MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officials they are investigating whether pilot fatigue was a factor in a Northwest Airlines jet overflying the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles. ...more

October 22, 2009

A plane crash that killed three people July 17 at Vandenberg Airport was caused by the pilot's "improper decision to take off with a tailwind and his failure to maintain runway alignment during initial takeoff climb," a recently released report states. ...more

March 10, 2009

A nationally known aerobatics pilot was one of two people killed Monday in a single-engine plane crash near Enterprise Road and Old Lakeland Highway. ...more

March 10, 2009

The pilot at the controls of a turboprop plane that pitched like a kite before crashing into a house last week had spent only 110 hours flying that model, and investigators said Tuesday they would look into the quality and quantity of his training. ...more

February 18, 2009

As federal investigators searched the debris of Continental Connection Flight 3407, questions lingered over the use of the plane's autopilot system during icy conditions. ...more

February 16, 2009

As federal investigators searched the debris of Continental Connection Flight 3407, questions lingered over the use of the plane's autopilot system during icy conditions. ...more

February 15, 2009

Facts regarding the Sunday fatal crash of a Remos GX light sport aircraft at Sebring Regional Airport have started to emerge. ...more

January 28, 2009

The birds flew majestically, in perfect formation, and the co-pilot saw them coming. For a moment, it looked like they would pass beneath US Airways Flight 1549, but when Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger looked up, they were there in his windscreen. Big. Dark brown. Lots of them. ...more

January 18, 2009

Crash investigator Dennis Diaz doesn't know why the Ercoupe 415 broke up in mid-air and crashed into the Golf Hammock golf course on Dec. 13. ...more

January 2, 2009

The last flight of missionary pilot James Weener was his second on Saturday, said National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson. ...more

December 17, 2008