PM :: 637 Views :: 0 Comments :: Commercial Airlines, FAA The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced actions totaling $7.1 million in civil penalties against American Airlines for improperly deferring maintenance on safety-related equipment and deficiencies with its drug and alcohol testing programs and exit lighting inspections. The FAA asserts that in December 2007, American used the wrong provisions of its Minimum Equipment List (MEL) to return two MD-83 aircraft to service after pilots had reported problems, and flew the planes 58 times in violation of FAA regulations. The MEL contains components and systems without which the aircraft may operate safely under specific limitations, as proven by the operator or manufacturer. Read More..

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 FAA Expands Runway Status Lights Nationwide By FlyingNews @ 4:08 PM :: 417 Views :: 0 Comments :: FAA Acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Robert Sturgell today announced new initiatives designed to improve runway safety at busy U.S. airports, including the installation of Runway Status Lights at major airports across the country. The agency expects to award a contract this fall to install the system at 20 additional airports over the next three years. “Severe runway incursions are down,” said Sturgell. “And, we’re putting technology and procedures in place to keep it that way. We’re making changes on the runway and in the cockpit that are going to make a significant difference.” Read More..

Wednesday, July 02, 2008 U.S. Transportation Secretary Peters Announces Opening of Military Airspace for July Fourth Weekend By FlyingNews @ 12:50 PM :: 415 Views :: 0 Comments :: FAA, Government The U.S. military will again make airspace available for commercial airline flights off the East Coast during the July Fourth weekend to help reduce delays for air travelers, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters announced today. The airspace released by the military over the upcoming weekend will allow airlines to plan alternate routes in one of the country’s most heavily flown aviation corridors. “Today’s announcement will help ensure that travelers don’t have to celebrate Independence Day by being stuck on an airplane,” said Secretary Peters. Read More..

Saturday, May 17, 2008 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Issues Recommendations to Help Avoid Future Abrupt Aircraft Groundings By FlyingNews @ 7:40 AM :: 437 Views :: 0 Comments :: FAA, NTSB Citing lessons learned from reports submitted by the Federal Aviation Administration and American Airlines in response to last month’s grounding of hundreds of MD-80 aircraft, the Secretary called on the FAA and airlines to better ensure mutual understanding of what constitutes compliance with an Aviation Directive. Secretary Peters added that the FAA and airlines need to review and improve procedures for understanding the process, timing and criteria for requesting and approving alternative solutions for safety directives, known as Alternate Means of Compliance. Read More..

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 New York Airspace Redesign Causing Pilot Confusion By FlyingNews @ 5:04 PM :: 438 Views :: 0 Comments :: Commercial Airlines, FAA An FAA airspace redesign project designed to reduce delays and congestion at airports within the Northeast corridor is creating pilot confusion that could result in safety problem. The vice president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association in Newark says there have been several incidents on the ground there that can be attributed to the new procedures. In one, a United Airlines jet turned the wrong way prior to departure, and in another, a JetBlue pilot communicating with a controller admitted to not knowing how the new procedures worked. Two minutes later, another pilot radioed the tower with questions about the new process. In both cases, the planes were only minutes from takeoff. You can read the entire article here.

Saturday, May 03, 2008 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company 172, 175, 180, 182, 185, 206, 207, 208, 210, and 303 Series Airplanes By FlyingNews @ 7:10 AM :: 485 Views :: 0 Comments :: FAA SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) 172, 175, 180, 182, 185, 206, 207, 208, 210, and 303 series airplanes. This AD requires you to inspect the alternate static air source selector valve to assure that the part number identification placard does not obstruct the alternate static air source selector valve port. If the part number identification placard obstructs the port, this AD requires you to remove the placard, assure that the port is unobstructed, and report to the FAA if obstruction is found. This AD results from reports of improper installation of the part number identification placard on the alternate static air source selector valve. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent erroneous indications from the altimeter, airspeed, and vertical speed indicators, which could cause the pilot to react to incorrect flight information and possibly result in loss of control. Read More..

Thursday, April 17, 2008 ATA Reacts to Department of Transportation LaGuardia Slot Withdrawal and Auction "Experiment" By FlyingNews @ 7:15 AM :: 491 Views :: 0 Comments :: Commercial Airlines, Airports, FAA The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization representing the leading U.S. airlines, today issued the following statement in response to Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to withdraw LaGuardia slots and auction those slots back to the airlines: “It is truly mystifying, with the airline industry in a financial meltdown due to overwhelming fuel prices, that DOT decides now is the time for a costly economics experiment at LaGuardia. It is even more ridiculous considering the DOT’s highly suspect claim of legal authority it has just ‘discovered’ after decades of concluding the opposite,” said ATA President and CEO James C. May. Read More..

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