Canadian investigators discovered damage that jammed the rudder mechanism of a Pilatus PC-24 which suffered control problems during climb en route to Kelowna. The aircraft had taken off from Vancouver ...
Nepalese investigators have revealed that the operator of the Bombardier CRJ200 involved in a fatal take-off accident at Kathmandu was not complying with aircraft loading requirements before the crash ...
On a recent Budapest-Amsterdam flight on KLM, the flight crew announced that passengers must sit in their designated seats for weight and balance reasons. I have flown for many years worldwide and had ...
The author recounts a near-catastrophic flight due to significantly overloading a Cessna Skyhawk with passengers and luggage, exceeding weight and balance limits. The experience highlights the ...
In Part 1, we discussed how a Beech King Air 200 wound up in the frigid waters of Unalaska Bay, Alaska. It seems likely that the pilot knew the King Air was overweight. When investigators re-created ...