On January 30, 2013, a Hawking ventures LLC Learjet 45 was landing at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport when it overran the runway. Emergency services were on standby and responded to the runway overrun.
The plane came to rest in soft ground.
The plane sustained damage. The three people aboard did not.
According to one report, the piper that crashed on Jan 12 near Paris Texas killed Passengers Michael Dale Bradley, 44, and Michael Endo, 51, and pilot Rob Thompson, 49. After takeoff, the plane lost its rudder and crashed in “foggy and drizzly” conditions between 8:54 and 9:00 a.m., a minute after talking to ATC in Fort Worth.
Witnesses heard the engine backfire several times, and saw black smoke coming from the field where the plane crashed near Glory Texas.
The horizontal stabilizer/rudder separated from the airframe and the report recorded that it was was found “approximately 30 feet behind the main wreckage.”
The report was issued on Jan 22.
A Piper Sport aircraft crashed at the north end of Atlanta Regional Airport, located in Peachtree City of Fayette County, Georgia, at 9:18 a.m. on June 29.
According to a spokesperson of the Federal Aviation Administration, the aircraft went down at the end of the runway 31, shortly after it took off.
According to Lt. Mark Brown of the Peachtree City Police, pilot John Ritchey, 64, of Fayetteville, was seriously injured and was taken by med-evac helicopter to Atlanta Medical Center.
The FAA has launched investigation into the crash.
What: Cessna U206G Stationair
Where: Beluga Lake, Homer, Alaska
When: July 10, 2012
Who: 5 aboard
Why: Five passengers were aboard a plane that flipped on landing in Beluga Lake. The fire department found the plane upside down and underwater. Four passengers were evacuated safely; one passenger was trapped underwater and seatbelted in, but emergency teams were reportedly able to get a pulse. An inflatable Zodiac boat assisted in the rescue.
The victim, Cheryll Heinze, a former state representative from Anchorage, was taken to Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage for treatment but was pronounced deceased at South Peninsula Hospital.
The plane was piloted by 71-year-old Evan “Joe” Griffith, general manager at MEA,Matanuska Electric Association. Heinze was director of public affairs for MEA.
Registration Number: N206VR
Mode S Code: 50325070
Certification Class: Standard
Certification Issued: 2011-10-28
Air Worthiness Test: 1979-02-22
Last Action Taken: 2011-10-28
On March 15, 2013, an Era Helicopters LLC Sikorsky S-76A with three board crashed just before noon in Cameron Parish Louisiana in a remote area of swampy/muddy pastureland with only four-wheeler access.
The helicopter had taken off from Lake Charles Regional Airport. Emergency services responded to the scene, but access was limited to 4 wheel vehicles.
The helicopter was on a maintenance test flight with the pilot and two mechanics aboard. The fatalities were listed as the pilot, William R. Croucher, 69, of California; and two mechanics: Michael Lee Tyree, 55, of Iowa, La., and Timothy Lloyd Goehring, 41, of Sulphur, La.
Era helicopters normally provides transport to oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, but this flight was reported as a maintenance flight.
THe FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
Era Helicopter’s statement:
“We deeply regret this unfortunate accident and we will use all of our resources to support the families of those involved. Our review will continue in concert with the investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, which has jurisdiction over this matter”
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A Norwegian Air Shuttle plane overran the end of the runway after landing in Helsinki, Finland, on July 11th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-800 plane was performing flight DY-4287 from Stockholm, Sweden.
There were one hundred and sixty-six people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-34 suffered a bird strike on the way to Newark, New Jersey, on September 3rd.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, was on final approach to Newark.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
