Federal Aviation Administration News

Hot air balloon burns near Philadelphia, kills 1Sunday, September 7, 2008 @ 11:32PMSun, Sep 7, 2008 (9:18 p.m.) A hot air balloon made an unscheduled landing and burst into flames in suburban Philadelphia Sunday evening, killing its pilot and injuring seven passengers.

Pilot killed in Washington Township crash lacked medical certificationSunday, September 7, 2008 @ 11:28PMAn elderly Pittsburgh man killed in a plane crash in Westmoreland County did not have the federally required medical certification needed to fly a plane, according to licensing records.

Hot air balloon burns near Philadelphia, kills 1Sunday, September 7, 2008 @ 11:23PMA hot air balloon made an unscheduled landing and burst into flames in suburban Philadelphia Sunday evening, killing its pilot and injuring seven passengers.

Pilot forgets landing gear, crash-lands at Alamogordo airportSunday, September 7, 2008 @ 11:16PMA man piloting a rental aircraft forgot to use his landing gear as he was coming into town Thursday morning.

Hot air balloon burns near Philadelphia, kills 1Sunday, September 7, 2008 @ 11:00PMA hot air balloon made an unscheduled landing and burst into flames in suburban Philadelphia Sunday evening, killing its pilot and injuring seven passengers. The balloon carrying eight people was making an hourlong flight, but descended early into a field about two miles from the liftoff site, said Deputy Chief Chuck Fields of the Kimberton Fire Co. "It was an unscheduled landing, but it came ...