by Casey Dubose | May 23, 2023 | Accident, California Accident
They Had Enough Fuel, But Could Not Get It To The Engines The Twin Otter, N153QS, owned by Seafly LLC, a Delaware Corporation with a representative office in Palo Alto, CA, was involved in a fatal accident during a ferry flight to Hawaii. This aircraft, returning from...
by Casey Dubose | May 18, 2023 | Accident, Commercial Aviation Accident, Hawaii Accident
Many of the passengers of Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35, which flew into severe turbulence on December 18, 2022, report that right before the turbulence hit, the airline crew announced that they were approaching Honolulu and that it was OK to use the bathroom and get up...
by Casey Dubose | May 16, 2023 | Aviation Law, General Aviation
On April 22, 2023, ALG attorney Robert Hedrick gave a presentation at the 13th Annual Conference On International Aviation: Liability, Insurance, and Finance, in Paris. The event was hosted by McGill University and PEOPIL (Pan European Organization of Personal Injury...
by Casey Dubose | May 15, 2023 | Accident, California Accident
In a tragic incident on the morning of May 10, 2023, a Learjet 36A, operated by Phoenix Air Group LLC of Cartersville, Georgia, crashed off the coast of San Clemente Island, California. The crash resulted in the unfortunate death of three onboard – two pilots...
by Casey Dubose | Feb 9, 2023 | Accident, General Aviation
On January 2, 2023, an Embraer EMB-505 (aka Phenom 300), N555NR, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at the Provo Municipal Airport, Provo, Utah. The pilot sustained fatal injuries, two passengers sustained serious injuries, and one passenger...
by Robert Hedrick | Jan 24, 2023 | Hawaii Accident
The NTSB issued its preliminary report on the HA 35 flight turbulence accident that occurred on December 18, 2022. The Hawaiian Airlines flight was approaching Hawaii after leaving Phoenix, when it hit severe turbulence, injuring at least 25 persons (passengers and...
by Robert Hedrick | Dec 20, 2022 | Commercial Aviation Accident, Hawaii Accident
Our hearts go out to the passengers and crew injured on Sunday, December 18, 2022, while flying on Hawaiian Airlines Flight HA35 from Phoenix to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. Unfortunately, the Airbus 330 airplane they were riding in struck...
by Casey Dubose | Nov 28, 2022 | Accident, General Aviation
The Pacific Northwest has been rattled with yet another general aviation accident after the September 4 Northwest Seaplanes accident that took the lives of 10 persons. On November 18, 2022, a Cessna 208B Caravan (N2069B) crashed in Snohomish County, Washington, near...
by Robert Hedrick | Oct 17, 2022 | Commercial Aviation Accident, Mutiny Bay
On October 4, 2022 the FAA issued emergency airworthiness directive (AD) 2022-21-51, which requires almost immediate inspection of the left elevator auxiliary spar of De Havilland Otter DHC-3 aircraft. While it is not known if this is related to the Northwest...
by Robert Hedrick | Oct 12, 2022 | Accident, Mutiny Bay
BY ROBERT HEDRICK, CASEY DUBOSE, KERRY KOVARIK, AND CHRIS RUSING {This article was originally published in the Washington State Bar News, October 2022. The Bar News is mailed to every attorney in the State of Washington. We are delighted that it was a featured...
