What: P-51 Mustang en route from Schenectady County Airport.
Where: GLENVILLE, N.Y in a wooded area north of the Empire State Aerosciences Museum and east of Route 50.
When: Tuesday Sept 23
Who: The pilot Charles Hudson, 42. was the only one on board. He is in critical condition. He was not the owner of the plane.
Why: Prior to takeoff, the pilot had been working on the engine. The plane lost power during takeoff, veered off to the side and crashing into the trees.
A US Airways jet, performing flight 1851, hit runway lights while trying to land in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 15.
Authorities said the Airbus A321 was coming from Atlanta, Georgia, when the pilot reported wind shear. The plane then hit the runway lights while trying to land, damaging the underside of its tail.
There were 153 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
The U.S. accident investigators have launched an inquiry into the incident.
Sixty-one people were aboard a FlyDubai Boeing 737 that crashed today on the second approach to Rostov-On-Don in Russia, in bad weather conditions.
The airline posted this statement:
There were no survivors. A raw video (below) of the crash shows the plane coming down in a fireball at a steep angle.
The Regional Emergencies Ministry said “The Boeing-737 fell amid poor visibility conditions 50-100 meters [164-328 feet] left of the runway.”
The plane was en route from Dubai to Russia’s Rostov-on-Don. The pilots failed to land on their first pass, and on the second pass crashed after they missed the runway. The time difference between both approaches at first report appears to be nearly 2 hours. The plane had been airborne for just over six hours when it came down; AV. Herald reports that the plane carried fuel for 8.31 hours.
Here is the link of the Flightradar playback of Flydubai flight FZ981, a Boeing-737:
A single engine Cessna aircraft crash-landed at Bankstown Airport in New South Wales, Australia on May 16.
The fire and rescue teams were informed at about 9:30 a.m. after the aircraft crashed into the fence while attempting to land at the runway. However, rescue officials said that there was no immediate risk of fire since the fuel tank remained undamaged.
According to the NSW police, the pilot of the Cessna aircraft, a 19 year old girl, survived the crash and is currently being treated for minor injuries.
Mario Bayndrian, the general manager aviation of Bankstown Airport, said that the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been informed about the crash.
What: Experimental Ultralight aircraft en route from Rowan County Airport to High Rock Lake,
Where: a field close to Shaw’s Mobile Home Park
When: Sept 30, 2012, 6 p.m.
Who: pilot
Why: The ultralight ppeared to stall out shortly before impact. Cecil Dwayne Brown, of West Second Street, in Faith, died in the crash. His remains were recovered within two hours of the accident.
The plane apparently impacted power lines, causing an immediate outage.
An AirAsia Zest flight had to return and make an emergency landing in Manila, Philippines, at 8:38 p.m. on August 9.
The incident happened after the plane’s engine number 2 encountered “engine bleed” while cruising over Guangzhou, China. Shortly after the operational engineering bulletin procedures were done, the plane’s engine number 1 also failed.
The pilots, Capt. Allan Roque and First Officer Dennis Surficial made a preemptive descent and contacted the air traffic controller for making an emergency landing back at Manila. The cabin pressure continued to rise and the oxygen masks deployed automatically.
The A320 aircraft safely landed at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). All the passengers and crew members remained unhurt.
A small plane crashed in Santa Ana, California, on August 5th.
The plane carrying five people was on approach to John Wayne Airport when it went down in the parking lot of a shopping center.
All five occupants of the plane were killed in the crash.
