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...USA, April 12, 2010- Environmental Tectonics Corporation's (OTC Bulletin Board: ETCC) ("ETC" or the "Company")The National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center announced today that it is the first entity to receive a Safety Approval from the Federal...
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DC Metro board to vote on plan to replace rail carsBaltimore Sun (blog)The transit agency has come under pressure from the National Transportation Safety Board to replace the cars, six of which were in use on the train the ...Metro's oldest rail cars will be rolling out of serviceWTOPall 10 news articles »
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Investigators Expect to Release Report by FridayCentralia ChronicleHolly Pederson / For The Chronicle National Transportation Safety Board Investigator Kristi Dunks speaks with Bob Thomas at the scene of the Friday evening ...Faulty generator tied to 2009 Creswell plane crashKTVZPlane's problem tied to generator | The pilot in the 2009 incident flipped the ...The Register-Guardall 9 news articles »
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Investigation Underway into Cause of Morton Area Plane CrashKELA( MORTON ) – The National Transportation Safety Board is combing through the wreckage of the airplane that crash landed near Morton last Friday. ...Empty tank, not engine trouble, may have led to fatal crashDuluth News TribunePilot Killed in Small Plane CrashLawyers and Settlementsall 5 news articles »
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NTSB Cites Pilot in Fatal Helicopter Crash93.1 WIBC IndianapolisThe National Transportation Safety Board is blaming pilot error for the fatal 2008 crash of an Air Angels medical helicopter in ...and more »
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Here is the NTSB Hearing on Glass Cockpits in GA aircraft and their affect on training and safety. SB-10-07 NTSB STUDY SHOWS INTRODUCTION OF GLASS COCKPITS IN GENERAL AVIATION AIRPLANES HAS NOT LED TO EXPECTED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS Washington, DC Today the National Transportation Safety Board adopted a study concluding that single engine airplanes equipped with glass cockpits had no better overall safety record than airplanes with conventional instrumentation. The safety study, which was adopted unanimously by the Safety Board, was initiated more than a year ago to determine if light airplanes equipped with digital primary flight displays, often referred to as "glass cockpits," were inherently safer than those equipped with conventional instruments. The study, which looked at the accident rates of over 8000 small piston-powered airplanes manufactured between 2002 and 2006, found that those equipped with glass cockpits had a higher fatal accident rate then similar aircraft with conventional instruments. The Safety Board determined that because glass cockpits are both complex and vary from aircraft to aircraft in function, design and failure modes, pilots are not always provided with all of the information they need both by aircraft manufacturers and the Federal Aviation Administration to adequately understand the unique operational and functional details of the primary flight instruments in their airplanes. NTSB Chairman Deborah AP Hersman highlighted the role that training ...
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NTSB wants to monitor pilots' conversations in cockpitsAZFamilyWASHINGTON -- In an unprecedented move, the National Transportation Safety Board is asking that airlines and unions be allowed to use ...NTSB Suggests Recording Pilots' Chatter In-FlightSmarterTravel.com (blog)High-flying bug to curb cockpit chatterSydney Morning HeraldBlack box recorders to monitor airline crews?News 10NBCAviation International News -USA Today -Buffalo Newsall 190 news articles »
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The National Transportation Safety Board begins a public hearing Tuesday into the fatal June Metro crash that will focus on the subway's automated crash-avoidance system and on holes in safety oversight at the local, regional and national levels. This
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Courtesy NTSB The National Transportation Safety Board today issued its 2010 Federal Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, adding rail, aviation and marine issues, and updating the status of other issues on the list. At the same time, the Board removed the issue areas dealing with improved protection for school bus passengers and fatigue in the pipeline industry. "Every one of the hundreds of currently open safety recommendations address concerns that the Safety Board has uncovered in its accident investigations," NTSB Chairman Deborah AP Hersman said. "But the recommendations on the Most Wanted list represent those improvements that can have the widest benefit." Besides removing two issue areas on the list, the Board reviewed the remaining 13 issue areas on the list and added two new ones. Each issue area is color coded by the NTSB to designate its action/timeliness: Red for Unacceptable Response; Yellow for Acceptable Response, Progressing Slowly; and Green for Acceptable Response, Progressing in a Timely Manner. Reduce Accidents and Incidents Caused by Human Fatigue in the Aviation Industry • Set working hour limits for flight crews, aviation mechanics, and air traffic controllers based on fatigue research, circadian rhythms, and sleep and rest requirements. • Develop a fatigue awareness and countermeasures training program for controllers and those who schedule them for duty. • Develop guidance for operators to establish fatigue management systems ...
