What: Private (Richard Wilmarth) Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub Where: near the Holitna River, Red Devil, Alaska When: March 30 2012, 5:30 Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities Why: A red and white Piper Super Cub owned by Richard Wilmarth, crashed while apparently attempting to land on a private airstrip near the Holitna River. Wilmarth and his passenger Kenneth Mellick died in the crash.
Aircraft Registration (N7276D) Summary
1957 PIPER PA-18A
Fixed wing single engine
(2 seats / 1 engine) Owner WILMARTH RICHARD C
RED DEVIL, AK
(Individual) AIRWORTHINESS Standard/Normal Serial Number 18-5685
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
Horsepower: 180 (Reciprocating) WeightLess than 12,500lbs Speed 97mph Mode S Code 52340273 Certificate Issue Date 1977-05-03 Airworthiness Date 1974-06-18 Last Action Date 2011-09-12 Expiration 2014-09-30
What: Moonchaser LLC Piper PA-32R-300 Lance en route from the Bahamas to Fort Pierce, Florida Where: Near Treasure Cay Airport, Isla de Gran Abaco When: March 25, 2012, 1:33 pm Who: 4 fatalities Why: Taking off from Treasure Cay, the plane crashed on Abaco island between the runway’s end and S.C. Bootle Highway. By the time Fire and Crash Rescue arrived, the plane was engulfed in flames.
The plane crashed near the runway, killing four Americans (two couples) with local vacation homes on Abaco Island, 60-year-old Gregory Schwartzenberger and 56-year-old Janice Schwartzenberger of Neptune Beach, Florida, and 61-year-old Dennis Sartoris and 56-year-old Janie Sartoris of Jacksonville, Florida. Two dogs were also aboard the flight.
At the time of takeoff, there were strong crosswinds reported.
What: Aerohein Piper PA-31-325 Navajo en route from Melinka to Quellón Where: Quellón Chile When: Mar 1 2012 Who: 8 aboard, 7 fatalities Why: On a 20 minute flight, ATC lost contact with the plane six minutes into the flight. Air Force and Navy planes searched where the emergency signal beacon issued a single alarm before the aircraft crashed into the sea.
The plane’s wreckage was located by passengers in a boat in the Gulf of Corcovado off Chiloe island on Piedra Blanca at the mountain’s base. Occupants of the stricken plane included a businessman, his son and company divers and pilot Ricardo Hein. The list of dead includes Richard Hein, Genaro Barrientos Barria, Christopher Barria, Carlos Muñoz, Juan Gonzalez de La Fuente, Onofre Uribe Soto, and Pablo Briceño.
What: Condor Flying Club Inc Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee en route from Fredrick, Maryland. Where: Lincoln Highway West, Thomasville, PA When: Jan 29, 2012, 11:00 am Who: 1 fatality Why: The piper crashed in a cornfield off of Lincoln Highway, a mile from the airport. The pilot, Douglas Helms of Westminster Maryland was pronounced dead at the scene. Helms will be at Lehigh Valley Hospital. The cause of the crash is unknown. An investigation is underway. The vehicle is registered to CONDOR FLYING CLUB INC
Street 16192 COASTAL HWY.
What: Secure Aviation Inc Piper PA-31-310 Navajo C Where: North Ocean Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL When: Jan 28 2012 2:46 pm Who: 1 Why: After having engine problems, a pilot quietly landed his twin-engine Piper Navajo on the beach south of the Palm Beach jetty. He said “The plane didn’t want to run anymore, so it landed.”
The pilot was not injured but the plane suffered some damage and will have to be dismantled to be removed from the beach.
The 1974 plane is registered to Secure Aviation, 10218 SE Banyan Way in Tequesta.
What: Keystone Air Service Ltd.Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain en route from Winnipeg to Manitoba. Where: North Spirit Lake reserve, Ontario Canada When: Jan 10, 2012, 10:00 a.m. Who: 5 aboard, 4 fatalities Why: The Keystone Air Service two engines propellor driven aircraft went down half a mile from North Spirit Lake’s gravel runway. THe plane crashed on the lake and caught fire 500 metres from the airport. People from a nearby residence rushed to the plane and tried to put out the fire with snow until the snow became saturated with jet fuel. Then they attempted to cut through the ice to get water to douse the flames. There was no firefighting equipment and no rescue resources or emergency equipment, and the runway has no control tower.
Witnesses heard the plane making a “putt putt” noise as it circled.
The cause of the crash has not been pinpointed; the plane had no black box, but locals say there was a blinding white-out blizzard with no visibility when the plane crashed.
Three of the passengers aboard were employees of Aboriginal Strategies, Inc. The pilot was one of the four people were killed. One male survivor is injured. Martha Campbell, Ben Van Hoek, and Colette Eisinger are among the deceased.
