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Crash, engine trouble, Poland, student pilot, Zenith Aircraft

Ultralight Crash Kills Pilot, Student


What: LANG Zenair CH 601 Zodiac
Where: Pi?a Airport, Poland
When: May 3 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: 42-year-old Thomas D. Miroslawiec, pilot instructor with the Czech branch of Pila flight school was flying with a 57 year old student, and crashed around 20.00 in a forested area. The accident occurred when the plane was banking to the left. Witnesses say they heard engine problems and saw it fall into the forest. The probably cause is being called a motor failure. TT\he prosecutor and police conducted a visual inspection of the wreck and reported that the plane had been performing a planned training flight.

The airfield is a former military airport build in the 80’s.

The plane fell in a straight line about 500 meters from the northern end of the runway. The plane is badly damaged – burned and bent. Three fire trucks, two ambulances and two police units responded to the scene of the crash.

The Zenair Zodiac is an Ultra-light.

Australia, Crash, Helicopter, private, student pilot, Ultralight, wind

Gyro Crash in Australia Kills Unidentified Pilot, Student


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Contact photographer Andrei Bezmylov

What: GT Gyroplanes Kruza
Where: off Willis Road, near Mangalore Airport
When: Jan 14, 2012, 12:30
Who: pilot and student aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: A local pilot reported that the ultralight crashed, looking as if it came straight down and smashed up. The wreckage was found in a paddock in a field. No one witnessed the crash, but at 10:00 someone witnessed the chopper being buffeted by “gale force” winds.

The flight was discovered after it failed to return to the airport to pick up the next student.

The wreckage is in several pieces. The gyrocopter broke up on impact. It had normally been used for training exercises. The Mangalore airport is in Australia.

Cessna, Crash, Florida, struck tree, student pilot

Cessna Crash Lands on Pompano Beach Street, Pilots Walk Away

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What: ATA Flight School Cessna
Where: Pompano Beach Air Park
When: November 1, 2011 reported at 5:52 pm
Who: 2 aboard, 2 survivors
Why: A 27 year old instructor Vincent Paul Citrullo and 42 year old student pilot David Bakalar survived a crash at the intersection of Northeast 10th Street and Fifth Avenue in Pompano Beach Florida.

The crash occurred during a ATA Flight School (Pembroke Pines) training flight while the student pilot was flying and losing altitude due to engine trouble. The instructor took the controls, and the plane struck a palm tree and a concrete pole, landing shy of Pompano Beach Air Park. Both were taken to North Broward Medical Center.

Two fire trucks used foam on spilled fuel.

Pilot Vincent Paul Citrullo, a former C130 crew chief and vet, is credited with landing the plane after the throttle became inoperable, and securing their survival, in spite of the plane breaking in half.

Beechcraft, California, Emergency, student pilot, training, tree(s) strike

Student Pilot in Palo Alto Lesson Scare

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What: single engine Beechcraft Musketeer on student flight
Where: East Palo Alto’s Ravenswood Open Space Preserve
When: 08/23/2011, 9:30 am
Who: instructor and student pilot
Why: While practicing touch and go maneuvers at Palo Alto Airport, the plane’s engine failed.

When the engine failed, the plane went down in the Ravenswood Open Space Preserve. A plane crashed there in Feb of 2010, which shook the neighborhood, but many locals were unaware of when this incident happened. This was an emergency landing, although the plane went off course after glancing against a tree.

Both Instructor Jassen Todorov and student pilot David Shoemaker survived.

Cessna, Crash, Florida, private chartered, student pilot, unresolved

Blue Cypress Lake Cessna Crash Kills Scottish Visitors

 

What: N70FT Inc. Cessna 152 en route from Space Coast Aviation at the Merritt Island Airport
Where: Blue Cypress Lake, Indian River County, FL
When: June 9 2011
Who: 2 fatalities, Carly Beattie and Daniel Beattie
Why: A Cessna 152 chartered by Scottish visitors Carly Beattie and Daniel Beattie crashed in Indian River County southwest blue Cypress Lake. The plane crashed in mud and swampland in Blue Cypress Conservation area; the crash site is north of State Road 60 and east of Florida’s Turnpike, between Fellsmere and Yeehaw Junction, on land owned by the St. John’s River Water Management District. The rural area is home to venomous snakes and alligators, making recovery more difficult.

Carly was a student pilot, and not allowed to take passengers.

The plane apparently nosedived engine deep into the mud, splitting the fuselage behind the cockpit. The plane was lost on Thursday, reported Thursday at 11, and not found till Friday. Cell tower analysis helped to determine the location.

A crane will probably be used to recover the wreckage. An airboat was used to reach the site, and hikers were wearing waist-high boots. The NTSB is investigating.



