What: Eurocopter EC120 helicopter en route to Nanga Merit Kapit Division
Where: Sarawak, Malaysia
When: July 20, 2012
Who: 4 aboard
Why: A privately owned helicopter with four people aboard went down Sungai Teriso estuary near Sebuyau near a small coastal town in Sarawak Borneo. The German pilot, Rko Steger swam for hours to reach Kampung Tebelu, Sebuyau. Fisherman pulled him from the river estuary. Three others —two men and a woman named Peter Ato Mayau, 53, Siti Khuzaima and Henry Loh—had been aboard the helicopter and are still missing. The two engineers and the quantity surveyor aboard the helicopter and that they were flying to Nanga Merit to look at a school project.
Category: unresolved
Ukrainian Pilots die in Congo Helicopter Crash
What: Mil Mi-2
Where: Mbouambe,Brazzaville, Congo
When: July 16, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: A police Mi-2 helicopter crashed in the Congo. The two pilots, both Ukranian, were killed in the crash. The bodies of the pilots have been recovered and were sent to Brazzaville morgue. The Ukrainian Defense minister reported that the pilots were n ot part of a Ukrainian peacekeeping operation, but may have been employed by a Russian or Belarusian airline or employed by the UN.
UTAir Crashes on 4th, killing 4 in Lensk
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What: UTAir Aviation Aérospatiale AS 350 B3 Ecureuil en route from Lensk to Talakan
Where: Lensk, Russia
When: July 4, 2012 18:11
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: Four people were aboard the UTAir helicopter when it crashed near Lensk Russia, killing the pilot and copilot and two passengers just moments after the pilots lost contact with ATC.
Initial reports said there were only three aboard. The helicopter normally performed a regular shuttle flight.
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Military Fokker Crashes in Jakarta Neighborhood
What: Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M
Where: Jakarta Indonesia
When: June 21, 2012, 15:00 hrs.
Who: 7 aboard
Why: The flight was engaged in maneuvers when it crashed into a Jakarta neighborhood in the Rajawali housing complex (the Air Force Eagle Complex, at Halim Perdanakusuma airport.). It is reported that everyone aboard the flight except the co-pilot died in the crash. The co-pilot survived; and several people inside the buildings also died on the ground. A fireball erupted in the neighborhood. Some residents were hospitalized with burns.
Major Flight Heri Setiawan (captain pilot), Sergeant Major Simulanto, Sahroni Flight Lieutenant, Captain Agus Supriyadi Engineering, Purwo First Sergeant, Master Sergeant Wahyudi (Engineering Squadron 021) were confirmed killed in the crash.
Skies were clear at the time of the accident.
The names of the victims who were in the housing were not released. Video below
Kenya Crash Hits Kenya Administration Hard
What: Kenya Police Air Wing Eurocopter AS 350B3e Ecureuil
Where: Ngong Hills, near Nairobi Kenya
When: June 10, 2012 8:30 a.m.
Who: 6 aboard, 6 fatalities
Why: Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security George Saitoti and his permanent secretary Orwa Ojode, pilots Luke Oyugi and Nancy Gituanja and bodyguards Inspector Joshua Tonkei and Sergeant Thomas Murimi, died in a helicopter crash in Ngong Forest in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. The remains were badly burned. There were no survivors.
The helicopter was en route to a church service.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki declared three days of official mourning, and said a full investigation into the crash is planned. “On behalf of the Government and the people of Kenya I send my heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and relatives of the six Kenyans.”
4 Lost in Crash at St George Airport
What: Cessna 172
Where: St. George Municipal Airport, St George, Utah
When: May 26, 2012
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: The plane carrying four men crashed early in the morning around 1:30 a.m. The wreckage wasn’t discovered until 6 a.m. when security discovered it 300 feet south of the runway. There were no severe weather conditions reported at the airport during the early morning hours.
The four victims were locals whose names have not been released.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating.
