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    Agricultural Embraer Crashes in Brazil


    On January 5, 2013, a privately owned Embraer EMB Ipanema with only the pilot aboard was making an agricultural pass and spraying crops in Lucas do Rio Verde MT Brazil.

    While cropdusting, the plane collided with a highway sign and the pilot lost control. Engine problems may have also been involved.

    THe pilot’s plane struck a pole then impacted the field of soybeans, instantly killing the pilot, Rubens Fritsch. The plane is a total loss. (See photo)

    His body was recovered by the firefighters who responded to the call at 11:00 a.m. Saturday.

    The married pilot leaves no children. He was buried in Lucas do Rio Verde.

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    Piper Emergency Landing at Mangalore Australia


    On January 7, 2013, on a training flight, a Piper Cherokee VH-JXR with only the pilot aboard took off. He noticed a problem with flying the plane and did a flyby over the airport where his instructor discovered visually that the plane had lost a right rear wheel during takeoff from Mangalore Airport Australia.

    The pilot circled to burn fuel, and talked with his instructor and emergency teams. He landed the plane safely on two wheels.

    The 21 year old Chinese pilot trainee made a safe landing with emergency crews on standby. The pilot had 120 hours of flight experience. English is his second language.

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    Moroccan Family Dies in Grenoble Plane Crash

    On January 5, 2013, a twin engine plane hit a remote hill near Grenoble and crashed, killing five. The pilot was flying his wife and three children from Grenoble France to Morocco. The plane (probably a Piper Seneca) disappeared from radar not long after takeoff.

    The family was returning home from a vacation in France. No one on the ground was hurt.

    Witnesses in Saint Pierre de Bressieux saw the plane crash. Emergency services dispatched to the scene found 5 deceased victims and a burning plane.

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    Fashion Mogul Plane Missing in Venezuela

    On January 4, 2012, a plane taking off at 11:00AM went missing at 11:30AM. The party was en route from the resort Los Roques Venezuela traveling 100 miles to Caracas and disappeared from radar. A search has been initiated for the private plane, a twin-engine Britten Norman BN2 Islander.

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    Listed on the flight were fashion mogul Vittorio Missoni who owned the plane, and his wife Maurizia Castiglioni, entrepreneur Guido Foresti and Elda Scalvenzi from Brescia and two crew members.

    The search stopped at nightfall and began again on January 5.
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    Alabama Plane Crash Under Investigation

    The seventeen year old student pilot who took off with two friends on a late-night flight New Year’s Day 2013(10:30 p.m. Tuesday) and crashed in north Alabama, killing everyone aboard was not following regulations at the time of the crash.

    17-year-old Jordan Seth Montgomery and 19-year-old Brandon Tyler Ary, both of Arley were passengers aboard the plane.

    A student pilot “may not act as pilot in command of an aircraft that is carrying a passenger.” Student Pilot Jordan Ryan Smith was one test away from his pilot’s license, according to family members.

    The airport says the student pilot was flying a plane he wasn’t rated on, without permission, in overcast weather.

    The NTSB investigation is ongoing.

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    Piper Hard Landing Skids Off Vegas Runway


    A Managed Aviation Inc Piper PA-60-602P Aerostar made a hard landing at North Las Vegas Airport, skidded off the runway and caught on fire. The pilot and passenger managed to exit the plane. It appears to be a training flight.

    At 4:20, fire crews were trying to put out the fire.

    The condition of the two aboard has not been reported.
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    Vintage Plane Crashes in San Luis Obispo County

    On Jan 2, 2013, a Luscombe 8A Silvaire crashed in Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation area, a park in San Luis Obispo County. State Park rangers and Five Cities Fire Authority arrived on the scene.

    The pilot’s name, Glen Philip Ray, was released Thursday along with his cause of death: sharp force trauma injuries.

    The only one aboard the vintage plane (circa 1937) was the pilot. A memorial celebrating Ray is scheduled on Jan. 13 at noon at Art Craft Paint in Santa Maria.

    The pilot, who is a former marine, flew commercial cargo planes, restored planes and took side jobs working on various aircraft. He owned his plane but on the ground, instead of a car, he mostly got around by bike.

    The NTSB investigator handling this accident is Howard Plagens. The investigation is expected to take a year, although a preliminary report will probably be available in ten days.

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    Crash in Brazil Totals Ultralight


    On January 2, 2013, a Condor MB ultralight was over rural Luziânia Brazil when the engine shut down.

    The ultralight crashed in a forest and was damaged beyond repair.

    Pilot Alberto Rossi Junior, and his son Lucas Ferreira Rossi, survived, and were taken to a Brasilia hospital.

