On Feb 14, 2013 at 10:30 a.m., a Beechcraft A60 Duke was en route from Fort Smith to Abilene when it ran out of fuel. The pilot, Frank LeRoy Bell, 75 attempted to divert to Elmdale Airpark but had to make an emergency landing. He tried to land in a blowed field but landed instead in a rough pasture where the plane sustained damage. No passengers were aboard and Bell was able to walk away.
Emergency services responded as an in-flight emergency at Elmdale Airpark.
On Feb 1 2013 in Settebagni Italy, an Aerotech Cessna FRA150 en route from Roma-Urbe Airport attempted an emergency landing near a runway at the flight school, made a forced landing and flipped. The National Agency for Flight Safety L’Agenzia nazionale per la sicurezza del volo (ANSV) is investigating the forced landing.
The two aboard the plane, the instructor and a student pilot were injured near Ring Road and the exit in Fiano Romano.
The plane sustained extensive damage.
The instructor and student were hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries at 118 al Sant’Andrea for a lumbar trauma and trauma to the shoulder.
DEC 18, 2012, 10:30 a.m. A Jacksonville FLight Training Zenair CH-2000 Alarus flown by a student pilot was en route from Jacksonville to Suwannee County when it made a hard landing in a Hamilton Country field.
25-year-old Mao Borui was not seriously injured when the plane landed in Jasper Florida, although it flipped and broke the nose of the plane.
When the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, they called it a crash landing.
What: Beechcraft 55 Baron en route from Baytown TX to Sarasota FL Where: 28 miles east of South Pass in the Gulf of Mexico When: Sept. 20, 2012 Who: 2 aboard Why: After the International Emergency Response Coordination Center notified 8th Coast Guard District command center of a beacon alert, the search began.
Two men whose flight ditched were rescued after the Border Patrol spotted them adrift in the Gulf of Mexico. A Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin helicopter was launched.
The pilot hit the water at an estimated 100 knots after the plane caught fire and the cockpit filled with smoke. The two men aboard survived the crash and three hours in the water.
Coast Guard helicopter pilot Lt. Becki Fosha said that “They had a limited time to bring the aircraft to the water and then they had about two minutes to get all of their survival gear together and get ready for a survival situation before the aircraft submerged…They had a GPS sport beacon. They had their current EPERB 406 beacon. They had floatation and survival equipment for just this kind of scenario…the men did a great job ditching the plane.”
Theodore Wright and Raymond Fosdick were pulled out of the Gulf and flown to Belle Chasse Naval Base. Fosdick was hospitalized at Ochsner Medical Center.
What: KTLA EUROCOPTER AS350 helicopter Where: Hollywood Boulevard and Franklin Avenue. When: August 28, 2012 1:00 pm Who: pilot and passenger Why: When the helicopter started giving off blue and white smoke, the first to see it was the pilot of another helicopter.
KTLA pilot Tim Lynn declared an emergency, then made a forced landing in a parking lot of the senior center at Hollywood Boulevard and Franklin Avenue.
The incident was witnessed by SKY2 pilot Dan Catalano (who taught Lynn to fly heicopters.)
The smoke came from an oil leak. Some newspapers report two aboard the helicopter but the FAA entry only reports the presence of the pilot.
What: Piaggio P-149D Where: Hollandscheveld, Netherlands When: August 4, 2012 Who: 2 aboard, 1 on the ground, 3 injuries Why: The plane took off at 11.30 from the nearby airport in Hoogeveen. After engine problems developed, the pilot reported via radio that he had an engine failure. He made a forced landing and struck an outbuilding and came to rest in a residential garden.
Both occupants of the plane and one person in the shed were injured.
What: Cessna 150 Where: San Diego bay When: May 26, 2012, 4:20 p.m Who: 2 aboard, no fatalities Why: A Cessna towing a banner lost engine power. Pilots informed ATC, cut free the banner they were towing and ended up in San Diego Bay, Missing the Hilton Hotel. The plane sank; the pilot and passenger aboard were recovered uninjured, by passing boaters.
