Former FAA Employee Sentenced for Falsifying Documents and Accepting Bribe
On June 29, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio sentenced Michael Puehler to 36 months ...
Letter to Congress on FAA’s Compliance With the 2020 Aircraft Certification Safety and Accountability Act
In January 2023, Chair Maria Cantwell of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee requested that we review the Federal ...
California Pilot Pleads Guilty To Obstructing a Federal Investigation After Intentionally Crashing Airplane
On June 30, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, pilot Trevor Daniel Jacob pleaded ...
Audit Initiated of FAA’s Efforts to Prevent and Mitigate Runway Incursions at Commercial Airports
Reducing runway incursions—incidents involving unauthorized aircraft, vehicles, or people on a runway—has been a longstanding challenge for FAA. Since the ...