3 Die in Cessna Crash Near Reno

June 1st, 2011 | Other accidents

June 1, 2011 Seventy-two hours after a Cessna 172 and its three passengers were reported missing, authorities discovered the plane’s wreckage in the steep terrain of the Peterson Mountain Range at the California/Nevada border. First responders found two men and one woman dead inside the plane. The plane departed on Saturday from a Roseburg, Oregon,… Read More

Jury Determines Airplane Manufacturer Not at Fault in Cory Lidle Plane Crash

May 25th, 2011 | Aviation accident

May 24, 2011 The widow of Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle lost a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against a plane manufacturer on Tuesday when a jury decided that her husband died as a result of pilot error and not mechanical failure. Melanie Lidle filed suit against Minnesota’s Cirrus Design Corp., in 2007, alleging that her… Read More

Victim’s Families Push for the “Most Significant Aviation Legislation in a Generation”

July 9th, 2010 | Aviation articles

In February 2009, a horrific crash in upstate New York took the lives of all 49 on board and one person on the ground when a twin-engine turboprop plane stalled and nosedived into a home only five miles from the Buffalo-Niagra International Airport. Family members of those victims have made 30 trips to Washington lobbying… Read More