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Cessna Crash in Sinaloa Mexico

A privately owned Cessna 210 flew from Culiacan to La Noria; then an hour after leaving La Noria, the Cessna crashed in Sinaloa Mexico in a field and burst into flames.

Pilot Aaron Meza Martin del Campo, 21, and co-pilot Fortunato Ramirez Perez, 25 and two unidentified women died in the crash.

The accident is under investigation. THe cause may have been pilot error.

Lancair Down in Germany with Three aboard


Bundeswehr-Luftsportring Laupheim e.V. was operating a Lancair ES with 3 people aboard, flying out of Laupheim Airport in Germany when it crashed at Heimertingen near Oberopfingen.

Three men——two Bavarians and a man from Baden Wurttenberg——were killed in the crash near the Bavarian border. The pilot was one of the Bavarians, and the flight was a training flight to learn new technology.

An eye-witness called in the report of a small crash around 4pm. Rescue workers found the crash site in Biberach district in a wooded area between Highway 7 and Oberopfingen near the Bavarian border.

No cause has been determined for the crash.

Small plane crash in Brazil


An Embraer EMB-201A Ipanema was en route from Paracatu MG to Goinia when the pilot had to make a forced landing in a field. The plane was commonly used as a cropduster.

The plane had had a fuel supply problem before but apparently this time the problem was in the fuel pump/power system.

The pilot was uninjured but the plane sustained some damage. There was no fire, but firefighters were on hand, and there was a fuel leak.

Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos (Cenipa) will be investigating.

Two Lost in Glider Crash in France


A privately owned Schempp-Hirth Arcus E glider had taken off from Sisteron Theze Airport and was near Faucon-de-Barcelonnette in the Ubaye mountains, France, when they disappeared on Sunday.

The two German glider pilots on the glider were both killed. They disappeared Sunday and were found near Faucon de Barcelonette. The 51 year old pilot was experienced.

They took off on Sunday and disappeared. THe last contact with them was at two in the afternoon.

There were strong winds and storms at the time of their disappearance.

Executive Runway Excursion, Barbados


An Executive Air Piper PA-34 Seneca en route from Grantley Adams International Airport (Seawell, Christ Church on the island of Barbados) en route to Maurice Bishop International Airport (St. Georges, Granada) took off, but sustained an unsafe gear warning.

Pilots returned to Seawell, and made a semi safe landing (as the two pilots and two passengers were uninjured) but on landing, the right main gear collapsed.

The plane had a runway excursion. Emergency services responded to the scene, and the plane was foamed to prevent a fire.

Yellowstone Crash, One Fatality, One Survivor, Cause Unknown


On August 12, 2013, an Avery Enterprises Beech E35 Bonanza crashed at Yellowstone Airport, Montana. The nose of the plane is smashed.

Emergency responders included Gallatin County deputies, the Hebgen Basin Fire District and Forest Service personnel. The sheriff’s office is protecting the site until the arrival of the NTSB.

67-year-old Andrezej Furmanski died in the crash. Another victim, Kevin Avery, was taken to a hospital in Idaho Falls. Avery owns Avery Enterprises, registered owner of the plane.

The plane crashed on the north end of the West Yellowstone airport runway. The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. The Big Sky Trail adjacent to the airport was temporarily closed.

Connecticut Crash Update: Four Dead Identified


The “Meridian” Rockwell 690B Turbo Commander that crashed into the East Haven home had two aboard, Bill Henningsgaard and his teenage son, Maxwell, who were visiting colleges.

Inside one of the houses struck were Sadie Brantley, 13, and Madisyn Mitchell, 1, bringing the total fatalities up to four. The children’s mother, Joann Mitchell, 39, escaped as well as a Scottish terrier which was found outside after the crash.

A National Transportation Safety Board official said there might be four to six fatalities.

Updated reports indicate that the left wing lodged in one house and the right wing in the other.

Henningsgaard was piloting the plane. He was about to land on Tweed’s Runway 2 with an instrument landing. He had missed his first approach and was about to attempt a second landing.

Henningsgaard was a former (14 year) Microsoft executive. According to SVP, Henningsgaard Bill was a member of Social Venture Partners since 1998, was the board chair and acting executive director of Eastside Pathways, and on the board of Youth Eastside Services, co-founded the advisory board of the Institute of Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington, and was treasurer of his church council. He had an undergraduate degree at Harvard, post-graduate education at the University of Oslo, Norway, and an M.B.A. from Stanford.