Ultralight Crash in Croatia Kills 2
What: Aviasud Mistral
Where: near Rogotin in the Neretva river valley, Croatia
When: May 16, 2012 8.45 pm
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: The ultralight was flying low just above the wires and planting bait for rabid foxes when it crashed in a tangerine field near the mouth of the Neretva. 57 year old Stjepan (Stephen) Vlahovica-Pace and 24 year old Matea Bebic aboard were killed in the crash. Vlahovica owned the plane. Matea was an aeronautical engineer.
The ambulance driver who was first on the scene was Vlahovica’s brother Nado.
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Private Cessna Crashes en route to Council Bluffs, 3 Fatalities Reported
What: Privately owned Cessna 401 en route from Riverside Kansas to Council Bluffs Kansas
Where: Thomas Road between 1900 & 2000 or 9 miles west of Chanute, KS
When: May 11, 2012 16:36
Who: 5 aboard, 3 fatalities
Why: The privately owned Cessna was en route to Council Bluffs when it told ATC it requested permission to descend to a lower altitude, then crashed near Chanute and caught on fire. The plane skidding 200 feet across a field before it hit trees.
23-year-old pilot, Luke F. Sheets, Garret Coble of Tulsa and Stephen J. Luth, 22 died in the crash according to Shawnee County Coroner’s Office-Topeka.
22-year-old Hannah N. Luce of Texas and 27-year-old Austin G. Anderson were injured. Hannah was hospitalized at KU Medical Center-Kansas City, KS and Austin at Christi St. Francis Hospital-Wichita.
Chanute is about 90 miles northwest of Joplin, Mo.
The plane crashed in a field east of Highway 75. Two of the five aboard survived the crash.
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Brazil Crash Kills Crime Scene re-enactors and murder suspect
Contact photographer Icaro Roberto
What: Governo do Est. de Goiás, opf. Policia Civil de Goiá AgustaWestland AW119 MkII Koala Enhanced
Where: Near Piranhas, state of Goiás Brazil
When: 08-MAY-2012
Who: 8 aboard, 8 fatalities
Why: An AgustaWestland AW119 MkII Koala Enhanced helicopter was participating in a reconstruction of a murder on a farm in Goiás, and crashed. The eight people aboard included The accident victims are the delegates Jorge Moreira, Osvalmir Carrasco (pilot), Vinicius Baptist, Bruno Carneiro (copilot), the superintendent of the Judicial Police, Antonio Goncalves, experts and Marcel de Paula de Paula Fabiano and suspected murderer, Ali Ahmad Souza.
The helicopter had been inspected Monday.
The Ministry of Justice and the National Civil Aviation Agency was bitufued, The Secretary of Public Security of Goiás, John Furtado will be supervising rescuers and the investigation.
Eyewitness accounts disagree. One witness says the aircraft was spinning on its axis and falling, another says it exploded in midair.
Private Plane Crash Pilot from Yuma Identified
What: E300 EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA-300
Where: Salinas California
When: April 8 2012, 6:57
Who: two fatalities
Why: Captain George Mellone was flying his plane in Salinas with David Ostendorf when it crashed. Both died of blunt force trauma. Mellone was a harrier pilot who had flown home to Yuma for Easter weekend.
Mellone was a Marine Captain stationed at Air Station Yuma who graduated from the University of N. Dakota in 2007 with a degree in aviation management, and had earned three Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and obtained the rank of Captain since joining the Corps in 1999. He had been performing stunts right before his plane crashed. The cause of his crash is under investigation.
His co-pilot was 24-year-old David Gary Ostendorf, a 2010 St. Cloud State University aviation graduate, was an FAA controller at the Montery Regional Airport Tower. The cause of the crash has not been identified.
