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| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 |
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Plane crash survivor went for help
By FlyingNews @ 10:56 AM :: 874 Views ::
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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.
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| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 |
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Teterboro pilot indicted
By FlyingNews @ 10:51 AM :: 785 Views ::
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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.
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| Monday, July 07, 2008 |
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NTSB TO INVESTIGATE INCIDENT INVOLVING MIDWEST AIRLINES PLANE CARRYING SENATOR OBAMA
By FlyingNews @ 12:33 PM :: 601 Views ::
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in which a chartered Midwest Airlines airplane carrying Senator Barack Obama made an uneventful precautionary landing due to a suspected flight control anomaly.
At about 9:30 a.m. CDT this morning, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81 airplane (N804ME), operated by Midwest Airlines as Flight 8663, diverted to St. Louis, Missouri, during a flight from Chicago, Illinois to Charlotte, North Carolina. There were no injuries to the 48 passengers and crew.
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| Friday, June 06, 2008 |
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B-2 accident report released
By FlyingNews @ 11:59 AM :: 495 Views ::
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Distorted data introduced by a B-2 Spirit's air data system skewed information entering the bomber's flight control computers ultimately causing the crash of the aircraft on takeoff at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 23, according to an Air Combat Command accident investigation report released June 5.
Moisture in the aircraft's Port Transducer Units during air data calibration distorted the information in the bomber's air data system, causing the flight control computers to calculate an inaccurate airspeed and a negative angle of attack upon takeoff. According to the report, this caused an, "uncommanded 30 degree nose-high pitch-up on takeoff, causing the aircraft to stall and its subsequent crash."
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| Tuesday, May 13, 2008 |
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Helicopter that crashed lacked some safety gear
By FlyingNews @ 12:37 PM :: 440 Views ::
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A medical helicopter that crashed in Wisconsin did not have two pieces of safety technology the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended to prevent crashes, company officials said Monday.
Mike Allen, senior vice president at Denver-based Air Methods, said the helicopter was not equipped with a computerized voice system to warn of approaching terrain or night vision goggles for the pilot.
His company leased the helicopter to the University of Wisconsin Hospital for its Med Flight program that crashed Saturday night after dropping off a patient at a La Crosse hospital. There were no survivors in the crash that killed a surgeon, nurse and pilot.
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| Monday, May 12, 2008 |
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Studies show hike in EMS aircraft crashes
By FlyingNews @ 11:01 AM :: 513 Views ::
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The NTSB had launched a special investigation into EMS operations and accidents after 55 air ambulances, helicopters and fixed-wing craft crashed between 2002 and 2005 -- a level not seen for 20 years, authorities said.
Recurring safety issues identified in the study included: less stringent requirements of EMS flights without patients on board; a lack of flight risk evaluation programs for EMS operations; and no requirements to use terrain awareness or night-vision technologies to enhance safety.
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| Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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NTSB faults pilot for maneuver that injured flight attendant
By FlyingNews @ 8:17 AM :: 435 Views ::
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A federal report is faulting a corporate jet pilot for an incident in which a flight attendant broke her leg during a landing at Teterboro Airport.
The National Transportation Safety Board found that the pilot engaged in an "excessive maneuver" after being notified of another plane nearby. The plane's sudden movement caused the flight attendant to fall and break her left leg.
In the October 2006 incident, the pilot of the Bombardier jet flying from Dulles International Airport was notified about the other plane while approaching Teterboro.
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| Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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IAF aircraft hits pigs on airport runway
By FlyingNews @ 7:28 AM :: 473 Views ::
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A transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) hit two pigs during landing at the runway of the city's international airport, killing them on the spot, sources said.
The incident occured on Wednesday night.
The airport ground staff found caracass of two pigs lying on the runway, apparently hit by a Russian made il-76 aircraft which was on a routine sortie, sources said.
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| Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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Air Force identifies pilots killed in Sheppard T-38 crash
By FlyingNews @ 7:08 AM :: 775 Views ::
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SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Sheppard officials have identified the pilots killed when their T-38C Talon crashed during a May 1 training mission.
Maj. Brad Funk, 35, a 90th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, and 2nd Lt. Alec Littler, 23, a student pilot in the 80th Flying Training Wing's Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, died when the aircraft crashed on approach during a training mission at about 7:55 a.m.
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