Cessna

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    4 Lost in Crash at St George Airport


    What: Cessna 172
    Where: St. George Municipal Airport, St George, Utah
    When: May 26, 2012
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: The plane carrying four men crashed early in the morning around 1:30 a.m. The wreckage wasn’t discovered until 6 a.m. when security discovered it 300 feet south of the runway. There were no severe weather conditions reported at the airport during the early morning hours.

    The four victims were locals whose names have not been released.

    The FAA and NTSB are investigating.

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    Cessna Crashes into Front Yard, Takes out 2000+ Utilities


    What: Cessna 210 en route from Phoenix to Van Nuys
    Where: Glendale
    When: May 21, 20128:30 pm
    Why: A plane crashed in Glendale, hitting power lines and knocking out service to 2,100 customers near the crash site. The pilot notified ATC of engine trouble near the El Monte Airport, and said he was trying to reach Van Nuys Airport before he lost contact with ATC.

    THe plane struck power poles and a tree before impacting the ground in a residential front yard. Three homes were evacuated but no one on the ground was injured.

    The pilot went to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center with injures but was released Monday night. Police said he did a good job avoiding causing damage to other people and property. The Cessna is owned by Allen K. Heng and James Roth. Heng was not aboard at the time of the crash.

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    Parachuters Perish in Skydiving Training Tragedy

    What: Padobranski klub Banja Luka Cessna 182P Skylane
    Where: Zaluzani Airport, Bosnia
    When: May 20, 2012
    Who: 5 aboard
    Why: A pilot, a skydiving instructor and three parachutists went up for a parachuting lesson. The plane they were in crashed right after takeoff. Those aboard the flight were Nemanja Goronja, Alen Crnalic, Stefan Karanovic, Nikola Stevic and Srdan Kosic.

    Witnesses attempted to use fire extinguishers, but apparently a number of them failed to operate correctly.

    Among the five victims was an eighteen year old parachutist who was aboard for his first jump. The tragic wreck occurred in front of horrified onlookers there to witness the skydiving. Firefighters, ambulance crews, and Gojko Vasic, the RS Police Director Nedeljko Lubura from Banja Luka PSC were on the scene. The parachutists were members of the Club Banjaluka.

    The accident is under investigation.

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    Officials Search for Unidentified Plane Lost in Venezuelan Lake

    What: unidentified Cessna
    Where: Lake of Valencia, Venezuela
    When: May 13, 2012
    Who: unknown
    Why: Witnesses say they saw a yellow and white cessna with blue stripes flying low crash into Lake Valencia and after an hour, sink.

    Carlos Tovar, Denny Vera and Giovanni Montilla contacted authorities who are searching the lake for the plane. Civil Protection officials along with firefighters from Los Guayos, Guacara and National Guard troops, activated the rescue search the waters of Lake Valencia. No fuel or floating objects were discovered. Control del Aeropuerto Internacional Arturo Michelena did not report any lost planes.

    The search Sunday ended at 6:00 pm and will continue on Monday.

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    Private Cessna Crashes en route to Council Bluffs, 3 Fatalities Reported

    What: Privately owned Cessna 401 en route from Riverside Kansas to Council Bluffs Kansas
    Where: Thomas Road between 1900 & 2000 or 9 miles west of Chanute, KS
    When: May 11, 2012 16:36
    Who: 5 aboard, 3 fatalities
    Why: The privately owned Cessna was en route to Council Bluffs when it told ATC it requested permission to descend to a lower altitude, then crashed near Chanute and caught on fire. The plane skidding 200 feet across a field before it hit trees.

    23-year-old pilot, Luke F. Sheets, Garret Coble of Tulsa and Stephen J. Luth, 22 died in the crash according to Shawnee County Coroner’s Office-Topeka.

    22-year-old Hannah N. Luce of Texas and 27-year-old Austin G. Anderson were injured. Hannah was hospitalized at KU Medical Center-Kansas City, KS and Austin at Christi St. Francis Hospital-Wichita.

    Chanute is about 90 miles northwest of Joplin, Mo.

    The plane crashed in a field east of Highway 75. Two of the five aboard survived the crash.

