A small plane crashed in a farmland in Bloomfield, New Mexico, on the morning of October 28th.
The Cirrus SR22 encountered engine malfunction mid-air and crashed shortly afterward.
The pilot, who was the only person onboard, rescued himself through a parachute and escaped without injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
A Kenmore Air float plane crashed in the waters of San Juan Islands, Lopez Island, Washington, on September 30th.
The De Havilland Turbine Beaver took off from Seattle and crashed forty five minutes later.
All 4 people onboard survived with non-life threatening injuries.
The pilot and three passengers were rescued and transported to hospital.
A two-seater light plane crash landed on to a service road near Muirs Highway in Mount Barker, Western Australia, on September 5th.
The RV9 lost all its power while the pilot was trying to make an emergency landing and hit the trees before crash landing.
The pilot and his wife were rescued with minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
A small Cessna crashed into Lake Pontchartrain near the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana, on the night of August 27th.
There were three people onboard out of whom a woman was rescued and taken to hospital.
Two missing persons are still being searched for.
A float plane crashed near Ketchikan on the shoreline of a lake in Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, on August 15th.
According to sources the plane wreckage was located on the Island, after which the pilot was rescued by the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.
One person aboard was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
A small plane made an emergency landing on the Lookout Beach in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, on March 24th.
According to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesperson Craig Lambinon, “On arrival on the scene a Cessna light aircraft was found to have made an emergency landing on the beach and it is believed that the light aircraft may have suffered engine failure while flying over Keurbooms Lagoon while on a pilot training flight from George Airport forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing on the beach.”
There were two people aboard, including the instructor pilot and trainee pilot; both of them remained unharmed.
The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating.
A small plane crashed into Setauket Harbor, Long Island Sound, New York, on February 20.
The Piper PA-28 was flying from Massachusetts when it lost engine power, prompting the pilots to make a crash-landing.
There were four people aboard at the time, including the student pilot Austricio Ramirez who was flying the plane when it began experiencing issues, and the instructor pilot Nelson Gomez who took over the control afterwards and landed the plane in Setauket Harbor.
Authorities said Ramirez, Gomez, and a third passenger Wady Perez were rescued by the officers. The fourth person, identified as 23-year-old Gerson Salmon-Negron, remains missing.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
What: Cessna en route from New Jersey to Saint Simon’s Island.
Where: near Wassaw Island, in the marsh east of Skidaway Island.
When: Saturday morning
Who: pilot Eugenia Singer and her dog
Why: The engine surged and then lost power. Air traffic control directed her to marshland, where she landed submerged.
On the Coast Guard Air Station Savannah rescue helicopter was flight mechanic Adam Morehouse who helped hoist Singer and her dog to safety in a basket.
What: Bell 407 helicopter took off from the holiday vessel True North for a scenic flight around the Horizontal Falls area.
Where: In the ocean at Talbot Bay
When: Reported to Tam Air on September 25, 2008 04:00 pm
Who: Six passengers and a pilot on board. All were rescued. A woman in her late eighties needed CPR, and was flown to Broome hospital by float plane and is currently in stable condition.
Why: Engine Failure
Measures are being taken to curtail environmental damage, and attempts will be made to activate the plane’s flotation controls which the pilot did not have time to activate.