    Military police and the Fire Department respnded to the scene. The paperwork of the pilot and the plane is reported to be up to date.

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    Antonov Ferry Flight Down After Electrics Fail


    On December 26, 2012, an Antonov 2 TP made a hard landing in Sörmland Swedon while on a ferry flight to Arizona.

    THe plane suffered an electrical failure with all electrical instruments going down, forcing an emergency landing.

    The pilot Cody Purdon secured a landing in a field with no damage to the plane or those aboard. Halfbrother Peter Purdon explained they had flown to Sweden to buy the plane and were flying it home to Arizona; and they will have to reassess their schedule, based on how repairs go.

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    Microlight Crash in Anatalya Turkey Kills Pilot and Foreign Tourist


    December 24, 2012, a Microlight in Anatalya Turkey with two aboard crashed while touring.

    A half hour after taking off, Pilot Joseph Karao?lu’nun Güzeloba and foreign tourist Mark Paris were killed.

    The small plane flies below radar and cannot be detected. Authorities say the plane was likely overloaded. “The plane has a 70 liter tank and the engine can be removed.”

    Prosecutors and crime scene investigation teams are workkng at the scene.

    The remains were taken to the morgue for an autopsy at tye Institute of Forensic Medicine.

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    Single Engine Plane Crash in Brazil


    On December 22, 2012 18:30, a Van’s RV-7A plane with two aboard was near Tito Teixeira aerodrome in Brazil when it crashed after the pilot lost control.

    The single engine plane blew up as it was falling on Saturday night near the Ituiutaba Airport in Triangulo Mieiro. There was a pilot-instructor aboard and a doctor.

    The engine failed shortly after takeoff and the plane crashed in a pasture 100 meters from the runway.

    The crash is under investigation. This is the third small crash in the area this December.

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    Santa Sleigh Sustains minor Damage

    Dec 22, 2012, private DBS Santa Clause Santa Supersleigh 100F #NP-001 taking off from the North Pole Cargoport Airfield, sustained a runway excursion.

    A reindeer-powered experimental Santa SuperSleigh 100F sustained minor damage when it veered off the left side of runway 31 during its takeoff at the North Pole Cargoport Airfield, North Pole, and struck runway lights. The instrument rated captain was not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual dba Santa Claus as a nonscheduled international cargo flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, with snowfall.

    The pilot reported that there was snow and ice on the runway. He reported that a strong crosswind gust forced the experimental airplane to veer off the left side of the runway where the it struck runway lights. The pilot managed to get the SuperSleigh back on the runway and stop.
    A postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed minor damage and the flight was able to continue after repairs.

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    Four Survive Bell Crash in Ruthi Switzerland


    Dec 20, 2012, at 16:30 a Bell UH-1D Huey en route from Balzers to St. Gallen, Switzerland developed engine problems.

    The pilot touched down with skids, bounced, and crashed into a cottage in Rüthi in the Rhine valley about 200 meters from the highway. The gearbox and rotor were ten meters from the body of the helicopter.

    The four people aboard the helicopter were hospitalized with minor injuries. Rescue services considered the damage to the helicopter and said that it was lucky there were no fatalities.

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    Pilatus Damaged During Taxi

    December 19, 2012, Dalosto Aircraft Leasing LLC Pilatus PC-12/45 was taxiing at Chippewa County Airport when it hit a fence.

    The four people aboard were not injured but the plane sustained some damage.

    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 412CU Make/Model: PC12 Description: PC-12, Eagle
    Date: 12/19/2012 Time: 0835

    Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
    Damage: Minor

    LOCATION
    City: SAULT SAINTE MARIE State: MI Country: US

    DESCRIPTION
    AIRCRAFT HIT A FENCE WHILE TAXIING AT CHIPPEWA COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
    SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MI

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    Jasper Trainee Flips in High Wind, Survives Forced Landing


    DEC 18, 2012, 10:30 a.m. A Jacksonville FLight Training Zenair CH-2000 Alarus flown by a student pilot was en route from Jacksonville to Suwannee County when it made a hard landing in a Hamilton Country field.

    25-year-old Mao Borui was not seriously injured when the plane landed in Jasper Florida, although it flipped and broke the nose of the plane.

    When the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, they called it a crash landing.

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    Pilot and Passenger Crashed On Mountain


    On December 19, 2012, a Stringer Welding Inc Beechcraft B100 King Air was en route to Libby Area Airport when it crashed in William’s Gulch, Swede Mountain, MT killing the pilot and a passenger.

