Cessna

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    Crashed Cessna Grazed Med-Evac Chopper

    What: Cessna 172H
    Where: Staunton, Virginia
    When: Dec 31, 2010, 2 pm
    Who: 2 fatalities, 2 aboard.
    Why: As the privately owned Cessna was departing Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, half of a mile from the airport, the plane grazed the top of AirCare 5, a medical-evacuation Eurocopter EC135 and the Cessna crashed, killing the two aboard.

    The registered owner of the plane is Michael W. Price of Elkton, Va.

    Three people, pilot Paul Weve, co-pilot and flight nurse Joseph Root and flight nurse Carolyn Booke were aboard the helicopter, which landed safely. They had just dropped off a patient at the University of Virginia Medical Center. PHI Inc. of Lafayette, Louisiana owns the helicopter which is based at Weyers Cave Airport.

    Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport is 30 miles northwest of Charlottesville. SHD is an “uncontrolled airport” with no air traffic control tower.

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    Organ Transplant Flight Crashes; 4000-5000 affected


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    Contact photographer Peter Tonna

    What: Frandley Aviation Partnership Cessna 501 Citation I/SP en route from Belfast to Birmingham
    Where: Birmingham International Airport, UK
    When: Nov 19, 2010
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: On a mercy mission carrying a liver for transplant, the Cessna 501 Citation corporate jet was damaged while landing at Birmingham International Airport in heavy fog, striking the landing system glide path antennae and ending up 426 feet to the right hand side of the runway, while on fire. The plane was damaged beyond repair.

    The crash closed the airport. 80 cancelled flights have affected up to 5000 passengers.

    However, the liver was undamaged, and transplanted into the patient on Friday in a 4 hour operation at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The transplant patient is reported to be in stable condition.

    The pilot and passenger were injured; the 58 year old pilot suffered injuries to the chest, abdomen and pelvis. The passenger in his thirties suffered a back injury and flash burns. The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance pilot entered the burning plane to cut the fuel supply so the fire service could extract the pilot. The airport is closed.

    Police provided an escort to the ambulance carrying the transplant to QE.

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    Cape Air Cessna Lands in Boston on One Engine


    Pictured: A Cape Air Cessna 402C Utililiner
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    Contact photographer Orlando G. Rivera Rivera – SJU Aviation Photography

    What: Cape Air Cessna 402 en route from Lebanon to Boston
    Where: Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
    When: 6:30 a.m.
    Who: 5 passengers
    Why: After the plane developed low oil pressure in the right engine, the pilot shut it down and made a safe landing at Manchester Boston Regional Airport.

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    Cessna Nails Emergency Landing on Florida Highway

    What: single engine C172 en route from Gainesville to Destin
    Where: U.S. Highway 98
    When: Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, 8 pm
    Who: Pilot Michael Dustin Phillips
    Why: While en route, the engine began running rough. The pilot diverted to Tallahassee, but did not reach the airport. The pilot had to make an emergency landing on the highway due to a “mechanical failure” using car headlights to orient the landing. The plane model is described as “172, P172, R172, Skyhawk, Hawk XP, Cutla”

    Manufacturer: CESSNA
    Model: 172A
    N-Number: 7595T
    Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
    Serial number: 47195
    Mode s Code: 52437221
    Airworthiness Date: 1959-12-24
    Last Activity Date: 2005-04-18
    Year: 1959
    Certification: Standard
    Issuance date: 2008-09-27

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    Plane lost in Washington

    What: Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute twin engine Cessna 304 en route from Chehalis to Lewiston Idaho
    Where: Packwood/Morton area, Southwest Washington
    When: October 25, 2010
    Who: pilot and 2 passengers
    Why: A pilot en route to Lewiston Idaho told ATC that one of his engines was down. He reported he was diverting to Chehalis but transmission stopped. Radar contact was lost at 7:44 am

    A search is being conducted by a navy helicopter and a jet ranger. There is a weak beacon signal indicating the location.

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    Cessna Crashes in Pond, no fatalities


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    Contact photographer Adam Howley

    What: Ardmore Flying School Cessna C172R
    Where: Thames New Zealand
    When: Oct 25 2010
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: At 10:22 a.m, the plane crashed into the pond at the end of a runway. Both individuals aboard the plane were able to exit under their own power. The plane presumably is a total loss. This is not the first time a plane has crashed into the pond at the foot of the runway.

