A single-engine Cessna 177 crashed in Curitiba, a city in southern Brazil, on August 30.
The aircraft was heading to the city of Londrina when it developed some engine problem and crashed in a residential area.
Two of the four people aboard died on the spot, one suffered serious injuries while the fourth person survived with minor injuries.
The injured were taken to a local hospital. No one on the ground suffered any loss.
The cause of crash is not clear at the moment.
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Contact photographer Ted Quackenbush
What: Bell 206 registered to Hillcrest Aircraft Company en route from Ogallala, Nebraska to Wichita. to Virginia for the U.S. Forest Service.
Where: Buckskin Road between 19th and 20th Avenues in McPherson County, 40 miles north of Wichita.
When: 2:45 p.m. Sunday March 8, 2009
Who: Pilot Roger Hershner was the only one aboard.
Why: The helicopter crashed after being in route for 2 hours; the crash is under investigation.
On January 24, 2013, a Central Flying Services Inc Beechcraft A36 Bonanza en route from Beaumont Municipal to Monroe Regional Airport was on approach to Monroe when it crashed for unknown reasons. Four minutes before the crash, the pilot told ATC of problems with the plane’s landing gear. ATC lost contact with the plane at 1:49 p.m. The plane crashed eight miles from the airport. Witnesses saw the plane circle and nosedive into the woods.
The plane impacted behind Ouachita Correctional Center in Richwood. The manifest says Dean Hart Sr. of West Monroe, owner of Hart Commercial Investments, and Max Larche of Bastrop, engineer with Lazenby & Associates in West Monroe and Don Thompson of Monroe were passengers aboard the flight. The three businessmen were returning from a business trip to Beaumont.
The pilot was also a fatality.
Emergency services included police and fire firefighters, firefighters on ATV. Firefighters relied on fire extinguishers to put out the blaze.
A helicopter crashed into a cotton field in Williamson County, Texas, on August 21st.
The incident happened shortly after the aircraft took off from Georgetown Municipal Airport, Texas.
There were two people aboard at the time; both were killed in the crash.
The NTSB and the FAA are investigating.
Pictured: A Cessna 310 photographed at the Avalon Airshow 2009 (not the one involved in the incident)
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Contact photographer Andrei Bezmylov
What: Cessna 310R en route from Sundance Airpark to Alva
Where: Alva Regional Airport, Oklahoma
When: Dec 13, 2009. 12:00 a.m.
Who: pilot Darin Dean Moser
Why: Returning from a business trip to Oklahoma City, the pilot made a pass over the airport and aborted his initial attempted landing. The family, who was waiting at the airport, heard the vehicle crash.
There were foggy flight conditions at the time.
Delta Airlines flight DL-2133 suffered turbulence on the way to Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 23rd.
The plane was flying from Atlanta, Georgia, when it hit turbulence that injured two flight attendants.
The plane landed safely. The injured flight attendants were taken to hospitals.
What: de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Where: Buss Lake Canada
When: June 30, 2011
Who: 3 fatalities
Why: The pilot issued a distress beacon at 1:45 pm in a very remote location in Saskatchewan. The flight was apparently a fishing expedition.
The plane was spotted in the lake by a pilot who was flying by and heard the signal, and reported the location to Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Ontario, who sent a Hercules aircraft from 435 Squadron in Winnipeg.
The Hercules was able to land after dropping a chainsaw to rescue techs to clear the brush.
The float plan crashed in Buss Lake, Saskatchewan. All three aboard, including the pilot, died in the crash. Two search and rescue team members are on site but the cause of the crash is unknown.