Cessna, Crash, Florida, student pilot

Student Pilot Flight Crashes 20 miles from Airport


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What: Flight academy (leased) Cessna 172S Skyhawk en route from Daytona Beach airport to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and back to Daytona.
Where: Smyrna Beach Florida
When: Feb 16, 2010
Who: Pilot and student
Why: A Norwegian student and an instructor crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, just north of Canaveral National Seashore, near Bethune Beach in New Smyrna Beach, Florida in a leased Cessna Skyhawk, at about 6:30 pm. The plane was seen falling into the ocean 20 miles from the airport, 200 yards from the beach. The aircraft submerged before rescuers could reach the craft, and pieces of it are in the water.


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airliners.net, Crash, field, Piper, student pilot

Pilot in Training Crash in AZ

 


Pictured: A TransPac Aviation Academy Piper PA-28-181 Archer III
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Contact photographer Je89 W.

What: TransPac Aviation Academy Piper PA-28-181 training flight from Deer Valley Airport
Where: Wittmann, Arizona
When: Dec 1, 2010
Who: student pilot
Why: A student pilot from Transpac Aviation academy was airlifted to John C Lincoln hospital with minor injuries after landing so hard in the desert that the wheels disengaged. The cause of the incident is unknown but under investigation.

In January, 24 year old Chinese TransPac student pilot Amy Zhai was killed in a 2002 single-engine Piper Archer crash near Deer Valley Airport.


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airliners.net, Cessna, Crash, New Zealand, student pilot

Cessna Crashes in Pond, no fatalities


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Contact photographer Adam Howley

What: Ardmore Flying School Cessna C172R
Where: Thames New Zealand
When: Oct 25 2010
Who: 2 aboard
Why: At 10:22 a.m, the plane crashed into the pond at the end of a runway. Both individuals aboard the plane were able to exit under their own power. The plane presumably is a total loss. This is not the first time a plane has crashed into the pond at the foot of the runway.


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airliners.net, Bolivia, Cessna, Crash, private, student pilot

Instructional Flight Fatal


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Contact photographer Robert Domandl

What: AeroHorizontes Escuela de Vuelo Cessna 150G
Where: Maica Area Chica, behind Jorge Wilstermann Airport, Cochabamba Bolivia
When: August 27 2010
Who: Two fatalities: pilot/instructor José Gonzalo Grosveger Zegarra and passenger/student José Ignacio Guzmán
Why: During this instruction flight, the student was practicing “touch and go” maneuvers when the plane crashed. The school’s operations could be suspended pending investigation.


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Crash, Louisiana, student pilot

Louisiana plane crash

What: Southern Seaplane
Where: BELLE CHASSE, La in Plaquemines Parish Oak river
When: July 24 2010.
Who: Instructor and student pilot
Why: While the student pilot and teacher were practicing touch-and-go landings near Delacroix Island, the small plane encountered wind shear, causing it to flip over. The pilot and student on-board were on board. Two men out boating were flagged down by the instructor pilot Lyle Panepinto, 51, who survived the crash and was standing on the pontoons of the overturned plane. The student pilot, Jeffrey Wallace Dickson of Cumming, Ga, who for the U.S. Department of Interior, was trapped inside in the marsh and was taken directly to the hospital where he was declared dead.


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Crash, Helicopter, student pilot, unresolved

Student Helicopter Crash

What: Front Range Helicopters
Where: near Mount Morrison
When: April 04, 2010
Who: Pilot instructor 29-year-old Jesse Whitsett of Fort Collins and student Michael McDonald
Why: The student was practicing a “remote site landing,” a move required for a license. McDonald was practicing to get his license.

After the crash, the pilot radioed in his location. Neither instructor nor student was seriously injured, although McDonald did go to the hospital.


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Emergency, student pilot, UK

Emergency landing in UK

What: single-engined light plane en route from French Island, in Westernport Bay south-east of Melbourne to Moorabbin Airport
Where: Quarry Rd, Langwarrin, in Melbourne’s outer south
When: about 2pm.
Who: student pilot and his instructor
Why: It is believed the engine failed. Teacher and student are unhurt.


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Cessna, student pilot

Cessna Crash in Bluff Point State Park


What: single-engine Cessna en route from New York to Groton-New London Airport
Where: Bluff Point State Park.
When: Wednesday night
Who: Anthony Calanca, and Philip Baker.
Why: The pilot said he was making an approach to Groton-New London Airport but he landed short of the runway, Flying north over Mumford Cove, the plane went off the radar. Bicyclers directed searchers to the site of the wreckage in Bluff Point State Park. The plane was flown by a student pilot.


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Cirrus, Crash, student pilot

3 in Cirrus Crash in Green Cove Springs, Florida


What: Cirrus SR-20
Where: Crashed in a wooded, swampy area just west of the runway at Reynolds Park in Green Cove Springs.
When: Wednesday morning
Who: Passenger Yi Jun Zhao, of Palm Coast, was transported to Orange Park Medical Center. Pilot Kevin Black and passenger Jian Feng Guo were not hurt.
Why: The pilot radioed authorities about 7:45 a.m. to report trouble with his throttle. He was attempting a landing at the landing strip along the St. Johns River.

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