Accident Investigation, Airport Ops, News, Runway Safety
The private mountain airstrip presented many challenges, including high terrain, tricky winds, a steep final approach, and a relatively short, wet runway.
Despite the flight crew’s preparations for landing at the challenging private airport, the Phenom did not slow as expected after touchdown, and the pilot-in-command (PIC) steered it off the runway to avoid a cliff at the departure end. Neither pilot was injured, but the airplane was substantially damaged.
In the aftermath of a January midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the…
Accident Investigation, Aviation Weather, In-depth Feature
Investigators cited the captain’s ‘uncoordinated control inputs’ after a lightning strike as the cause of…
Accident Investigation, Helicopter Safety, News
The fatal midair collision of two helicopters on Australia’s Gold Coast followed operational changes that…
