by Casey Dubose | Jul 8, 2020 | Accident, General Aviation, Slider Featured
The 4th of July holiday weekend is one of the busier times of the year for general aviation. Unfortunately, this also means that there are often tragedies that mar the festivities. In this case, a Cessna 172 that was rented from a Salt Lake and Spanish Fork-based...
by Casey Dubose | Jul 6, 2020 | Accident, General Aviation
Local witnesses and pilots report that it was a direct collision between Coeur d’Alene-based scenic floatplane operator Brooks Seaplane in a Beaver and an unidentified general aviation Cessna 206 out of Lewiston. Aviation Law Group has handled many seaplane...
by Casey Dubose | Jul 2, 2020 | Accident, General Aviation, Slider Featured
Wednesday evening was punctuated by a seaplane crash in Lake Washington. The two occupants were rescued by a private boat and are reported to be uninjured. The cause is to be determined. This accident happend within hearshot of Bob’s front yard. He...
by Casey Dubose | Feb 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dillingham Airfield on the north shore of Oahu suffered a second deadly air crash by a commercial operation within a year. The Cessna 305A crashed shortly after takeoff from the field. The aircraft is a tow plane for Honolulu Soaring and was engaged in proficiency...
by Casey Dubose | Feb 10, 2020 | Accident, Slider Featured
Last week was marred by two crashes of part 135 operators in Alaska – one minor and one tragic. On February 5th, the first incident was lost of control during the take-off of a Cessna 208 in Hooper Bay. The aircraft was operated by Grant Aviation and there were...
by Casey Dubose | Jan 27, 2020 | Accident, Slider Featured
A Sikorsky S-76 that was operated by Island Express Helicopters (the operators took down their website shortly after the crash) crashed this morning in Calabasas, California killing 9 people. While there will be an FAA investigation, the abundance of evidence suggests...
by Casey Dubose | Dec 29, 2019 | Slider Featured, Uncategorized
The day after Christmas was marred by the third commercial helicopter crash in Hawaii this year. Following a day-long search for the Safari Helicopter operated tour, the crash site was found with the remains of the 7 perished occupants. Rough Terrain of Kauai These...
by Casey Dubose | Dec 19, 2019 | Slider Featured
(L-R J.J. Camp QC, Associate Counsel, CFM Lawyers, Canada, Micheál P O’Higgins SC, Chairman Council of The Bar of Ireland, Ireland, Sigrid Preissl, Managing Partner, Bourayne & Preissl, France, Robert F. Hedrick, Attorney, Aviation Law Group PS, Seattle, Niamh...
by Casey Dubose | Dec 6, 2019 | Accident, Slider Featured
The busiest traveling weekend of the year was marred by multiple general aviation accidents across the county. The worst of involved a Pilatus PC-12 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Chamberlain Municipal Airport (9V9) which 9 of the 12 people on board the...
by Casey Dubose | Nov 21, 2019 | Slider Featured
On October 30, 2019 Robert Hedrick gave a PowerPoint presentation to the Air Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association in Vancouver, British Columbia, on: Drone Technology For Helicopters And Beyond: The Legal Landscape. Robert discussed new drone technology that...
