Cessna

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    Cessna Flips in Pescadero


    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.

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    Cessna Fatality in Hardin Kentucky


    What: Cardinal Aviation’s Cessna 172 en route from Murray Airport
    Where: HARDIN, KY in the Old Liberty Road area of Marshall County
    When: 01/09/2009 7:05 EST
    Who: Pilot was killed. Donald Bunting of Murray.
    Why: The FAA says the Cessna 172 hit a power line

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    Cessna Emergency Landing in Swamp


    What: Cessna 172
    Where: emergency landing NE of Dumbarton Bridge one mile north of the Palo Alto Airport
    When: Friday night
    Who: pilot aboard.
    Why: The pilot reported that the plain was losing oil pressure. On landing, the plane flipped in a marshy area. The Coast Guard responded to the emergency call. The (approx) 25 gallons of fuel aboard neither caused a fire nor contaminated the area. The pilot was uninjured

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    Sebring Florida Landing Minor Damage


    What: C210 carrying 60 gallons of fuel.
    Where: Sebring Airport Sebring Florida
    When: 01/08/2009
    Who: Pilot
    Why: After conducting a test flight, the pilot radioed problems with the landing gear. The plane landed gear up. Touchdown –according to news articles-was in the grass beside the runway.

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    Cessna Emergency Landing in NC


    What: JODA LLC’s Cessna 550 Citation II en route from Higuero/La Isabela-Dr. Joaquín Balaguer Airport (JBQ/MDJB), Dominican Republic to Wilmington-New Hanover County International Airport, NC (ILM/KILM),
    Where: Wilmington International Airport
    When: Jan 04 2009
    Who: Two crew members and a family of 5
    Why: When the plane was approaching and the gear failed.

    During the gear up landing, the Cessna slid off the runway . No injuries.

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    Cessna lands safely on County Road


    What: Cessna Centurion T-210 en route from Dallas to Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport Colorado
    Where: East 37th Street between Boyd Lake and Rocky Mountain avenues
    When: Noon Wednesday
    Who: Pilot John Stewart and passengers Bonnie Evertson and Ryan Kole
    Why: The pilot lost power about five to eight miles south of the airport and had to land on County Road 24E. No one was injured. The plane sustained minor damage to its propeller and one wing after hitting street signs on landing.

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    Panamanian Cessna Crash a Mystery

    What: Cessna 152 belonging to a flight training school en route from Marcos A. Gelabert Airport to the Calzada Larga Airport
    Where: floating near the village of Tranquillas in the Panama Canal’s Lake Madden
    When: found early Wednesday
    Who: Panamanian flight instructor Alex Bosquez and student Abraham Licona
    Bosquez had a commercial pilot’s license and was certified as a flight instructor. Licona had a private pilot’s license.
    Why: The crash is under investigation. The bodies have been recovered.

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    New South Wales Crash on Christmas Day


    What: single-engine Cessna en route from Mudgee to rural NSW
    Where: west of Merriwa in the Great Dividing Range, New South Wales
    When: Dec 25
    Who: pilot Scott Kennedy-Green and brother-in-law, Matthew Green. Green died at the scene. The pilot survived and was winched to safety at 1 pm, with chest and pelvic injuries, and leg fractures. He is recuperating at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital.
    Why: The pilot lost control in heavy cloudcover and rain, and crashed in a ravine in the upper Hunter Valley

    The piliot set crash site co-ordinates by CB radio but had to spend the night out in the elements as conditions prevented his recovery until 1 pm the next day.

    The wreck was located at 10 in the morning Dec 26th, lying upside down with a wing torn off

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    Emergency Landing in Atlanta


    What: Cessna 210
    Where: Atlanta GA
    When: 5:07 p.m. Tuesday.
    Who: Pilot was the only one aboard
    Why: problem with the plane’s landing gear.

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    Mexico Crash Kills Water Commission Chief


    What: Cessna Centurion crashed
    Where: just before reaching the airport in Ramos Arispe in northern Mexican state of Coahuila
    When: Friday
    Who: 5 Passengers included state water commission chief, his assistant and two TV Azteca reporters.
    Why: Engine lost power, then hit high-voltage wires before crashing and burning/

    Emilio Bichara Marcos and Rafael Reyes died in the crash. Two reporters and the pilot are still hospitalized.

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    Emergency landing in Chillicothe


    What: single engine 1965 model Cessna en route from Mosby, Mo., to Macon
    Where: two miles southwest of Chillicothe Municipal Airport in a field near the Harry Hayen residence.
    When: 1 p.m. Wednesday.
    Who: Pilot and passenger were unhurt.
    Why: Kansas City Aviation Center notified the Chillicothe airport that the plane was experiencing trouble and would not make it to the airport. The plane experienced an engine malfunction but landed safely.

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    Cessna and Liberty Collide over Australia


    What: Cessna 152 owned by Basair Aviation College
    a single-engine Liberty owned by Sydney Flight Training Centre
    Where: Flame Tree Street, Casula, in Sydney’s southwest
    When: 11.30am (AEST) on Thursday
    Who: Two fatalities: a woman instructor and her female student pilot.
    On the Liberty, the 89-year-old male instructor and a 25-year-old male student pilot were unhurt
    Why: Plane clipped another light aircraft in mid-air. One plane managed to make it to Bankstown Airport. The other plane landed in a yard, destroying the back of the house and a pergola.

    The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating.

