|

Tulsa Crash Kills Two

What: A twin-engine Cessna 320 owned by Hazelwood taking off from private Airman Acres airport
Where: rural agricultural area near Owasso north of Tulsa in a field near East 116th Street North and Sheridan Road, about a mile from the rural airstrip where it took off
When: noon Sunday
Who: Oklahoma Highway Patrol Captain-Larry Jackson, 49 and Harvey Hazelwood, was dock inspector for American Airlines in Tulsa. Both were killed in the crash
Why: The cause of the crash has not been determined. The first evidence points to engine failure.

| |

Cessna Crashes in Kentucky

What: 1964 Cessna 150D airplane en route from Gene Snyder Airport in Pendleton County, Ky.
Where: Gene Snyder Airport in Pendleton County, Ky.in a wooded area near the end of the runway.
When: 1:20 Sunday afternoon
Who: Pilot Mark Martin and his sixteen year old son
Why: The engine stalled on takeoff. The crash is under investigation. This is the second time this week that a small plane taking off from this particular airport stalled and crashed.

| |

Ojinaga, Mexico Crash 4 Fatalities

What: a United States registered Cessna 421B, N7560Q,
Where: 28 miles northwest of Ojinaga, Mexico
When: September 15, 2008 1318 central daylight time
Who: pilot and the three passengers were fatally injured
Why: collided with mountainous terrain

NTSB Identification: DFW08RA232
Nonscheduled 14 CFR Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Accident occurred Monday, September 15, 2008 in Ojinaga, Mexico
Aircraft: Cessna 421B, registration: N7560Q
Injuries: 4 Fatal.

On September 15, 2008, approximately 1318 central daylight time, a United States registered Cessna 421B, N7560Q, was substantially damaged after it collided with mountainous terrain approximately 28 miles northwest of Ojinaga, Mexico, near the border town of Presidio, Texas. The air transport rated pilot and the three passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was registered to EAC Parts LLC, Springfield, Ohio, and operated by Volare Air Charter, El Paso, Texas. The pilot contacted the Fort Worth Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS), Fort Worth, Texas, at 1016, approximately 15 minutes after he departed El Paso International Airport, El Paso, Texas, and filed a visual flight rules flight plan to Presidio, Texas. The pilot informed an AFSS specialist that he intended to enter Mexican airspace for the purpose of flying over the Luis Leon Dam, but had no intentions of landing in Mexico. The pilot did not request a weather briefing for the flight conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135; however, he was informed by the specialist that visual flight rules were not recommended due to mountain obscuration.

|

Martha’s Vineyard Fatality

What: six passenger, twin-engine Cape Air Cessna 402 Flight 105 en route to Boston’s Logan International Airport took off from Runway 33 on its way to pick up passengers at Logan.
Where: Crashed on land about 2 miles from Nip-N-Tuck Farm Martha’s Vineyard West Tisbury
When: 8:05 p.m
Who: Pilot David D. Willey (fatality)
Why: During takeoff, there was heavy rain and high wind. The crash is under investigation

Cape Air runs a fleet of more than 50 Cessna 402s and carried more than 650,000 passengers last year

| |

Cessna Runs out of Gas

What: Cessna 150 en route to Lamar, Joplin, Neosho, and Bolivar,
Where: emergency landing on U.S. 54 Highway near Iola
When:
Who: Malcolm E. Kucharski, 60, Pittsburg
Why: Pilot error. The pilot left at 1 p.m. to go to Nevada MO, then the sun got in his eyes, he went to Iola and ran out of fuel.

Audio

|

Cessna Crashes in Nebraska

What: Cessna 172, was owned by Randy Hall
Where: York airport
When: The wreckage was found at 4 p.m. Friday but the time of the flight is not known
Who: 54-year-old David Biba of Geneva and 68-year-old Leon Snoberger of San Diego, Calif were killed in the crash
Why: No one saw the plane go down and the cause of the crash is unknown

| | | |

International Boundary and Water Commission Casualties found near Tex/Mex Border.

Update

Senator John Cornyn–on the Judiciary Committee’s Immigration, Border Security and Refugees subcommittee and the Armed Services Committee’s Airland subcommittee, former Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice, and Bexar County District Judge– released a Statement regarding the International Boundary and Water Commission Plane Crash

“Since the disappearance of this aircraft earlier in the week, all of us have been hoping and praying for a miracle. So it is with a profound sense of sadness to learn that the wreckage has been found, and that the lives of these four men have been lost. Commissioner Marin and Jake Brisbin Jr. were devoted public servants and proud Americans whose loss will be felt throughout the border region. Their hard work and commitment, along with that of Commissioner Herrera’s, reflected the spirit of goodwill and partnership that is shared by the United States and Mexico as we work together on our common goals. Their family and loved ones are in my prayers tonight as the entire border region remembers their lives and legacies, and mourns this tragic accident.”

