On Jan 30, 2013, a Pennsylvania State Police Bell B206 was returning from searching for a missing snowmobiler at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe when strong 60 mph winds blew it over.
The helicopter had landed and had been tied down for fueling when the wind blew it over.
The chopper was borrowed from Altuna and is currently out of service.
No one was injured except the helicopter.
Endeavor Air flight 9E-5336 suffered wing damage at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on February 25th.
The incident happened after the plane bound for Dulles International Airport, Virginia, was cleared to line up for departure.
The plane returned to the apron.
Authorities believe the wing damage was caused by the jet blast from another aircraft.
A small plane crashed southeast of Vienna, Illinois, on December 31st.
The Piper PA28 plane was carrying four people when it went down in a wooded area.
All four people, including two adult men and two adult women, were killed in the crash. Their identities have not yet been released.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
After a weekend of combing the mountains behind Stanford University, the FAA has deemed the report of a downed Santa Cruz Mountains flight to be a fake. Someone on an emergency air traffic channel had called for help, saying he was a passenger in a plane crashed in the mountains north of Stanford University. However, there had been no mayday signals, no emergency beacons, and no missing aircraft.
American Airlines flight AA 3468 had to return and make an emergency landing at Greater Rochester International Airport, New York, on November 29th.
The plane took off for Boston, Massachusetts, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A stunt plane crashed near Stewart international airport in New Windsor, New York, on August 28.
Authorities said the Cornell W F/Sahakian JA Jr. Giles G 202 experimental plane went down while practicing for the New York Air Show, which is scheduled for this weekend.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. He was identified as Andrew Wright, of Texas.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
On August 19, the U.S. Air Force said that they grounded 82 two-seater F-16D fighter jets because of canopy sill longeron cracks discovered between the front and rear pilots seats.
One hundred and fifty-seven F-16Ds were inspected by individual F-16 units and the cracks were discovered in 82. According to the Air Force sources, the 24 years old F-16D fleet is primarily used for training.
Lt. Col. Steve Grotjohn, Weapons System Division deputy chief said, “As aircraft accumulate flight hours, cracks develop due to fatigue from sustained operations… Fortunately, we have a robust maintenance, inspection and structural integrity program to discover and repair deficiencies as they occur.”