Regis#: 45R Make/Model: E300 Description: EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA-300
Date: 04/08/2012 Time: 13:57
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: SALINAS State: CA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FIELD , THE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, 3 MILES FROM SALINAS, CA INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 2
Two Lost in Ultralight in Brazilian Rice Field
What: Starflight Fox V6 Super #PU-ANG
Where: Araranguá, southern Santa Catarina Brazil
When: April 8 2012
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: The ultralight was in Araranguá between the towns of Marazion and in Santa Catarina when it crashed in a rice paddy that backs up to highway BR-101. Both the pilot and passenger, Pereira de Souza, 45, and Antonio Carlos Bernardino, 30, died at the scene. Bernardino owned the ultralight and the two regularly flew together. Both victims were residents of Araranguá and in an Araranguá flying club. They were taken to Instituto Médico Legal (Forensic Institute).
Witnesses say the plane just fell from the sky into the rice field. The incident occurred at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.
The accident is under investigations; preliminary findings are due within thirty days.
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RAF Chinook Emergency Landing in AZ
What: RAF Boeing Chinook HC2 (CH-47D) en route from Naval Air Facility El Centro Imperial Valley, California
Where: Arizona
When: April 7 2012 7.30pm BST
Who: 7 injured
Why: A UK Chinook made an emergency landing “mishap” in Arizona, about fifteen miles from Yuma.
Seven aboard the helicopter were examined at El Centro Regional Medical Center but were reported as both injured and uninjured. The accident occurred during a training mission. How much damage the helicopter sustained is unknown.
Forty Apartments Damaged, No Fatalities Reported, Virginia Beach Hornet
What: US Navy – VFA-106 $29 million McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet twin-engine supersonic fighter plane en route from Naval Air Station Oceana
Where: Virginia Beach
When: April 6 2012, 12:00 pm
Who: 40 apartments damaged, no fatalities, 5 injures
Why: Going 170 mph, a student pilot was in the front seat of the two-seat Hornet and the experienced instructor was in the rear when the plane experienced a “catastrophic mechanical malfunction.” Pilots dumped fuel just before it dived into a Virginia Beach apartment complex in the Hampton Roads area (Birdneck Road, Virginia Beach, near NAS Oceana). No residents of the Mayfair Mews complex were killed in the crash, and the pilots ejected before impact. The plane experienced “catastrophic engine system failure” right after takeoff. The crash site is two miles from the base and a mile from the ocean.
The fuel and the carbon fibers from the burning composite were a special toxic concern for first responders.
There were seven injuries on the ground in addition to the two pilots, but no fatalities have been reported. Witnesses on the scene saw smoke billowing from the building. Bystanders found the young pilot still in his parachute, and cut him free before escorting him farther from the fire. Six buildings were damaged, but now the residents, mostly elderly, are homeless.
The trainee in the front had at least 1 1/2 years of intensive training before boarding the F/A-18D, which is used in training and in combat. The jet was not carrying live ordnance,
Within 24 hours of the crash, sources confirm no one was killed in the crash. The mayor, and the us fleet forces commander agree that it is miraculous that there were no fatalities.
A fund has been established for those made homeless by the fire.
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Piper Crashes near Holitna River
What: Private (Richard Wilmarth) Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub
Where: near the Holitna River, Red Devil, Alaska
When: March 30 2012, 5:30
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: A red and white Piper Super Cub owned by Richard Wilmarth, crashed while apparently attempting to land on a private airstrip near the Holitna River. Wilmarth and his passenger Kenneth Mellick died in the crash.
