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What: home-built airplane classified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an experimental aircraft
Where: Cedar Fort
When: Tuesday just after 11 a.m.
Who: pilot, 62-year-old David Silfvast, from Salt Lake, and his passenger, 71-year-old David Edgerly both killed in the crash
Why: Under Investigation
There have been six deadly crashes in Utah since the middle of July killing 21.
Contact photographer J.B. Barbour
What: Raleighwood Aviation LLC Lancair IVP-TP (built by Carlos Garza)
Where: Boise Airport, Idaho
When: Feb 03 2012, 8:58 a.m.
Who: 1 fatality
Why: Steve Appleton was flying an experimental Lancair IVP-TP. On his second flight, he took off, turned back to the airport. He contacted ATC and said ““321 Lima Charlie, I’d like to turn back in, and uhh, land. Coming back in.” and then crashed.
Safety Board investigator Zoe Keliher said “Appleton took off at about 8:46 a.m, got the plane five to 10 feet off the ground and landed again. He returned to the hangar, then took off again at 8:54 a.m.; he got to between 100 and 200 feet when, according to witnesses, the plane suddenly stopped, banked and fell to the ground.”
It crashed between two runways.In 2004, Appleton survived a crash that gave him a punctured lung, head injuries, ruptured disk and broken bone. This time, Appleton died at the scene. The plane was badly burned.
He was the CEO of Micron.
He had several planes which he flew frequently. (He has owned 20 planes.)
The four seat experimental plane is sold as a kit. This one was built by built by Carlos Garza.
A small plane, an INPAER Explorer#PR-ZAL with three aboard was en route from Campos dos Amarais, Campinas to London but disappeared from radar while talking to ATC in Pirassununga Brazil at about ten on January 23rd. The experimental plane was registered but not certified, and barred from flying over populated areas.
The Brazilian Air Force, Botucatu and São Manuel police forces were searching with a C-105 Amazonas, a H1 and an Eagle Helicopter, and found the remains of the passengers in dense forest, in a rugged area near Monte Alegre.
The Squad of Campo Grande rescue team is on the scene.
Locals who heard the failing engine, a roar and saw a flash of light in the woods notified authorities.
The remains have been identified as:
-Alderman and Deputy Mayor of Suzano (SP) Jessé Almeida,
-Edson Geraldino, identified as owner of the plane.
The identity of the third party, Rubens Geraldino, has not been confirmed by the family. The passengers (uncle and nephew) were from Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil.
What: Wittman W-10 Tailwind (Built by John R. Wing) practicing touch and go
Where: Fulton, 1 mile SW of Oswego County Apt.- KFZY, NY
When: Dec 1, 2011, 2:30 pm
Who: pilot
Why: After practicing touch and go the pilot crashed in a wooded area called Old Incinerator Hill, off Whitaker Road, near the line between Fulton and Volney, a mile sW of Oswego County Airport.
Witnesses heard the engine sputtering before it went down in a heavily wooded area. Part of the wreckage was found fifteen feet up, in a tree.
What: small, single-engine experimental Nadiq, a fixed-wing, single-engine plane
Where: Sandy Creek township, near Miller Road in Venango County
When: July 24 2010, 11:25 a.m
Who: fatalities: 57-year-old David Wagner, of Clairon, and former Clairon County commissioner 54-year-old Rob Carbaugh, of Seneca.
Why: Crash in the woods of Sandy Creek
An Avro 504K replica on the flight line ready for the weekly airshow, Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Rhinebeck NY
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Contact photographer Adam Cramer
What: Avro504K replica bi-plane
Where: Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Stone Church Road and Norton Avenue in Red Hook, just north of the Rhinebeck line.
When: Saturday October 17 2009
Who: pilot William Gordan
Why: The engine stalled at an altitude of about 300 feet, crashed into a swamp on the aerodrome property, causing the top wings to collapse. Its lower wings sustained damage. By the time assistance arrived, the pilot had already climbed out of the plane.
