Cessna 172 involved in accident. Photo by John Medina of the Corona Fire Department.
A single-engine Cessna 172F (registration N8520U) crashed while attempting a forced landing near Corona, California. The accident happened at 2:40 PM PST yesterday (December 17, 2009). The pilot has yet to be identified.
The aircraft had departed Corona Municipal Airport (AJO) and reportedly suffered an engine failure. The pilot picked a field in the Prado Flood Control Basin to land, near the... Read Full Story
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it will provide over $90 million toward the cost of replacing the south runway at Port Columbus International Airport. Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators proposed on Wednesday $9.2 million in combined safety-related fines against US Airways Group and UAL Corp's United Airlines, which was cited for leaving towels inside a jet engine for several months. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a $5.4 million penalty against US Airways for operating eight planes while out of compliance with certain safety directives or its own maintenance programs. The FAA proposed to fine United $3.8 million for... Read Full Story
Charles Lindbergh famously fell asleep while crossing the Atlantic, and despite strict federal rules against it, experienced airline pilots say it's not uncommon to sneak a nap inside the cockpit. The Northwest pilots who blew 150 miles past Minneapolis this past week insist a clandestine snooze isn't to blame for their goof at 37,000 feet. "Nobody fell asleep in the cockpit," first officer Richard I. Cole told The Associated Press. Aviation safety experts and fellow pilots don't buy it... Read Full Story
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A small plane with four people aboard is missing in southern Texas after vanishing from radar shortly after the pilot reported encountering turbulence. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says the last known position of the twin-turboprop Beechcraft King Air was about 40 miles from Corpus Christi. It vanished from FAA radar before noon on Monday. FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford says the plane was flying from Uvalde to Leesburg, Fla., when controllers at FAA's Houston Center noticed it... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. aviation regulators proposed on Wednesday $9.2 million of combined safety-related fines against US Airways Group <LCC.N> and UAL Corp's United Airlines <UAUA.O>, officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration proposed a $5.4 million penalty against US Airways for operating eight planes while out of compliance with certain safety directives or its own maintenance programs. The FAA proposed to fine United $3.8 million for operating a Boeing 737 on more than 200... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday revoked the licenses of two Northwest Air pilots who overflew their destination, telling investigators they lost their bearings while discussing company policy and using their laptops. The pilots of Northwest Flight 188 from San Diego to Minneapolis on October 21 lost contact with air controllers for more than an hour and missed their destination by 150 miles, aviation officials said. Both told the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB... Read Full Story
The Federal Aviation Administration may be expanding its investigation into suspected structural problems found in a small portion of American Airlines jets, according to the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reported Saturday that at least one of the Fort Worth-based airline's McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series jets was believed to be in such poor shape that it was ferried without passengers to a maintenance base at low altitudes to avoid stressing the fuselage by pressurizing it. It cited... Read Full Story
The Federal Aviation Administration wants to levy multimillion dollar penalties on United Airlines and US Airways for safety violations. The FAA said Wednesday it has proposed a $5.4 million fine against US Airways for operating eight planes on a total of 1,647 flights from October 2008 to January 2009 in violation of safety directives or the company's own maintenance rules. The agency also said it is proposing a $3.8 million fine against United for allegedly operating one of its Boeing 737... Read Full Story
