A300 Airbus Disbonding Of The Composit Rudders
A recent NTSB Safety Recommendation should be of great concern to aircraft manufacturers, airlines and their passengers. It concerns the “disbonding” of the composite rudders on some A300 Airbus airliners... [more]
As Close As It Gets - 9/11 Comments
What is TSA doing about all of this born of the Government’s failure to do anything to protect us once again? It is going to impose more stringent security measures on whom…us. How stupid is this? What will it accomplish?... [more]
Cessna 208 Caravan Needs Critical Know Icing Improvements
Flown in icing conditions the airplane is dangerous and has crashed thirty times, and nearly crashed many more. The NTSB has... [more]
Change To Avisory Frequency Approved
Often when the controller approves a change to advisory frequency, all too often the pilot switches his primary radio to the advisory frequency without tuning in approach control on the second radio and turning up the volume so he can listen on both radios. Why does this happen so often?... [more]
Cockpit Video Recorders Can Prevent Accidents
Pilots have been against them because they fear that they will be used to evaluate their performance in the cockpit as well as for disciplinary action, rather than for accident investigation... [more]
The Cure For Carburetor Ice - That Nobody In The Industry Wanted
Carburetor ice has been a problem since airplanes were first invented, and even today is the most frequent cause of unexplained engine failure. It has been studied for generations, and some innovative fixes by some brilliant engineers have been proposed... [more]
Hudson River Tragedy
Nine people dead and everyone is wondering how this could happen. The nut cases are out in force, shrieking that small aircraft are a menace and should be banned from New York airspace. The NTSB sent a go-team... [more]
Landing In Thunderstorms Is Dangerous
American Airlines learned yet again that attempting a landing in a thunderstorm can be very tricky. This is the second such accident suffered by the carrier in 10 years when its crew landed in very heavy rain from a thunderstorm... [more]
One Level Of Safety - An Elusive Goal For Commuter Airlines
There is only one level of safety. The problem is the experience level of the people who carry out that mission and the airplanes they must carry it out in.There is no substitute for years in the cockpit and hours in make and model to ensure safety... [more]
Stop Faulting The Flight Crew For The Crash of Colgan 3407
The flight crew was blameless for this crash and everyone investigating the crash knows it. It’s just easier to blame the dead crew than to blame the manufacturer who failed to equip this airliner with modern anti-ice equipment. The airplane suffered... [more]
Three Asleep In The Cockpit, The Captain, First Officer And Homeland Security
A Northwest Airlines Airbus A320 crew failed to communicate with air traffic control or the company dispatch for more than an hour and a half, and missed its destination by 150 miles until the flight attendant knocked on the cockpit door to ask why there was no descent for landing... [more]
Why Turboprop Aircraft Shouldn't Fly In Ice
Continental 3407 is just the most recent example of why turboprop passenger aircraft are unable to safely fly during icing conditions... [more]