Aircraft Registration (N7276D)
Summary
1957 PIPER PA-18A
Fixed wing single engine
(2 seats / 1 engine)
Owner WILMARTH RICHARD C
RED DEVIL, AK
(Individual)
AIRWORTHINESS Standard/Normal
Serial Number 18-5685
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
Horsepower: 180 (Reciprocating)
WeightLess than 12,500lbs
Speed 97mph
Mode S Code 52340273
Certificate Issue Date 1977-05-03
Airworthiness Date 1974-06-18
Last Action Date 2011-09-12
Expiration 2014-09-30
Family Lost in Beechcraft Crash in Minnesota Field
What: Beechcraft 35 Bonanza
Where: Glencoe, MN
When: March 21, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Who: 3 fatalities
Why: The plane crashed on farmland four mines north of Glencoe killing what appears to be a family of three aboard the plane and also three dogs. Conditions were five miles visibility and overcast at 900 feet and the pilot may have been flying by visual flight rules in conditions when VFR flight isn’t allowed. Visibility in the area is known to drop “at the drop of a hat” so the pilot may have flown into worsening conditions inadvertently.
Witnesses say they heard the plane sputtering, and heard a popping noise before impact. Others saw the plane flying low before it hit the ground in foggy drizzly weather leaving a two-hundred yard debris field. The plane may have been flying from St. Cloud.
By the time bystanders arrived on the scene, the plane was missing the tail and a wing, and was engulfed in a “ball of flame.”
The plane had just been sold by a St. Cloud resident to a new owner.
Stuart Dahlberg, 52, his wife Ivelisse Morillo, and his mother, Mae Dahlberg were en route to visit family in Colorado when they were killed in the crash. Stuart Dahlberg was an experienced pilot.
Glencoe Plane Crash Victims Identified as Husband, Wife, Mom: MyFoxTWINCITIES.com
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 3871N Make/Model: BE35 Description: 35 Bonanza
Date: 03/21/2012 Time: 1612
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: GLENCOE State: MN Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FIELD. THE THREE PERSONS ONBOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED. 4-5 MILES NORTH OF GLENCOE, MN
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 3
WEATHER: 20007KT 5SM BT OVC 009 14/13 A2998
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Worker Dies at DFW Airport
What: Dallas/Fort Worth Airport
Where: loading dock of the LSG Sky Chefs flight catering facility,
When: March 18, 2012, 6:45 a.m.
Who: 1 fatality
Why: An LSG Sky Chefs employee was struck by a catering truck. The 50 year old employee died on the scene.
LSG Sky Chefs spokesman David S. Margulies released this statement:
“We can confirm that an associate of our company passed away today while working at our facility at D/FW International Airport following a motor vehicle accident. The incident is being investigated by the D/FW Department of Public Safety. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have also been notified. Our company is cooperating fully with the investigations. Due to this incident and the investigation we were not able to cater some flights this morning. We extend our deepest sympathies to the employee’s family and will work with law enforcement to assist in the investigation.”
Guatamalan Rescue Chopper Crashes after Attempted Rescue
What: Guatemalan air force helicopter Bell UH1H
Where: Quebrada Seca, Petén Guatemala
When: Feb 28 2012 10 am
Who: 10 fatalities
Why: After a civilian chopper crashed, the Guatemalan air force helicopter on a regular Tuesday mission went to assist in the rescue but crashed en route. The seven officers and three air force specialists diverted from their mission “to supply some detachments are located in the Laguna del Tigre,” and died in the crash in bad weather in the mountainous area. It appears that when the military chopper reached the scene of the first crash, the rescue had already been handled, so they elected to continue on their mission, and it was on the continuation of the journey to Peten that the accident occurred.
According to eyewitnesses, the helicopter lost power near the village of Quebrada Seca, in the vicinity of the town of San Luis.
Three were crew—two lieutenants and a specialist—and the seven passengers were a flight lieutenant, two second lieutenants of aviation, a second lieutenant of infantry, two specialists and an aére-military policeman. (José Everardo Portillo Salazar, Manuel Ovalle Garcia and Armando Barrientos Mynor, the lieutenants Jose Alejandro Rodriguez and Flores Be Zechariah, Amilcar specialist Humberto Leon and Manuel Escobar Axpuac, Emerson Reyes and Paolo Rivera Martinez Galindo Elbu Stuart, One person was unidentified.)
Pilot Lieutenant Everaldo Portillo had more than 700 flight hours.
