What: Mil Mi-2
Where: Mbouambe,Brazzaville, Congo
When: July 16, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: A police Mi-2 helicopter crashed in the Congo. The two pilots, both Ukranian, were killed in the crash. The bodies of the pilots have been recovered and were sent to Brazzaville morgue. The Ukrainian Defense minister reported that the pilots were n ot part of a Ukrainian peacekeeping operation, but may have been employed by a Russian or Belarusian airline or employed by the UN.
A single-engine Cessna plane crashed into Trinity River near Highway 105, Liberty County, Texas, on the evening of September 3rd.
According to sources, there were two men onboard and the pilot was doing flips and barrel rolls before the plane crashed.
The pilot and his friend lost their lives in the crash.
On Wednesday November 4, an Antonov 12 cargo plane leased from Asia Airways (registered EY-406) impacting terrain in the South Sudan. The flight was en route from Juba Airport, South Sudan to Paloich Airport, South Sudan. Three people survived the crash. There were forty fatalities, many of which were on the ground. However, this was a cargo flight, not supposed to have passengers, and the number of passengers may have been more than reported according to officials. The recorded number of those aboard, five crew, and seven passengers, has not been verified.
The accident occurred just after the cargo flight had taken off from runway 13 at Juba Airport. It impacted near the White Nile river. The site has been secured, and the bodies are being recovered. Plans are underway to recover the black boxes.
The crew was made up of five Armenians and one Russian. Six passengers were South Sudanese. There may have been one additional foreign passenger, but that information is unclear.
A helicopter crashed in the back yard of a house in the Woodlands, Texas, at around 1 p.m. on January 16.
Authorities said the sole occupant of orange Safari Aero Sport Helicopter was killed in the crash. He was identified as Michael Gene Mims, 51, of Conroe. He was a businessman and deacon at the St. Anthony Padua Catholic Church.
No one on the ground was injured.
The NTSB and the FAA are trying to determine the cause of crash.
An ambulance plane crashed in Morton County, North Dakota, on November 19th.
The Bismarck Air Medical plane was transporting three people when it went down.
All three occupants of the plane were killed in the crash. The deceased include a CHI St. Alexius Health registered nurse, and a Bismarck Air Medical pilot and paramedic.
The NTSB are the FAA are investigating.
What: homebuilt Long-EZ aircraft en route from Leesburg to Fort Myers
Where: Hardee County orange grove
When: December 7, 2008
Who: pilot Gary Smith
Why: Smith had engine trouble; and tried to land in an open field but clipped power lines, flipped and came down about 80 feet from the road. Smith was trapped in his plane until found by utility workers from Peace River Electric Cooperative investigating a power outage found him. Smith is in stable condition and hospitalized Florida Hospital in Wauchula
A small plane made an emergency landing in Everglades, Florida, on November 13th.
The Cessna 152 plane, carrying two people, went down into a swamp on mile marker 47 near Tamiami.
According to Broward Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mike Jachles, “When that airplane came down into the swamp, the two men told our firefighters that the nose gear head caused the plane to flip over.”
Both occupants of the plane remained uninjured.
