Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 18th, 2010
Today, the National Transportation Safety Board added improving the oversight of pilot proficiency as one of its most wanted aviation safety improvements. This addition was prompted in large part from revelations from the investigation into the Continental Connection Flight 3407 accident. We are happy that the NTSB has highlighted the importance of proper pilot screening [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2010
On February 15, 2010, at approximately 3:45 pm, a small plane crashed at the Monmouth Executive Airport (formerly Allaire Airport) in New Jersey killing all five people aboard, including three members of a family visiting from Poland, among them a teenager and a young child. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board and local authorities [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2010
On February 6, 2010, at approximately 1:30 pm local time, a Cirrus SR-20 airplane collided with a Piper Pawnee airplane, while the Pawnee was towing a glider near Boulder, Colorado. Three persons tragically died in the mid-air collision: Robert Matthews, the owner and presumed pilot of the Cirrus, his brother Mark Matthews who was a passenger (as well as a licensed pilot) and the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2010
Many aviation safety advocates are aware of the National Transportation Safety Board’s “MOST WANTED LIST” which identifies the most pressing and important safety improvements needed in aviation safety. Notably, most of the recommendations are the result of actual investigations. Presently the list highlights six critical items requiring improvement. They are (1) reduce dangers to aircraft flying [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 8th, 2010
The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded its investigation into the Continental Connection (Colgan) Flight 3407 disaster and has issued very important safety recommendations, which if acted upon by Colgan, the other regional airlines and Federal Aviation Administration will greatly improve aviation safety. If the regional airline industry and the FAA do not act and [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 1st, 2010
The tragic crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 on February 12, 2009 should spur the FAA and the airline industry to change the rules and practices that lead to the disaster. On Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010, the National Transportation Safety Board will hold a hearing and most likely issue its probable cause report. We hope [...]
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