On December 18, 2012 at 2:15 p.m. a Hummel H5 en route from Tom B. David Field Airport crashed and caught fire in a forested area in Calhoun, Georgia.
The pilot, Roy Gardner Russom (76) died on the scene. It was the first flight of the experimental plane which Russom had been tinkering with just before the flight.
Russom served in the United States Air Force and retired as an Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent.
On Dec 17, 2012, an Alpi Aviation Pioneer 400 en route to Gloucestershire did a visual flyby over Gloucestershire Airport before it skidded on landing.
The registered owner of the plane is CORRADO RUSALEN, HARDWICK ABERGAVENNY.
A wheel collapsed (or failed to extend) and the plane collapsed in grass off the runway.
Great Western Ambulance Service paramedics were on standby but there were no injuries.
On Dec 17, 2012, a privately owned Diamond dA42 Twin Star crashed and flipped in a paddy in Pathum Thani, Sam Khok, Thailand. The crash was about 200 meters from a residential area.
The two Brits, Nicholas Turner (54) and David Walls (71)who were aboard survived the crash. They were returning from a business trip.
After impact, locals assisted the pilot and passenger out of the plane. Volunteers from Ruamkatanyu Foundation took the victims to Krung Siam St. Carlos. They were hospitalized with minor injuries.
The Civil Aviation Department and Scientific Crime Detection Centre 1 yesterday inspected the wreckage. Asian Aerospace Services removed the wreckage to Don Mueang Airport. The flight data recorder will be analyzed. The immediate cause of the accident.
* In various sources, the pilot was identified as Nicholas Turner, Nicholas Phillippe, Nicholas Philip Plumer, Nicholas Pumer
A Tanzania National Parks Authority Cessna 182Q Skylane flying from Mpanda airport to Katavi National Park crashed in Nsemlwa village, Tanzania after the plane developed engine failure.
The pilot capt. Adamu Athumani Kajwa survived a crash that split the plane in two. He had already dropped off his passenger at Mpanda Airport.
Farmers witnessed the plane crash and assisted the pilot although their assistance was hampered by bees.
The pilot was hospitalized at Mpanda district hospital.
The National Commission on Safety Transportation announced that the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed into a mountain in Indonesia seven months did so as a result of pilot error. All 45 Aboard were fatalities.
Indonesian authorities claimed that the plane functioned adequately and there were no malfunctions of safety gear.
The fact that the pilot digressed from the route, and that the (foreign) pilots were not well aware of the mountainous terrain may be behind part of the decision. As a demonstration flight, the pilots were probably encouraged to make dramatic maneuvers at a terrible price.
Thirty-eight seconds prior to the impact, cockpit instruments issued a warning saying “pull up, terrain ahead”. Later the warning “avoid terrain” was issued six times, but the instruments were turned off because the crew assumed there was a problem with the database.
Officials said that “The crew was not aware of the mountainous area surrounding the flight path,”
The Jakarta radar service was incapable of informing flight crews of minimum safe altitudes.
The Russian pilots, while experts, were not intimate with the Indonesian topography.
Six minutes after takeoff, the pilot and co-pilot requested Jakarta ATC for permission to drop from 3,000 meters to 1,800 meters on the scheduled half-hour flight. Six minutes later, the plane struck Mount Salak.
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What: Transaero Airlines Boeing 777-312 Moscow – Khabarovsk
Where: Yemelyanovo International Airport
When: Dec 13, 2012
Who: 1 fatality
Why: While en route, a five year old child, Jaroslav Zaripov who was suffering from cancer, became ill. The pilot dumped fuel in order to land.
The pilot diverted to Krasnoyarsk but the child died as the plane was landing. He has a twin who is cancer free, and who had not yet been told his brother died.
The West Siberian Transport Investigative Committee is investigating.
Dec 16 2012-An instructor and student of Rangel Escola de Avião Civil were injured during a training flight in a Robinson R-22 when it crashed at 19:30 near the Guarapiranga Dam in Sao Paulo Brazil.
