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Convicted local pilot faces prison time, hefty fine for falsifying FAA medical forms
A Discovery Bay man was found guilty of making false statements to the Federal Aviation Administration on pilot medical certification forms, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Nicholas King...Read More
Cessna 120 crashes after taking off at Livermore airport
A single-engine Cessna 120 crashed late Wednesday morning after taking off from Livermore Municipal Airport, according to a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. The pilot had just taken...Read More
Rescue crews bring two plane crash victims to shore without injuries
Two people escaped injury Tuesday evening in a plane crash into the ocean south of Half Moon Bay, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and the San Mateo County...Read More
Three local family members die in Nebraska plane crash
Three family members from Sonoma County died Wednesday when their small plane crashed just north of Chadron, Nebraska, according to the Dawes County Attorney’s Office. Damon Brown, 61, and...Read More
Flight instructor killed in helicopter crash
Wayne Prodger, 62, of Sunnyvale died Monday after a helicopter he was in crashed at Hayward Executive Airport, according to the Alameda County coroner’s office. According to his LinkedIn...Read More
Helicopter strikes power line near Calistoga
Two small fires started when a helicopter contracted by PG&E hit a power line near Calistoga causing a power outage affecting 8,300 PG&E customers in Calistoga and Lake County...Read More
One killed in Palo Alto plane crash
One man was killed and two women suffered serious injuries Tuesday morning when a single-engine airplane crashed offshore from Palo Alto Airport, according to the Palo Alto Fire Department.Read More
Five killed in plane crash out of Concord
A Cessna 414 aircraft that crashed Sunday in Southern California after taking off from Concord's Buchanan Airport was registered to San Francisco's Category III Aviation Corp.Read More
SFO flight lands safely in Honolulu after engine cover comes off
A plane that took off from San Francisco International Airport this morning safely made an emergency landing in Honolulu, its destination, after the engine cover came off.Read More
Pilot in fatal Concord plane crash identified
The pilot and sole occupant of a small single-engine plane that crashed near Concord late Monday morning has been identified.Read More
SFO flight nearly lands on wrong runway
An airplane arriving at San Francisco International Airport on Tuesday almost landed on the wrong runway where another plane was waiting to depart.Read More
SFO flight ignores warning, lands anyway
An Air Canada plane landed at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday night despite air traffic controllers' attempts to get the plane to circle around.Read More
Main Oakland airport runway reopens
The main commercial air carrier runway at the Oakland International Airport has reopened following two weeks of around-the-clock construction.Read More
Pilot sustains minor injuries in Reid-Hillview crash
A pilot suffered minor injuries when their plane's nose wheel collapsed and the plane crashed Sunday afternoon at San Jose's Reid-Hillview Airport.Read More
SFO plane missed others by just 100 feet
The Canadian National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report finding that Air Canada Flight AC759 flew just 100 feet over another aircraft.Read More
Three survive, one die in Sonoma plane crash
A 38-year-old man who was killed in a plane crash Thursday near the Sonoma Skyport Airport has been identified.Read More
SFO runway near miss probed by FAA
An Air Canada pilot on Friday narrowly avoided a tragic mistake: landing on the San Francisco International Airport taxiway instead of the appropriate runway.Read More
Feds probe fatal Concord plane crash
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate a fatal plane crash near Concord.Read More
Student pilot unhurt in Reid-Hillview crash
A student pilot and flight instructor walked away without injuries after a plane crash near Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose.Read More
At least two dead in medical plane crash
At least two people died when a plane headed to Oakland this morning from Crescent City crashed in Humboldt County.Read More