Aviation Law Group Encourages The NTSB And The FAA To Re-Open Their Investigation Of Robinson Helicopter Main Rotor Control Loss Following Two Recent Tailboom Separation Accidents In Washington State and in Hawaii

by Chris Rusing | Jul 31, 2024 | Accident, Hawaii Accident, Washington Accident

A Robinson helicopter accident on June 29, 1992, involving the inflight break-up of the helicopter prompted the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to launch a special investigation into Robinson R22 and R44 helicopter main rotor control accidents. The Federal...

Steamboat Springs C-421 Accident UPDATE: Pilot Reported Engine Issues Before Accident

by Robert Hedrick | Jul 15, 2024 | Accident, General Aviation

By Robert Hedrick and Kerry Kovarik As we predicted shortly after this accident, the NTSB preliminary report supports our suspicion that an engine issue was in fact involved in this accident. The planned flight route for the Cessna 421, N245T, a light twin-engine...

Here We Go Again: Another Fatal R-44 Crash In Kauai Less Than One Month After An R-44 Tail Boom Came Off In Flight In Washington State Killing Two

by Robert Hedrick | Jul 14, 2024 | Accident, Hawaii Accident

We are shocked but not surprised to hear of yet another deadly Robinson R-44 crash, N144KW, this time just off the North Coast of Kauai on July 11, 2024. Our hearts go out to the families of the two passengers and pilot who were on the sight-seeing flight operated by...

ALG Attorneys Seriously Concerned About Crash of Robinson R-44 In Washington After Tail Boom Apparently Comes Off In Cruise Flight

by Robert Hedrick | Jun 28, 2024 | Accident

Another tragic Robinson R-44 accident has struck Washington. This one occurred at approximately 4:20 p.m. on June 19, 2024, near Bluestem, Washington. The pilot was a very experienced retired commercial pilot and flight instructor. The passenger was a rated airplane...

Steamboat Springs C-421 Accident Has Signatures Of Aircraft/Engine Issues

by Robert Hedrick | Jun 24, 2024 | Accident, Aviation Law, General Aviation

On Tuesday, June 17, 2024, at approximately 4:23 p.m., a U.S. registered aircraft N245T, a twin-engine Cessna 421C, crashed near Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field (SBS) in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The aircraft struck the ground in a southerly direction just...

NTSB Preliminary Report On the March 30, 2024, Truckee, California TBM 700 Accident Raises Eyebrows at Aviation Law Group

by Robert Hedrick | May 24, 2024 | Accident, California Accident, General Aviation

We earlier reported about this accident with limited information including weather and some flight path data. The accident, which occurred on March 30, 2024, involved a privately owned TBM 700, N960LP, which took the lives of a married couple who were the only...