The first chopper apparently hit power lines which apparently helped break the fall. It crashed in the El Guarumo in Semox village on Guatemala’s Caribbean coast ( Livingston, Izabal). Three injured survivors of the original crash were taken to del Hospital Roosevelt in Morales, Izabal. The survivors of the first crash were listed as Carlos Larios Aguilar, 48, the pilot of the ship John Paul Moran, 52, and mechanic Jose Gomez, 28. The first chopper was #TG-SAN, also out of Petén.
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Mexico Police Air Crash Kills 3
What: Policía Federal Rockwell-Gulfstream 695 Jetprop Commander 980
Where: El Refugio en el Municipio de Acatic, Mexico
When: Feb 21, 2012, 21:00 pm
Who: 3 aboard, 3 fatalities
Why: In the town of Refugio Padrone, the Jetprop Commander 980 crashed. The names of the three victims have not been released.
State Unit of Civil Protection and Fire Jalisco (UEPCBJ), the Attorney General of the State (PGJE) are investigating.
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Beechcraft Baron Crashes in Brazil killing 4
What: Norte Táxi Aéreo Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron en route from Cametá to Baião
Where: Cametá, PA Brazil
When: Feb 16 2012, 10:00 am
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: The Taxi service plane crashed not long after takeoff, killing the pilot, copilot and two security guards who worked transporting money for a bank. A fire ensued after the crash, and rescuers found the bodies were charred.
The crash occurred a kilometer from the runway. The airport fire department team responded. Seripa (regional research and prevention of Aviation Accidents) is investigating.
3 Lost when Cessna Crashes Mt Si, King County Washington
What: Cessna 172
Where: North Bend, Washington
When: Feb 15, 2012
Who: 3 fatalities
Why: Around 2 a.m. a King County resident heard the sputtering engine of a plane in distress, and called in a 911. Deputies on foot patrol heard the sound of a crash in the same area. The FAA picked up the emergency beacon (transponder). Emergency teams were using portable emergency locator receivers to follow the beacon to find the crash site. At 4:15 a.m., the King County’s Guardian One helicopter crew with night vision goggles assisted in discovering the fuselage from a single-engine Cessna 172 near a sheer face of Little Si mountain. The bodies of three individuals were found by teams of rescue hikers traveling about a mile by foot from the local base of operations.
Two men and a woman were found. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus said the flight was not in contact with ATC.
Two of the three people killed in the small plane crash on Mount Si were swim coaches in King County. 31-year-old “Coach Seth” Dawson’s memorial was held Thursday night. Federal Way’s Decatur High School swim coach, Rob Hill was also killed in the crash, as well as Liz Redling. Hill was pursuing his commercial pilot’s license.
There may have been ground fog at the time of the crash.
Cessna Crashes by New Hampshire Runway
Contact photographer Ron Yantiss
What: Cessna T182T Turbo Skylane
Where: WEST LEBANON, N.H.
When: Feb 9, 2012, 3:45 p.m
Who: pilot, 1 fatality
Why: The Cessna T182T Turbo Skylane took off from Lebanon New Hampshire Municipal airport returning the plane from repairs but developed problems. The pilot, Paul Schlieben, of Peterborough, N.H requested a turnback to the airport.
He was returning to the airport when he crashed in the airport safety area impacting beside a runway. West Lebanon firefighters responded to the scene and put out the flames. The pilot did not survive the impact.
