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Biplane Crashes in Santa Rosa California
On April 20, 2013, a Boeing A75N1 Stearman took off from Petaluma airport and lost power at 2,000 feet before making a hard landing in a Santa Rosa vineyard near 6500 Jamison Road. Witnesses heard a plane flying low around 10 a.m.. The pilot, Patrick Bell, circled looking for a place to land before... »
Beech Crashes in Big Bear Lake
The Beech A36 Bonanza crashed in Big Bear Lake had been cleared for landing when it crashed in Big Bear lake. The four people aboard were slightly injured. The plane lost power, and the pilot told ATC that the plane was not going to make it to the airport. The NTSB is investigating. »
Bad Day for Helicopters
Didn’t mention this all together yesterday but it was a bad day (or two) for helicopters. On Mar 19 Bristow Academy Inc Schweitzer 269C-1 training flight; chopper lost power and crash-landed Highway US-1 near Titusville, FL. Two aboard, no injuries On Mar 21 Bundespolizei Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma was in a training exercise... »
Parachute Saves 3 Lives in Connecticut “float”-Landing
On Jan 23, 2013, a single engine Kenyon Flight Cirrus SR20 was engaged in a training flight, Groton-Danbury, near Danbury Connecticut. Aboard was an instructor, the pilot trainee and a friend of the trainee. The pilot was on approach to Danbury Municipal Airport two miles away when the plane suffered a loss of power.... »
Banner Flight Ends in San Diego Bay
What: Cessna 150 Where: San Diego bay When: May 26, 2012, 4:20 p.m Who: 2 aboard, no fatalities Why: A Cessna towing a banner lost engine power. Pilots informed ATC, cut free the banner they were towing and ended up in San Diego Bay, Missing the Hilton Hotel. The plane sank; the pilot and... »
Pilot and Three Passengers Walk away from Frankenmuth Crash
What: Kitze Aviation Inc. Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee G Where: Frankenmuth, MI When: May 20, 2012, 3:20 pm Who: 4 aboard Why: A 25 year old pilot Thomas Wolfe successfully landed the Piper in Zehnder Field after losing power. The pilot and one passenger got medical treatment after landing. Two others were transported to Flint’s... »
Jury Awards 2008 Helicopter Crash Victims, GE Loses $177 million Judgment
What: GE Engines in Sikorsky S-61N helicopter Where: Portland Courtroom When: Aug. 5, 2008 crash, March 28, 2012 Jury decision Who: 9 crash fatalities Why: The Aug. 5, 2008 crash occurred after a loss of power in the No. 2 engine shortly after takeoff from a nearly 6,000-foot-high mountaintop in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.... »
Cessna Hits Car in San Bernardino County
What: single-engine Cessna 182 en route to Adelanto Where: Summit Valley Road and Maple Avenue, San Bernardino County When: July 5, 2011, 7:30 pm Who: pilot and passenger Why: The plane lost power while en route and made an emergency landing aiming for a dirt road but ended up hitting a car, and butting... »
Russian Rusline/RusAir Tupolev Crash Kills 44, 8 Gravely Injured Survive
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Alexey Litvinov What: Rusline/Rusair Tupolev TU-134A en route from Moscow to Petrozavodsk Where: outskirts of the Besovets village, Petrozavodsk, Russia When: Jun 20 2011 at 11:40 pm Who: 43 passengers and 9 crew Why: On approach to the airport, the plane struck the ground... »
Ice on PT2 Probe Disrupts Take Off
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Yuda What: First Air Boeing 737-200 en route from Winnipeg,MB to Rankin Inlet,NU Where: Winnipeg When: Feb 18th 2011 Who: not available Why: The plane rejected takeoff on receipt of the left engine’s low power indication. Maintenance subsequently found ice on the PT2 probe.... »