  • Mystery Cessna Crash off Florida Coast


    What: Cessna 172
    Where: off the coast of Goodland near Cape Romano
    When: Wednesday evening. A witness called in at 7:45 p.m
    Who: one known fatality
    Why: The Federal Aviation Administration and Naples Municipal Airport is currently trying to identify the plane and passenger. The plane broke into pieces upon impact with the water

  • Cessna emergency Landing in Toledo


    What: Cessna
    Where: Toledo Express Airport
    When: 3 p.m. on Tuesday, December 16.
    Who: five passengers
    Why: The pilot sent an emergency radio request reporting a hydraulic malfunction, and then landed safely at the airport while emergency crews were on standby

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    Cessna Emergency Landing in the Blueberry Barrens, Maine


    What: single-engine Cessna 182 on a routine cross-country training flight, after leaving Biddeford Municipal Airport on the second leg of the flight.
    Where: field in Kennebunk Maine known as the Blueberry Barrens.
    When: December 15, 2008-Monday afternoon
    Who: Pilot/flight instructor Tim Campbell and student pilot Bob Irving
    Why: The pilot heard unusual noises and saw smoke coming from the plane’s engine, with low oil pressure. He made an emergency landing experiencing “catastrophic engine failure.” The pilot intended to keep the plane’s nose up to make Sanford Airport, but realizing he could not make it, he notified the airport, shut of his fuel and landed in the field without injury and without visible damage to the plane.

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    Cessna Crash in Lompoc Kills Pilot


    What: single engine Cessna
    Where: agricultural field off of D Street, behind Mervyns near Lompoc Airport Santa Barbara County
    When: after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon Dec 10
    Who: 77-year-old pilot James Foley suffered injuries, was taken to hospital but did not survive.
    Why: The plane was flying eratically, before crashing into wires and falling to the ground. The cause is under investigation.

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    Cessna Pilot Patient and Passenger Glides Safely to Emergency Landing


    What: Cessna 210 en route from Aurora, Illinois to Holman Field in St. Paul (for patient pickup) en route to Waukegan, Illinois.
    Where: Lake Elmo, MN, south of 10th Street North between Inwood Avenue North and Keats Avenue North, north of Interstate 94.
    When: Wednesday morning 10:30 am Dec 10
    Who: 1 pilot and 2 passengers
    Why: Shortly after takeoff, the Angel Flight experienced engine problems at 3,000 feet. With insufficient power to stay in the air, the plane glided to a landing 1n a soybean field. Another Angel Flight volunteer pilot completed the cancer patient’s flight to medical treatment.

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    Everglade Collision 3 Possibly 4 Fatalities


    What: 1979 single-engine Cessna was registered to Rohan Aviation of Lantana and flown by a student pilot from Lantana Airport en route to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
    Airline Transport Professional Piper registered to Harry Duckworth en route from Ocala to Pompano Beach
    (The specific models have been deleted due to conflicts)
    Where: 2.7 miles southwest of Holiday Park (six miles northwest of Pompano Beach and about two miles into the Everglades)
    When: both planes departed Saturday (12/06) afternoon
    Who: Cessna-2 passengers Piper-1 person on board. The alleged victims include flight instructor Stuart Brown, and pilot Bryan Sax.
    Why: The planes collided west of U.S. 27 and south of Alligator Alley in the Everglades. No survivors. The NTSB is investigating. Only one of the flights had a flight plan. The exact number of individuals in the student flight is under dispute. The wreckage is located in an area accessible by airboat.

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    Plane Crashes Mobile Home in Michigan


    What: Cessna 206 en route from St. Paul to Glens Falls, N.Y.
    Where: northern Michigan
    When: 2:15 p.m
    Who: Pilot was killed in the crash.
    Why: The pilot encountered trouble near Traverse City, Mich. The plane dipped its wing, clipped some trees, then crashed through the roof of a mobile home. Residents of the mobile home were outside shoveling snow at the time and are unhurt, although the home was destroyed.

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    NC Dog in Emergency Landing


    What: single-engine Cessna 210 registered to a company called Centurion in New Bern en route to New Bern
    Where: emergency landing at Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport.t in Sanford, North Carolina
    When: 12/5/2008
    Who: Pilot Clint Bryan, and dog Ripley
    Why: After the landing gear failed, the pilot circled the airport for about three hours to burn off most of his fuel. He landed on the belly of his plane. The dog was first out of the plane.

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    Van Nuys Emergency Landing


    What: Twin-engine Cessna 310 registered to Jade Aviation Services of Carson City, Nevada. en route from the San Fernando Valley Airport to Camarillo
    Where: Van Nuys Airport
    When: November 25, 2008 Landing safely at 12:30 p.m.
    Who: pilot and passenger
    Why: When the pilot realized that the nose gear had only partially deployed, he turned back to the Van Nuys Airport and burned off fuel before he landed successfully. No one was injured although the dangling gear collapsed on landing. Apparently the plane landed on its main wheels, then “gently” on it’s collapsing nose before rolling to a stop. Cited in several sources as a textbook landing.

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    Cessna 172 Crashes Killing One Injuring Two


    What: Cessna 172 en route from Salt Lake City to Colorado Springs
    Where: emergency landing in the Uinta mountains in Wasatch County at an elevation of about 9,800 feet
    When: 12:30 p.m
    Who: Craig Weaver and Bryon Meyer, in critical condition and the third, Dylan Hopkins, dead.
    Why: The cause of the crash is still under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
    The passengers were all part of the heavy rescue team for the Salt Lake Fire Department, a group that specializes in rescues above or below ground.

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    LaSalle County Emergency Landing


    What: single-engine Cessna
    Where: LaSalle County: North 43rd Street
    When: 3:30 p.m. Nov 18
    Who: pilot Keith R. Brown and passenger Michael Bontrager
    Why: After experiencing engine trouble, pilot Keith Brown made an emergency landing in a Lasalle County field. There were no injuries.