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| 01.12.2009 |
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Self Healing Aircaft on the Horizon?
Imagine tiny cracks in your patio table healing by themselves, or the first small scratch on your new car disappearing by itself. This and more may be possible with self- healing coatings being developed at the University of Illinois. The new coatings are...
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Keeping Tabs on the Airfield
When many aircraft need space on a limited airfield, a small cadre steps in to ensure there is room for all. Like a game of musical chairs, airmen of the 379th Expeditionary Operations Squadron's airfield management section in Iraq constantly shift assets...
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Air Carriers Fight FAA Crew Rest Rule
Seven U.S. airlines, including American and Continental, have sued the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), claiming the U.S. aviation agency broke its own rules when it set new enhanced standards for pilot rest times last October without input from...
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Probe of Boeing 737-500 Excursion Continues
National Transportation Safety Board investigators continue to probe the Dec. 20, 2008 excursion of a Boeing 737-500 (N18611) at Denver International Airport(DEN). Continental Airlines Flight 1404 was taking off for Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport...
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Another A330 ADIRU Failure for Qantas
Qantas has suffered a second air data inertial reference unit (ADIRU) failure. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said it was advised on Dec. 27 of an occurrence that day involving a Qantas A330-300 cruising at 36,000 ft. on its way from Perth to...
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| 01.12.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Lynne Osmus to Replace Bobby Sturgell On Jan. 6, the White House announced that "The President (Bush) intends to designate Lynne A. Osmus, of Virginia, to be Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, to become effective January 16...
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Security Shortlines
Israel's Air Safety Rating Drops The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has lowered Israel's aviation safety standard rating to Category 2 following an assessment made earlier this year of the country's civil aviation authority. The agency noted the rating...
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| 01.12.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directive; CFM International CFM56-5B Series Engines. SUMMARY: This AD requires reviewing exhaust gas temperature (EGT) monitoring records to determine EGT deterioration margin, and for airplanes where both engines have greater than 80 degrees...
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Dec 03, 2008 Cordoba, Colombia AERO COMMANDER 500 HK1697 A/c operated by Taxi Aero Caribeno LTDA, crashed in open field. Pilot and copilot killed, and a/c destroyed. Flight originated from Olaya Herrera...
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Bird Watchers: Flying Too Slow, Too Heavy
Federal aviation safety investigators blame pilot error, a broken stall warning horn and too much weight for the March 13, 2008 crash of a Cessna 172 that killed the pilot and his three passengers in Indiantown, FL. Pilot Jeff Rozelle, co-owner of the Kemper...
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Venice, FL Crash Remains a Mystery
The National Transportation Safety Board was unable to find a reason for the March 24, 2008 fatal crash of a PIPER PA 28-161 (N465TC) soon after it departed the Venice (FL) Municipal Airport (VNC). The pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, was killed when...
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Bird Strike Downs Univ. of ND Seminole
The NTSB investigation into the Oct. 23, 2007 night training accident that killed two pilots shows that a Canada goose collided with the PIPER PA-44-180 (N327ND). The airplane was in cruise flight at 4,500 feet mean sea level (msl) when the airplane abruptly...
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Nebraska Fatal Crash Included Pilot Impairment
The National Transportation Safety Board's final report on the June 5, 2008 crash of an Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L (N12XT) near Gothenburg, Nebraska says the pilot's use of marijuana contributed to the fatal accident. The 39-year-old pilot was traveling...
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NTSB Probes PHI Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTB) is investigating the fatal crash of a Sikorsky S-76C helicopter in Louisiana on Jan. 4 shortly after it took off to transport workers to an offshore oil platform. There were seven passengers and two Petroleum...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Nov 14, 2008 Nashville, TN Snow 600 N1691S Owner of Snow 600 aerial application airplane stated that the a/c had not been flown "in some time." Several minutes after takeoff on positioning flight...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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Restore ASAPS, ASAP
The National Transportation Safety Board is unhappy that Aviation Safety Action Programs (ASAP) have recently been discontinued by some major air carriers, including American Airlines and US Airways. ASAP, which has been in existence among many air carriers...
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Safety Board Probes Denver Crash
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators offer no immediate explanation as to what caused a Continental Airlines twin-engine jetliner to skid off a Denver International runway Dec. 20 and burst into flames. All 110 passengers and five...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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Volunteers Requested...
Even though Department of Transportation efforts to implement slot auctions at delay-plagued New York area airports is on indefinite hold, the agency is trying another tack to reduce congestion there. To address chronic congestion at New York's delay-prone...
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Safety Board: Deice or Die
The National Transportation Safety Board recently issued a Safety Alert entitled "Activate Leading-Edge Deice Boots As Soon As Airplanes Enter Icing Conditions." "This Safety Alert is intended to increase the visibility of airplane icing issues...
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Gear Up Landing Followed Maintenance Work
A preliminary report by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reveals that an Air Wisconsin CRJ200 (N407A) that landed with its left main gear retracted at the Philadelphia International Airport Dec. 14 had undergone maintenance on the main gear...
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