What: LTA (Aerotuey) Cessna 208 Caravan en route to Angel Falls Where: Canaima Venezuela When: Friday April 16 Who: ten survivors, one child dead Why: The engine failed just after takeoff; the plane hesitated on the runway, took off but after airborne, fell into a stand of trees near the runway. Survivors were airlifted to a hospital in Ciudad Bolivar, the nearest city (400 miles away).
Six year old Thomas Horne was the only fatality. He died en route to the hospital.
What: twin-engine Cessna 421 owned by Sebring Air Charter in Tamarac en route from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Where: Oakland Park When: 11:20 a.m Who: pilot Cecil A. Murray, 80 of Tarmac en route to Fernandina Beach, just outside Jacksonville Why: The pilot’s plans to fly to Ferdandina Beach to sell the plane were disrupted when he reported problems as soon as he took off. Murray reported to air traffic control that he was going to turn around and was cleared to do so, but then neighbors in this Oakland Park neighborhood heard the plane “spitting and sputtering.” The plane crashed in the middle of a house which was a total loss. The pilot did not survive.
What: CESSNA 210 en route from Concepcion to Santa Cruz Where: Concepcion, Bolivia When: April 13, 2009 Who: pilot and three passengers on a medical evacuation Why: The plane “impacted terrain” during the night flight, but no reason is listed. The cause is under investigation.
George’s Point of View
Impacted terrain at night? I can’t wait to see what the NTSB has to say about this.
Brazil already says this is the pilots fault, though it is unclear what this quote is supposed to mean:
“Due to the fact that the pilot had violated flight rules, as explained by the representative of DGAC, the plane took off from the city of Santa Cruz 20 minutes after the expiry of the permitted duration of flights.”
Determining the cause at this point is a bit precipitous. Most accident investigations take years.
What: Cessna 210M en route from Concepcion to El Trompillo Airport Where: Concepcion, Bolivia When: April 11, 2009 Who: Pilot and 3 passengers Why: The cessna impacted terrain shortly after taking off from Concepcion Airport Concepcion, Bolivia.
The certificated commercial pilot and three passengers, all Bolivian citizens, were fatally injured. Night visual conditions prevailed. The flight was operating on a visual flight rules flight plan from Concepcion to El Trompillo Airport (SLET), Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
What: Cessna 172 en route from a Canadian flight school into US Airspace Where: US Airspace When: about 3 p.m Who: one person aboard Why: The flight was intercepted by U.S. military aircraft when the unnamed pilot flew into US Airspace and did not respond. The plane was reported as stolen from a Thunder Bay, Canada flight school. Canadian authorities requested that U.S. aircraft tail the plane in U.S. airspace, hence the two U.S. Air Force F-16 jets.
The pilot, Yavuz Berke aka Adam Leon, landed on Highway 60 in Ellsinore, Mo., at 9:50 p.m. ET, and was caught by Missouri State Highway Patrol officers. He’s an ex-pat Turk, and naturalized Canadian. He is reportedly depressed and either left his girlfriend (or left her a note.) In any case, he left his car and keys at the airport.
With 2 F-16’s on his tail all day, he’s incredibly lucky to be alive and currently enjoying the hospitality of whatever government facility is housing him now (and likely to be housing him for a very long time.)
The category selected here is “pilot error” and “alarm.” And while this is actually a misuse of the sorting system, I’m thinking it is warranted because if this is not an error of the pilot and cause for alarm, what is?
George’s Point of View
Yavuz Berke aka Adam Leon is going to be enjoying government hospitality for a long, long time. Yavuz–or if I may call you Adam–as a parent and a human being, I am very sorry that you have chosen to damage your own life so terribly; and I am amazed and warmed by the restraint of our jet pilots who were charged at bringing you down should you prove a threat.
What: Cessna Citation business jet en route from Palm Springs International Airport to Winnipeg, Manitoba Where: Palm Springs International Airport When: 10:55 a.m Tuesday Who: six people aboard Why: When smoke was detected in the cabin, the pilot then burned off fuel before landing back in Palm Springs. The cause of the smoke is under investigation. No injuries.
Pictured: Cessna 337C Super Skymaster flying in Malta. The plane in the crash was in Oklahoma, and painted blue, according to photos at the scene of the crash. Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Malcolm J.Bezzina What: CESSNA 337C registered to George Waller en route from a private airstrip to Stillwater for fuel. Where: STILLWATER, OK When: 03/27/2009 Who: George Waller, fatality at the scene Why: The plane made a series of turns and was westbound when it crashed in a grove of trees on a private residence near 92nd Avenue and Washington Road eight miles from Stillwater. Witnesses said the “plane didn’t sound right.”