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    Incapacitated Pilot Circles Gulf

    Updated with audio clip

    What: Lee H Aviation Inc. Cessna 421C en route from Slidell, La., to Sarasota, Fla.
    Where: Gulf of Mexico
    When: April 19 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: The plane took off normally from Slidell at 6:43 a.m., but en route lost contact with ATC and began flying in circles over the Gulf of Mexico.

    Around 8:45 a.m, two F-15s that flew in to check on the plane found it flying between 25,000 and 35,000 feet with the windshield iced over. The pilot remained unresponsive. The plane landed “softly” intact and right side up in the water around 12:10 p.m., approximately 120 miles west of Tampa. The pilot was unconscious or incapacitated.

    The 87-foot cutter Coho was scheduled to respond as well as a HC-144 plane from Mobile, Alabama and a MH-60 helicopter in Clearwater.

    The pilot may have lost consciousness due to hypoxia, or a lack of oxygen.


    Pilot’s audio provided by http://www.liveatc.net

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    Cessna Lands on Model Runway


    What: single-engine Cessna en route from North Carolina to Long Island NY
    Where: Heckscher State Park in East Islip, Long Island NY
    When: April 15, 2012, 4 pm
    Who: pilot and student
    Why: Pilot David J. Jensen and a student were in the single-engine Cessna when it developed engine problems. The pilots made a safe landing on a Heckscher State Park runway normally dedicated to model planes.

    The plane was not allowed to take off from that runway, and was dismantled for removal.

    The incident is under investigation.

    Plane makes emergency landing on L.I.: MyFoxNY.com

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    Octogenarian Lands Plane Beside Unconscious Pilot/Spouse

    What: C And S Manufacturing Corp Cessna 414A en route from Marco Island, Collier County, Florida to Cherryland Airport in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin
    Where: Wisconsin
    When: April 2,2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: After her husband John passed out at the controls of their Cessna, eighty-one year old Helen Collins took some quick lessons “on the fly” and managed to land the plane, with minor damage.

    Air Traffic Control talked to her until pilot instructor Robert Vuksanovic took his plane up to fly by her as he coached her down. The distress call came at 5:05 pm. after Collins was three hours in flight from Marco Island, Florida. On landing, Helen and her husband John were hospitalized; John was declared dead at 6:38 p.m. Helen had back pain, minor bumps and bruises and a broken rib, but her son Richard Collins did not lose both of his parents that day.

    A heroic effort from ATC, Collins and flight instructor Robert Vuksanovic.

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    Mid-Air Collision Downs Two Colorado Planes

    What: Cessna 180 Skywagon
    Where: intersection of County Line Road and Great Western Drive,Longmont, CO
    When: Mar 23 2012, 11:43 a.m
    Who: 2 fatalities

    What: Cessna 172 Skyhawk
    Where: near the main entrance, north of Vance Brand Airport, Longmont, CO
    When: Mar 23 2012, 11:48 a.m
    Who: 1 injury

    Why: Witnesses say that two planes collided then crashed miles apart, a few minutes later. They were both banking when they struck, and in each other’s blind spots.

    Witnesses who saw the Skyhawk crash and helped the pilot out of the wreckage commend pilot Bev Cameron for avoiding hitting anyone. She was hospitalized at Longmont United Hospital with multiple trauma injuries after the crash.

    The Skywagon struck wires and crashed in a parking lot. The two people aboard did not survive the impact. Their names have not been released.

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    North Carolina Private Cessna Crash and Burns on Landing

    What: Cessna 501 Citation I/SP en route from Venice Florida to Macon County, NC
    Where: Franklin-Macon County Airport, NC
    When: Mar 15, 2012
    Who: 2 crew, 3 passengers, 5 fatalities
    Why: The plane owned by Bogdan Jakubowski of Venice, Florida appeared to be approaching too steeply when it attempted to land at 1:45, and when the pilot tried to level, a wing hit pavement, flipping and rolling the plane, which exploded into flames. Rescuers were on the scene within a minute but the plane was already engulfed. The names of those aboard have not been released.

