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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. »
Airport Locator Being Doctored
This weekend, Aspen-Pitkin County Airport experienced failure in its localizer device, the equipment that guides planes making instrument landings, and as a result a number of American Eagle planes were diverted to other airports. The problem which was detected by the guidance system’s self-diagnostic tests, was described as an “electronic glitch” in the localizer.... »
Skywest Lands Smokey Lav in Denver, No Fire
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Frank Robitaille What: United Express/Skywest Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Denver to Tulsa Where: Denver When: Mar 17th 2012 Who: 49 passengers, 3 crew Why: After takeoff from Denver, the flight was still above Denver when smoke was indicated in the lavatory. The pilot... »
Skywest/United Airlines/Continental Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Texas
What: SkyWest en route from Houston to Toronto Where: East Texas Regional Airport in Gregg County When: March 6, 2012, 10:02 PM, Who: 58 passengers, 2 pilots, 2 flight attendants Why: While en route, a small fire in a cockpit printer sent the smell of smoke though the flight deck. The fire was reported... »
Non-Compliance Results in FAA Fines
$160,000 in penalties may be levied against SkyWest Airlines. Four passenger flights failed to follow cargo and baggage documentation procedures, resulting in weight, balance, cargo and baggage load data errors. Four flights went out without a load manifest that accurately reflected the weight of the cargo and baggage, when the total weight of the... »
United Airlines Smoke in Cockpit
What: United Airlines/Skywest Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Lincoln,NE to Denver,CO Where: Lincoln Nebraska When: June 6 2011, 7 am Who: 53 passengers 3 crew Why: On takeoff from Lincoln Airport, the crew detected smoke in the cockpit. Pilots returned immediately to Lincoln and made a safe landing. Maintenance examined the plane. Takeoff was... »
Delta/Skywest Makes Safe Landing on one set of Landing Gear
What: Delta Air Lines/ SkyWest en route from Cincinnati to Milwaukee Where: Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee Wisconsin When: June 6, 2011 Who: 41 passengers, 3 crew Why: On approach to the airport, the landing gear developed problems. The plane made a safe landing at 10 pm Monday night on one set of landing gear.... »
Turbulence Injures 3 over Salt Lake
Pictured: A Skywest Canadair jet similar to the one experiencing turbulence Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Mark Kryst What: Skywest Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Helena,MT to Salt Lake City,UT Where: Grand Junction,CO When: Feb 16th 2011 Who: 32 passengers Why: On approach to Salt Lake City, the plane... »
9 Minute Turbo-Prop Emergency Over Big Sur
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer What: Skywest Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia turbo-prop en route from Santa Barbara to San Francisco Where: Big Sur When: Feb 11, 2011 Who: 29 passengers Why: After losing pressure over Big Sur at around 1 pm, the Skywest flight diverted to Monterey Peninsula Airport and... »
Cracked Windshield on takeoff
This is the weather for cracked windshields. One almost wonders if maintenance crews are using hot water on that cold glass in Denver. We see: Denver: Skywest CRJ7-Cracked windshield Denver: Skywest CRJ12-Cracked windshield Denver: B752-Cracked windshield Cold makes glass more brittle so that it can crack more easily without additional stresses. We also have:... »
