NTSB: close pax revenue loopholes in Part 91

摘要

At a hearing on March 23, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) proposed recommendations to address loopholes and shortcomings in Part 91 passenger-carrying revenue operations. "The FAA must do everything in its power to ensure the safety of every revenue passenger in every revenue passenger-carrying operation, regardless of the operating rules. Acting upon these recommendations will be a giant step forward to that goal," said NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt. "This is an opportunity to increase safety for paying passengers on Part 91 commercial operations." The Board's action follows aanalysis of eight fatal crashes of sightseeing/air tour, heritage, parachute jump, and aerobatic flights conducted under Part 91 in gliders, warbirds, aerobatic airplanes, helicopters, and hot-air balloons that killed 45 and injured 12. Accidents examined by the NTSB in this context included a March 2018 FlyN-YON "doors off" helitour crash in New York, a June 2019 King Air jump plane crash in Hawaii, and an October 2019 Boeing B-17 World War Ⅱ bomber accident in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.