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    Overloaded (?) Cessna Crashes in Colombia

    What: Condor Cessna TU206G Turbo Stationair
    Where: El Astillero, Cerro San Antonio de Prado, Colombia
    When: October 20, 2010, 9:40 am
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: The plane carrying provisions to Urabá and 3 passengers flew into San Antonio Mountain, killing all aboard. A would-be passenger’s life was saved because he could not board the flight—because it was full.

    The pilot did not report an emergency to the tower.

    The pilot was Juan Guillermo Mondragon. Passengers included John Amado Pérez, Osías Sierra and Xenobia Palacios.

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    Medical Mission: Cessna Crashes in Colombia

    What: Alas de Colombia Cessna 172N en route from Bucaramanga to Malaga
    Where: Pescaderito Bajo village, a kilometer from Malaga Colombia
    When: Oct 15 2010
    Who: 4 aboard, all fatalities
    Why: The pilot performed two flybys without landing and crashed on the third attempt. The crash may have been due to mechanical failure.

    The plane was on a medical mission. The pilot Víctor Granados, anesthesiologist Luis Berrezueta, doctor Martha Rivera and head nurse Alba Hernández were killed in the crash.

    Photos of the wreckage

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    Aviones Taxi Disappears in Sierra de Santa Martha Mexico

    What: Aviones Taxi AIFE Cessna 501 Citation ISP en route from Minatitlan to Veracruz
    Where: Sierra de Santa Martha Mexico
    When: Oct 6 2010
    Who: 8 aboard
    Why: Flying in cloudy weather, the Citation 511-Alpha Extra TKY disappeared from radar into the Santa Martha mountains. Six senior executives of Coppel (Arturo Peraza, Alejandro Quintero Uzun, David Gerardo Soria, Luis Salvador Sánchez, Norma Leticia Torres and Brenda Camacho. ) and 2 pilots ( Javier Montoya, Bernardo Estrada) were on board, visiting a flood damaged property.

    The plane disappeared near the Sierra de Santa Martha, in Soteapan. Three helicopters tracking the flight have not located the wreckage, which may be located in jungle of Los Tuxtlas

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    Bahamas Crash Kills 8

    What: Acklins Blue Company Airways Charter Cessna 402 en route from Nassau to San Salvador
    Where: Lake Killarney, New Providence Island Bahamas
    When: Oct 5 2010 12:20pm.
    Who: Eight Bahamian men aboard, 8 fatalities
    Why: Not long after takeoff, the plane came down in Nassau’s Lake Killarney just east of the airport. The plane was substantially damaged on impact with Lake Killarney. There were no survivors. Chief Pilot Capt Nelson Hanna and co-pilot Devin Storr went down with the plane. Sound technician of Visage (and son of CN and Evangelist Williams) Nat Williams, was also onboard. BEC technician, Cory Farquarson, set setup technician, Devin Storr, Sasha Mildor, Lavard Curtis and Delon Taylor were also aboard.

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    Cessna in the Drink in Roanoke

    What: Colnan Inc. Cessna 550 Citation II
    Where: Manteo-Dare County Regional Airport, NC
    When: Oct 1 2010 8:30 am
    Who: 2 crew 5 passengers
    Why: The plane flew successfully from Tampa to Manteo, but on landing, was too fast to stop on the rain-slick runway, but overran the end into the Croatan Sound off of Roanoke Island.

    Dare County Regional Airport staff rescued all passengers and crew from the sound. No fatalities. The plane has been recovered, but as you see on the video, is probably a total loss.

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    3 Survive Fiery Catalina Crash

    What: Sabovich and Sons Cessna 310 registration N310XX
    Where: Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California
    When: Oct 2 2010 3:40
    Who: 3 aboard: 54-year old pilot, the 50-year old male passenger and the 48-year old female passenger
    Why: The pilot flew in from Santa Ana to pick up two passengers. On takeoff, the left engine failed. The pilot had to make a forced landing a half-mile southeast of the airport, which set off a field fire.

    The injured were airlifted to hospitals by helicopter.

    Passengers sustained significant but non-life-threatening burns.