He is survived by his wife, Susan Sullivan, and two children.

Connecticut Plane Crashes into House, Pilot and Two Children involved


The pilot of a Rockwell International Turbo Commander 690B en route from Teterboro Airport did not alert air traffic control that anything was wrong before the plane he was flying crashed approaching Tweed New Haven at 11:25 a.m. Friday.

The plane struck homes north of Tweed New Haven Airport at 64 and 68 Charter Oak Avenue in East Haven; a one year old and a thirteen year old may have been inside one of two houses that caught fire. Heroic attempts were made to reach the children but were unsuccessful. The children and the pilot have been reported missing.

Witnesses say the mother of the children was in her yard screaming that her children were inside. Passers by attempted to rescue the children, and found the burning plane in a bedroom. Two houses were on fire, and a car blew up in a driveway.

Fire engines and emergency crews from East Haven, New Haven and Brantford responded to the scene. THe houses, plane and car are a total loss.


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Three Die in French Plane Crash

On August 8, 2013, a Massif Central Aviation Socata TBM700N with 3 aboard was en route from Toussus Le-Novle to Clermont-Ferrand.

The plane crashed with tourists aboard, in the town of Vertaizon, at 9:40 a.m. The tourists were a brother and sister. Everyone aboard, including the pilot, was over 70 years old. The BEA is investigating.

The plane and it’s engine shattered on impact, leaving a debris field of a hundred square meters
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Bad weather—low ceiling, low visibility and a very heavy rain—and mechanical problems are suspected to be behind the crash.

Mir Aero Eurocopter Crashes in Romania, 5 of 6 are Fatalities

On July 29. 2013, a Mir Aero Eurocopter EC 130 (AS 350 B4) with 6 aboard was en route.

It crashed in Taureni Lake, Mures County, Romania. Four bodies were found initially; the fifth, Sorin Terbea was found by divers. Sorin Terbea is a wealthy businessman. The woman, Terbea’s company’s marketing director who was engaged to Terbea was rescued by witnesses at the lake. She is reported to be the only survivor. Two German citizens and their child were also aboard.

The Romanian Police forensic team was sent to Mures to coordinate investigation launched after the tragedy.

Video Below


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5 Fatalities in Noxen, PA Helicopter Crash During Thunderstorm

A Robinson R66 #N646AG en route from Lehighton PA to Endecott NY with five aboard was en route when it disappeared from radar during conditions of severe thunderstorms and heavy fog. The last communication to ATC was a report around 10 pm Saturday that he was “losing altitude and would try to return to a nearby airfield.”

The fragmented wreckage was located at 1:50 p.m. in a heavily wooded area. There was no fire, and no witness.

Emergency response vehicles and personnel traveled an access road on the Mehoopany Wind Farm, a BP Wind Energy location, to the top of South Mountain. The unofficial guess at the cause of the crash is that the helicopter was caught in a thunderstorm.

Flight Manifest:
58-year-old Bernard Michael Kelly, of Ellicott City, Md.;
daughter, Leanna Mee Kelly, of Savage, Md.;
29-year-old Carl Robert Woodland, of Lovettsville, Va.;
3-year-old son, Noah Robert McKain Woodland, of Leesburg, Va.;
pilot 30-year-old David Ernest Jenny Jr., of Towson, Md.

* N646AG ROBINSON R66 ROTORCRAFT CRASHED INTO A WOODED RUGGED TERRAIN, THE 5 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, 8 MILES FROM SKYHAVEN AIRPORT, TUNKHANNOCK, PA

Helicopter Chops Passengers on Fishing Expedition


On July 21, 2013, a Eurocopter crashed in Murmansk in the Kola Peninsula.

Two British tourists who were traveling for a salmon fishing trip on the River Rynda and a Russian translator had just exited the helicopter. It was lifting off when it crash landed, striking them by the rotors when the helicopter attempted to lift off and tilted on its side, 150 kilometers from Murmansk to the tourist camp on the river Rynda.

Four people were injured but only the pilot has survived.

The Britons, Diamond Rupert and Mark Robinson were born in 1944, and the translator Alexander Tushnikov was born in 1960.

Emergency services flew in from the Emergencies Ministry.