The locator beacon went off at 10:30, alerting ATC and the NTSB that the plane went down. NAPS and the Ontario Provincial Police responded. ASI(Aboriginal Strategies, Inc.) is owned by Tataskweyak Cree Nation, of Split Lake. The small (400 member) community is devastated.
What: PIPER PA-28-151 CHEROKEE, ARROW, WARRIOR, ACHER Where: Longmont When: 12/18/2011 5:36 pm Who: pilot Why: A pilot flying over Longmont had engine trouble and had to make an emergency landing.
The pilot realized he could not make the airport, and maneuvered in position over the road. He managed to land on a busy road with substantial traffic but there was no impact and the plane and cars were undamaged. The pilot apparently coasted in with the engine off. Interview is below
What: Great Lakes Air Inc Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six en route from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island Where: Lake Huron shore, about three miles north of St. Ignace, northern Michigan When: Dec 3, 2011 Who: 2 fatalities Why: Thomas Phillips, 52, with homes in Kirkland and Mackinac Island, and Joseph Pann Jr., 29, of St. Ignace were killed in a piper crash in Michigan. From Mackinac County Airport at St. Ignace to the destination Mackinac Island Airport is 4.5 miles and should have taken six minutes, but the plane was reported missing and was later found 100 yards from shore. Search and rescue controllers were involved at 10:07 p.m after police called. No distress call was reported but the plane was tracked by the cellphone of one of the victims.
Phillips was general manager with Amazon Web Services.
What: (Fuerza Aérea Argentina) Argentine Air Force Piper PA-A28-236 Dakota light aircraft Where: Mercedes Airport, Argentina When: 21-NOV-2011 09:45 LT Who: 2 fatalities Why: On approach to Mercedes Airport, an Argentine Air Force Piper PA-A28-236 Dakota collided with an aviation school Cessna 152.
Both the flight school crew members in the Cessna 150 were killed in the crash. The Piper PA-28 landed safely. The two military personnel aboard the Piper survived.
According to witness Boloni Eduardo, the Air Force plane cut the back of the Cessna with its propeller, causing it to fall
Firefighters, police, ambulance, Air Force, and Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board were on the scene. Mercedes is a public air field with no control tower.
What: Privately owned Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee B Where: Four miles south of Perryville, AR When: Nov 17 2011 Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities Why: Women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant women’s basketball coach Miranda Serna were on a routine recruiting trip to Arkansas, when the plane crashed in steep terrain in the eastern Ouachita Mountains in the Winona Wildlife Management Area. The other two aboard were Former State Senator Olin Branstetter and his wife, Paula. A local deer hunter’s wife told 911 when she saw the airplane nose-diving in a swirling pattern and crashing in the forest. By 6pm, the wreckage had been located. The passengers had been ejected from the plane, which drove a six foot deep furrow into a ridge but did not catch on fire. Rescuers reached the site on YO4 Forest Access Road via four wheelers.
Miranda Serna was in her seventh season as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State.
The cause of the crash is unknown but it was the catalyst of an outpour of support for Oklahoma State.
That the plane was co-owned by the Branstetters, who were from Ponca City. 82 year old Olin Branstetter was a longtime pilot.
Eleven years ago, a plane carrying 10 crashed, killing two OSU men’s basketball players, two members of its radio broadcast team, three members of the team’s support staff and two pilots in a snow storm in Byers, Colorado.
PIPER PA-28-180 Serial 28-1756 #N7746W
Year of Manufacture: 1964
Number of Seats: 4
Certification Issue Date: 29 Sep 1978
Builder Certification Code: Type Certificated
Aircraft Speed: 107
Aircraft Type: Fixed wing single engine
Aircraft Category Code: Land
Airworthiness Date: 17 Jun 1964
Aircraft Weight:
Mode S Code: 52475442
NTSB investigating Aviation Accident in Perryville, Arkansas
November 18, 2011
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has dispatched investigators to examine the circumstances of an aviation accident that occurred yesterday afternoon near Perryville, Arkansas, involving a Piper PA-28-180 (N7746W).
Jason Aguilera is the NTSB Investigator-in-Charge. He will receive headquarters support from air traffic control and meteorology. Parties to the investigation include the Federal Aviation Administration, Piper Aircraft and Lycoming.
Terry Williams will be the public affairs officer on scene.Once he arrives in Perryville, Mr. Williams can be reached on his cell phone at (202) 320-2594 or via email at terry.williams@ntsb.gov.
What: Aéro-club d’Abidjan Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II Where: Near Daloa Airport, Cote d’Ivoire When: Nov 14, 2011 5 p.m. Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities Why: After taking off from Daloa, the Aero-club-owned Cessna crashed.
