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Six Missing in Australia

What: 930s de Havilland Dragon
Where: Kilcoy, Australia
When: Oct 1, 2012
Who: 6 missing
Why: Six people who were aboard a vintage plane were returning to Caboolture after spending the day raising money for charity by hosting joy flights at the Monto Fly-In in central Queensland have been missing in Australia since Monday:

  • Les D’evlin, 75
  • his wife Janice, 61, of Manly West,
  • John Dawson,
  • his wife Carol Dawson, both 63, of Tingalpa,
  • pilot Des Porter
  • his wife Kath Porter

The AMSA (Australian Maritime Safety Authority) received a distress call from Mr Porter saying he was having trouble “fixing his position in heavy cloudcover.” That was the last contact with the plane.

3 Canberra search and rescue co-ordinators flew in assisting AMSA.

Sixteen helicopters and two planes are participating in the search.

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Porter Airlines Tail Strike (Alias Bird Strike)

What: Porter Airlines de Havilland Dash en route from Windsor to Toronto
Where: CYQG WINDSOR, ONTARIO
When: Sep 21, 2012
Who: 32 aboard
Why: The flight took off from Windsor and continued to Toronto, believing they had a bird strike. After landing, the condition of the plane indicated to examiners that the damage was due to a tail strike.

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Nepal Takeoff Emergency, No Injuries

What: Tara Air de Havilland Dash DHC-6-300 Twin Otter en route from Dolpa to Nepalgunj
Where: Dolpa
When: Sept 21, 2012 9:28 a.m.
Who: 6 aboard, no injuries
Why: Take off from the airport at Dolpa failed when the planes left wing encountered obstruction.

According to Vinaya Shakya, none of the two crew or four passengers were injured, although the plane sustained damage.

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Tara Air Incident Report unconfirmed

What: Tara Air de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter en route from Jomsom to Pokhara
Where: Jomsom Airport, Nepal
When: August 19, 2012
Who: 19 aboard, no fatalities
Why: On taking off from Jomsom airport, the plane slid off the runway and into a river bed.

The Nepalese army performed the plane retrieval. No fatalities were reported.

(Note: This item had only one report and was not verified.)

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Air Canada Fire Discovered AFTER Flight


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Contact photographer Mark Kryst

What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Kelowna,BC to Vancouver,BC
Where: Vancouver
When: Jul 19th 2010
Who: 52 people aboard
Why: After making a safe landing at Vancouver, the Vancouver ground crew discovered evidence of a small fire and a fluid leak. Maintenance discovered a fuel line perforation, where the wiring harness abraded it, causing arcing and a small fire and a loose, leaking oil line fitting.

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Aardvark Strike


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Contact photographer Gary Shephard

What: South African Express Airways de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Johannesburg to Kimberly (South Africa),
Where: Kimberly (South Africa)
When: Jul 16th 2010
Why: On landing, the nose gear of the plane struck an aardvark on the runway, damaging the nose gear. There’s no indication of the aardvark’s condition.

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Hungarian Dash 8 Diverts Due to Engine Problems


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Contact photographer Adam Samu

What: Malev Hungarian Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Budapest Hungary to Geneva Switzerland
Where: Salzburg
When: Oct 8th 2009
Who: 37 passengers and 4 crew
Why: While en route to Geneva, the plane’s left engine experienced a drop in oil pressure. The flight diverted to Salzburg, where the passengers debarked. The passengers were provided hotel accommodations; and the plane went to maintenance, presumably to resume the flight on the 9th.

*note– We believe that the reports that the ENGINE ON THIS FLIGHT FELL OFF–are highly exaggerated. In fact, we think there’s a simple mistranslation somewhere, since the routine response for an oil pressure problem on a plane with more than one engine frequently involves turning an engine off (as opposed to it falling off.)

http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2009-10-09/17104/Salzburg_emergency_landing_as_plane_engine_falls_off

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Update: Japan Air Commuter Lands on One Engine


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Contact photographer James Scott
What: Japan Air Commuter de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Tanegashima to Kagoshima
Where: Kagoshima
When: Mar 25th 2009 10:26 a.m
Who: 42 passengers
Why: When the left hand engine’s oil pressure dropped, the pilot shut down the engine and continued on to Kagoshima. Maintenance crews discovered significant damage in the engine. There were no injuries reported.

This was also reported as a Bombardier Inc. DHC-8-Q400. The Bombardier Dash 8 was formerly known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8; Bombardier acquired de Havilland Canada (DHC) .

Due to the engine damage found by maintenance crews, two investigators rated this as a serious incident. The gearbox of the engine had failed and several turbine blades were found to be damaged

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Japan Air Commuter Lands on One Engine


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Contact photographer James Scott
What: Japan Air Commuter de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Tanegashima to Kagoshima
Where: Kagoshima
When: Mar 25th 2009 10:26 a.m
Who: 42 passengers
Why: When the left hand engine’s oil pressure dropped, the pilot shut down the engine and continued on to Kagoshima. Maintenance crews discovered significant damage in the engine. There were no injuries reported.

This was also reported as a Bombardier Inc. DHC-8-Q400. The Bombardier Dash 8 was formerly known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8; Bombardier acquired de Havilland Canada (DHC) .

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Philly Emergency Landing


What: US Airways Express Flight 4551 Piedmont Airlines deHavilland Dash-8 turboprop aircraft en route from from Lehigh Valley International Airport Allentown
Where: Philadelphia International Airport
When: November 16, 2008 9:20 a.m
Who: 35 passengers and three crew members
Why: After landing gear did not deploy, the flight landed safely on foam at around 9:20 a.m. Passengers were bussed to the terminal.

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LIAT Emergency Landing in Antigua

What: LIAT flight 544 de Haviland Dash 8 -311 en route from Nevis (leaving at 5:30pm) to RLB International Airport, St. Kitts
Where: emergency stop in Antigua
When: Wednesday night (Nov. 12)
Who: 42 passengers
Why: The control panel indicated problems, so that the plane diverted to Antigua. (The landing gear was activated but the control panel said otherwise.) The flight landed at 7:00 after circling for some time.

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Connecticut Pilot Treed


What: 1930s single-engine de Havilland Tiger Moth
Where: East Windsor, Conn
When: Saturday August 30
Who: pilot and passenger
Why: The plane lost power 200 feet from the runway at the Skylark Airpark Saturday. The pilot and passenger crashed in treetops and were stuck in the tree until help arrived. A tree surgeon climbed the tree, and set up a pulley to rescue the pilot and passenger who were apparently unhurt. The pilot was an instructor who “maintained an airspeed where he was in control and buffeted [the plane] into the top of the trees. That’s what saved both their lives.”