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Rans Crash in Leicestershire

On July 14, 2013, a privately owned Rans S-6 en route from an airfield near Tywcross Zoo to Stoke Golding airfield crashed in Fenn Lane, Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire with two aboard.

The Rans plane crashed in a field in Leicestershire. Witnesses heard a bang from the aircraft, the engine quit. The plane glided along, banked right and left, then crashed.

The plane was located at Fenny Drayton at about 18:45 BST on Sunday. The man and woman aboard were confirmed dead at the scene, found by emergency responders.

The Air Accident Investigations Branch is investigating.

The fatalities were informally identified as Bob and Olive.


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Aviation Events recorded this weekend

13-JUL-13
Time: 00:01:00Z
Regis#: ASA769
Aircraft Make: BOEING
Aircraft Model: 737
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: Unknown
Damage: None
LOCATION
City: CHICAGO
State: Illinois
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: ALASKA AIRLIINES FLIGHT 769 BOEING 738 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, DIVERTED DUE TO UNKNOWN ODOR IN THE CABIN, 3 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES, AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, CHICAGO, IL

Date: 14-JUL-13
Time: 22:45:00Z
Regis#: UAL408
Aircraft Make: AIRBUS
Aircraft Model: A320
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: Unknown
LOCATION
City: HOUSTON
State: Texas
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 408 AIRBUS A320 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND 1 FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURY, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, HOUSTON, TX

Date: 13-JUL-13
Time: 20:28:00Z
Regis#: N3734H
Aircraft Make: BOEING
Aircraft Model: 737
Event Type: Incident
LOCATION
City: JACKSONVILLE
State: Florida
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: N3734H DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 8957 BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, NO INJURIES, DAMAGE UNKNOWN, PASSENGERS DEPLANED VIA STAIRS AND BUSSED TO TERMINAL, JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION, JACKSONVILLE, FL

Date: 12-JUL-13
Time: 11:51:00Z
Regis#: JIA444
Aircraft Make: CANADAIR
Aircraft Model:
Event Type: Incident
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: ROANOKE
State: Virginia
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: US AIRWAYS PSA FLIGHT JIA444, CRJ2 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO WINDSHIELD UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, DIVERTED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT ROANOKE, VA

14-JUL-13
Time: 23:05:00Z
Regis#: FEDEX399
Aircraft Make: BOEING
Aircraft Model: 757
Event Type: Incident
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: MEMPHIS
State: Tennessee
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: FEDEX FLIGHT 399 BOEING 757, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE OF FLAP UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, MEMPHIS, TN

14-JUL-13
Time: 17:14:00Z
Regis#: N1016S
Aircraft Make: MOONEY
Aircraft Model: M20J
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: MONTAGUE
State: California
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, MONTAGUE, CA

12-JUL-13
Time: 17:00:00Z
Regis#: N104DG
Aircraft Make:
Aircraft Model: KITFOX
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: SMOKETOWN
State: Pennsylvania
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A CORN FIELD OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, NEAR SMOKETOWN, PA

12-JUL-13
Time: 23:00:00Z
Regis#: N32EM
Aircraft Make: SCHEMPP HIRTH
Aircraft Model: DISCUS B
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: MOUNDHOUSE
State: Nevada
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD, NEAR MOUNDHOUSE, NV

13-JUL-13
Time: 23:15:00Z
Regis#: N328CM
Aircraft Make: MOONEY
Aircraft Model: M20F
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: APALACHICOLA
State: Florida
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, APALACHICOLA, FL
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal: 0

12-JUL-13
Time: 19:30:00Z
Regis#: N6101H
Aircraft Make: STEARMAN
Aircraft Model: C3B
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: EVERETT
State: Washington
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, EVERETT, WA

13-JUL-13
Time: 00:38:00Z
Regis#: N72100
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: 36
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: CADIZ
State: Kentucky
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING STRUCK A DEER, CADIZ, KY

13-JUL-13
Time: 21:31:00Z
Regis#: N93957
Aircraft Make: CESSNA
Aircraft Model: 185
Event Type: Incident
LOCATION
City: KENAI
State: Alaska
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING FLIPPED OVER, POLLY CREEK AREA ON THE BEACH, NEAR KENAI, ALASKA

