Top BCA Stories Of 2022

The pilot of a Cirrus Vision Jet SF-50 Vision Jet became the first pilot in the aircraft’s history to deploy the jet’s parachute during an accident on Sept. 9 in Orlando. 

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The pilot of a Cessna 560 Citation V that crashed near Warm Springs, Oregon, on Jan. 9, 2021 became incapacitated for reasons that could not be determined, the NTSB has found.

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The pilot of a Pilatus PC-12 (N56KJ) and eight of his passengers lost their lives and three other passengers were seriously injured when he lost control of the airplane immediately after takeoff on Nov. 30, 2019. The FAR Part 91 personal flight was departing Chamberlain Municipal Airport (K9V9) in Chamberlain, South Dakota. The skies were overcast, snow was falling, and there was a fresh layer of snow on the ramp and the runway at the time.

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The NTSB confirmed Sept. 12 that it has located the wreckage of the DHC-3 Turbine Otter seaplane that crashed in the Puget Sound off Whidbey Island, Washington, eight days earlier.

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Robert Sumwalt, who writes BCA's Impact column, was a member of the NTSB from 2006-21, including being chairman from, 2017-21.

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Textron Aviation is bringing back the Cessna Turbo Skylane T182T four-seat single-engine piston aircraft with turbocharged engine and updated avionics and interiors. 

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Even as news broke that the decision had been made to cease operations of advanced air mobility (AAM) startup Kittyhawk, the company was advertising job openings in human resources, purchasing and engineering, and for a flight test engineer.Read the full article here. 

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No one is immune to small lapses in concentration. Most of the time a brief lack of focus or awareness is harmless.

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What are the common factors that lead to pilots landing on paved surfaces other than the one they intended—wrong runways and taxiways? There are three recent examples, and all involved professional crews in commercial operations.

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A series of fatal accidents involving agricultural aircraft in July and August has attracted FAA attention and served as a grim reminder of the dangers of low-level flying during the industry’s busiest season.

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