Pictured: A Temco D-16 Twin Navion
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Contact photographer Dave Budd
What: AZ Aeromachine 1946 Twin Navion twin engine en route from Anoka County-Blaine Airport
Where: Cardinal Creek Conservation Area, Eden Prarie
When: 12:30 p.m Oct 5, 2009
Who: pilot Bob Fiske
Why: When the plane crashed, witnesses rushed to break the windshield and rescue the trapped pilot.
The pilot was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.
A Cessna 182 plane crashed off Big Creek Airstrip in Valley County, central Idaho, at 8:30 a.m. on June 29.
The pilot, Jay Minor, 71, from Oregon, was the only person on board. He suffered multiple life threatening injuries and was transported by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.
Other aircrafts in the area informed Arnold Aviation about the crash, who subsequently notified the Valley County Sheriff’s Office.
According to the Valley County officials nine people have died in six aircraft crashes over the past year in the county.
A U.S. Air Force jet made an emergency landing at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, Texas, on March 15th.
The C-5M Super Galaxy cargo plane was returning from a training mission when the crew declared an emergency due to a landing gear malfunction.
The plane landed on its nose. All eleven people aboard remained uninjured.
This is not George A. Fortin’s N96389; it is a Taylorcraft BC-12D Twosome photographed at Millinocket Municipal Airport in Maine
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Contact photographer Paul Robbins
What: vintage 1946 Taylorcraft BC12-D en route from Limington airport
Where: field near Cape Monday Road, Harrison, Maine,
40 miles northwest of Portland
When: August 14 2010
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: The flight was reported lost when it did not return Saturday night. The wreckage was found 6 am Sunday. It appears that the pilot struck trees while attempting a field landing.
Pilot George A. Fortin and passenger Anatole “Tony” Kalinuk were killed in the crash.
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Contact photographer Alex Khan
What: Delta Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Managua to Atlanta,GA
Where: Atlanta
When: Jan 2nd 2012
Who: 1 injured
Why: On approach to Atlanta, the flight encountered turbulence. A flight attendant was injured about a quarter of an hour before landing. There’s no indication if the turbulence was due to weather or wake turbulence.
What: Diamond DA20 two-seat trainer aircraft owned by Doss Aviation
Where: Near Pueblo Memorial Airport
When: Noon Monday Sept 8 2008
Who: Instructor/pilot and a trainee
Why: The plane fell down a ravine and landed upside-down in a dry creek. A wing, the front landing gear and the engine had to be removed in order to extricate the trapped pilot. The trainee got out on his own
