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Two planes collide over Westlake Village
A Cessna 172 and a Cessna 172RG Cutlass collided over Westlake Village eight miles east northeast of Ventura. The Cutlass, registered to Ameriflyers of Florida LLC made an emergency landing on the Westlake Golf Course, Westlake Village, California. Three aboard sustained minor injuries in a belly landing at 2:15 p.m. near the third hole.... »
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... »
American Airlines Bird Strike
Burbank, twenty minutes from my home! On Jan 26, 2013, an American Airlines Boeing 738 flight took off from John Wayne Airport en route to Dallas, and suffered a bird strike (or more properly, three of them), and diverted to Los Angeles International Airport where they made a safe landing. Impact with the birds... »
Vintage Plane Crashes in San Luis Obispo County
On Jan 2, 2013, a Luscombe 8A Silvaire crashed in Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation area, a park in San Luis Obispo County. State Park rangers and Five Cities Fire Authority arrived on the scene. The pilot’s name, Glen Philip Ray, was released Thursday along with his cause of death: sharp force trauma injuries.... »
Turbulence Injury over LA
What: Skywest Embraer en route from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles Where: Los Angeles When: Dec 6th 2012 Who: 1 injury Why: While landing in Los Angeles, the flight encountered turbulence. The pilot made a safe landing, but one flight attendant was injured by turbulence. »
Byron California: Small Plane Crashes Killing 2
What: DSB Inc Glasair III Where: Byron, California When: October 23, 2012 Who: 2 fatalities Why: Five miles from the nearest airport, the small home-built Glasair III crashed in a field near Byron, California, killing two aboard. A witness saw the plane “corkscrewing toward the ground.” IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 655DB Make/Model: EXP Description: GLASAIR Date:... »
California Case Settlement Underway for Ingrams, Chan, and Hudletons
Three settlements of five cases have finally been made in the lawsuits concerning the plane crash that killed Brian Finn, Andrew Ingram, and pilot Douglas Bourn. In 2010, Bourn’s Cessna 310R clipped high-voltage power lines and a utility tower in dense fog crashing into a Beech Street neighborhood. Ingram’s parents and aunt, Finn’s wife... »
Lakewood Traffic Interrupted by Chopper Street Landing
What: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s patrol Air-24-American Euro Copter Where: Lakewood California When: Oct 21, 2012 8:50 p.m. Why: The flight crew heard a loud noise from the helicopter and made an emergency street landing at Del Amo Boulevard and Paramount. After making a safe landing and determining that a bird had struck the... »
American Airline Diverts again. Really?
What: American Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Dallas to Orange County Where: LAX When: October 6, 2012 Who: 162 people aboard Why: American Airlines had another emergency Saturday, with a Dallas-Orange County flight making an diverting to LAX’s longer runways. The emergency diversion was needed due to a wing flap problem. Flaps help... »
Helicopter Down at Mammoth
What: Asplundh BELL 206B HELICOPTER helicopter crash Where: Pole lake road southeast of Mammoth Lakes, near Deer Springs Road When: Sept 19, 2012, 12:30 Who: 2 aboard Why: Two Asplundh employees were working on power lines and crashed near the lake causing a small fire. They were taken to Mammoth Airport and ambulanced to... »
