San Francisco Aviation Accident Injury Attorney

Aviation law is complex and plane crash litigation may involve state law and federal law, and there may be multiple parties involved in a suit. If you have been injured or if a member of your family has died in an aviation accident, seek the advice of a qualified San Francisco aviation accident attorney. We have years of experience representing the injured in San Francisco and throughout California.

About Aviation Accidents

Aviation accidents are relatively infrequent, but do happen. Smaller planes crash more frequently than commercial aircraft carriers, which transport millions of people every year with relatively few incidents. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association estimates that 87,000 flights are in United States skies on any given day, one-third of which are commercial carriers.

Types of Aircraft

Aviation accidents include all kinds of aircraft, including:

• Airbuses
• Cessnas
• Charter airplanes
• Commercial airplanes (Boeing 737 and Boeing 747)
• Blimps (airships)
• Business Jets
• Helicopters
• Learjets
• Paragliders
• Powered parachutes
• Turboprops
• Seaplanes
• Small commuter planes

Causes of Aviation Accidents

Airplane accidents may have one or more causes, and more than one party may be responsible.  Some common causes of airplane accidents include:

• Air controller negligence
• Bird strike
• Contaminated fuel
• Engine failure
• Fuel tank explosions
• Hijackings
• Icing
• Instrument failure
• Improper maintenance
• Improper loading of aircraft
• Mid-air collisions
• Pilot error
• Product flaws
• Third-party negligence
• Volcanic ash plume
• Weather

Airplane Descent and Landing Accidents

Landing an aircraft involves several stages, including descent, approach, landing and taxi.  Landing an airplane can be complicated by weather conditions, defective landing gear, mechanical failure or other malfunctions. Accidents in descent and landing account more than a third of aviation accidents. If you are involved in a runway landing accident or landing airplane crash, an experienced attorney can help you evaluate your legal rights.

Types of Airline Accident Injuries

Depending on numerous circumstances, airplane accidents can cause a variety of injuries, including catastrophic injuries like traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and serious burn injuries. We have also represented surviving family members in wrongful death claims for fatal airline accidents.  We will thoroughly investigate the cause of any airplane crash injury or death and aggressively pursue maximum compensation from the responsible party.

Aviation Accident Litigation Experience

Veteran pilot and aviation accident attorney Donald Beck has many hours of flying time and years of experience protecting the rights of aviation accident victims.  Attorney Beck is especially proud of the $13,813,000 verdict he obtained in an airplane crash case. At the AV-rated law firm of Estey & Bomberger, LLP, he is a San Francisco aviation accident specialist lawyer who advocates victims’ rights and helps families obtain maximum monetary compensation for airline accidents.

Put our years of experience to work for you.  Our lawyers have handled hundreds of cases and recovered millions for our clients. Based on this proven track record, other attorneys frequently refer cases to us. Our attorneys’ experience is combined with many successful verdicts in settlements. For having recovered verdicts and settlements in excess of one million dollars, both founding attorneys Steve Estey and Mike Bomberger are lifetime members of the Million Dollar Advocates Foundation, of which less than 1% of U.S. attorneys belong.  To learn more about how we’ve helped our clients in serious injury and wrongful death cases, view our client testimonials and impressive case results.

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