The hard landing was close to 15796 M’Boi Mirim road in the Garden Angela, in jungle terrain and destroyed the helicopter. Passengers were conscious when the rescue team arrived. Three fire vehicles responded.
The instructor and the student pilot were admitted to Hospital das Clinicas and Hospital São Luís. The student’s head injuries are supposed to be not serious.
The Fire Department and “Team Eagle” helicopter and Military Police responded to the scene.
Noticias Telemundo interviewed Christian Esquino, owner of the plane that crashed and killed Jenni Rivera. He said that his pilots told Rivera’s entourage “it was bettr not to fly overnight,” but the flight took off at 3:00 a.m.
Ten minutes later, the Learjet crashed at 600 mph.
Esquino said the pilots were in excellent health but that the head pilot might have had a heart attack. Miguel Perez was 78 years old.
U.S. commercial pilots can only fly till they are 65.
Two of Esquinos planes were seized by the government this year.
The US is assisting Mexico in the investigation.
La Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, a través de la Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), inició las investigaciones sobre la presunta caída de la aeronave con matrícula N345MC propiedad de la empresa Starwood Management, ocurrida hoy en la madrugada, en el estado de Nuevo León.
El avión LearJet salió de Monterrey a las 03:15 horas y tenía como destino el aeropuerto de Toluca. La aeronave perdió contacto con el radar a una distancia de 61.8 millas de Monterrey y en las coordenadas 24,45,50 N 99,52,18 W.
Se inició el protocolo de búsqueda correspondiente a las 04:40 horas con la ayuda de dos helicópteros y un avión.
Entre los desaparecidos se encuentran los pilotos Miguel Pérez y Alejandro Torres y los pasajeros, cuyo nombre quedó registrado como: Jenny Dolores Rivera Saavedra, Alberto Rivera Saavedra, Mario Macias, Jacob Llenares y Gerardo N.
La Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes reitera que continuará con el curso de las investigaciones.
A Guardia di Finanza Helicopter crashed at 12:30 near Pizza Tambo, Sondrio Province, Italy.
The crash occurred on Madesimo Piz Tambo mountain.
Three people aboard the helicopter were injured. They were med-evacuated to the Chiavenna emergency room.
An Oulton Investments Pty Ltd Cessna 182A Skyline was en route to fly for a skydiving company that hired the plane for a Christmas party at the Flame Lily Adventures park. A Santa Skydiving event was planned. While en route, the plane struck four electricity transmission lines, cutting power to 1600 homes.
The plane crashed in Barrum Heads, Queensland north of Hervey Bay, and caught on fire. Three fire crews responded to put out the blaze as well as three police crews, including an inspector and the forensic crash unit. The 59 year old pilot died in the crash.
According to the ATSB:
The ATSB is investigating a fatal accident involving a Cessna 182A aircraft (registration VH-SBG) that occurred near Burrum Heads, Queensland on 17 December 2012.
Update 18 December 2012
ATSB investigators arrived on the accident site this morning.
The investigators are seeking witness reports including any video footage that might assist the investigation. Witnesses can call the ATSB on 1800 020 616.17 December 2012
It was reported that the aircraft struck a powerline before colliding with terrain. The pilot—the only person on board the aircraft—died in the accident.Four ATSB investigators (with specialisations in engineering and aircraft operations) are expected to arrive on the accident site tomorrow morning.
Over the next three days of the on-site investigation, the team will be interviewing witnesses and examining the wreckage and accident site, including the powerline.
More information will be posted on this page as it comes to hand.
After experiencing an engine problem on Dec 17, 2012, a chartered Kazakistan plane en route from Bangkok to Lucknow made an emergency landing at NSC Bose International airport.
There were 23 aboard, 17 of whom passengers. No injuries were reported.
The left engine stalled for unknown reason. The flight made a safe landing at 10:15 with emergency services on standby.
Too fast for Sunday delivery of USPS, UPS or Fed Ex.