    A witness living on Swede Mountain heard the plane when it impacted.

    National Transportation Security Board officials and Search and Rescue found the crashed plane heavily damaged after a difficult search in bad weather. Search and rescue members snow-mobiled into the area, used hand-held Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT) to find the wreckage. The beacon was found intact.

    The plane had been piloted by Carl Douglas, CEO of Stinger Welding Inc. The passenger was John Smith, a Stinger company driver. Their recovery is pending weather conditions.

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    Pilot Killed in Kit Plane Crash in Georgia

    On December 18, 2012 at 2:15 p.m. a Hummel H5 en route from Tom B. David Field Airport crashed and caught fire in a forested area in Calhoun, Georgia.

    The pilot, Roy Gardner Russom (76) died on the scene. It was the first flight of the experimental plane which Russom had been tinkering with just before the flight.

    Russom served in the United States Air Force and retired as an Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent.

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    British Pilot and Passenger Survive Crash in Thailand


    On Dec 17, 2012, a privately owned Diamond dA42 Twin Star crashed and flipped in a paddy in Pathum Thani, Sam Khok, Thailand. The crash was about 200 meters from a residential area.

    The two Brits, Nicholas Turner (54) and David Walls (71)who were aboard survived the crash. They were returning from a business trip.

    After impact, locals assisted the pilot and passenger out of the plane. Volunteers from Ruamkatanyu Foundation took the victims to Krung Siam St. Carlos. They were hospitalized with minor injuries.

    The Civil Aviation Department and Scientific Crime Detection Centre 1 yesterday inspected the wreckage. Asian Aerospace Services removed the wreckage to Don Mueang Airport. The flight data recorder will be analyzed. The immediate cause of the accident.

    * In various sources, the pilot was identified as Nicholas Turner, Nicholas Phillippe, Nicholas Philip Plumer, Nicholas Pumer

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    2 Lost in Piper Crash in Ely

    What: Piper PA-31T1 Cheyenne en route from Mesa, Arizona to Portland-Troutdale Airport,Oregon
    Where: Ely, NV
    When: Dec 15, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: Two people aboard a Piper Cheyenne crashed in Ely Nevada when the pilot apparently lost control.

    The FAA and NTSB are investigating.

    Flight Aware Flight Log

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    Smoking Tiger Moth makes Emergency Landing at Jandakot

    What: private Tiger Moth
    Where: Jandakot Airport Australia
    When: Dec 14, 2012, 10:15 a.m.
    Who: pilot and passenger
    Why: The flight was en route when smoke started coming from the engine. The smoke was seen at 10: 15.

    Shortly later, the pilot made a safe landing at Jandakot Airport Australia with four crews of emergency services standing by.

    The smoke seemed to originate from an oil leak.

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    Emergency Landing in Waterloo

    What: Private Cessna en route from Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre
    Where: Region of Waterloo International Airport
    When: Dec 13, 2012
    Who: flight instructor, pilot
    Why: Pilots made an emergency landing in Waterloo with emergency services on standby.

    The flight was en route when smoke developed in the cockpit.

    THe smoke is being blamed on a leaky oil seal dripping oil on to the muffler.

    The plane landed with emergency services on standby but taxied on its own steam to the hanger.

    No injuries were reported.

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    Beechcraft Crash in Texas

    What: O’Neal Aviation LLC Beechcraft E90 King Air en route from Amarillo to Fort Worth
    Where: Armstrong County Texas
    When: Dec 14, 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: The pilot was en route and ten minutes into the flight when he lost control.Witnesses saw the plane go down south of Farm-to-Market Road 1258 in Armstrong County.

    The pilot was killed. The plane disappeared from radar at 6 pm. The debris field was located on Dec 14.

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    Cessna Accident in Juneau AK


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    Contact photographer Russell Williams
    What: Private Cessna 150C
    Where: Juneau AK
    When: Dec 12, 2012 2:10 p.m.
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: While on a training flight, pilots were landing at Juneau International Airport on a wet runway when the plane’s gear collapsed.

    The pilot had been practicing touch-and-go landings.

    The plane came to rest on its side. The plane suffered significant damage. The runway was tied-up as the plane was towed to an aircraft parking area. The pilot and passenger survived.

    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 1901Z
    Make/Model: C150
    Description: 150, A150, Commuter, Aerobat
    Date: 12/12/2012
    Time: 2309
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: None
    Mid Air: N
    Missing: N
    Damage: Substantial

    LOCATION
    City: JUNEAU State: AK Country: US

    DESCRIPTION
    AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GEAR COLLAPSED AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, JUNEAU, AK