Safe Power-Off Landing at Southern Illinois Airport
What: Cessna 172/RG owned by Southern Illinois University Carbondale on an administrative flight “to check the plane’s operational systems” Where: grassy area adjacent to a landing strip at Southern Illinois Airport. When: October 26 Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Who: The pilot was a part-time flight instructor; a student also was on board. Why: One side of the landing gear malfunctioned. The pilot circled for more than an hour to burn fuel, then made a power-off landing, then the plane slid about 30 yards on its belly before stopping. Officials are saying that “The pilot was incredible”
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What: twin-engine Cessna 402C owned by the state government en route from Monterrey to La Paz airport in Baja California Sur. Where: in the Sierra de Hidalgo mountains When: 10 minutes after taking off from an airport in the city of Monterrey Who: Victims include Baja California Sur state Finance Secretary Nabor Garcia Aguirre, the pilot and the copilot. Why: The plane was flying on instruments because of poor visibility and heavy cloud cover in the area
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What: United Airlines Boeing 767 en route from London to Chicago Where: Chicago When: August 4, 2010 Who: 178 passengers and 12 crew, 7 injuries Why: On landing in Chicago, the left main gear caught on fire. As the plane waited on the runway, the fire was put out by fire crews who sprayed the gear and surrounding areas with fire retardant.
Emergency slides were deployed, and half the passengers evacuated via them, which is where the injuries occurred. After the fire was out, the slides were no longer used. About five were hospitalized after suffering minor injuries during the evacuation. Some individuals were treated at the airport and released.
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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.
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On October 29, 2013, a Windsor Flying Club Cessna 172R Skyhawk crash landed at Nashville International Airport, killing the pilot. There was dense fog early Tuesday morning when the crash occurred, and the airport was closed. The crash occurred some time between 2:00 a.m. (the final sweep of the runways) and its discovery at 8:45 a.m. by a taxiing jet pilot.
The plane is one of three belonging to Canada’s Windsor Flying Club school fleet.
National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson said that the plane sat on the runway for hours before it was discovered Tuesday morning. The crash apparently occurred Monday night. Metro Police, Metro Fire and Metro OEM, the medical examiner, and an accident investigator from National Transportation Safety Board responded belatedly. The accident occurred on Runway 2, which was closed on discovery of the wreckage. Operations at the rest of the airport continued as usual.
The FAA is on the scene. The pilot was in his mid forties, was night-rated but not instrument-rated (i.e. he was not cleared to fly in low visibility like the dense fog that blanketed Nashville.) His name has not been released. He rented the plane from Monday 8.pm. to Tuesday noon.
The investigation has not yet determined if the pilot made the required contact with ATC. The plane as no flight data recorder but it does have gps and current instrumentation.
As reported yesterday by Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA), a small single-engine Cessna-172 crashed at Nashville International Airport on Tuesday, October 29, 2013. The Airport Emergency Plan requires MNAA to notify the National Transportation Safety Board in the event of an accident and the NTSB begins an investigation to determine the probable cause of the accident and other facts related to it. This investigation is now underway and the NTSB will issue a preliminary report in 10 days and a final report in 9 – 12 months.
Importantly, the time of the crash has not been determined and reports to the contrary are not factual. These facts will be determined as part of the NTSB investigation.
Following is a statement from MNAA:
“The MNAA’s top priority is the safety and security of all operations at the airport. As an FAA certificated airport, MNAA is required to comply with the FAA’s safety standards. MNAA has long maintained a strong record of safety and follows stringent federal safety regulations. We are inspected annually by FAA safety inspectors to ensure compliance. We uphold these regulations every day, including yesterday. We have inspectors and crash, fire and rescue personnel on duty 24 hours per day, 365 days per year to respond in the event of any emergency.
“MNAA is working collaboratively with the FAA and NTSB as they investigate the accident and determine the facts. It would be premature to comment about any facts involving this accident until the NTSB completes its investigation. All of us at the airport express heartfelt condolences to the family of the pilot involved in this accident.”
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United Airlines flight UA-957 had to return and make an emergency landing in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 9th.
Gol Airlines flight G3-2020 had to return and make an emergency landing in Brasilia, Brazil, on January 22nd.