Were These Two Pilots Really Incapacitated?
The reports prepared by the NTSB on light sport and experimental category accidents usually don’t consume a significant amount …
Peter Katz
Peter Katz is editor and publisher of NTSB Reporter, an independent monthly update on aircraft accident investigations and other news concerning the National Transportation Safety Board. To subscribe, visit www.ntsbreporter.us or write to: NTSB Reporter, Subscription Dept., P.O. Box 831, White Plains, NY 10602-0831.
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A PA-32 Accident Report And The NTSB‘s Role
The NTSB’s report on the breakup and crash of a Piper PA-32RT-300T Turbo Lance II near Bakersfield …
Culture Of Carelessness?
On June 25, 2015, about 24 miles east-northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska, eight passengers and the pilot of a float …
Vectored To A Nonexistent Runway
The NTSB recently released an accident report that contains ammunition for those folks who have axes to grind about the …
What The Engine Was Trying To Say
The NTSB’s narrative report on the Cessna 421B Golden Eagle crash in Hammond, Louisiana, on October 14, 2015, in …
A Pilot‘s Bewilderment
I have a hunch that when I finish telling you about what happened to a Piper PA-34-220T …
Mixed Messages On Midairs
When it comes to keeping airplanes from bumping into each other, it still looks as if one of the best …
Impromptu Photo Shoot Midair
I’m going to tell you about one of those accidents in which what happened is obvious, but why …
Hawker Crash: Chain Of Culpability
When NTSB Chairman Christopher A. Hart addressed other board members and staff at a meeting last October, he offered scathing …
A Fundamental Failure Of The FAA
When the NTSB finished its investigation of the September 7, 2015, Beech A36 Bonanza crash near Kernersville, North Carolina, in …