Courtesy NTSB The National Transportation Safety Board today issued its 2010 Federal Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, adding rail, aviation and marine issues, and updating the status of other issues on the list. At the same time, the Board removed the issue areas dealing with improved protection for school bus passengers and fatigue in the pipeline industry. "Every one of the hundreds of currently open safety recommendations address concerns that the Safety Board has uncovered in its accident investigations," NTSB Chairman Deborah AP Hersman said. "But the recommendations on the Most Wanted list represent those improvements that can have the widest benefit." Besides removing two issue areas on the list, the Board reviewed the remaining 13 issue areas on the list and added two new ones. Each issue area is color coded by the NTSB to designate its action/timeliness: Red for Unacceptable Response; Yellow for Acceptable Response, Progressing Slowly; and Green for Acceptable Response, Progressing in a Timely Manner. Improve Crew Resource Management •Require commuter and on-demand air taxi flight crews to receive crew resource management training. www.ntsb.gov
Courtesy NTSB The National Transportation Safety Board today issued its 2010 Federal Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, adding rail, aviation and marine issues, and updating the status of other issues on the list. At the same time, the Board removed the issue areas dealing with improved protection for school bus passengers and fatigue in the pipeline industry. "Every one of the hundreds of currently open safety recommendations address concerns that the Safety Board has uncovered in its accident investigations," NTSB Chairman Deborah AP Hersman said. "But the recommendations on the Most Wanted list represent those improvements that can have the widest benefit." Besides removing two issue areas on the list, the Board reviewed the remaining 13 issue areas on the list and added two new ones. Each issue area is color coded by the NTSB to designate its action/timeliness: Red for Unacceptable Response; Yellow for Acceptable Response, Progressing Slowly; and Green for Acceptable Response, Progressing in a Timely Manner. Reduce Dangers to Aircraft Flying in Icing Conditions •Use current research on freezing rain and large water droplets to revise the way aircraft are designed and approved for flight in icing conditions. •Apply revised icing requirements to currently certificated aircraft. •Require that airplanes with pneumatic deice boots activate the boots as soon as the airplane enters icing conditions. www.ntsb.gov
Courtesy NTSB The National Transportation Safety Board today issued its 2010 Federal Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, adding rail, aviation and marine issues, and updating the status of other issues on the list. At the same time, the Board removed the issue areas dealing with improved protection for school bus passengers and fatigue in the pipeline industry. "Every one of the hundreds of currently open safety recommendations address concerns that the Safety Board has uncovered in its accident investigations," NTSB Chairman Deborah AP Hersman said. "But the recommendations on the Most Wanted list represent those improvements that can have the widest benefit." Besides removing two issue areas on the list, the Board reviewed the remaining 13 issue areas on the list and added two new ones. Each issue area is color coded by the NTSB to designate its action/timeliness: Red for Unacceptable Response; Yellow for Acceptable Response, Progressing Slowly; and Green for Acceptable Response, Progressing in a Timely Manner. Improve Runway Safety •Give immediate warnings of probable collisions/incursions directly to flight crews in the cockpit. •Require specific air traffic control (ATC) clearance for each runway crossing. •Require operators to install cockpit moving map displays or an automatic system that alerts pilots when a takeoff is attempted on a taxiway or a runway other than the one intended. •Require a landing distance assessment with an adequate safety ...
Courtesy NTSB The National Transportation Safety Board today issued its 2010 Federal Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, adding rail, aviation and marine issues, and updating the status of other issues on the list. At the same time, the Board removed the issue areas dealing with improved protection for school bus passengers and fatigue in the pipeline industry. "Every one of the hundreds of currently open safety recommendations address concerns that the Safety Board has uncovered in its accident investigations," NTSB Chairman Deborah AP Hersman said. "But the recommendations on the Most Wanted list represent those improvements that can have the widest benefit." Besides removing two issue areas on the list, the Board reviewed the remaining 13 issue areas on the list and added two new ones. Each issue area is color coded by the NTSB to designate its action/timeliness: Red for Unacceptable Response; Yellow for Acceptable Response, Progressing Slowly; and Green for Acceptable Response, Progressing in a Timely Manner. Improve the Safety of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Flights •Conduct all flights with medical personnel on board in accordance with stricter commuter aircraft regulations. •Develop and implement flight risk evaluation programs for EMS operators. •Require formalized dispatch and flight-following procedures including up-to-date weather information. •Install terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) on aircraft used for EMS operations. www ...