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    Trooper Lands Cessna after Geese Strike


    What: Iowa State Patrol en route from Sioux City to Atlantic
    Where: Denison airport
    When: Mar 6 2012
    Who: Pilot Trooper Scott Pigsley
    Why: Scott Pigsley was returning from searching for a woman when his plane struck geese. At the time, he knew something had happened, but wasn’t sure what it was until after he landed and saw the damage to the single engine Cessna he was flying. The goose or geese left dents on the wings, a broken wheel cover and blood on the Cessna, but the problems Pigsley had encountered involved the engine.

    Read more: http://www.kcci.com/news/30621488/detail.html#ixzz1oRKeY6S8

    The missing woman had already been found.

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    Cessna Crashes in Egelsbach

    What: Asia Today Ltd. Cessna 750 Citation X en route from Linz Airport to Egelsbach
    Where: Egelsbach Airport Germany
    When: March 1, 2012
    Who: 4 fatalities
    Why: The flight was approaching the runway when it crashed in the woods and started a fire. Reports conflict whether there were three or six aboard. Three bodies were found initially and a fourth was found later. There were no survivors. Local police say there was heavy fog.

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    Snowstorm Impairs Family’s Landing in Colorado

    What: Cessna 414A Chancellor En route from Texas to Hayden.
    Where: Yampa Valley Regional Airport, Hayden, Colorado
    When: Feb 19 2012 3:30 p.m.
    Who: 6 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: Before flying to Colorado, the plane left Corpus Christi International Airport at 9 a.m. and stopped in Dalhart, Texas. By the time they reached Colorado, there was a heavy snow storm. The flight was coming in to the airport, and with zero visibility crashed 30 yards short of the airport.

    Of the six aboard, two—a man and a woman—were killed on impact and four were injured. The plane crashed 300 yards from the airport’s fire station but did not catch afire. The four injured were conscious when they were taken to Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs. They had been going to Steamboat Springs for a ski vacation.

    The name on the plane’s registration is Scott A. Humpal of Woodsboro Texas. The pilot and Humpal’s wife Gabby were the victims of the crash. Humpal and his three children survived the crash.

    Eleven year old Sara, the youngest daughter, has a broken back. She is scheduled for surgery Monday. Scott has a punctured lung.

    The NTSB is investigating.

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    3 Lost when Cessna Crashes Mt Si, King County Washington

    What: Cessna 172
    Where: North Bend, Washington
    When: Feb 15, 2012
    Who: 3 fatalities
    Why: Around 2 a.m. a King County resident heard the sputtering engine of a plane in distress, and called in a 911. Deputies on foot patrol heard the sound of a crash in the same area. The FAA picked up the emergency beacon (transponder). Emergency teams were using portable emergency locator receivers to follow the beacon to find the crash site. At 4:15 a.m., the King County’s Guardian One helicopter crew with night vision goggles assisted in discovering the fuselage from a single-engine Cessna 172 near a sheer face of Little Si mountain. The bodies of three individuals were found by teams of rescue hikers traveling about a mile by foot from the local base of operations.

    Two men and a woman were found. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus said the flight was not in contact with ATC.

    Two of the three people killed in the small plane crash on Mount Si were swim coaches in King County. 31-year-old “Coach Seth” Dawson’s memorial was held Thursday night. Federal Way’s Decatur High School swim coach, Rob Hill was also killed in the crash, as well as Liz Redling. Hill was pursuing his commercial pilot’s license.

    There may have been ground fog at the time of the crash.


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    Cessna Crashes by New Hampshire Runway


    Contact photographer Ron Yantiss

    What: Cessna T182T Turbo Skylane
    Where: WEST LEBANON, N.H.
    When: Feb 9, 2012, 3:45 p.m
    Who: pilot, 1 fatality
    Why: The Cessna T182T Turbo Skylane took off from Lebanon New Hampshire Municipal airport returning the plane from repairs  but developed problems. The pilot, Paul Schlieben, of Peterborough, N.H requested a turnback to the airport.

    He was returning to the airport when he crashed in the airport safety area impacting beside a runway. West Lebanon firefighters responded to the scene and put out the flames. The pilot did not survive the impact.

