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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the operator’s failure to adequately inspect the former military helicopter, which allowed an engine issue to progress, resulting in a loss of power. The helicopter struck power lines during a forced landing. Investigators also cited three contributing factors: inadequate FAA inspection and maintenance standards for former military turbine-powered aircraft operating with an experimental exhibition airworthiness certificate; the operator’s use of the FAA standards instead of more rigorous standards; and the FAA’s inadequate oversight of the operator. Six people died in the accident.

The Unmanned Aerial System Centre of Excellence is investing C$8.7 million to develop uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) infrastructure in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.

The FAA is seeking public comments through Oct. 15, 2024, on the special conditions, which contain additional standards to establish a level of safety equivalent to existing airworthiness standards. The control input and fly-by-wire system on the Skyryse variant of the Robinson R66 are not covered under current FAA standards.

The FAA is accepting comments through Oct. 15, 2024, on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD) that would require repetitively inspecting (and replacing, if necessary) certain part-numbered tail-rotor pedal support brackets. It would also prohibit installing certain tail-rotor pedal support brackets.

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has conducted a seven-hour endurance test flight of its SKIRON-XLE small uncrewed aircraft system (sUAS) with hydrogen fuel tanks.

(EIN Presswire) – FlyOnE Sustainable Aviation is planning to establish a large-scale training facility for electric aircraft pilots near Traralgon in Victoria.

(Urban Air Mobility) – The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Institute has published the results of a survey of AAM industry representatives from 48 countries on issues including public safety, air medical transport, agricultural operations, and cargo delivery.

Nov. 18–21, 2024, Fort Worth, Texas

Nov. 5–7, 2024, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) is reminding agricultural pilots to avoid letting complacency set in—including while conducting repetitive tasks and during long stretches of intense workloads—as part of its Fly Safe campaign, which seeks to help reduce controlled-flight-into-terrain accidents, including wire strikes.