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July 15th, 2011 | Aviation articles
July 14, 2011 On Thursday federal safety investigators announced that the National Transportation Safety Board would commence with a study of home-built aircraft to determine how to lessen the number of crashes. The National Transportation Safety Board says experimental, amateur-built planes have a significantly higher accident rate than general aviation aircraft. Though home-built aircraft represent… Read More
July 11th, 2011 | Other accidents
July 11, 2011 A Niceville, Florida, family died on Saturday night when their Cessna 421C went down in a wooded area near an airport in Demopolis, Alabama. The victims include a 42-year-old pilot along with his wife, who was in her mid-30s, and their five children, ages 10, 9, 6, 4, and 2. The family… Read More
July 6th, 2011 | Aviation accident
July 6, 2011 A preliminary report from The National Transportation Safety Board outlines the details of the June 24 crash of a Beech A36 single-engine airplane in Charlevoix, Michigan, that seriously injured a 16-year-old University of Michigan basketball recruit and killed his 44-year-old stepmother and 46-year-old father, who was piloting the plane. Air traffic control and… Read More
July 4th, 2011 | Other accidents
July 4, 2011 A small plane crashed Sunday night in California’s Ventura County, killing both people aboard. The Ventura County Fire Department reports that the Cessna C180 took off from Santa Paula Airport around 8:30 p.m., lost engine power, and then crashed a quarter mile from the airport. The plane crashed into a riverbed in… Read More
July 1st, 2011 | Aviation accident
July 1, 2011 A Southwest Airlines flight ended with a safe landing on Thursday night, despite operating with only one functioning engine. The plane, which was in route from El Paso, Texas, to Phoenix, Arizona, arrived in Phoenix at 9:30 p.m. and taxied to the gate under its own power. None of the 139 passengers… Read More
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