A weekly roundup of the incidents added to the archive this week, and what's known about each so far.
Severe thunderstorms forced missed approaches at two airports before a 7700 squawk and a safe diversion to Evansville with roughly 30 minutes of fuel left.
A Beechcraft Sundowner descended below the minimum descent altitude of its RNAV approach with the reported ceiling well below minimums, resulting in a fatal accident.
The crew stopped their climb at 9,000 feet and returned for a safe landing; roughly 200 people evacuated via slides on the taxiway.
Two American Airlines flights sharing “2482” were on the same frequency at converging altitudes before controllers caught the mix-up in time.
A close call with a small drone shortly after takeoff from Washington Dulles; no impact was indicated and the flight continued normally.
Two older fatal accidents were added to the archive this week, both with completed NTSB investigations.
A Gulfstream Jetprop Commander stalled after continued autopilot use in severe icing conditions on a night descent.
A Piper Saratoga lost engine power at night and was directed to a farther airport by outdated NOTAM data, when the closer field was actually usable.
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