Courtesy NTSB The National Transportation Safety Board today issued its 2010 Federal Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, adding rail, aviation and marine issues, and updating the status of other issues on the list. At the same time, the Board removed the issue areas dealing with improved protection for school bus passengers and fatigue in the pipeline industry. "Every one of the hundreds of currently open safety recommendations address concerns that the Safety Board has uncovered in its accident investigations," NTSB Chairman Deborah AP Hersman said. "But the recommendations on the Most Wanted list represent those improvements that can have the widest benefit." Besides removing two issue areas on the list, the Board reviewed the remaining 13 issue areas on the list and added two new ones. Each issue area is color coded by the NTSB to designate its action/timeliness: Red for Unacceptable Response; Yellow for Acceptable Response, Progressing Slowly; and Green for Acceptable Response, Progressing in a Timely Manner. Require Image Recorders • Install crash-protected image recorders in cockpits to give investigators more information to solve complex accidents.
Courtesy NTSB The National Transportation Safety Board today issued its 2010 Federal Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, adding rail, aviation and marine issues, and updating the status of other issues on the list. At the same time, the Board removed the issue areas dealing with improved protection for school bus passengers and fatigue in the pipeline industry. "Every one of the hundreds of currently open safety recommendations address concerns that the Safety Board has uncovered in its accident investigations," NTSB Chairman Deborah AP Hersman said. "But the recommendations on the Most Wanted list represent those improvements that can have the widest benefit." Besides removing two issue areas on the list, the Board reviewed the remaining 13 issue areas on the list and added two new ones. Each issue area is color coded by the NTSB to designate its action/timeliness: Red for Unacceptable Response; Yellow for Acceptable Response, Progressing Slowly; and Green for Acceptable Response, Progressing in a Timely Manner. Improve Oversight of Pilot Proficiency •Evaluate prior flight check failures for pilot applicants before hiring. •Provide training and additional oversight that considers full performance histories for flight crewmembers demonstrating performance deficiencies.
Representatives of the National Transportation Safety Board and PG&E answer questions from the media concerning the ongoing investigation of a small plane which crashed, resulting in 3 fatalities, in East Palo Alto early morning on February 17, 2010.
Courtesy: NTSB www.ntsb.gov Aviation Accident Report—Crash on Approach to Airport, Colgan Air, Inc., Operating as Continental Connection Flight 3407, Bombardier DHC-8-400, N200WQ, Clarence Center, New York, February 12, 2009 Opening Statement by Chairman Hersman 00:00:01 Introduction of Staff 00:9:02 Accident Overview 00:9:10 Introduction by Investigator-In-Charge (IIC) 0:12:40 Crew response 0:23:56 Airspeed selection and stall training 0:28:57 Question and Answer Sessions 0:37:35 Aircraft Performance Study 0:43:53 Question and Answer Sessions 0:50:50 Pilot training records/remedial training program 4:00:06 Question and Answer Sessions 4:05:02 Pilot Professionalism 4:43:35 Question and Answer Sessions 4:50:05 Fatigue and Commuting 05:28:13 Question and Answer Sessions 5:32:53 FOQA, FAA oversight, and SAFO 6:31:31 Question and Answer Sessions 6:38:53 Findings 07:46:35 Probable Cause 8:20:42 Safety Recommendations 8:30:50 Adoption of Report 9:27:46 Closing Remarks 9:28:35
The National Transportation Safety Board has revealed the probable cause of the crash of Flight 3407.
