General Aviation Accident Bulletin

It was Saturday afternoon some years ago at our mid-sized, midwestern airport.Things were hopping. Air Guard jets were shooting landings... Citing a lack of FAA guidance or industry expertise in training pilots for low-altitude operations, Icon Aircraft has created guidelines... It has less to do with how the airplane flies than how reliable it is and what it costs to maintain.

2 father-son pairs among dead in crash after pilot talked of ‘weather phenomenon’

Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2tNS38j In this image made from a video provided by WAOW-TV debris from a plane crash covers the road on July, 2, 2017, near Phillips, Wis. MILWAUKEE - Law enforcement identified the six people, including two father-son pairs, who were killed in a plane crash shortly after a discussion about "weather phenomenon" in northern Wisconsin early Saturday.

VP Mike Pence walks in Fourth of July Parade

The airport confirmed to FOX 17 on Monday that representatives for the VP had reached out to them last week, urging them to prepare for a possible arrival on Independence Day. Federal Aviation Administration restrictions to airspace around Ford Airport were put into place recently - VIP restrictions that also ban flights over Grandville during the parade.

Tire fire may have sparked airplane engine fire in Denver

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating after an engine of an airplane caught fire after landing at Denver International Airport. A preliminary report to the Federal Aviation Administration indicates SkyWest Airlines, which operated the United Express airplane, reported a tire fire spread to the engine Sunday after the plane landed.

Horizon DH8D at Belgrade on Jul 2nd 2017, bird strike

A Horizon Air de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration N419QX performing flight QX-2489/AS-2489 from Belgrade,MT to Seattle,WA , was climbing out of Belgrade Bozeman Airport's runway 30 when the aircraft received a bird strike causing damage to a pitot tube. The aircraft stopped the climb at 8000 feet and returned to Belgrade for a safe landing about 15 minutes after departure.

Drones are here: Regulators trying to keep up with commercial, recreational users

It sounds like a scene from "The Jetsons" with people zipping around from place to place in aerocars that also deliver packages and pizza. However, the future of driverless taxis and delivery drones flying through the skies is closer than many people may think.  The first Chinese-made ferry for individual passengers is scheduled to fly this month in Dubai.

Pilot says ‘Hey, we got a mayday!,’ then crashes on freeway

This photo shows firefighters standing by the wreckage of a twin-engine prop jet after it crashed on Interstate 405, just short of the runway at John Wayne Orange County Airport. LOS ANGELES - The pilot of a small twin-engine plane that dropped out of the sky and exploded in flames on a busy freeway near a Southern California airport Friday morning, injuring the two people aboard, declared a mayday and told air traffic controllers he had lost an engine before the crash.

Plane crashes in flames on California freeway, 2 injured

A small twin-engine plane dropped out of the sky and exploded in flames on a busy freeway near a Southern California airport Friday morning, injuring the two people aboard but clipping only one passing vehicle, a fire official said. The Cessna 310 aircraft crashed on Interstate 405, just short of a runway at John Wayne Airport in Costa Mesa around 9:30 a.m., said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

FAA urges county to delay plans

The Federal Aviation Administration wants Fulton County to wait several years before again considering putting a project to extend the county airport runway into its airport master plan. The county Planning Department reported to the Board of Supervisors' Buildings and Grounds-Highway Committee on Monday about the status of the runway project.

Report: Winds a factor in fatal plane crash in Banning

A combination of gusty winds and the pilots' inability to maintain control may have precipitated a fatal plane crash in Banning, according to federal investigators. The National Transportation Safety Board Thursday night released its preliminary report on the June 2 crash of a Cessna 150 at Banning Municipal Airport, pointing to weather and handling errors as possible factors.