Date & Time: May 29, 2021 at 1055 LT Type of aircraft: Cessna 501 Citation I Operator: JL & GL Productions LP Registration: N66BKFlight Phase: Takeoff (climb) Flight Type: Private Survivors: No Site: Lake, Sea, Ocean, River MSN: 501-0254YOM: 1982 Location: Smyrna-Rutherford County Tennessee Country: United States of America Region: North America Crew on board: 1Crew fatalities: 1Pax on board: 6Pax fatalities: 6 Other fatalities: 0Total fatalities: 7 Circumstances: The aircraft departed Smyrna-Rutherford County Airport runway […]
May 2021
Propeller Falls Off Unknown Antonov AN26 In South Sudan
An unknown Antonov AN-26 freighter, flight from Juba to Paloch (South Sudan), was enroute near Bor (South Sudan) when the left hand propeller detached from the aircraft at around 12:30Z and fell to the ground about 200 meters from the highway connecting Bor and Juba where workers observed the aircraft and the object fall down. […]
Vortex Generators
You might have seen vortex generators – those little fins that protrude from the front of an airplane like the 737-800, or a Short Take Off and Landing (STOL) aircraft like this Top Cub. These little fins are amazing; they create vortices just like your wingtips do. How does that help? The vortices pull high […]
Mid-Air Collision Between 2 Small Planes Above Cherry Creek Reservoir South Of Denver
Two small planes have collided in the air near the United States city of Denver, leaving one aircraft nearly ripped in half and forcing the other’s pilot to deploy a parachute. Remarkably, both planes landed safely and no one was injured, officials said. Both planes were getting ready to land at a small regional airport […]
Antonov An-124 freighter exceeds runway in São Paulo
An Antonov An-124 suffered a runway excursion at Guarulhos Airport (GRU) in São Paulo, Brazil, early on May 11, 2021. The plane, registered UR-82007 and belonging to Antonov Airlines, was operating flight ADB3829 from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) United States with a stopover at Paramaribo Zanderij International Airport (PDB) in Suriname. The freighter […]
The standby magnetic compass
The standby magnetic compass is a backup magnetic heading reference. The standby magnetic compass is below the overhead panel. The standby magnetic compass has a circular heading indicator card. The card floats in a case filled with liquid. The liquid does not permit the card to move quickly. There are two magnets in the standby […]
Air ambulance makes belly landing in Mumbai
An air ambulance made an emergency landing at Mumbai airport on Thursday after one of its wheels separated during takeoff from Nagpur. The crew and patient escaped unharmed. A full state of emergency was declared at the Mumbai airport earlier on Thursday after an air ambulance suffered technical malfunction. The air ambulance, flying from Nagpur […]
SPIN AWARENESS
A spin is an aggravated stall that typically occurs from a full stall occurring with the airplane in a yawed state and results in the airplane following a downward corkscrew path.As the airplane rotates around a vertical axis, the outboard wing is less stalled than the inboard wing, which creates a rolling, yawing, and pitching […]
B787 TIRES
Two suppliers Bridgestone and Michelin Main gear configuration– 22 inch forged aluminum wheels– 50×20.0R22/34PR radial tires (787-8)– 54×21.0R23/38PR radial tires (787-9 and -10) Nose gear configuration– 16 inch forged aluminum wheels– 40×16.0R16/26PR radial tires Author – Deniz Turan