FAA

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…

4 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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.

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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.

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

Feds probe fatal Concord plane crash

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate a fatal plane crash near Concord.

8 years ago

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.

8 years ago

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.

8 years ago

Plane from Crescent City to Oakland goes missing

A plane en route to Oakland went missing after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit near Arcata Friday morning.

8 years ago

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