What: Twin Engine Cessna
Where: Cape Fear Regional Jetport, Brunswick County
When: Jan 3, 2010
Who: Pilot
Why: The pilot could not land as his landing gear did not deploy and keyed an Unsafe Gear indication. The pilot manually deployed the gear, and landed without any more issues.
He landed with Oak Island Fire and Rescue, Oak Island Police, Yaupon Beach Fire Department, and Brunswick County Emergency Services on standby.
A privately-owned Cessna airplane hit a tree and crashed in a wooded area off the 16200 block of Branscomb Road, west of Laytonville, Mendocino County in California, at around 7:30 p.m. on June 5.
The pilot, identified as Kenneth Gillespie, 63, of Laytonville, died on the spot.
According to Laytonville Volunteer Fire Chief Jim Little, “It was not a survivable crash.”
The crash happened on a gravel bar on the Eel River, near a private airstrip. Responders waded through the shallow water to recover the body of the victim.
Mendocino County Sheriff’s Lt. Kirk Mason said that the owner of the private airstrip reported the incident and described Gillespie as his friend.
Representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have started investigating the crash. Laytonville Fire, Cal Fire, the CHP and the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.
PICTURED: A Cessna R182 Skylane RG
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What: GENESUS ONE INC owned single-engine Skylane Cessna en route to Essex County Airport
Where: emergency landing outside the Rockaway Townsquare Mall
When: Tuesday August 25 2009
Who: pilot and a female passenger
Why: After the engine began running “rough” during a training flight, the plane was forced to land where it could–outside the Rockaway Townsquare Mall. The pilot and passenger only had minor injuries and were taken to hospital. The plane suffered minor damage to the front end.
What: Gandy Air LLC Cirrus SR22 GTS G3 Turbo en route from Smyrna to Gary
Where: A mile SE of the Gary Chicago Int. Airport
When: Oct 3, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: A plane that took off from Smyrna, Tenn. General Airport crashed for unknown reasons in a wooded area about 400 feet from the Lighthouse Charter School in Gary. The bodies of the two men aboard were retrieved from the scene of the crash around 5:35 p.m.
No one reported a distress signal. A witness in Gary heard the plane’s engine “sputter” before the plane crashed. Many of the 650 students of West Gary Lighthouse Charter School heard the plane come down.
On January 13, 2013, a Piper 28R-200 Cherokee Arrow B was en route from Georgia, and contacted Dover Air Force Base with a PAN (three repetitions of pan-pan signify an urgency on board) before crashing in heavy fog.
At 7:10, Dover initiated a search for the Cherokee Arrow. Fire services from Camden, Cheswold, Dover, Frederica, Hartly and Leipsic searched; the Little Creek Fire Company found the wreckage in Delaware at 9:35.
The pilot’s body was recovered from the scene.
Lufthansa CityLine flight LH-2130 had to return and make an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on August 8th.
The plane took off for Dresden, Germany, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: single engine C172 en route from Gainesville to Destin
Where: U.S. Highway 98
When: Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, 8 pm
Who: Pilot Michael Dustin Phillips
Why: While en route, the engine began running rough. The pilot diverted to Tallahassee, but did not reach the airport. The pilot had to make an emergency landing on the highway due to a “mechanical failure” using car headlights to orient the landing. The plane model is described as “172, P172, R172, Skyhawk, Hawk XP, Cutla”
Manufacturer: CESSNA
Model: 172A
N-Number: 7595T
Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
Serial number: 47195
Mode s Code: 52437221
Airworthiness Date: 1959-12-24
Last Activity Date: 2005-04-18
Year: 1959
Certification: Standard
Issuance date: 2008-09-27