A salvage company is going to recover the plane from the bay.
What: 1965 Mooney M20C en route from Baldwin County Georgia to North Perry Airport, Pembroke Pines Where: Sheridan Street in Cooper City Florida When: May 19, 2012 Who: Pilot and passenger Why: The pilot who experienced engine trouble managed to force-land on Sheridan street, only clipping his wings on the tree-lined street. No injuries were reported but traffic was shut down on the street for a while.
What: King’s Aviation Hawker Sidley HS 125 registration 5N-BNR Where: Bauchi Airport, Nigeria When: 08 MARCH 2011 Who: Nuhu Ribadu, presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria Why: On landing at the airport, the plane struck goats on the runway.
The plane owned by Wings Aviation incurred some damage. No one aboard the flight was injured, but the director of media and publicity of the Nuhu Ribadu Campaign Organisation is calling the invasion of goats on the runway a sign of sabotage.
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What: Sabovich and Sons Cessna 310 registration N310XX Where: Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California When: Oct 2 2010 3:40 Who: 3 aboard: 54-year old pilot, the 50-year old male passenger and the 48-year old female passenger Why: The pilot flew in from Santa Ana to pick up two passengers. On takeoff, the left engine failed. The pilot had to make a forced landing a half-mile southeast of the airport, which set off a field fire.
The injured were airlifted to hospitals by helicopter.
Passengers sustained significant but non-life-threatening burns.
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What: United Heli Charters BELL 212 en route from Chennai to Pondicherry Where: Sulerikattukuppam, at Soolerikadu near Mahabalipuram on East Coast Road When: 9.30am. 22 December 2009 Who: 2 pilots and an engineer Why: After developing a fuel transmission system problem ( pilot noticed a leak in the transmission) while over the sea, the helicopter descended to a lower altitude. However, the low altitude made communication with ATC difficult, and communication from ATC was triangulated through available aircraft who were able to make contact.
The helicopter made an emergency landing described as “force-landing” and “successful” in the sands near the beach–which hopefully means no injuries.
Sulerikattukuppam is a fishing hamlet off the East Coast Road
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What: GazPromAvia Mil Mi-171 en route from Bovanenkovo to Vorkuta Where: Vorkuta Russia When: Dec 19 2009 Who: 22 passengers, 3 crew Why: The helicopter made an emergency landing–described also as a forced landing, and a rough landing–4 kilometers from where the flight originated. Fourteen were hospitalized.
The incident is under investigation. It is suspected that the cause will be attributed to harsh weather conditions.
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What: R44 Astro Helicopter en route to Nelson in rural Butte County Where: Near Yuba River, Marysville, California When: 07/13/2009 at 1700 hrs Who: 3 crew members aboard Why: N244HP, A ROBINSON R44 ROTORCRAFT, STRUCK A POWERLINE AND FORCE LANDED on its side 10 MILES FROM MARYSVILLE, CA on the bank of the South Yuba River.
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What: ROBINSON R22 ROTORCRAFT Where: WINTER HAVEN, FL When: 05/07/2009 Who: pilot Why: A ROBINSON R22 ROTORCRAFT owned by “NOVEMBER ALPHA LLC” at 5657 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 330, REPORTED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND FORCE LANDED ON A PARKING LOT.
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What: Rented Sterling Aviation’s Cessna 150 en route from Monterey to Half Moon Bay Airport Where: PESCADERO, CA in an open field south of Half Moon Bay (about 1 mile south of Pescadero Road and Highway 1 ) When: 01/11/2009 Who: 2 Michael Paul Harris, and his wife, Danette, Why: The pilot noticed they were running low on fuel. After a Forced landing in a field outside of PESCADERO, CA, about 200 yards into the field, the plane’s front nose wheel dug into the soil and collapsed, causing the plan to flip. The pilot buzz is that the renter of the plane should have refueled, and that the forced landing and resultant plane damage was entirely unnecessary.
