Authorities said the Rockwell 112B plane, that took off from Kelowna, went down in the Trout Lake area.

There were two people aboard at the time; both of them were killed in the crash.

The cause of crash is being investigated.

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The two seater plane on a “sightseeing adventure” from Reading, Pennsylvania, had to be landed in emergency due to engine trouble.

The plane was destroyed. The 55 year-old woman and 47 year-old man aboard remained safe.

The FAA is investigating the incident.

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Date: 10-AUG-13
Time: 13:25:00Z
Regis#: N7811W
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA28
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
City: POTEAU
State: Oklahoma
Description: AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES NEAR ROBERT S. KERR AIRPORT, POTEAU, OK

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 10-AUG-13
Time: 17:15:00Z
Regis#: N96037
Aircraft Make: TAYLORCRAFT
Aircraft Model: BC12
Event Type: Accident
Damage: Substantial
City: INDEPENDENCE
State: Oregon
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING FLIPPED OVER, INDEPENDENCE, OR

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 16:40:00Z
Regis#: N7720P
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA24
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: HESPERIA
State: California
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING WENT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DIRT, HESPERIA, CA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 09-AUG-13
Time: 16:30:00Z
Regis#: N36538
Aircraft Make: AIR TRACTOR
Aircraft Model: AT400
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
City: DUMAS
State: Arkansas

Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GROUND LOOPED, BILLY FREE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DUMAS, AR

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 09-AUG-13
Time: 20:28:00Z
Regis#: N286AM
Aircraft Make: AVIAT
Aircraft Model: A1
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Substantial
City: BETTLES
State: Alaska
Description: AIRCRAFT CRASHED ONTO A GRAVEL BAR, 125 MILES FROM BETTLES, ALASKA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 10-AUG-13
Time: 20:44:00Z
Regis#: N230AK
Aircraft Model: S18
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
City: HUMBOLDT
State: South Dakota
Description: AIRCRAFT, EXPERIMENTAL SUPER 18, CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN A FIELD, NEAR HUMBOLDT, SC

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 10:46:00Z
Regis#: N10PZ
Aircraft Make: QUEST
Aircraft Model: KODIAK100
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Substantial
City: WESTPORT
State: Massachusetts
Description: AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, WESTPORT, MA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 15:45:00Z
Regis#: N4514S
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: 33
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Fatal
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: ENNIS
State: Texas
Description: AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, RANKIN, ELLIS COUNTY, 10 MILES FROM ENNIS, TX

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 09-AUG-13
Time: 15:22:00Z
Regis#: N13622
Aircraft Make: ROCKWELL
Aircraft Model: 690
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Fatal
Damage: Destroyed
City: EAST HAVEN
State: Connecticut
Description: AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO HOUSES 1/4 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT, THE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED AND 2 PERSONS ON THE GROUND WERE FATALLY INJURED, EAST HAVEN, CT

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 12:30:00Z
Regis#: N25QL
Aircraft Make: RAVEN
Aircraft Model: S55A
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Fatal
Damage: Unknown
City: ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU
Country: Canada
DESCRIPTION
Description: N25QL RAVEN S55A HOT AIR BALLOON IN LANDING, 1 PERSON ON THE GROUND WAS FATALLY INJURED, AT ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, SAINT GREGOIRE, QUEBEC, CANADA
INJURY DATA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 10-AUG-13
Time: 16:55:00Z
Regis#: N22PA
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: 24
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: LINCOLNTON
State: North Carolina
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, LINCOLNTON, NC

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 10-AUG-13
Time: 14:58:00Z
Regis#: N27BD/BA100
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: Unknown
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: KILLEEN
State: Texas
Country:
DESCRIPTION
Description: AIRCRAFT EXPERIMENTAL BA-100, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD, NEAR KILLEEN, TX

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 18:52:00Z
Regis#: N2559Z
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA23
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
City: BILLINGS
State: Montana
Description: AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF ROLL, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, BILLINGS, MT

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 12-AUG-13
Time: 09:57:00Z
Regis#: N4969J
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA28R
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: FREDERICKSBURG
State: Virginia
Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED ON A PARKING LOT, FREDERICKSBURG, VA
Total Fatal: 0

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 21:54:00Z
Regis#: N557BB
Aircraft Make: RANS
Aircraft Model: S12
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: DORCHESTER
State: Maryland
Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN THE WATER OFF ELLIOTT ISLAND, NEAR DORCHESTER, MD

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 14:30:00Z
Regis#: N61JB
Aircraft Make: MITSUBISHI
Aircraft Model: MU2B
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: COLUMBUS
State: Ohio
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING WENT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, RICKENBACKER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COLUMBUS, OH

END NOTICE
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 21:05:00Z
Regis#: N73091
Aircraft Make: CESSNA
Aircraft Model: 172
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: None
City: NEW LONDON
State: New Hampshire
Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED ON A HIGHWAY, NEAR NEW LONDON, NH