What: 1975 single-engine Cessna 182P registration number of N1913M en route from Cobb County Airport-McCollum Field to Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR race in Henry County. Where: Crash occurred in Shadinger Lake. Carrollton, Georgia When: Sunday morning 08-MAR-2009 Who: Pilot Kearney, and his wife Christa Kearney, and Timothy Dean Miller Why: All the bodies were recovered from the lake. The crash is under investigation
What: Cessna 182 en route from Slidell, La., to Marksville, La. Where: in a wooded area west of Independence, La., near the town of Albany. When: went down just before midnight Friday Feb 28, 2009 Who: Passengers were 39-year-old Tabitha Dolbare, of Vancleave, Miss.; 39-year-old Glyn Ray Johnson, of Gautier, Miss.; and their son Nelson Dolbare, 13, of Vancleave. Why: After the plane disappeared from radar about 11:50 p.m., Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office received phone calls that they heard an engine sputtering and a plane crash. The plane crashed in a heavily wooded unpopulated area not long after takeoff. Rescuers had difficulty getting to the wreckage and were assisted in their search with the use of thermal imaging equipment and a search light.
View from a Cessna 172S Skyhawk SPIn Flight in Australia’s Northern Territory, Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Stuart JR What: Cessna 182 on an inspection Where: Northern Territory outback. When: Wednesday night feb 25 Who: Pilot and passenger Why: The Cessna’s pilot made an emergency landing when the plane experienced emergency problems. Rescue crews found the stranded pilot and passenger and flew them by helicopter to Elliot; the passenger was taken to Elliot Health clinic with a facial cut. The pilot was uninjured.
What: 1972 Cessna 150L registered to a flight school in Wheeling, en route from the Chicago Executive Airport Where: on the ice of Grays Lake near Route 120 and Lake Street, Lake County, IL When: early Tuesday evening 4:30 p.m. Feb 17 2009 Who: pilot and one passenger were aboard. Neither was injured. Why: The plane was experiencing engine problems and the pilot determined he would not make it to land at nearby Campbell Airport. Rescue crews left the pilot waiting for a mechanic.
The plane belongs to Flight Center at Service Aviation, Inc. of Wheeling.
Rumor is it got up to 40 degrees Tuesday so let’s hope the pilot got that Cessna off the ice before it melted–
36°F
Current: Overcast
Wind: S at 6 mph
Humidity: 74%
Tue
40°F | 32°F
What: Cessna Skymaster out of Rialto Airport Where: emergency landing between the 210 Freeway and West Casmalia Street When: Saturday Who: pilot Why: The plane was doing “demonstrations” when the pilot noted power loss. The pilot shut off his fuel, and coasted to a a strip of land between the 210 and West Casmalia Street, east of Sierra
What: Cessna T303 owned by Josip Crncevic en route from Zagreb to Zadar. Where: missing on Velebit Mountain When: Feb 7 3:45 pm Who: carrying pilot and 3 crew members: the pilot and 3 crew members from Zagreb flying club “Ban,” were: Gerd Govejsek, 63, Walter Aleksandar, 49, Miljenko Bartolic, 61, and Zvonko Kelek, 68. Why: There is very little factual information available, but thecrash is being investigated by Investigator Dinko Vodanovic. It is speculated that the altitude meter or the wings froze.
It took 4 days of searching before the wreckage was located on the north side of the mountain at 11am at an altitude of 1,200 metres on Vagan peak. The scene of the crash is subject to harsh weather conditions.
Click to view a high quality photo on Airliners.net Contact the photographer Yasir Raja What: Cessna 206, chartered by Tropical Aviation Corp., was traveling from the Casa de Campo International Airport in the Dominican Republic to San Juan Where: crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the north coast of Puerto Rico, in what is being called “a debris field off the northwestern city of Quebradillas,” When: around nightfall Sunday Feb 8 Who: carrying six people; missing pilot and all five passengers are U.S. citizens Why: Witnesses reported seeing an explosion on the plane before it crashed. They are still hoping to find survivors.
What: C210 Regis#: N7130U Where: WEST HAMPTON NY– GABRESKI AIRPORT When: 02/05/2009 Who: Pilot Why: AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOff. THE PILOT
REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLIPPED ON THE TAXIWAY FROM THE WIND.
What: C320 Where: SEASIDE, OR When: 02/02/2009 4 p.m. Who: Only the pilot Roger DeLong was aboard. No injuries reported. Why: The Cessna landed with the landing gears stuck in the gear up position. The pilot had already dropped off passenger Gary Turel prior to the landing. The plane slid approx. 700 feet on its belly and sustained some damage. According to the FAA spokesman “landing gear jams are not uncommon on the twin-engine Cessna 320.”