Courtesy FAA NTSB INVESTIGATING RUNWAY INCURSION AT CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a runway incursion that occurred on Friday morning at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) involving a general aviation aircraft and a regional jet airliner bound for New Bern, NC (EWN). At about 10:17 am on May 29, a PSA Airlines CRJ-200 regional jet operated as US Airways Express flight 2390, was cleared for takeoff on runway 18L. After the regional jet was into its takeoff roll, a Pilatus PC-12, a single engine turboprop aircraft, was cleared to taxi into position and hold farther down the same runway in preparation for a departure roll that was to begin at the taxiway A intersection. After the ground-based collision warning system (ASDE-X) alerted controllers to the runway incursion, the takeoff clearance for the regional jet was cancelled. The pilot of the PC-12, seeing the regional jet coming down the runway on a collision course, taxied the PC-12 to the side of the runway. The FAA reported that the regional jet stopped approximately 10 feet from the PC-12. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed with 9 miles visibility. There were no reported injuries to any of the 42 passengers or crew of three aboard the jet, or to any of those on the PC-12.
Video courtesy NTSB. www.ntsb.gov The following is an INTERIM FACTUAL SUMMARY of this accident investigation. A final report that includes all pertinent facts, conditions and circumstances of this accident will be issued upon completion, along with the Safety Board's analysis and probable cause of this accident. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 27, 2008, at 2358 eastern daylight time, an ...
Pilot error was to blame for the November 2008 plane crash in Smithfield that killed two men, according to a federal report.
2 Northwest Airlines pilots have told federal investigators that they were going over schedules using their laptops, in violation of company policy, while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles, the NTSB said Monday. (Oct. 26) ... ntsb nw pilot wayward pilots on laptops
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Today, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) called on Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to expedite his investigation into the incident involving Flight 1888, which stopped responding to air traffic control for 75 minutes and overshot its Minneapolis
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work to how they communicate with ground control workers and flight attendants.
Napping on the job isn't something most folks can get away with, including airline pilots in the United States.
But the tale of Northwest Airlines Flight 188, which
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Video courtesy: NTSB Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of an aircraft that lost control and impacted water was the pilots' mismanagement of an abnormal flight control situation through improper actions, including lack of crew coordination, and failing to control airspeed and to prioritize control of the airplane. On June 4, 2007, about 4:00pm CST, a Cessna Citation 550, N550BP, impacted Lake Michigan shortly after departure from General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (MKE). The two pilots and four passengers were killed, and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was being operated by Marlin Air under the provisions of Part 135. The aircraft was carrying a human organ for a transplant operation in Michigan. At the time of the accident, marginal visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the surface, and instrument meteorological conditions prevailed aloft; the flight operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Due to the lack of a data recording system, the Board could not determine the exact nature of the initiating event of the accident. However, the evidence indicated that the two most likely scenarios were a runaway trim or the inadvertent engagement of the autopilot, rather than the yaw damper, at takeoff. The Board further noted that the event was controllable if the captain had not allowed the airspeed and resulting control forces to increase while he tried to ...
The NTSB met on Wednesday to discuss the results of its investigation into the crash of a Cessna Citation 550 in June 2007 and laid the blame squarely in the lap of the pilots. The jet had just taken off from Milwaukee, carrying a medical team with a human organ for transplant. This is the official NTSB animation of the crash event.
Video Courtesy: NTSB The Safety Board's full report is available at www.ntsb.gov The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-04/01. On January 8, 2003, about 0847:28 eastern standard time, Air Midwest (doing business as US Airways Express) flight 5481, a Raytheon (Beechcraft) 1900D, N233YV, crashed shortly after takeoff from runway 18R at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina. The 2 flight crewmembers and 19 passengers aboard the airplane were killed, 1 ...
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Some local residents and legislators are supportive of a push in national legislation - which debuted last week - that would make this kind of text illegal.
"I'm certainly in favor of it," said Rep. Vida Miller,
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National Transportation Safety Board investigators have located three witnesses who may help them determine a cause of a medical helicopter crash on Friday night that killed all three people on board.
None of the three saw the crash, said NTSB
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GEORGETOWN, S.C. -- As federal investigators looked for witnesses to the crash of a medical helicopter, funeral services were set Monday for two of the three crew members killed in the rainy weekend accident. Investigators said they found no immediate
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A Conway-bound medical helicopter crashed Friday in a wooded area of Georgetown County, killing three people after diverting to land at Georgetown County Airport because of bad weather, according to investigators.