src=http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ForPress.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=75aeea20-802a-23ad-4b54-496c3c561d42

What: Chartered Cessna 421
Where: Border Patrol located the wreckage in a remote rugged section of the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico, about 20 miles northwest of Presidio.
When: The plane was reported missing after it did not land on time Monday in Presidio. It was found shortly after noon Wednesday
Who: Found deceased: leaders of the U.S. and Mexican sections of the IBWC, Carlos Marin of El Paso and Arturo Herrera, of Ciudad Juarez, Mexicom, Jake Brisbin Jr., executive director of the Rio Grande Council of Government and pilot Matthew Peter Juneau
Why: The group had traveled to inspect flooding conditions in Presidio and Ojinaga, an aerial view of the Luis Leon Reservoir. Cause of the crash is not known but the pilot had signalled a problem after taking off Monday from El Paso, Mexico.

AP had inadvertently listed the passengers as deceased when the plane disappeared and optimistically attempted to retract the story, hoping the passengers would be found alive. Sadly, there were no survivors

Pilot Bails out of SkyCatcher

What: Two seater training Cessna SkyCatcher Model 162 scheduled to begin selling for flight training and personal use in 2009. This plane had been on 100 flights with more than 150 hours of flight time.
Where: (BUTLER COUNTY, Kan)
When: eleven o’clock Thursday morning
Who: test pilot
Why: The test pilot bailed out of the plane wearing a parachute

|

Emergency Landing in Louisiana

What: private Cessna
Where: Emergency landing on a levee in New Orleans near Chalmette
When: Wednesday 11:30 a.m.
Who: The two pilots of the plane were picked up by Coast Guard helicopters flying a training mission over Lake Ponchartrain. No one was reported injured in the emergency landing
Why: Pilots reported the engine trouble.

| |

Fatal Plane Crash Near US/Mexican Border

What: Cessna en route from El Paso, Mexico, heading for Presidio, Texas. Plane had been inspecting damage to a dam caused by a flood from the Conchos River.
Where: northern Mexico in the desert near the Mexican border city of Ojinaga
When: Monday
Who: Four people died, including top U.S. and Mexican water officials: Arturo Herrera and Carlos Marin, executive director of the Rio Grande Council, Jake Brisbin, and the pilot, who was not identified
Why: pilot had signalled a problem

|

Cessna Crashes in Wichita Falls

What: single-engine Cessna
Where: front lawn of a church WICHITA FALLS, Texas
When: Sunday morning
Who: opthalmologist Dr. Jeffrey Harrington of Wichita Falls.
Why: Harrington was believed to have been practicing landings at Kickapoo Downtown Airport when the Cessna apparently lost power and crashed fatally near Woodhaven Baptist Church.

Cessna Forced Landing off Coast of Belize

What: Tropic Air Cessna Caravan
Where: The emergency landing occurred 20 feet off the coast of Belizean Beach, Belize
When: 9:40 a.m. minutes after taking off from the Municipal Airstrip
Who: Skillful landing by experienced pilot 33-year-old Roy Bradley prevented fatalities. The four Texans en route to Philip Goldson International Airport (PGIA) were Jonathon Brady, Lindsay Brady, David Yorke and Gay Yorke.
Why: The engine quit, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in the Caribbean Sea. Tropic Air says that the Cessna had a six month old engine.

Cessna Crashes in Ohio

What: Cessna 150
Where: Grimes Airport in Urbana
When: late Wednesday morning Sept 10, 2008
Who: Pilot Linda Blodgett, 69, of Ashland had minor injuries; passenger Christina Creamer, 58, also of Ashland, was uninjured
Why: After the airplane’s engine stalled, the plane nose-dived into the ground near the runway. The accident is under investigation by Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Federal Aviation Administration. Accolades were given to the pilot for landing safely with a stalled engine.

Cessna Lands on PKWY


What: Single-engine Cessna 152 registered to Aviation Dream LLC of Tinton Falls.
Where: made an emergency landing and then rolled to the shoulder of Garden State Parkway in Wall Township, N.J.
When: 1:30 p.m. on Friday.
Who: Joseph Rubino, a flight instructor from Hazlet, and John Hannon of Long Branch were on the plane
Why:plane lost power after takeoff.

|

Queenstown Crash injures Pilot


What: Cessna aircraft en route from Queenstown
Where: Fox Glacier Air Strip
When: Friday.
Who: Pilot and two passengers. The pilot was seriously injured but the two passengers
Why: On landing the plane took out power lines, cutting electricity to parts of the town and smashed into bush at the end of the strip.

Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Unknown
Location: Fox Glacier air strip – New Zealand
Phase: Landing
Nature: Unknown
Departure airport: ? ZQN
Destination airport: FGL
Narrative:
A plane travelling from Queenstown to Fox Glacier crashed off the end of Fox Glacier air strip, apparently cutting power to the township. Two passengers were unhurt while the pilot suffered a punctured lung.

src: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=22690

|

Cessna crashes in Ontario


What: Cessna four-seat 172 owned by the Brampton Flying Club
Where: Shelburne, Ontario –a farmer’s field just north of Toronto
When: just before 5 a.m Sep. 01 2008
Who: 2 men, including pilot, airlifted to St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto with life-threatening injuries;one Headwaters Hospital in Orangeville
Why: There is no reason listed why the plane crashed in the field. It looks like a total loss. The pilot is building flight time to become a commercial pilot

| | | |

Cessna: 5 Fatalities in Bolivia


Pictured: A Cessna 172A
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Giovanni Francisco Rodriguez Bravo

What: Bolivian Cessna 172 RG
Where: “Agropecuaria Arco Iris” airstrip, north of Montero, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
When: May 11, 2008
Who: 5 fatalities
Why: While en route, the plane impacted a tree with its left’s wing and then the ground, where a fire ensued. The accident site was about 1,150 meters from an unlit runway of “Agropecuaria Arco Iris” airstrip, north of Montero, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The pilot and the four passengers received fatal injuries; the airplane was destroyed. The flight originated from El Tromprillo Airport, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, at about 1808.

|

Cypress Street Crash


Footage right after the crash. The neighborhood is close to the airport.

COMPTON CA — On West Cypress Street, a twin-engine Cessna 310 collided with three homes. Five individuals were injured, including the pilot, two passengers and two on the ground. All five victims were taken to area hospitals and are expected to survive.

The crash occurred after the plane experienced complications and losing power. The cause has not yet been determined.

After clipping a house, the right wing detached, then the craft cartwheeled down the street over a second home and landed nose down through the roof of a third house.

One of the homeowners was at home washing dishes at the time of the crash and sustained a fractured jaw and broken bones. The plane’s passengers are in critical condition, and the pilot can’t give an accounting. The cause is under investigation by the FAA and NTSB, with both reports expected by December 2008.

| |

Mexico: Aero JL Cessna Crash


Click to view full size photo at abpic.co.uk
Contact photographer George Trussel

What: Aero JL Cessna 182 registration XB-AIL en route to Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Where: Xalatlaco, Estado de México, Estado de Mexico
When: April 3, 2008
Who: 1 dead, 3 injured
Why: After losing altitude, the Cessna crashed in the Toluca Valley.

45 year old Ricardo Medina died in the crash; Jose Adrián Hernandez, the pilot survived with injuries. The injured were airlifted to ABC Hospital in Mexico City.

| | |

CA: Cessna Crash


Pictured: A Cessna T210N Turbo Centurion
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Mick Bajcar

What: Cessna T210N
Where: 3 miles south of Dana Point, California
When: November 19, 2005
Who: Pilot and 3 passengers
Why: The airplane impacted the ocean following a departure from controlled cruise flight, decelerating from 120 to 60 knots spiraling down corkscrew manner before impact. No pre-accident anomalies were noted with any systems examined, and no distress calls or communications preceded or followed the upset. The pilot had moderate to severe coronary artery disease with evidence of at least one prior small heart attack. The combination of coronary artery disease and LVH would have substantially increased the risk for sudden cardiac death in this pilot. Four died in the crash.

| | |

Cessna Crash in Houston


Pictured: A representative Cessna 501 Citation I/SP
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Jerry Search

What: Cessna 500
Where: Houston, TX
When: November 05, 2005
Who: pilot and passenger
Why: The 4,100-hour commercial pilot lost directional control of the single-pilot twin-engine turbojet while taking off, and impacted the ground 3,750 feet from the point of departure. The airplane climbed to approximately 150 feet, rolled to the right, descended, and struck the ground inverted. The weather was day VFR and the wind was reported from 170 degrees at 10 knots. The wreckage revealed that none of the main-entry door latching pins were in fully locked position. The accident occurred on its first test flight out of maintenance. Neither pilot nor passenger survived.

| | | |

Argentina: INCAIR Cessna


Pictured: A Cessna T210J Turbo Centurion
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Mick Bajcar

What: INCAIR Cessna T210J en route from alvador de Jujuy to Tucuman
Where: Rosario, Argentina
When: May 17, 2004
Who: pilot and 3 passengers
Why: On May 17, 2004, a Cessna T210J single-engine, Argentine # LV-JPB from Salvador de Jujuy to Tucuman was destroyed under impact with terrain following a loss of control near Rosario de la Frontera, Province of Salta, Argentina. The pilot and 3 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane, serial number T210-0453, was owned/operated by INCAIR S.R.L., of Tocuman, Argentina. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed.?An instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The pilot lost control while in cruise at 16,000 feet. The 1969-model airplane was not equipped with supplemental oxygen.

George’s Point of View