13-JUL-13
Time: 23:12:00Z
Regis#: N9608G
Aircraft Make: CESSNA
Aircraft Model: 206
Event Type: Incident
LOCATION
City: DILLINGHAM
State: Alaska
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED ON THE TUNDRA, NEAR DILLINGHAM, ALASKA

13-JUL-13
Time: 20:00:00Z
Regis#: N123HP
Aircraft Make: BELL
Aircraft Model: 206
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: INYOKERN
State: California
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: N123HP BELL 206 ROTORCRAFT ON LANDING SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, INYOKERN, CA

13-JUL-13
Time: 04:30:00Z
Regis#: N1374H
Aircraft Make: AERONCA
Aircraft Model: 15AC
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Unknown
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: TALKEETNA
State: Alaska
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, TALKEETNA, ALASKA

14-JUL-13
Time: 23:59:00Z
Regis#: N1837B
Aircraft Make: LUSCOMBE
Aircraft Model: 8
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: ROSE HILL
State: Kansas
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, ROSE HILL, KS

14-JUL-13
Time: 15:30:00Z
Regis#: N5176N
Aircraft Make: STEARMAN
Aircraft Model: E75
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: BOZEMAN
State: Montana
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, BOZEMAN, MT

14-JUL-13
Time: 01:15:00Z
Regis#: N544WK
Aircraft Make:
Aircraft Model: HAWK
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Minor
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: SAN SIMON
State: Arizona
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT EXPERIMENTAL DAKOTA HAWK, STRUCK POWERLINES AND CRASHED INTO AN ORCHARD, 5 MILES FROM SAN SIMON, AZ

15-JUL-13
Time: 02:10:00Z
Regis#: N66409
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: 35
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: MEDFORD
State: Oregon
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GEAR COLLAPSED, MEDFORD, OR

Beech Down in Fallon Nevada


On July 10, 2013 at about 4:45 a.m., a Beech A36 Bonanza with four aboard took off from Fallon Municipal airport en route to Dixie Valley.

Pilot Dan Urquhart force-landed in the desert a couple hundred yards from Fallon Municipal Airport near the intersection of Indian Lakes Road and Enterprise Way.

Two injured parties were flown by Care Flight medical helicopter in stable condition, and one injured party driven to to Banner Churchill Community Hospital and one other hospital.

Damage to the plane has not yet been assessed.

Float Plane Down with Three Aboard in Georgian Bay


On July 4, a North-Way Chrysler Motors Ltd. Cessna 182 Skylane with three aboard was near Griffith Island in Georgian bay and flipped as the pilot was trying to land at an island airstrip but came to rest 220 meters short of the runway. All three aboard succumbed to fatal injuries.

The float plane crash occurred off the south end of the Griffith Island. The fatalities were family members 45, 52 and 72.

A Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre out of Trenton, On circled the downed plane. Three ambulances were on standby at Big Bay dock.

When assistance arrived, the plane was upside down and partially submerged. The Grey County OPP, Bruce Peninsula OPP and Cape Croker police marine units attended, along with Grey and Bruce County paramedics, Inter Township firefighters, Owen Sound firefighters and the Ministry of Natural Resources were dispatched to the scene. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s air division arrived Friday.


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Treestrike Kills Pilot Short of Runway

A privately owned Cirrus SR22 en route from from Moorabbin Airport was on landing approach when it struck trees and crashed in Boxwood. The plane crashed north of Benalla a city in northeastern Victoria, Australia.

The plane impacted trees near the private airstrip.

The 51 year old pilot died at the scene.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau and CASA are investigating.


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Michigan Float Plane Crash

At 5:10 pm Tuesday, Gerard Dale Pearson, 71, was piloting a float plane that crashed on Shoal Lake, in Michigan.

Emergency services, including Itasca County Search and Rescue, Cohasset Fire and Minnesota DNR and Itasca County Sheriff Department retrieved the pilot from the submerged plane.

Pearson was airlifted to Grand Itasca Hospital, then Miller Dwan in Duluth Michigan.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.


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Mokulele Iki Inc Piper Dunked in Ocean

During salvage of the Mokulele Iki Inc Piper PA-28-181 Archer II that made an emergency landing50 yards from Waiehu Beach on Maui, the Pacific helicopter doing the heavy lifting dropped the Piper Cherokee it was hauling into the ocean. The wind was blowing 20 to 25 mph. Witnesses believed the helicopter was going to follow the plane into the ocean.