If you ask Victoria Haller which is the better airline, she’ll tell you it is JetBlue. That’s because she’s the aunt of Noah Pozner, one of the victims of the massacre in Newtown Connecticut; and when a friend tweeted airlines asking if one could get family letters to Connecticut in time for Noah’s funeral so family letters (including that of Victoria’s five year old son) could be buried with his cousin Noah, JetBlue stepped up. Jetblue called back and made it happen. The letters went from Aunt Victoria to JetBlue flight attendant Craig M. to flight attendants Trisha and Heather.
The letters made it from Seattle to Connecticut in time for the 1 p.m. funeral.
All of this was tracked on Twitter (search the hashtag #LoveforNoah), Huffington Post, MSN, UPN, Jspace, etc…
It does the world good to hear of your kindness. When someone takes an extra step, goes beyond, it reminds us that businesses are not made of steel and ink and the bottom line; they are built of human beings. We are all human, and sometimes we are all we have. JetBlue is an example to us all. A simple act of kindness. A light in the darkness. Thank you.
What: Piper PA-31T1 Cheyenne en route from Mesa, Arizona to Portland-Troutdale Airport,Oregon
Where: Ely, NV
When: Dec 15, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: Two people aboard a Piper Cheyenne crashed in Ely Nevada when the pilot apparently lost control.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating.
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What: Nigerian Navy Agusta A109E
Where: Ogbia Creek, Bayelsa Nigeria
When: Dec 15, 2012, 1500 hrs
Who: 6 aboard, 6 fatalities
Why: A Nigerian Navy helicopter crashed in Bayelsa Nigeria. Among the fatalities is the governor of Kaduna, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa.
Several politicians had traveled to Bayelsa for the funeral of the father of Mr. Oronto Douglas, the President’s Special Adviser on Research and Documentation.
Also aboard was former national security adviser Gen Owoye Azazi. The rest of the casualties are governor’s aide, Dauda Tsoho and Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal who is Azazi’s aide as well as the pilots, Commander Murtala Mohammed Daba and Lt. Adeyemi O. Sowole.
The helicopter crashed five minutes after it took off, between 3:30 and 4 pm around Nembe-Okoroba area. Witnesses say the helicopter nosedived, then was a crash, and the chipper burst into flames. There was a big burst of black smoke.
Search and rescue operation was performed by a combined team of personnel from Joint Task Force (OPS PULO SHIELD), Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force, NEMA and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps. The remains have been taken to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
Another chopper with registration number 5NBOR carried other aides and security details to Port Harcourt without incident.
The crash is under investigation.
What: private Tiger Moth
Where: Jandakot Airport Australia
When: Dec 14, 2012, 10:15 a.m.
Who: pilot and passenger
Why: The flight was en route when smoke started coming from the engine. The smoke was seen at 10: 15.
Shortly later, the pilot made a safe landing at Jandakot Airport Australia with four crews of emergency services standing by.
The smoke seemed to originate from an oil leak.
What: Private Cessna en route from Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre
Where: Region of Waterloo International Airport
When: Dec 13, 2012
Who: flight instructor, pilot
Why: Pilots made an emergency landing in Waterloo with emergency services on standby.
The flight was en route when smoke developed in the cockpit.
THe smoke is being blamed on a leaky oil seal dripping oil on to the muffler.
The plane landed with emergency services on standby but taxied on its own steam to the hanger.
No injuries were reported.
What: US Airways Flight 3786 CRJ-200 en route from Philadelphia to Buffalo
Where: Buffalo-Niagara International Airport
When: Dec 13, 2012 9:50 pm
Who: 53 passengers
Why: The commuter plane made an emergency landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after reporting brake problems.
THe CRJ-200 circled the airport for half an hour burning off fuel before making an emergency landing.
Passengers disembarked at the terminal. No injuries were reported.
What: O’Neal Aviation LLC Beechcraft E90 King Air en route from Amarillo to Fort Worth
Where: Armstrong County Texas
When: Dec 14, 2012
Who: pilot
Why: The pilot was en route and ten minutes into the flight when he lost control.Witnesses saw the plane go down south of Farm-to-Market Road 1258 in Armstrong County.
The pilot was killed. The plane disappeared from radar at 6 pm. The debris field was located on Dec 14.