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    Tourists Die in Peruvian Crash

    What: Air Nasca Cessna 185 # OB-1808 sightseeing tour of Nazca Lines en route from Maria Reiche airport
    Where: south of Lima, Peru
    When: Oct. 2, 2010
    Who: 6 aboard, 6 fatalities (Four British tourists, Peruvian pilot and co pilot )
    Why: During a flight to observe the Nazca Lines, the plane experienced engine trouble. While the pilot was attempting an emergency landing, the sightseeing tour plane crashed, killing all aboard.

    British passengers included Andrew Brown, 30, Gayle Callow, 34, and Warren Denham. The flight was piloted by Gilberto Zúñiga and Ricardo Cárdenas.

    Some sources are saying there were only the three (not four) British passengers aboard, but other sources say there were three men and a woman in addition to the crew.

    James Dauris, the British ambassador to Peru, has visited the scene of the crash.

    About 40 planes operate in the area where flights have been banned before, due to more than a dozen local carriers not living up to international flight standards.

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    Mexico Cessna Crash Kills Politicians

    What: Cessna 210 Centurion en route from Toluca to Huatulco
    Where: Huatulco in Oaxaca 500 metres from Huatulco airport
    When: Sept 3 2010 11:00 a.m.
    Who: 6 fatalities, including the pilot Raymundo Manzano , a local coffee grower, Guillermo Zavaleta and Juan Huerta, both members of President Felipe Calderón’s National Action Party, and mayor-elect Joaquin Cortes
    Why: The plane lost contact with ATC, and crashed on approach to the airport on encountering turbulence. Bad weather and possible pilot error are being investigated as possible causes.

    The passengers were traveling to a training course for lawmakers.

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    Trans Air Crash Kills 4 of 5


    2004 photo
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    Contact photographer Michael Dawson

    What: Trans Air Cessna 550 Citation II en route from Port Moresby to Misima Island
    Where: Misima Island Airport
    When: Aug 31 2010
    Who: 5 occupants, 4 fatalities. 1 crew member survived.
    Why: While landing in heavy rain, the plane skidded off the runway and into a wooded area. The co pilot survived. The owner (the pilot Les Wright) died in the crash.

    Before this event, CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) had concerns about Trans Air and wanted to bar the carrier from flying to Australia. The investigation questions why the jet overshot the runway.

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    Instructional Flight Fatal


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    Contact photographer Robert Domandl

    What: AeroHorizontes Escuela de Vuelo Cessna 150G
    Where: Maica Area Chica, behind Jorge Wilstermann Airport, Cochabamba Bolivia
    When: August 27 2010
    Who: Two fatalities: pilot/instructor José Gonzalo Grosveger Zegarra and passenger/student José Ignacio Guzmán
    Why: During this instruction flight, the student was practicing “touch and go” maneuvers when the plane crashed. The school’s operations could be suspended pending investigation.

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    Cessna Crashes in Orange Mass

    What: Cessna 172M Skyhawk en route from Orange Massachusetts to Bar Harbor Maine
    Where: Winter street, Orange, Massachusetts
    When: August 10, 2010
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: The plane is believed to have originated in Maryland, and to have refueled at Orange airport.

    The plane went down in a wooded area about a mile to the north of the airport, at the end of Winter Street. The plane did not impact any houses. The residential community came together to attempt a rescue, but the two aboard were confirmed dead.

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    Recovered: Last Victim of Lake Michigan Cessna Crash

    What: Cessna 206 en route from Alma Michigan to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn
    Where: Lake Michigan, Ludington MI
    When: July 23, 2010
    Who: 4 fatalities, 1 survivor 66-year-old pilot, Jerry Freed
    Why: While en route on a medical evacuation flight, the pilot contacted ATC about experiencing mechanical problems, then the medical flight crashed into Lake Michigan on July 23. The pilot was rescued by boaters Randall Schmidt and his wife, Kristin Berg, about 2 miles from shore. Six foot waves hindered the recovery efforts.

    The Michigan State Police Underwater Recovery Unit sonar found the plane at approximately 6 p.m. last Thursday.

    The remains of Alma school superintendent and cancer patient Don Pavlik and his wife, Irene, were recovered Friday by divers. The body of Dr. James Hall was recovered Saturday night and identified Sunday. Co-pilot Earl Davidson was found last, on Sunday at 9 a.m..

