Commuter and on-demand operators, and others covered by U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) Part 135, should be required to establish programs to provide extra training and oversight for flight crewmembers who experience “performance deficiencies or failures” during training, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says.1
The provision was one of three new safety recommendations to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that were included in the NTSB’s final report on the May 15, 2017, crash of a Trans-Pacific Air Charter Learjet 35A on approach to Teterboro (New Jersey, U.S.) Airport. The report also reiterated six related safety recommendations that have been issued since 2010 in response to other accident investigations.
The Teterboro crash occurred at the end of a positioning flight from Philadelphia International Airport, after the approach to landing became unstable and the crew failed to conduct a go-around. Both pilots, who were …
