Following the September fatal crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter floatplane in Washington State, the FAA has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive calling for the immediate visual inspection of the left-hand elevator auxiliary spar.
The push to create the National Center for the Advancement of Aviation comes as lawmakers and aviation stakeholders look for new ways to grow the country’s pilot pipeline.
In this data-poor investigation, the ability of accident investigators to document visual illusion was just as minimal as their documentation of fatigue.
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.
Aspiring advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicle developers gathered for an event near the U.S. Capitol described their progress toward entering commercial service on a day that saw the AAM ranks thinned by one company.
The U.S. Navy will help the NTSB recover the wreckage of the DHC-3 Turbine Otter seaplane that crashed in the Puget Sound off Whidbey Island, Washington, in early September and sank in 190 ft. of water.
GlobalAir.com, an online resource to the aviation community that provides aviation-related data and services, has launched its newest tool to assist aircraft brokerages—the “Scam Reports” system.
The FAA denied Republic Airways’ petition to establish an airline training program with a 750 flight-hour minimum and suggested that similar efforts will face the same fate.