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    Neighborhood Cessna Crash Narrowly Misses Residents

    What: Wings and Wheels Cessna 210 #N30286
    Where: west of Lock Haven’s William T. Piper Memorial Airport
    When: Monday June 21, 2010
    Who: pilot and 2 USDA employees, all fatalities
    Why: The pilot had notified the airport about landing and fuel, but there was no emergency indicated to ATC prior to the crash. On approach to the airport, a block from the runway, the plane struck a house, a utility pole and three vehicles in a residential neighborhood. Pilot Patrick Jessup and the two federal employees, Rodney Whiteman and Dan Snider were fatalities; no one on the ground in the neighborhood was injured. The aircraft caught fire after impact and was destroyed.

    The flight had been chartered by the US Department of Agriculture to conduct aerial insect surveys.

     

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    Cessna tree-strike

    What: Oasis Flight Services. twin engine Cessna en route to Plymouth Municipal Airport
    Where: PLYMOUTH, Mass
    When: June 19 2010,5:15 p.m.
    Who: three aboard
    Why: After surveying, the Cessna was en route to the airport when it got stuck in a tree in a Plymouth neighborhood. No one was injured.

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    New Mexico Cessna Crash

    What: Rod Aviation twin-engine Cessna 310 en route from Cleburne Muncipal Airport to Ruidoso
    Where: near the Sierra Blanca Airport, which is located about 18 miles northeast of Ruidoso
    When: June 17 2010 @ 9:50 a.m
    Who: fatalities: Rodney and DeLaine Duree, both 50, and their son, Lake, Karl Richey, 46, and his wife, Kaeri, 44. Hospitalized: Richeys’ sons, Alexander, 16, and Christopher, 12.
    Why: The flight crashed while attempting to land and caused a forest fie which has now been contained. The purpose of the flight was to scatter a relative’s ashes in New Mexico.

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    Illegal Flight Ends in Colombia

    What: Cessna T210L en route from Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia to Quibdó, Colombia
    Where: Puente Iglesias, Fredonia Colombia
    When: June 15, 2010
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: Near Puente Iglesias, the illegal flight was lost at dusk over the Cauca river; no trace of the crew was found. Searchers found a bag containing 57 kilos of cocaine aboard. Witnesses to the crash said the crew had been seen on the plane in the river, but there had not been time to reach them before the plane sank in the river. Rescuers are looking for the bodies along the river.

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    Candidate’s Support Team Dies in Crash


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    Contact photographer Ricardo Morales

    What: Aeroservicios Milenio Cessna 208B Grand Caravan en route from Felipe Carrillo Puerto to Chetumal
    Where: Quintana Roo
    When: June 14, 2010
    Who: 8 aboard, 8 fatalities including Captain Salvador Aguilar and his copilot, security agent Fernando Marchan, Oscar Esquivel; Jesús Garmendia; Mauri Magaña; Daniel Pacheco, and social managment assistant Katy Rodríguez.
    Why: A few moments after takeoff, the small plane full of the campaign staff of Roberto Borge Angulo crashed in the Quintana Roo area.

    Members of the Mexican army have surrounded and secured the area.
    The candidate who was not aboard, is now in mourning.

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    Cessna Field Landing


    Pictured: A Cessna 150M Commuter filmed in Milwaukee
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    Contact photographer Bruce Leibowitz

    What: single engine Cessna 150 M en route from Harlingen.
    Where: Los Fresnos TX
    When: April 29 2010
    Who: Pilot
    Why: The pilot is a flight instructor who has just bought the Cessna involved. En route, he experienced engine trouble (in-flight engine power loss) and landed safely in a sorghum field in Los Fresnos with no injury and no plane damage reported.

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    Maryland: Monocacy National Battlefield Landing

    What: Cessna 182
    Where: Monocacy National Battlefield
    When: March 30, 2010
    Who: Pilot, Bethany Chase, 40, of Germantown, Md and passenger Gregory Windham 57, of Olney
    Why: The pilot was making traffic surveys. She intended to land at Montgomery Airport, but there was a problem there with wind shear, and she redirected to Frederick Municipal airport, but her plane lost power. The plane flipped, and landed on Urbana Pike. No one was injured seriously. The passenger refused treatment, and the pilot was hospitalized with minor injuries.