    Aircraft Description
    Serial Number T18208595 Type Registration Individual
    Manufacturer Name CESSNA Certificate Issue Date 11/13/2006
    Model T182T Expiration Date 03/31/2013
    Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Single-Engine Status Valid
    Pending Number Change None Type Engine Reciprocating
    Date Change Authorized None Dealer No
    MFR Year 2006 Mode S Code 51760054
    Fractional Owner NO
    Registered Owner
    Name SCHLIEBEN PAUL

    City PETERBOROUGH State NEW HAMPSHIRE
    County HILLSBOROUGH Zip Code 03458-2021
    Country UNITED STATES
    Airworthiness
    Engine Manufacturer LYCOMING Classification Standard
    Engine Model TIO-540-AK1A Category Normal
    A/W Date 07/19/2006

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    Stolen Cessna Smashed up in Fresno

    What: Cessna 172N Skyhawk en route from Buchannan Field Airport
    Where: Fresno California
    When: Feb 5 2012
    Who: 1 fatality
    Why: Apparently Ray Pirro who was not a pilot snuck into Buchanan Field and stole the Cessna Skyhawk that took his life. Pirro had no pilots license, was covered in tattoos, was recently released from prison, and apparently just took the plane to take a joy ride. He flew into power lines and smashed up by Barstow Avenue. Owner Felix J Boston is a retired lieutenant colonel. He had left the plane in Buchanan Field Airport and was surprised to find someone had taken it. He called the plane “his baby” and regrets its loss.

    The thief had covered the plane’s registration numbers and stopped off at a Stockton Walmart for junk food. (The crash site was strewn with Cheese whiz.) There was still gas in the plane, so it did not run out of gas, but striking the power lines may have been Pirro’s downfall.


    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 7582D Make/Model: C172 Description: 172, P172, R172, Skyhawk, Hawk XP, Cutla
    Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 0006
    Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
    Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
    City: FRESNO State: CA Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
    AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINES AND CRASHED INTO A FIELD, THE 1 PERSON ON BOARD
    WAS FATALLY INJURED, 12 MILES FROM FRESNO, CA
    INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
    # Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
    # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
    # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
    OTHER DATA
    Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER
    FAA FSDO: FRESNO, CA (WP17) Entry date: 02/06/2012

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    Unqualified Pilot Sued for Daughter’s Death

    Accidents are what happen when you think they won’t.

    If Steven Fay had known Jessica Malin would die in the flight and he would survive, he never would have taken her on the twin engine Cessna on Jan 1, 2011. At 4:30 p.m. on on Jan 1, 2011, the day of the crash, the plane’s wings clipped treetops while landing in Orange about 90 minutes after sunset.

    He shouldn’t have flown her. He was not certified to fly the plane, which crashed approach to Orange Municipal Airport. His license was revoked after the crash. He was arraigned on Feb 1 2012 for involuntary manslaughter for Jessica Malin’s death. Malin was his daughter. She was 35.

    Fay denied the charges. He returns to court on Feb 24.

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    Sugar Grove Family Sues Deceased Pilot

    On January 23, 2010, there was fog at the time of takeoff and visibility was a half-mile. Gary Bradford and his passenger Drago Strahija were killed when Bradford’s plane crashed in a neighborhood eight minutes from the Aurora Municipal Airport.

    The Doyles, the family in whose yard the plane crashed are suing the pilot’s widow. On April 5, the Doyle family will face Gary Bradford’s estate in court.

    Rita Bradford and her deceased husband owned ENS Corp., a Florida IT firm. At the time of the crash, he had owned the plane for three months after 98 hours of instrument experience, and 52 hours of flight instruction in seven days.

    The meat of the suit is that the Doyles say the pilot did not properly inspect, maintain or know how to land the Cessna.

    When the Cessna crashed in the Doyle’s yard, the plane did not strike the house, but debris started a fire in the north side of the garage.

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    Venezuela Cessna, 4 aboard Lost at Sea

    What: Guardia Nacional Bolivariana Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP
    Where: La Uva, Isla de Coche, Venezuela
    When: Jan 30, 2012
    Who: 4 fatalities
    Why: The Cessna crashed 180 miles from shore during a training flight. Captain José Vielma, Jhonatan Veroes Valencia, Joan Guillén, and Hernández Camacho died in the crash.

