What: Fuerza Aérea del Peru de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Where: Laguna Caballococha, Loreto, Peru
When: Mar 9 2012
Who: 3 crew, 8 passengers
Why: The Twin Otter made a hard landing in Laguna Caballococha waters that collapsed the right pontoon. The boat was semi-submerged meters from shore.
The IAEA (Board of Accident Investigation) is investigating at the behest of the High Command of the Air Force.
American Airlines flight AA-1786 made a safe landing following a bird strike in Orlando, Florida, on October 2nd.
The Airbus A321-200 plane flying from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was on final approach when a bird hit it.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
What: Kazakhstan Mil Mi-17
Where: Astana
When: August 22, 2012, 8:00 a.m.
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: The helicopter was on a training flight when it crashed. All four crew died in the accident. Kazakhstan’s Minister of defense announced that they selected a committee to investigate and “The causes of helicopter crash will be defined by the end of the commission’s work. Given the evidence, the Akmola garrison military prosecutor opened a criminal case on the grounds of an offense under article 392 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (violation of safety and training.”
Representatives of the Main Directorate of Flight Safety and state aircraft, the Ministry of Defense, and the Prosecutor’s Office are working at the scene in the military investigation of the Interior Ministry.
LOT Polish Airlines flight LO-775 made an emergency landing in Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 26th.
The plane was flying from Warsaw, Poland, when the crew reported an issue with flaps and decided to make a flaps up landing.
The plane landed safely at a higher than normal speed. Everyone aboard remained safe.
On Jan 29, 2013, at 9:15 a.m., an Image Air Charter Ltd Piper PA-46-500TP Malibu Meridian was en route from La Crete, Alta to Three Hills (Canada) with three people aboard when it attempted to land in bad weather at Three Hills Airport.
The plane descended into a blizzard, and at one end of the runway struck an ice berm that knocked off the left wing. One wing and the landing gear were damaged. Conditions were so bad that no one at the hanger knew there was an accident until emergency crews arrived. Three Hills RCMP, Fire and EMS responded. An environmental services company cleaned up the fuel leak.
One passenger who was suffering chest pains was taken to the hospital.
The 2008 Piper PA-46-500TP Turbo Prop is registered to Image Air Charter Ltd.
The NTSB is investigating.
What: Corpo de Bombeiros Militar do Estado do Pará Helibras HB 350BA Esquilo
Where: Benevides Brazil
When: Feb 22, 2012
Who: 4 aboard, no fatalities
Why: The rescue chopper vibrated itself apart after landing.
“Ground resonance” occurs when a sitting helicopter’s rotors become unbalanced while spinning. A resident expert says this can happen because of a hard landing; the best way to get it to stop is to pull collective and break contact with the ground. (At the time, that would feel counter intuitive, I would think!)
Skywest Airlines flight OO-3623/ DL-3623 made an emergency landing at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, Kansas, on July 15th.
The Canadair CRJ-200 en route to Minnesota was climbing out when the crew declared an emergency after losing the hydraulic fluid in its landing gear.
The plane landed safely.
All 43 people aboard remained unhurt.