None of the four men aboard the Piper were hurt during the emergency landing on the 16th, and no one was injured during the attempted salvage on the 20th.

Now the owner, the insurance company and the coast guard have to figure out what to do next.


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Piper Cherokee Crash in Maui

June 16, 2013
A Piper Cherokee N9160Q, on a flight from Honolulu to Maui declared mayday with engine problems three miles from the airport at 5:40 p.m. and made an emergency landing on Maui, Hawaii a quarter-mile down the beach from Pakele Place.

Witnesses said the plane “was 50 to 75 feet in the air, rocking the wings and his engine was off.” None of the four men aboard were injured. The passengers were in Maui after playing in a U.S. Tennis Association tournament on Oahu. The plane sustained some damage. A local described firemen, police, rescue crew and tennis players traipsing through their house from the crash scene near the beach.
Video below

Small Plane Crashes Into Virginia Building


An Aerial Photographers LLC Cessna 177B Cardinal en route from Philadelphia to Manassas with two people aboard ran out of fuel and crashed into the living room of Virginia apartment. The pilot William Larson, passenger Tache L. Alejandro, and an apartment resident were injured when the plane ran out of fuel and crashed in David Ventura’s apartment.

The plane displaced 20 tenants.

The Red Cross is assisting the families.

A crane removed the plane from the building. The photo at the top of our screen was posted on Twitter.

Video


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Helicopter Crash in Hickory County

A helicopter failed to return from a flight on May 24 2013 in Missouri. The flight took off at 5:45 p.m.

The Lucas Oil Products-owned helicopter was located crashed, and two people died in the crash.

The NTSB will arrive on site Sunday to begin the investigation. The pilot was flying passenger 21-yearold Missouri State University student Catalina Richard around the perimeter of a Lucas Oil Speedway event. The pilot’s name has hot been released as of this posting.

The helicopter crashed in rural Cross Timbers Missouri.


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Wheels Down on Lake Päijänne

On May 20, two people aboard a float plane were safe after the pilot landed in Lake Päijänne Finland with the wheels down.

Neither the pilot or passenger had more than minor injuries, though the plane flipped on landing after the pilot forgot. Both pilot and passenger had minor bruises and a “cold bath.”

After the plane flipped, the men climbed on top of the cabin to await rescue.


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Piper Crash in Argentina

Mr. Julio Contreras – President of Allen Air Club was flying a Piper PA-11 Cub Special on May 10, 2013 and on landing at the Aeropuerto Arturo Humbert in Argentina, the plane flipped–a wheels up landing.

Volunteer firemen, police, airport staff and members of the aeroclub responded to the scene.

The cause of the accident is being attributed to excessive braking. Local news in Argentina is calling it just a scare. The pilot suffered a bump on the forehead, but is otherwise okay. He told reporters “IT WAS A BAD LANDING, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE WHO FLIES. I ADMIT THAT WAS MY MISTAKE AND DO NOT REALLY KNOW IF SMUG, WANTING TO PLAY SHORT, I TOUCHED THE BRAKES A LITTLE MORE. THIS IS AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAS A TRAIN CONVENTIONAL WHEELS THAT ARE MORE LIBERATED LATER, STOPPED AND TURNED VERY SLOW. BUT I’M FINE, BUT WITH A BIG RAGE AND PAIN OF THE SOUL BECAUSE BREAKING A PLANE IS LIKE THAT YOU DAMAGE A CHILD … AND ANGER COMPARED TO SOMEONE WHO KICKS A PENALTY AND MISSES. IT WAS A VERY SIMPLE BEAT, CAME TO REFUEL AND BRAKED MORE, IS AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAS THE BRAKES VERY JEALOUS, MAYBE A LITTLE SMUG I WANT TO LAND SHORT, I WAS WRONG. THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO US HUMANS, WE WERE WRONG” (machine translation.)


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Emergency Landing in St. Louis

On May 1, 2013, at Spirit of St. Louis Airport, a single engine Cessna Centurion made a belly landing.

The pilot landed, and suffered a landing gear emergency. Though the landing gear collapsed, the pilot made a belly landing on the runway without any destructive acrobatics.

The FAA is investigating.

On May 1, three other Cessna’s suffered issues:
-Cessna gear collapsed on rollout in Oakland CA
-Cessna landed gear up in Missouri
-Cessna towing banner flipped over off Louisiana runway, one minor injury

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