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 17:28:00Z
Regis#: N8147J
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA32
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: ALEXANDRIA
State: Louisiana
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, ALEXANDRIA, LA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 01:45:00Z
Regis#: N82736
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA18
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
City: FAREWELL LAKE
State: Alaska
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING STRUCK THE PROP, FAREWELL LAKE AIRSTRIP, ALASKA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 20:38:00Z
Regis#: N88448
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: J3C
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Aircraft Missing:
Damage: Minor
City: TITUSVILLE
State: Florida
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ROLLOUT, FLIPPED ONTO ITS NOSE, TITUSVILLE, FL

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 18:30:00Z
Regis#: N894CT
Aircraft Make: DIAMOND
Aircraft Model: DA20
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
City: ATLANTA
State: Georgia
Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GEAR COLLAPSED, NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY AIRPORT, ATLANTA, GA

IDENTIFICATION
Date: 11-AUG-13
Time: 14:30:00Z
Regis#: UNREG
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: Minor
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: WATERLOO
State: Indiana
Description: UNREGISTERED ULTRALIGHT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD NEAR WATERLOO, IN
INJURY DATA
Total Fatal: 0

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The “Meridian” Rockwell 690B Turbo Commander that crashed into the East Haven home had two aboard, Bill Henningsgaard and his teenage son, Maxwell, who were visiting colleges.

Inside one of the houses struck were Sadie Brantley, 13, and Madisyn Mitchell, 1, bringing the total fatalities up to four. The children’s mother, Joann Mitchell, 39, escaped as well as a Scottish terrier which was found outside after the crash.

A National Transportation Safety Board official said there might be four to six fatalities.

Updated reports indicate that the left wing lodged in one house and the right wing in the other.

Henningsgaard was piloting the plane. He was about to land on Tweed’s Runway 2 with an instrument landing. He had missed his first approach and was about to attempt a second landing.

Henningsgaard was a former (14 year) Microsoft executive. According to SVP, Henningsgaard Bill was a member of Social Venture Partners since 1998, was the board chair and acting executive director of Eastside Pathways, and on the board of Youth Eastside Services, co-founded the advisory board of the Institute of Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington, and was treasurer of his church council. He had an undergraduate degree at Harvard, post-graduate education at the University of Oslo, Norway, and an M.B.A. from Stanford.

He is survived by his wife, Susan Sullivan, and two children.

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The pilot of a Rockwell International Turbo Commander 690B en route from Teterboro Airport did not alert air traffic control that anything was wrong before the plane he was flying crashed approaching Tweed New Haven at 11:25 a.m. Friday.

The plane struck homes north of Tweed New Haven Airport at 64 and 68 Charter Oak Avenue in East Haven; a one year old and a thirteen year old may have been inside one of two houses that caught fire. Heroic attempts were made to reach the children but were unsuccessful. The children and the pilot have been reported missing.

Witnesses say the mother of the children was in her yard screaming that her children were inside. Passers by attempted to rescue the children, and found the burning plane in a bedroom. Two houses were on fire, and a car blew up in a driveway.

Fire engines and emergency crews from East Haven, New Haven and Brantford responded to the scene. THe houses, plane and car are a total loss.

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The plane came to rest pitched on its side in a pool of leaked fuel. No injuries were reported.

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State Unit of Civil Protection and Fire Jalisco (UEPCBJ), the Attorney General of the State (PGJE) are investigating.

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What: Ponderosa Aviation Inc. Rockwell Commander 690A en route from Mesa, Ariz to Safford, Arizona
Where: Apache Junction, Pinal County, AZ
When: Nov 23, 2011
Who: 6 fatalities
Why: On a thanksgiving flight that took off at 6:15, the pilot was flying to Safford and struck a rockface at the Superstition mountains. The children’s mother, Karen Perry, was not aboard. The fuselage is jammed between rocks.

The victims of the crash included Joseph Hardwick, 22, mechanic; pilot and aircraft owner Russell Hardy, 31; pilot Shawn Perry, 39; and Perry’s three children, Morgan, 9, Logan, 8, and Luke, 6.

The plane had just left Mesa’s Falcon Field when it crashed. It is a six hour hike from a campground to the wreckage. A ten member sheriff’s rescue team was flown in by chopper, and hiked down from a mountaintop.

The flight path that the pilot took is a controversial one. The FAA redesignated Phoenix airspace, raising the floor altitude for commercial traffic at almost the same height as the tallest peak in the Superstitions (5,057 feet). Planes such as this one flying east from Mesa’s Falcon Field must either go around the peak or request permission to enter commercial airspace to fly above it.

Webcam footage:

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Views of the wreckage

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Day’s plane struck the top of a steep ridge three feet deep in snow. The plane was not reported missing, and was not located until a passing plane heard the beacon in Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming,

A helicopter retrieved the bodies on Saturday.

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What: Bolivian owned Sabreliner en route from La Paz to the southern city of Sucre
Where: Jorge Wilstermann International Airport of Cochabamba
When: Dec 23. 2009
Who: Bolivian President Evo Moarales
Why: The plane made an unscheduled landing in Cochabamba in central Bolivia due to a failure in the hydraulics system. The 30 year old plane is planned to be replaced in 2011 by a $30 million dollar Russian Antonov BJ.

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Reliable older planes…you just can not skimp on maintenance.

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Video taken by hikers hiking to top of El Yunque in Puerto Rico May 2008. El Yunque National Forest is the site of the crash.

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