A small plane crashed into a field near 151st Street and 161st East Avenue, near Bixby, Oklahoma, at around 11:15 a.m. on March 6.
The plane went down while the pilot was attempting an emergency landing due to mechanical issues.
The pilot, identified as Alex Rabbitt, 19, and his only passenger were able to escape unharmed.
The accident is under investigation.
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What: United/Shuttle America Embraer ERJ-170 en route from Atlanta,GA to Newark,NJ
Where: Newark
When: Feb 27th 2012 6:20 p.m
Who: 69 passengers and 4 crew
Why: While on approach to Newark, the crew received a gear disagreement msg, and aborted their approach. Fire and other rescue crews were on the scene; ground crews sprayed the plane with foam fire retardant.
While circling, the crew attempted to fix the problem and performed a flyby. The flyby indicated that the nose gear was not down. ATC is recorded as saying “You got no nose gear… Door might have opened. Saw a little bump.”
The pilots replied “Even if you see that nose wheel down, we’re not going to know it’s completely down and locked. I would like to go ahead and declare an emergency at this time. And request fire rescue when we get there, assuming we stop on the runway.”
The pilots landed on the second approach and performed a belly landing.
As the plane filled with smoke, passengers evacuated via slides and were bussed to the gate. They were well prepared; passengers were alerted to the impending rough landing when the plane was 45 minutes out.
Note: “Examination found that the nose wheels were found turned perpendicular in the wheel well, impeding extension.” The problem may have originated with the hydraulics.
A single-engine propeller plane crash-landed at Rapid City Regional Airport, South Dakota, on the night of February 6.
The incident happened when the pilot and his wife were flying from Wyoming to Wisconsin.
Authorities said the aircraft’s electrical system malfunctioned around 80 miles from Rapid City. The pilot and his wife then used their iPads to navigate to the airport in the dark.
Landing gear could not be deployed due to the electrical system failure and the plane had to land on its belly. Fire officials said sparks were shooting from the fuselage as the plane skidded on the runway.
Both occupants of the plane remained unharmed. Their identities have not yet been released.
The incident is under investigation.
On 12-JAN-2013 at 3:30 pm, a single engine SEAWIND 3000 seaplane was taking off from Sarasota for Venice Airport when it crashed after takeoff.
The pilot died in the collision; the passenger survived with injuries. The seaplane did not gain enough altitude and struck a couple of trees. It impacted near the New College of Florida campus. The passenger, a 63-year-old man from Michigan was taken by medivac to Tampa General Hospital.
Witnesses say the plane made a sound like a gunshot before it lost altitude, missed power lines and reached a grassy field owned by USF New College. One witness saw the plane on fire before it hit the ground.
No one on the ground was injured.
A small plane flipped over during take off at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, on March 26th.
Authorities said the Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft was carrying two people when it overturned and caught fire.
Both occupants of the plane were taken to hospital where one of them succumbed to his injuries.
The cause of accident is being investigated.
Around noon on Oct 28, a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter carrying two Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife employees who were conducting fish counts (counting spawning nests, also called redds) crashed in the South Umpqua River near Days Creek. Both passengers and the pilot were conscious.
Power lines were damaged, and the plane was leaking fuel. Three hundred twenty people lost electricity. The FAA and the NTSB will be on hand to check out the accident. A hazmat team handled the fuel leak.
Two passengers, Holly Huchko, 34 and Eric Himmelreich, 35 were taken to Mercy Hospital in Roseburg, and the pilot to Sacred Heart at Riverbend. Huchko broke her back, Himmelreich broke a vertebra and the pilot, Fred Wittlake, broke an arm and some ribs.
The Umpqua Fish District office counts fish to help determine fishing regulation.
Delta Airlines flight 434 had to make an emergency landing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, just after 1 p.m. on November 29.
According to an airline statement, “Delta flight 434, a Boeing 757-200 aircraft with 169 passengers onboard, from New York-JFK to San Francisco diverted to Pittsburgh International Airport when the crew detected a smoky odor in the vicinity of the aft galley. Out of an abundance of caution, the captain elected to divert the flight.”
The plane landed uneventfully and none of the passengers and crew members was hurt.
Authorities said the plane was examined after which, it was able to take off again at 2:30 p.m.
The cause of smoky odor is not known at the moment.
