Pictured: A similar A36TC Bonanza
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Contact photographer David Alders
What: Beechcraft A36TC Bonanza en route from Guanajuato International Airport to Toluca
Where: Guanajuato – Mexico
When: OCT 3, 2009
Who: 2 fatalities, one survivor
Why: The plane crashed in the initial climb.
Fatalities include entrepreneur Gerardo Pons (30) and pilot Francisco Javier Martínez Solís.
A private helicopter crashed on a beach in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, on June 30th.
It is believed that the aircraft was carrying four people when it went down.
One person was killed in the crash. He was identified as Carlos Virelles Jimenez, 53. Three others were injured.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
On board RusAir Flight 9605, there were 9 crew members, and a total of 52 people, 44 of whom died on the scene. At this time of the year, in Petrozavodsk, this is the time of White Nights so the accident occurred in subdued daylight. One died on 22 June 2011.
Nationalities have been released:
one Swede
one from Netherlands
two Ukranians
4 with US/Russian citizenship (dual)
Fatalities include chief designer of Gidropress Sergei Ryzhov, and the deputy CEO and chief designer, Gennady Banyuk, and football ref Vladimir Pettay.
While on final approach to Petrozavodsk Airport in poor weather and heavy fog, Flight 9605 crashed on the A133 highway, 3900 feet shy of the runway. The weather during the arrival of the flight was deteriorating from OVC005 to OVC003 to fog with zero visibility. The black boxes were recovered. The fire at the crash was extinguished 45 minutes after midnight. The Tu-134 was 31 years old.
Russia is considering removing the Tu-134 from service.
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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.
A small plane crashed near Rock Sound International Airport in the Bahamas, on June 5th.
The plane, carrying three American men, went down shortly after taking off from the airport.
All three occupants of the plane were killed in the crash.
It is believed that the plane was heading to Fort Pierce, Florida at the time.
A single-engine Piper PA 46 crashed a few hundred yards northwest of the runway of Erie Municipal Airport, Weld County, Colorado, at around 11:40 a.m. on August 31.
The accident happened when the six-seater plane, which took off from Centennial Airport, was attempting to land Erie Municipal Airport.
The plane was carrying 5 people and a dog at the time of accident; Erie authorities confirmed that all of them were killed.
The FAA and the NTSB are jointly investigating the reasons of crash.