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    Pilot Walks Away from Cessna Crash in Florida Wood

    What: Cessna 210E Centurion
    Where: near Spruce Creek Airport, Daytona Beach
    When: Jan 25, 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: Just after taking off from Spruce Creek Airport on a test-flight to check his rebuilt engine, the rebuilt engine of pilot James Clarry’s Cessna quit. Eight minutes after takeoff, the plane nosedived and flipped near Port Orange at North Spruce Creek Circle and Tomoka Farms Road.

    Clarry came out of it with minor injuries. No one else was aboard.

    Volusa emergency services responded to the scene of the accident.

    Clarry landed in the woods.

    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 7130U Make/Model: C210 Description: 210, T210, (Turbo)Centurion
    Date: 01/25/2012 Time: 2040
    Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
    Damage: Destroyed
    LOCATION
    City: PORT ORANGE State: FL Country: US
    DESCRIPTION
    AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, PORT ORANGE, FL
    INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
    # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0
    # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0
    # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0
    WEATHER: VFR
    OTHER DATA
    Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER
    FAA FSDO: ORLANDO, FL (SO15) Entry date: 01/26/2012

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    Cessna Fireball Crashes in Jennings County Field, 2 Lives Lost

    What: Cessna 177 Cardinal en route from Chicago to Madison Municipal Airport
    Where: S of County Road 600, near Dupont Indiana
    When: Jan 21, 2012 8:41 p.m
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: 55 year old Gregory L. Wehr and 55 year old Candace S. Wehr of Versailles, were flying from Chicago, when their Cessna crashed in a Jennings County field.

    A witness saw a big ball of fire fall straight down and explode.

    The NTSB is investigating.

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    Gear Up Landing in Vegas

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    What: Cessna 230
    Where: Henderson Executive Airport, Nevada
    When: Nov 26, 2011
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: The pilot of a Cessna 230 returned to the airport and made an emergency landing at Henderson Executive Airport when his landing gears did not come down. There were no injuries.

    Henderson Fire Department responded.

    In George’s Point of View

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    Flight School Cessna and Military Piper Collision In Argentina

    What: (Fuerza Aérea Argentina) Argentine Air Force Piper PA-A28-236 Dakota light aircraft
    Where: Mercedes Airport, Argentina
    When: 21-NOV-2011 09:45 LT
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: On approach to Mercedes Airport, an Argentine Air Force Piper PA-A28-236 Dakota collided with an aviation school Cessna 152.

    Both the flight school crew members in the Cessna 150 were killed in the crash. The Piper PA-28 landed safely. The two military personnel aboard the Piper survived.

    According to witness Boloni Eduardo, the Air Force plane cut the back of the Cessna with its propeller, causing it to fall

    Firefighters, police, ambulance, Air Force, and Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board were on the scene. Mercedes is a public air field with no control tower.

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    Poconé Crash Kills Brazilian Farmer Minutes from Airport

    What: Cessna 210
    Where: Poconé Municipal Airport, Brazil
    When: Nov 12 2011
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: Twelve miles from the airport, the pilot apparently lost control and crashed. The plane took off at 5:12 pm, and crashed 12 km later in the Pantanal region of Mato Grosso.

    Martin Wagner, his son James, two mechanics named Dede and Alcindo died in the crash.

    Wagner, who is a local cattle farmer, was reported missing by his family, after which a search plane was sent out and did not locate them. The charred wreckage of the plane was located the next day after sunrise, only minutes from the airport. The owner of the plane died in the crash.

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    Cessna Crash Lands on Pompano Beach Street, Pilots Walk Away

    What: ATA Flight School Cessna
    Where: Pompano Beach Air Park
    When: November 1, 2011 reported at 5:52 pm
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 survivors
    Why: A 27 year old instructor Vincent Paul Citrullo and 42 year old student pilot David Bakalar survived a crash at the intersection of Northeast 10th Street and Fifth Avenue in Pompano Beach Florida.

    The crash occurred during a ATA Flight School (Pembroke Pines) training flight while the student pilot was flying and losing altitude due to engine trouble. The instructor took the controls, and the plane struck a palm tree and a concrete pole, landing shy of Pompano Beach Air Park. Both were taken to North Broward Medical Center.

    Two fire trucks used foam on spilled fuel.

    Pilot Vincent Paul Citrullo, a former C130 crew chief and vet, is credited with landing the plane after the throttle became inoperable, and securing their survival, in spite of the plane breaking in half.