The three Carolina Lifecare crew
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Video courtesy: NTSB. Full docket: bit.ly On January 27, 2009, approximately 0437 central standard time, N902FX, an Aerospatiale Alenia ATR-42-320, operating as Empire Airlines flight 8284, sustained substantial damage when it landed short of the runway threshold while executing the Instrument Landing System (ILS) RWY 17R approach at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (LBB), Lubbock, Texas. The airplane was registered to Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee, and operated ...
Video courtesy: NTSB. Full docket: bit.ly On January 27, 2009, approximately 0437 central standard time, N902FX, an Aerospatiale Alenia ATR-42-320, operating as Empire Airlines flight 8284, sustained substantial damage when it landed short of the runway threshold while executing the Instrument Landing System (ILS) RWY 17R approach at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (LBB), Lubbock, Texas. The airplane was registered to Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee, and operated by Empire Airlines, Hayden, Idaho. The airline transport pilot rated captain was seriously injured and the commercial rated first officer sustained minor injuries. An instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the flight that departed Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW), Fort Worth, Texas, approximately 0319. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the supplemental cargo flight operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121. A preliminary review of air traffic control communications revealed that the captain contacted the Lubbock Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) at 0422, and reported that they were descending from an altitude of 10000 feet down to 8000 feet mean sea level (msl). A controller acknowledged the transmission and then provided the airport's current weather information and a runway breaking-action advisory. In addition, he provided vectors for the ILS 17R approach. At 0430, the controller instructed the airplane to descend and maintain an ...
NTSB Report as followed: On August 8, 2009, about 1153 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32R-300 airplane, N71MC, operated by a private pilot, and a Eurocopter AS350 BA helicopter, N401LH, operated by Liberty Helicopters, were substantially damaged following a midair collision over the Hudson River near Hoboken, New Jersey. The certificated private pilot and two passengers aboard the airplane and the certificated commercial pilot and five passengers aboard the helicopter and were killed. The airplane flight was a personal flight conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91.The helicopter flight was a local sightseeing flight conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Parts 135 and 136. The airplane departed Teterboro Airport (TEB), Teterboro, New Jersey, about 1149, destined for Ocean City Municipal Airport, Ocean City, New Jersey. The helicopter departed West 30th Street Heliport, New York, New York, about 1152. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plans were required or filed for either flight. However, the pilot of the airplane requested flight-following services from TEB air traffic control (ATC). The pilot of the accident airplane contacted the clearance delivery controller in the TEB ATC tower about 1140:01, requesting departure clearance and VFR radar traffic advisory service en route to Ocean City, New Jersey, at 3500 feet. The pilot's requested route and altitude required that the flight enter the class B ...
On September 16, 2009, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a testimonial video to detailing the timeline of August's fatal mid-air collision between a Piper Saratoga and a tour helicopter in which nine people were killed. Also on September 16, the FAA published its proposed new rules that would modify the VFR airspace above the Hudson River in New York.
Animation Courtesy: NTSB This animation consists of a two-dimensional (2-D) depiction of preliminary radar flight path information of the August 8, 2009 mid-air collision of a Piper 32 aircraft with a Eurocopter helicopter. The animation begins after the Pipers departure from Teterboro airport, and continues until the collision. The radar ground tracks for both aircraft are displayed on a satellite photo illustration of the area. The 2-D animation is followed by a three-dimensional (3-D) representation of the collision. The 3-D animation is a thirty second, chase view of the Piper 32 depicting the closure of the helicopter with the Piper, ending at the collision. After the 3-D representation, post-collision photographs obtained from witnesses are shown as still images. Selected comments from the Teterboro and Newark air traffic control (ATC) preliminary transcript are displayed as text, and the animation audio consists of portions of the recorded air traffic control communications. The animation does not depict the weather or visibility conditions at the time of the accident. www.ntsb.gov www.ntsb.gov
The federal safety agency that investigates transportation accidents is banning texting and talking on cell phones by its employees while driving on government business. (Sept 8)
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A Teterboro air traffic controller who was talking on the phone to his girlfriend failed to warn a pilot of "potential traffic conflicts" just before last Saturday's fatal helicopter-small plane collision over the Hudson River, the National
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Video Courtesy: FAA via Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents accidents-ll.faa.gov Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed into the Florida Everglades while on approach to Miami International Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the crash was the result of an inadvertent autopilot disconnection that went unnoticed by the flightcrew as they were attempting to correct an unsafe landing gear position indication. The NTSB determined that the ...
