A small plane crashed near Roads 50 and 53 in Weld County, Colorado, near Kersey, on the afternoon of February 11.
There were 2 people aboard the three-seat experimental Wheeler Express when it crashed. Authorities said both of them were killed. Their identities have not yet been disclosed.
According to the FAA records, the plane is registered to Richard Lacourse of Aurora.
A small grass fire erupted after the crash which was put out immediately.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
On July 23, 2014, a fourteen year old TransAsia Airways ATR 72-212A with a crew of four and fifty-four passengers, was making a go-around prior to landing near Magong Airport in Taiwan, and instead of landing, TransAsia Airways flight GE222 impacted buildings and the ground. GE-222 flies from Kaohsiung to Magong.
ATC lost contact with the crew at 90 metres (300ft) above the ground. The flight was coming from Kaohsiung International Airport, Taiwan and initially suffered delays from Typhoon Matmo. Bad weather on landing led to the disastrous go-around at 7:06 p.m. The pilot had been advised to delay landing and crashed about a thousand feet shy of the runway in heavy gusting wind (47 mph) in Xixi village in the Penghu Islands, also reported as Huhsi township. There had just been ten inches of rain.
The accident occurred after the first go-around. The pilots were on their second attempt. Two residences were damaged in the crash, and four residents injured.
Two hundred troops, eight ambulances and two fire trucks responded to the scene.
Eleven people were rescued, all suffering injuries and serious burns. One died at the hospital, and the others are in critical and serious condition. Lee Yi-liang, 60, was the pilot. His co-pilot was Chiang Kuan-hsing, 39. It has not been reported if they are among the survivors. The death toll has fluctuated since the accident was reported. It appears that of all the 58 aboard, only 11 were hospitalized, and one or more of those at the hospital have died. None survived of the 47 still in the plane though they are being reported as missing, feared dead. The injured were hospitalized at military Tri-Service General Hospital in Magong. Makung Airport was closed after the accident, forcing a number of planes to reroute or cancel.
The Metars at the time of the crash:
RCQC 231130Z 23019G29KT 800 + TSRA SCT002 BKN006 FEW012CB OVC016 24/23 Q0998 RMK A2948 NOSIG R20/0800N TS OVHD STNRY =
RCQC 231110Z 25018G28KT 800 + TSRA SCT002 BKN006 FEW012CB OVC016 22/22 Q0998 RMK A2948 R20/0800 TS OVHD STNRY =
RCQC 231100Z 22011G21KT 1600 TSRA SCT002 BKN006 FEW012CB OVC016 23/22 A2945 RMK NOSIG Q0997 RERA TS OVHD STNRY =
RCQC 231040Z 19013G24KT 1600 TSRA SCT002 BKN006 FEW012CB OVC016 22/22 Q0996 RMK A2942 RERA TS OVHD STNRY =
Initial reports about the crash had it confused with a four month old ATR that made a successful landing.
An Indonesian air force plane crashed into a house near near Abdul Rahman Saleh air force base in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on February 10.
Authorities said the plane went down during a routine testing flight after undergoing maintenance.
There were two people aboard the plane, including the pilot Major Ivy Safatillah, and a technician; both of them were killed in the crash.
Authorities confirmed that two people, including a 47-year-old woman and 27-year-old man, who were present in the house at the time of crash were also killed.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
What: Piper PA-30 en route from Tradewind Airport to Alamogordo, N.M
Where: Amarillo
When: Thurs Fri 17 2010 7:15 a.m
Who: Pilot William Runyan Ellett, 59, and passenger Andrew Arnold Hanson 57
Why: A mile from Tradewind airport, the plane as it banked over the buildings, turned sideways and shot straight down and crashed into Arctic Glacier Premium Ice warehouse. James Ziolkowski and William Runyan Ellett shared ownership of the plane. No explanation is given for the crash.
American Airlines flight AA-1322 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Columbus, Ohio, on October 17th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Dallas, Texas, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was diverted due to the loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed uneventfully. It is believed that several passengers suffered nose and ear bleeds.
American Airlines flight AA-1693 made an emergency landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on November 27th.
The plane was flying from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, to Las Vegas, Nevada, when the crew needed to shut down one of the engines and decided to divert to Albuquerque.
The plane landed safely. All 178 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.
A small plane crashed in Pittsburg, California, on October 25th.
The single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza plane went down on a private property along Kirker Pass Road and Nortonville Road.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
