National Transportation Safety Board News

NTSB: Car Carrying Oklahoma Teens Made Rolling Stop Before Fatal Crash

A small, four-seat, car carrying six Oklahoma teenagers reportedly failed to come to a full stop before entering an intersection where it was hit by a large truck, killing all of the teens, the National Transportation Safety Board said. “Witnesses …

Authorities Investigate California Crash Helicopter That Injured 6

Authorities on are investigating the crash of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department rescue helicopter in Southern California mountains that left six people injured. The department’s Air Rescue 5 helicopter crashed shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday while responding to a …

Agency Says Hawaii Helicopter Nose Dived Before Crash Killed Four

The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that a helicopter that crashed in Hawaii last month and killed all four people on board nose-dived from 200 feet above ground after it unexpectedly stopped while making a shallow left turn. The agency’s …

Investigators to Review ‘Entire History’ of Pittsburgh Bridge That Collapsed

Federal investigators on Saturday vowed to put a collapsed bridge in a Pittsburgh park “under a microscope” as they examine evidence, including video from a municipal bus that plummeted along the span, prompting rescuers to rappel down a ravine and …

Investigators at Scene of Suburban Philadelphia Medical Helicopter Crash

Federal investigators pored over the wreckage of a medical helicopter a day after it crash-landed without loss of life next to a church in a residential area of suburban Philadelphia, somehow avoiding a web of power lines and buildings. Brian …

Cause Unknown For Nebraska Plane Crash That Killed Three

The preliminary report on a plane crash that killed three people in northwest Nebraska in November doesn’t identify the cause of the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Wednesday that the plane’s takeoff appeared normal …

Fatal Texas Plane Crash Likely Clipped Treetops

A small plane appeared to have clipped treetops before crashing west of Houston, killing both people aboard, federal investigators reported Dec. 17. The Dec. 8 crash of the single-engine Piper PA 28-140 aircraft happened in a heavily wooded area shortly …

Ship Master Spent 50 Hours Sleepless Before Crash off Louisiana

An oil tanker hit an offshore oil platform at night off Louisiana because its Turkish operating company didn’t give the ship’s master time to recover from days of sleepless travel, federal investigators have found. The master, or person in charge …

NTSB Issues 1st Report on Fatal Midair Arizona Collision

The National Transportation Safety Board issued its preliminary report on a fatal midair collision involving a helicopter and a small plane outside a suburban Phoenix airport earlier this month. The flight instructor and student pilot aboard the Robinson R22 helicopter …

NTSB: Louisiana Boat’s Engine Room-Only Fuel Shutoff Valves Let Fire Spread

Fuel shutoff valves outside the engine room might have stopped a fire that destroyed a shrimp boat after an explosion off Louisiana last year, federal investigators say. Other shrimpers saw the smoke and rescued all four people from the Master …