Video courtesy NTSB www.ntsb.gov The flight was being vectored for the approach to runway 3R at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) when the aircraft descended and impacted the ground. The aircraft struck the ground in a steep nose-down attitude in a level field in a rural area about 19 nm southwest of DTW. The flight carried 26 passengers and 3 crew members. There were no survivors and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The investigation revealed that it was likely that the airplane gradually accumulated a thin, rough glaze/mixed ice coverage on the leading edge deicing boot surfaces, possibly with ice ridge formation on the leading edge upper surface, as the airplane descended from 7000 feet mean sea level (msl) to 4000 feet msl in icing conditions, which may have been imperceptible to the pilots. The pilots had been instructed by air traffic control to slow to 150 knots and according to flight data recorder information, the airplane began to show signs of departure from controlled flight as it decelerated from 155 to 156 knots while in a flaps-up configuration. The investigation disclosed that the FAA failed to adopt a systematic and proactive approach to the certification, and operational issues of turbopropeller-driven transport airplane icing. The icing certification process has been inadequate because it has not required manufacturers to ...
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Safety officials say an air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of another aircraft in its path and then tried unsuccessfully to contact the pilot.
Moments later the plane
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Courtesy NTSB Aircraft Accident Report Runway Overrun and Collision Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 Boeing 737-7H4, N471WN Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago, Illinois December 8, 2005 NTSB Number AAR-07/06 NTIS Number PB2007-910407 Executive Summary: On December 8, 2005, about 1914 central standard time, Southwest Airlines (SWA) flight 1248, a Boeing 737-7H4, N471WN, ran off the departure end of runway 31C after landing at Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois ...
Courtesy NTSB On December 6, 1999, at about 8:35 pm, United Airlines flight 1448, a Boeing 757, was involved in a runway incursion on runway 5 Right at Theodore Francis Green State Airport, near Providence, Rhode Island. At the time of the incident, it was dark and the reported visibility was one-quarter mile. After United 1448 landed on runway 5 Right, the tower controller instructed the flight crew to proceed to the terminal using taxiways November and Tango, and report crossing runway 16. During their taxi in the fog, the flight crew became disoriented and turned onto taxiway Bravo by mistake. They then provided incorrect position reports to the tower controller. The airplane ended up at the intersection of Runway 16 and Runway 23 left. Note that Runways 23 Left and 5 Right are opposite ends of the same runway. Shortly afterward, a Federal Express aircraft taking off from runway 5 Right passed very close to United 1448. The subsequent conversation between the tower controller and United 1448 shows continued uncertainty about the aircraft's position. For example, there will be several references to Runway 23 right while the airplane is actually on 23 left.
Courtesy NTSB On April 1, 1999, just after 2 o'clock in the morning, Korean Air flight 36 and Air China 9018, both Boeing 747s, nearly collided on runway 14 Right at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Air China had just landed and was rolling out on runway 14 right when the tower controller instructed Korean Air to taxi into position and hold. After Air China exited the runway at taxiway T10, the tower controller instructed the flight to turn left on taxiway Kilo and cross runway 27 ...
Courtesy NTSB Aircraft Accident Report Collision With Trees on Final Approach Federal Express Flight 1478 Boeing 727-232, N497FE Tallahassee, Florida July 26, 2002 NTSB Number AAR-04/02 NTIS Number PB2004-910402 Executive Summary: On July 26, 2002, about 0537 eastern daylight time, Federal Express flight 1478, a Boeing 727-232F, N497FE, struck trees on short final approach and crashed short of runway 9 at the Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH), Tallahassee, Florida. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a scheduled cargo flight from Memphis International Airport, in Memphis, Tennessee, to TLH. The captain, first officer, and flight engineer were seriously injured, and the airplane was destroyed by impact and resulting fire. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the captains and first officers failure to establish and maintain a proper glidepath during the night visual approach to landing. Contributing to the accident was a combination of the captains and first officers fatigue, the captains and first officers failure to adhere to company flight procedures, the captains and flight engineers failure to monitor the approach, and the first officers color vision deficiency. The safety issues in this report focus on flight crew performance, flight ...
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