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What: Jet Blue Flight 1327 Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Boston
Where: Baltimore
When: Dec 14 2012 7:17 pm
Who: 84 passengers, 4 crew
Why: THe Jet Blue plane made an emergency landing at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport after getting a mechanical alert.
There was an odor in the cockpit.
Emergency vehicles were standing by.
Passengers were evacuated via emergency slide on to the tarmac. No injuries were reported.
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What: Private Cessna 150C
Where: Juneau AK
When: Dec 12, 2012 2:10 p.m.
Who: 2 aboard
Why: While on a training flight, pilots were landing at Juneau International Airport on a wet runway when the plane’s gear collapsed.
The pilot had been practicing touch-and-go landings.
The plane came to rest on its side. The plane suffered significant damage. The runway was tied-up as the plane was towed to an aircraft parking area. The pilot and passenger survived.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 1901Z
Make/Model: C150
Description: 150, A150, Commuter, Aerobat
Date: 12/12/2012
Time: 2309
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Mid Air: N
Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: JUNEAU State: AK Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GEAR COLLAPSED AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, JUNEAU, AK
What: TAM Linhas Aéreas Airbus A320-214
Where: Afonso Pena Airport, Brazil
When: Dec 13, 2012
Who: 152 aboard, no fatalities
Why: On takeoff, the plane suffered a bird strike.
Pilots returned to Afonso Pena Airport in the Curitiba Metropolitan Region and made a safe landing.
Passengers disembarked safely and were provided an alternative flight.
What: CNR AIRCRAFT INC Aero Vodochody L-29 Delphin
Where: Trinity River, SW of Scurry, TX
When: Dec 13, 2012 10:30 a.m.
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: When the Aero Vodochody L-29 Delphin fighter jet impacted terrain, the two aboard, Fisher Floyd and Noell Rather were killed. The impact occurred near the juncture of the Trinity River and Highway 35, leaving a debris field for hundreds of feet.
Floyd won the flight in an auction. He leaves behind a wife and two kids.
Rather flew fighter jets for ten years in the U.S. Air Force
Funded from NASA’s Applied Sciences Program, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and several partners developed an 8-hour convective weather forecast based on fuzzy logic and cloud top and moisture level input from the two Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) that cover a large portion of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Storms and turbulence, are noted in deep magenta (closest to the value of 1.0). Visitors to the site can then click on any of the eight hourly forecasts that follow, or play all of the pictures together in movie mode.
The NCAR beta site is live here:
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/projects/ocn/realtime_sys/global_extrap/
The FAA is looking for comments regarding minimum acceptable standards for the conduct and preparation of Wildlife Hazard Site Visits, Hazard Assessments and Hazard Management Plans on the following document:
For more information, visit Clarification of Wildlife Hazard Management Requirements for Non-Certificated Federally Obligated Airports in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
The purpose of this notice is to clarify the FAA’s interpretation of 49 U.S.C. 47107(a) (19) and the corollary Grant Assurance No. 19, relating to airport operations and maintenance. The FAA proposes to require sponsors of federally obligated, non-certificated airports that, after the effective date of this Federal Register Notice, accept a new airport development grant funded under the Airport Improvement Program, or accept a transfer of land under the Surplus Property Act for airport purposes to identify and mitigate wildlife hazards at their airports. These actions will take the form of initial Wildlife Hazard Site Visits (WHSVs) or Wildlife Hazard Assessments (WHAs), depending on the size of the airport, potentially followed by more detailed Wildlife Hazard Management Plans (WHMPs).
The purpose of a WHSV is for the sponsor to identify any immediate hazards and for the FAA to determine whether a more comprehensive WHA is necessary.
For More information, see APHIS below:
Airport Wildlife Hazards Program
What: British Airways Boeing 767 en route from Edinburgh to London
Where: Sanquhar
When: Dec 11, 2012 12:45
Who: crew (2 pilots)
Why: Fifteen minutes after taking off, the BAE flight developed smoke in the cockpit and returned to Edinburgh. No passengers were aboard the flight.
Emergency services were on standby.
The flight made a safe landing at 12:55 pm