What: Cessna 421 registered to Fly High Inc. en route from Col. James Jabara Airport at 8:08 a.m., heading to Millard Airport in Omaha Where: 13000 block of E. 69th St In Field North of Wichita When: just before 8:15 this morning. Who: CFO Janet Cervantes, Rusty Eck employee Buck Leedum, and pilot Jim Kincaid. Why: The pilot made a belly landing. There were minor injuries.
What: Sierra Academy of Aeronautics Cessna 152 en route from from Castle Airport in Atwater Where: Lambing Ranch to the south west of Turlock Lake east of Waterford When: flight left airport at 9:30 a.m. (Landing occurred 40 minutes into the lesson, and 10 miles from the nearest airport) Who: Instructor Ken Kwan and student pilot Daniel Yang Why: The engine quit at 2,000 feet and falling at 500 feet/minute; and there was smoke in the cockpit. The Instructor landed the plane with no engine power. There were no injuries. After mechanics examined the plane, authorities said the plane experienced “catastrophic engine failure” when a rod went flying through the engine block.
What: single-engine Cessna 172 Skyhawk returning from a practice flight to Glens Falls, N.Y Where: Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Cheshire County, New Hampshire When: Sunday Jan 25 2009 Who: Sarah Steves, an aviation student at Daniel Webster College in Nashua NH Why: On her first solo cross-country night flight, the pilot experienced power in the plane’s lights and radio. She managed to make an emergency call. Rick Bendel, manager of Monadnock Aviation notified emergency dispatchers who notified Keene and Swanzey fire official with an emergency action plan in place for airport emergencies.
Steves had a hard landing on all 3 wheels w/o lights and taxied to the terminal without further incident.
What: Cape Air Flight 9399 Cessna 402C in route from Key West to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers Where: emergency landing in Naples Fl Who: There were six people on board Why: When it reported the loss of its engines, the flight was diverted to Naples Municipal Airport
What: Cessna 172 registered to an El Cajon flight school en route from Gillespie Field in El Cajon to Torrance. Where: Close to a hwy overpass a half-mile from the Oceanside runway Oceanside Municipal Airport east of Interstate 5 in San Diego County. When: January 24, 2009 Who: 24-year-old pilot Amandeep Singh and an 18-year-old passenger Harshdeep Multani . Both have Indian passports. Why: The official word is that the plane developed mechanical trouble and was in the process of an emergency landing. On one account, the plane clipped a power line on approach to the runway and crashed. Another account says the plane struck a wooden utility pole. The plane also sheared off the valve to a sewage pipe, spewubg a geyser 25,000 gallons of raw sewage. The airport was closed. It took 45 minutes to extricate the pilot from the wreckage as sewage rained down on them. Decontamination at the scene was comprised of stripping down to their shorts and being hosed down on site.
A salvage crew removed the wereckage to Pearblossom in Los Angeles County,
What: Protiva owned Cessna 205 that left Flagstaff Pulliam Airport en route for Yuma Where: in a heavily wooded area near Willard Springs Road, about 15 miles south of Flagstaff AZ When: Fri Jan 23 approx 7 a m Who: Frank Protiva and Thomas Moody Why: Witnesses said the plane was flying low with engine trouble and struck a tree. Both men were killed.
What: CESSNA 402C Flight 9399 operated by Cape Air en route from Key West to Fort Myers Southwest Florida International Airport Where: Naples Municipal Airport When: emergency landing Thursday night 7 p.m. Why: The Naples Airport received a distress call that the plane’s engines were out. The plane glided to the runway with no injuries. Passengers reached their destinations by bus
What: 1964 Cessna 172 owned by Lance Sparks Where: Prestonwood Country Club in Plano When: 4 p.m. Thursday. Who: pilot/owner Lance Sparks Why: The plane experienced engine failure, forcing the pilot to land.
What: Rented Sterling Aviation’s Cessna 150 en route from Monterey to Half Moon Bay Airport Where: PESCADERO, CA in an open field south of Half Moon Bay (about 1 mile south of Pescadero Road and Highway 1 ) When: 01/11/2009 Who: 2 Michael Paul Harris, and his wife, Danette, Why: The pilot noticed they were running low on fuel. After a Forced landing in a field outside of PESCADERO, CA, about 200 yards into the field, the plane’s front nose wheel dug into the soil and collapsed, causing the plan to flip. The pilot buzz is that the renter of the plane should have refueled, and that the forced landing and resultant plane damage was entirely unnecessary.
