A new Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) seeks to revise the agency’s authority to investigate drone accidents. In AUVSI’... Read more
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants to change the definition of drone accidents, or “unmanned aircraft accident” in order to encompass smaller commercial drones... Read more
News and Commentary. A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report issued last week says that a drone hit a helicopter (probably.) If it happened, it’s a blot on the drone com... Read more
The following is a guest post by the legal experts at the Aircraft Owner and Pilots Association (AOPA.) The number of pilots certificated to fly unmanned aircraft commercially is increasing,... Read more
After a spate of recent news articles about drone and passenger aircraft interactions, the AMA has offered their help in investigating the incidents to the National Transportation Safety Boa... Read more
The Academy of Model Aircraft (AMA), representing a large community of drone operators, has issued a statement on the recently released National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report on... Read more
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced that it is still investigating the collision between a recreational drone and an Army UH-60 helicopter which took place Septemb... Read more
(Source: dronethusiast.com) A somewhat unexpected NTSB appeals board ruling was announced last week, not long after an FAA official commented that ruling on drone flights should be expecte... Read more
(Source: Forbes) In a blow to drone operators, today the National Transportation Safety Board announced its opinion and order in the Pirker case finding FAA regulations apply to drones and... Read more
from the ainonline.com blog of John Goglia I’ve written periodically about FAA enforcement and what I consider to be abuses of the process, along with sanctions that are significantly dispro... Read more