Aviation Accident Law

2002 Accidents Resulting
in Fatalities

-January 14-

All three aboard a Embraer 120

-January 15-

Four out of
18 aboard a DHC-6

-January 16-

One out of
60 aboard a
B737-300

-January 17-

All twenty-six
aboard a FH-227

-January 28-

All ninety-
two aboard a
Boeing 727

-February 7-

All eight aboard a Antonov 12

-February 12-

All 119 aboard a Tupolev 154M

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Causes of Plane Crashes

Human mistakes and mechanical difficulties are the common reasons that aviation accidents result. The FAA sets safety standards for pilot conduct, flight operations, and aircraft manufacture, but these guidelines are minimum safety standards that are not always enforced well enough to prevent airplane accidents. There are many different reasons a plane crash may occur. The FAA exists to set the minimum safety standards for flight operations, aircraft manufacture, and pilot conduct, and aviation safety may also be governed by federal or state laws. If you would like to learn your legal rights involving an airplane crash, please contact our aviation accident attorneys.

  • Pilot Errors- Pilots are responsible for transporting the plane’s passengers from one destination to another. Pilots have a duty to follow air safety rules that have been outlined and created to better ensure the safety of everyone on board or else risk an aircraft accident.
  • Faulty Equipment- Faulty equipment, or even poorly maintained equipment can fail and cause an airplane to crash.
  • Violating FAA regulations- FAA laws exist to protect everyone using air travel. Violations of FAA regulations can endanger the safety of everybody in the air.
  • Structural or design problems with an aircraft.
  • Flight service station employee negligence.
  • Federal air traffic controllers’ negligence.
  • Third party’s carrier selection negligence.
  • Maintenance or repair of the aircraft or component negligence.
  • Fueling the aircraft negligence.

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Recent Aviation Safety News!!


"NTSB Issues Conclusions and Recommendations on Wellstone Airplane Crash"

November 18, 2003
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its conclusions and recommendations following the investigation of the October 25, 2002 airplane crash killing Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife, their daughter, three aides, and two pilots.

Probable cause of the airplane crash was determined to be the flight crew’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed, leading to an aerodynamic stall that was never recovered.

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March 7, 2002

An American Airline flight from Lincoln to St. Louis had a high-pressure hose explode, leading to a fire in the cargo area. The plane was turned around and landed at a parallel taxiway to the runway. While passengers were shaken up by the incident, a safety-related accident, incident, or threat is reported once a day in the U.S. on average. This figure is estimated to be conservative because the majority of incidents are thought to go unreported.

Helpful Links

“We are at a critical moment in the crossroads of air transportation. We see continuing decline in overall industry quality, and we are nearing complete gridlock at many crucial airports.”
(Brent Bowen, director and professor UN Omaha Aviation Institute/Department of Public Administration)

The Department of Transportation (DOT) Aviation Consumer Protection Division

The Aviation Consumer Protection Division

The Federal Aviation Administration

Air Transport Association

National Transportation Safety Board (for Aviation)