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Paul Bertorelli
March 26, 2020
Citing lapses in training, maintenance and the lack of a safety culture,
the FAA has rejected the Collings Foundation’s permission to carry passengers on revenue flights in its 10 vintage aircraft.
The decision was prompted by the FAA’s investigation
into the crash of the foundation’s B-17G Nine-O-Nine at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, on Oct. 2, 2019,
that destroyed the aircraft and killed five passengers and two crew members.
Six occupants survived, some with serious injuries.
Collings offered revenue rides in the B-17G under the FAA’s Living History Flight Exemptions program,
which operators can renew every two years.
Collings had applied for the renewal, but the FAA declined to approve it
because it said the foundation failed to follow agreed-upon training and maintenance requirements.
In the rescission of the exemption, the FAA said,
“Based on a review of the relevant records and other evidence,
the FAA has determined Collings was not fulfilling several requirements of the exemption.”
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