Witnesses say the pilot was clearly in trouble and the plane made several pirouettes in the air before falling.
Initially there was one survivor who died in the hospital. The UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire responded to the scene of the crash, and the UN’s Bangladeshi batallion (BANBATT) assisted in the recovery.
The pilot was a local pilot. The three white foreigners have not been identified but one had been hired by a local logging company.
What: Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Where: Jesus Ernesto Lozano Airport Chihuahua Mexico When: Sept 29, 2011 Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities Why: Four people were killed in a plane that crashed in Valle de Allende. The passengers were found beside the plane. The front of the plane was gone.
Valles Alejandro Medrano, 23, student
Jasmine Meza Gabriela Nuñez, 20, student
Marcos Moreno Angel Carrillo, 23, farmer
Gabriel Edgar Campos Abes, 24 pilot
They were from Jimenez, and two were students of Centro Cultural Universitario.
They crashed on land belonging to Capitán Ernesto Lozano, who heard the crash, and arrived in time to find two dead passengers, and two dying.
The cause of the accident is unknown. Investigators were called about the crash at 10:15 Sept 29, 2011
What: 1946 Piper J3C-65 Cub Where: Waterford Township When: July 19, 2011 7:10 p.m. Who: pilot Why: The pilot was attempting to make a lake landing with the single engine seaplane when he hit trees near Ideal Terrace and crashed in a field near Williams Lake. The pilot managed to avoid houses in the area, but was injured in the crash with severe injuries to his neck and cuts on his legs.
What: TRENK Contracting Pty. Ltd. Piper PA-46-310P en route from Doolgunna to Meekatharra Where: Meekatharra Airport Australia When: June 15, 2011, 9:00 am Who: Pilot and passenger Why: The pilot and passenger in a piper that was flying from Doolgunna to Meekatharra are both hospitalized today, after crashing short of the Meekatharra runway.
The plane’s right wing and undercarriage were smashed, and the hood was lost. Meekatharra voluntary brigade reported a fuel spill but nothing that would cause a fire.
Both pilot and passenger only had minor injuries, and one was already discharged from Meekatharra Hospital. One injured party was flown to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth.
The crash is under investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau who declined to make a statement.
What: AEROCLUBE DE PIRACICABA PIPER PA-34-200 Seneca I Where: Morro do Cristo village suburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil When: May 16, 2010 Who: 4 fatalities Why: The plane, which had six seats, was used to give flying lessons. It was returning from the city of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, when it crashed near a village outside the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, killing its four occupants at 11 pm Monday, just after the pilot lost contact with Pirassununga control tower.
Searches were performed by a C-105 Amazonas plane, and a Military Police helicopter. The missing plane was found in dense forest between São Pedro and Itaqueri.
The bodies of Instructor Job de Oliveira, Jean Carlos Capelin (30, of São José do Rio Preto), Rodrigo Matos Gomes (27 of Recife ), and Diego Pereira da Costa (27 of Taguatinga) were identified today, and recovered.
What: Gary L. Delia (rgd. owner) Piper PA-24-250 Comanche #N7757P What>Edward J. Crump(rgd. owner) Piper Cherokee D # N5275L Where: County Road 12 and County Road 37, Wawayanda, about 60 miles north of New York City When: May 9 2011 Who: 2 fatalities (pilots) Why: The planes were headed back to New Jersey when they crashed. A witness says one clipped the other, one spiraled down, the other angled over the hill. One of the planes caught fire. Edward Crump was not piloting his plane when it crashed.
Licensed pilots Gary Delia in the Comanche (of Sussex, N.J.) and William Clark in the Cherokee (of Matamoras, Pa.) flew from Sussex County Airport.
What: Single engine 1960 Piper Tri-Pacer en route from Lakefront Airport to St. Charles Parish Where: Harrison Avenue and West End, New Orleans When: April 16, 2011, 2:15 pm Who: pilot Why: Pilot Houston Hunter had dropped off his grandson at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans and was en route to Ama Airport in St. Charles Parish when he had mechanical problems and lost power. The pilot turned and tried to return to Lakefront, but had to make an emergency landing on the boulevard median, striking a minivan. Hunter injured his arm. There were three adults and two children in the van but no one was injured.
What: Golden Wings Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six Where: Haifa Israel When: April 14, 2011 Who: 4 fatalities Why: On a training flight, the Piper developed unspecified engine problems, so that the pilot requested an emergency landing on the Air Force Technical School landing strip.
On return to the airport, the pilot attempted an emergency landing but brushed treetops on approach, and crashed. A flight instructor 65-year-old f David Bechor, and three students including Mustafa Amin Darawsheh and Moshe Bensel were killed in the crash.
