A small plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Amagansett, New York, on June 2nd.
The incident happened when the Piper PA-31 Navajo plane was carrying four people, including the pilot Jon Dollard, 47, famed Hamptons home builder Ben Krupinski, 70, his wife, Bonnie Bistrian Krupinski, 70, and their grandson, Will Maerov, 22.
As of June 3rd, only two bodies had been recovered. However, all four occupants of the plane are presumed dead.
A single-engine Beechcraft BE35 crashed into the yard of a house in Riverside, California, on the afternoon of July 26.
The accident happened when the pilot was trying to an make emergency landing at Riverside Municipal Airport, California, due to engine malfunction.
The plane caught fire after hitting the yard. The pilot, who was the only person aboard, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The FAA and NTSB were investigating the accident.
United Express Flight 4912 had to make an emergency landing at Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas, on February 25.
Airport authorities said the flight, operated by Republic Airlines, was heading from Denver to Kansas City when it had to declare emergency due to a landing gear issue.
The plane was then diverted to Eisenhower Airport where it landed uneventfully. None of the 67 passengers and 4 crew members was hurt.
The Bombardier Q-400 aircraft was taken for inspection while the passengers and crew members were taken to Kansas City via a bus.
Air Europa flight UX-98 had to return and make an emergency landing in Miami, Florida, on May 24th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane took off for Madrid, Spain, but had to turn back after a windshield cracked due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed safely. All 178 people aboard remained unharmed.
JetBlue flight B6-198 had to return and make an emergency landing in Orlando, Florida, on January 30th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for LaGuardia Airport, New York, but had to turn back due to fumes in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. Three passengers and three crew members were examined by the medical team at the airport.
Delta Airlines flight DL-4147 encountered severe turbulence near New York, on September 19th.
The plane was heading from LaGuardia Airport, New York, to Nashville, Tennessee, when it hit turbulence that injured a passenger.
The plane continued to Nashville and landed uneventfully.
Pictured: Another Texas-owned Beechcraft B100 King
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Contact photographer Andrew Compolo
What: Texland Great Plains Water LLC./RJ Schumacher Oil ‘s Beechcraft King Air twin-engine airplane en route from Okalahoma City to Fort Worth’s Meacham International Airport
Where: north of Fort Worth in Wise County
When: Tuesday October 6 2009
Who: 4 injured
Why: When the pilot told Air Traffic Control that both engines had failed, the plane disappeared from radar, six miles from Kenneth Copeland Airport. The wreckage was found in a field near County Road 4227 and Currie Road.
The plane lost a wing and sustained nose damage.
The two severely injured passengers were airlifted to John Peter Smith Hospital and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital.
George’s Point of View
Odds are against a twin engine plane losing both its engines at one time. The pilot here must have done some kind of fancy flying (by fancy I mean seriously good flying by the seat of his pants) to have gotten everyone out of this (so far) alive. We hope the two severely injured men in the hospital recover completely (and the other two men as well.)
