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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of this accident to be a total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of this accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain directional control and the flight instructor’s lack of proper remedial action during the practice autorotation that resulted in the helicopter impacting
terrain. Contributing to the accident was the presence of a gusting wind condition and speed shear.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of this accident to be an aeroelastic interaction between the helicopter’s main-rotor blades and nodal beam system, which resulted in oscillations that exceeded the design limits of the tail boom. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the main-rotor blade manufacturer to adequately publish the appropriate recovery technique for a known flight dynamics issue.

The three helicopters, which Milestone Aviation Group delivered to Kitz-Air in July, will undergo modification and conversion work in Europe before entering service in aerial firefighting operations across Europe and South America.

This action proposes special conditions for Pratt and Whitney Canada aircraft engine Model PW220A, which features a novel design compared with the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for engines. These proposed special conditions contain the additional safety standards the FAA considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by existing airworthiness standards.

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The 2026 VAI Air Tour Safety Conference is now open for registration. The event, which takes place Oct. 6–7 in Anaheim, California, brings together air tour industry operators, regulators, OEMs, and other safety stakeholders to address today’s most pressing vertical aviation safety challenges. Sign up before Sep. 4 and receive the early registration rate! Click on the headline above for more information.

(AIN) – The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is putting $10.5 million behind an effort to funnel more students into the aerospace industry, awarding grants to seven organizations tasked with building state-level pathways for advanced technical training.

(AIN) – Nancy Landon Kassebaum, the former Republican US senator from Kansas who shepherded through one of the most monumental pieces of legislation for the general aviation industry, died Aug. 21 in Manhattan, Kansas. She was 94.

In comments on proposed revisions to the Airport Improvement Program Handbook, the association asks that airport-grant guidance reflect the full range of aircraft and facilities operating or soon to be operating within the National Airspace System.