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What: 1978 Grumman Tiger en route from Howe, Indiana to Goshen, Indiana Where: CR 150 East and the Elkhart/Kosciusko County Line Road Goshen Indiana When: 01/05/2009 11:43 a.m. Who: 2 people aboard. instructor William T. Reid and Pilot Chad L. Miller Why: During cruise flight the prop broke off. Pilot Chad L. Miller had to make a force landing in a field in Koscuisko County in Goshen IN, The pilot had been intending to practice “stop and go/touch and go” landings at the airport in Goshen.
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What: Brazilian air force model H-IH chopper en route from Natal, the capital of Rio Grande do Norte to Fortaleza, the capital of Ceara. Where: forced landing in the city of Icapui in the northeastern state of Ceara. When: Friday night Who: 3 fatalities, 3 survivors who got first aid in Aracati before they were taken to a Fortaleza hospital. Why: Under investigation
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What: unidentified “sea” plane … upside down Where: off Burnt Cedar Beach in Incline Village; south of the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe pier When: 11 a.m. Thursday Sept 11 2008 Who: pilot and passenger are both unhurt Why: While the plane was being towed by North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District’s Marine 16 boat, it took on water a half-mile south of Burnt Cedar. Buoys were affixed to keep the plane afloat till crews managed to tow it to Ski Beach. Fuel leaking into the lake has instigated testing by local risk management. Absorbent booms were being used to collect some 40 estimated gallons of fuel, and the rest is expected to safely evaporate without injury to the local ecosystem.
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What: Kakadu Air Gippsland GA-8 Where: near Cooinda Australia (Northern Territory) When: 3pm on Tuesday Who: Pilot suffers minor injuries. Why:Engine failure forces landing. Suspected engine failure related to faulty fuel systems.
Last Sunday 5 people walked away from a Barrier Air charter plane that experienced engine failure at 2500 feet and crashed when trying to land on Whitewood Rd, Howard Springs, in Darwin’s rural area.
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What: Another Spanair airplane, a SAS Group airline Flight JK-4113 Where: en route from Ibiza to Lisbon landed at Palma de Mallorca Airport When: one hour after take-off Who: 163 people on board Why: unknown reason. The plane had taken off on its third try.
Good for you Spanair. Better safe than sorry. But maybe if it takes more than one try to get in flight, its time to take a hard look at the plane. D’ya think?
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What: Private charter jet registered to JJSA aviation out of San Jose, California; and the plane owned by the Honeywell Corporation. Where: Kirksville Regional Airport When: Friday. 1:15 p.m. Who: 20-25 passenger jet was only carrying one passenger. No injuries. Why: electrical fire in the cockpit. The electrical malfunction appeared to stem from a heated window in the cockpit, similar to a defrosting window on a car. The failure caused the plane’s windshield to smoke and burn.
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What: Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter out of Frankfort Where: In a field next to the Kroger grocery store and Burger King restaurant in Murray Kentucky When: 2:30 p.m. Who: four-man flight crew from the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade Why: one of the crew members said a hydraulic hose busted and they had to make the emergency landing. A six-foot high-pressure hydraulic hose – about the size of a straw – frayed and developed a leak. A second helicopter flew in repair parts. There were no injuries.
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What: single-engine four-seat Piper registered to Tri Radial Flyers, of Tiverton en route from T.F. Green Airport to New Hampshire Where: crashed into some trees at the edge of the Schofield Farm. Rhode Island When: about 8:30 am Sept 1 Who: pilot Barry Carroll, 58 was uninjured Why: The plane experienced engine problems at 7,500 feet and the pilot could not make it the five miles back to the airport, so made a forced landing in the Schofield Farm field. On landing the plane’s left wing tip broke off.
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What: Cessna four-seat 172 owned by the Brampton Flying Club Where: Shelburne, Ontario –a farmer’s field just north of Toronto When: just before 5 a.m Sep. 01 2008 Who: 2 men, including pilot, airlifted to St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto with life-threatening injuries;one Headwaters Hospital in Orangeville Why: There is no reason listed why the plane crashed in the field. It looks like a total loss. The pilot is building flight time to become a commercial pilot
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