6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (415+ words) Windshear from thunderstorms nearby, plus the typical late airline use of brakes and no reversers is a recipe for a long, high speed overrun. It irks the daylights out of me every time I ride airlines and they roll halfway…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (254+ words) AvBrief.com Cirrus Burns During Parachute Deployment The 29-year-old pilot of a Cirrus SR22 was taken to a hospital with smoke inhalation after the aircraft descended on fire under its Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) near Serra Azul in southeastern Brazil…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (190+ words) AvBrief.com Laptop Fire Prompts Expedited Arrival One passenger was given first aid at the airport after a laptop caught fire during the descent of an American Airlines flight to Dallas/Fort Worth on Friday. The A321 was about a half…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (191+ words) AvBrief.com Cessna 150 and Police Helicopter Collide, 150 Pilot Dead (Update) New video obtained by NBC shows a Cessna 150 veering off the runway heading and colliding with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter hovering in the infield at Carlisle Airport in Pennsylvania…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (339+ words) AvBrief.com Tempest Spark Plug Service Bulletin: Inspect For Cracks Tempest Aero Group has issued Service Bulletin SB-012 (FAA Notice Number NOTC5147) because of reports of cracking on the hex nut of select lot numbers of Tempest spark plugs. The bulletin…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (92+ words) AvBrief.com 150 Pilot Killed, Two Pa. State Troopers Injured in Collision with Police Helicopter The pilot of a Cessna 150 was killed and two crew in a a Pennsylvania State Police Bell 407 Helicopter were injured when they collided near Carlisle, Pennsylvania…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (165+ words) AvBrief.com Crashed Plane Found, Pilot Missing A plane crash in an Ontario park has now become a missing persons investigation after David Douglas’s homebuilt Cassutt Racer was located but the 73-year-old pilot was nowhere to be found. Douglas took…...