Aircraft Description
Serial Number T18208595 Type Registration Individual
Manufacturer Name CESSNA Certificate Issue Date 11/13/2006
Model T182T Expiration Date 03/31/2013
Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Single-Engine Status Valid
Pending Number Change None Type Engine Reciprocating
Date Change Authorized None Dealer No
MFR Year 2006 Mode S Code 51760054
Fractional Owner NO
Registered Owner
Name SCHLIEBEN PAUL
City PETERBOROUGH State NEW HAMPSHIRE
County HILLSBOROUGH Zip Code 03458-2021
Country UNITED STATES
Airworthiness
Engine Manufacturer LYCOMING Classification Standard
Engine Model TIO-540-AK1A Category Normal
A/W Date 07/19/2006
Daredevil CEO Dies in Experimental Plane Crash
Contact photographer J.B. Barbour
What: Raleighwood Aviation LLC Lancair IVP-TP (built by Carlos Garza)
Where: Boise Airport, Idaho
When: Feb 03 2012, 8:58 a.m.
Who: 1 fatality
Why: Steve Appleton was flying an experimental Lancair IVP-TP. On his second flight, he took off, turned back to the airport. He contacted ATC and said ““321 Lima Charlie, I’d like to turn back in, and uhh, land. Coming back in.” and then crashed.
Safety Board investigator Zoe Keliher said “Appleton took off at about 8:46 a.m, got the plane five to 10 feet off the ground and landed again. He returned to the hangar, then took off again at 8:54 a.m.; he got to between 100 and 200 feet when, according to witnesses, the plane suddenly stopped, banked and fell to the ground.”
It crashed between two runways.In 2004, Appleton survived a crash that gave him a punctured lung, head injuries, ruptured disk and broken bone. This time, Appleton died at the scene. The plane was badly burned.
He was the CEO of Micron.
He had several planes which he flew frequently. (He has owned 20 planes.)
The four seat experimental plane is sold as a kit. This one was built by built by Carlos Garza.
Belle Isle Chopper Crash Kills Two
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Contact photographer Cory Watts
What: Cenac Marine Services Robinson R-44 en route from Houma-Terrebonne
Where: Belle Isle
When: January 19, 2012
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: After taking off from Houma-Terrebonne airport, the chopper crashed a few miles from East Bay and the Gulf of Mexico in a marshy area. Flames from the crash were seen from a distance. Hunters and fishermen in the area called 911 to report the helicopter afire. The crash claimed the lives of those aboard. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries assisted along with several agencies with search, rescue, and recovery.
Pilot Jason McKean, and Lanny Ledet had been on the way to an alligator-industry conference in Plaquemines Parish.
Jason McKean had been flying for twenty years. The bodies of the victims were recovered 13 miles southwest of Morgan City.
The cause of the crash is unknown. The FAA is investigating. Tje MTSB saod there was no indication that anything broke off the helicopter before the crash. The final report will not be due for another eighteen months.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 369TL Make/Model: R44 Description: R-44 Astro
Date: 01/19/2012 Time: 1555
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing:N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: BELLE ISLE State: LA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
N369TL ROBINSON R44 ROTORCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2
PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, NEAR BELLE ISLE, LA
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 2
# Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: 191255Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM OVC018 07/06 A3012
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: BATON ROUGE, LA (SW03) Entry date: 01/20/2012
Venezuela Cessna, 4 aboard Lost at Sea
What: Guardia Nacional Bolivariana Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP
Where: La Uva, Isla de Coche, Venezuela
When: Jan 30, 2012
Who: 4 fatalities
Why: The Cessna crashed 180 miles from shore during a training flight. Captain José Vielma, Jhonatan Veroes Valencia, Joan Guillén, and Hernández Camacho died in the crash.
Piper Crashes in Cornfield near York Airport
What: Condor Flying Club Inc Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee en route from Fredrick, Maryland.
Where: Lincoln Highway West, Thomasville, PA
When: Jan 29, 2012, 11:00 am
Who: 1 fatality
Why: The piper crashed in a cornfield off of Lincoln Highway, a mile from the airport. The pilot, Douglas Helms of Westminster Maryland was pronounced dead at the scene. Helms will be at Lehigh Valley Hospital. The cause of the crash is unknown. An investigation is underway. The vehicle is registered to CONDOR FLYING CLUB INC
Street 16192 COASTAL HWY.