Witnesses say the plane “dropped like a stone…a loud blast…explosion and black smoke”
When the rescue teams arrived, the plane was engulfed.
What: Madison Air Guard Flying Club single engine Piper en route to a Sauk Prairie Memorial Airport Where: a half mile north of the Sauk Prairie Memorial Airport runway, Wisconsin When: Dec 29 2010 Who: pilot Chauncey Yost Jr Why: The pilot saw high power lines and made an emergency landing in a field north of the runway where he intended to land. Local passers by helped dig his undamaged plane out of the snow. No ambulance service responded as there were no injuries.
What: TransPac Aviation Academy Piper PA-28-181 training flight from Deer Valley Airport Where: Wittmann, Arizona When: Dec 1, 2010 Who: student pilot Why: A student pilot from Transpac Aviation academy was airlifted to John C Lincoln hospital with minor injuries after landing so hard in the desert that the wheels disengaged. The cause of the incident is unknown but under investigation.
In January, 24 year old Chinese TransPac student pilot Amy Zhai was killed in a 2002 single-engine Piper Archer crash near Deer Valley Airport.
What: FIT Aviation LLC Piper PA-44-180 Seminole en route back to Melbourne after flying to Grand Bahama. Where: Palm Beach International Airport When: Nov 11, 2010 after 6 PM. Who: 4 passengers, 4 fatalities Why: Taking off for a practice run, the plane suffered engine failure in its left engine, caught fire and the plane crashed. Three of those aboard were killed immediately; one was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach where he died later. The crash location is between the gates of terminals B and C east of the airport’s fire station. where most of the wreckage is covered in flame retardant.
The Piper had been operating since 2008
FIT is part of Melbourne’s Florida institute of Technology. A candlelight vigil was held Friday night at the Florida Institute of Technology campus for the four victims of Thursday’s plane crash.
Kristopher Joy Henegar, 22, of Memphis, Tenn., student
Dheni “Jenny” Frembling, 26, of Melbourne, instructor
Jordyn Agostini, 21, of Melbourne, student
Kyle Henegar, 26, Palm Bay, alumnus
According to the NTSB in this interview, “Engines quit all the time, it’s not just the engine”
What: Moorabbin Flying Service (J&J Aviation) Piper PA-28-161 Warrior III Where: Moorabbin Airport,Victoria Australia When: August 17 2010 Who: 3 passengers Why: The plane overran the runway, damaging the prop and nose but the three aboard were unhurt.
What: PA-32 sight-seeing in Alaska Where: Knik Glacier, about 113km northeast of Anchorage When: Sunday August 8, 2010 1 pm Who: pilot, Donald Erbey, 49 and 4 friends Why: Erbey had taken Texas friends sightseeing in his small family Piper 32. When he realized he was flying into bad weather, he turned to head back, “hit a downdraft” and crashed in a snowbank, leaving them stranded since Sunday on Knik Glacier, Alaska.
Monday evening, highly trained pararescuers—Maj. Jesse Peterson, Master Sgt. Al Lankford, Tech. Sgt. Chris Uriarte and Tech. Sgt. Angel Santana—braved a 4 mile trek to walk in food and supplies. The plane’s locator beacon was operable.
Helicopters with additional supplies and support are in the area but weather conditions have not permitted drops or a rescue. They have adequate resources to wait till weather clears enough for helicopters to land as hiking out is a last resort.
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Phil VabreWhat: Wingaway Air Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave en route from Bankstown Aerodrome to Brisbane Australia Where: Canley Vale Road, Australia When: June 15 2010 08:05 am Who: 2 aboard, 28-year-old pilot Andrew Wilson and a female nurse on board, both fatalities Why: After takeoff, the flight developed engine failure. Unable to gain altitude, the pilot reported he would be returning to Bankstown, but plane crashed on Canley Vale Road near Sydney just outside of the ATC three mile boundary. The pilot had been engaged in several minutes of conversation with ATC.
After the crash, the pilot and nurse were fatally injured. A car transporting one adult and three children was hit with crash debris; and the home belonging to Kevin Huynh caught on fire. 5 on the ground were hospitalized.
What: Piper PA-28 Cherokee en route from Springerville Airport Where: Eagar Arizona When: June 11, 2010 Who: originally 2 bodies reported, 4 found aboard by NTSB. Why: The plane circled Round Valley High School two or three times before it crashed into the unoccupied main building at about 2 p.m. Several adults and children were in the auditorium, setting up for the 6 pm town hall. State Sen. Carolyn Allen and former state Sen. Russell Bowers had been there earlier but had already left.
The immediate neighborhood was evacuated because of the fire.
