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    Fighter Jet Crashes in Texas


    What: CNR AIRCRAFT INC Aero Vodochody L-29 Delphin
    Where: Trinity River, SW of Scurry, TX
    When: Dec 13, 2012 10:30 a.m.
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: When the Aero Vodochody L-29 Delphin fighter jet impacted terrain, the two aboard, Fisher Floyd and Noell Rather were killed. The impact occurred near the juncture of the Trinity River and Highway 35, leaving a debris field for hundreds of feet.

    Floyd won the flight in an auction. He leaves behind a wife and two kids.

    Rather flew fighter jets for ten years in the U.S. Air Force

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    Hard Landing at McGhee Tyson Airport

    What: TBM7 twin engine en route from Hanover County Municipal Airport in Ashland, Va. to McGhee Tyson
    Where: McGhee Tyson
    When: Dec 12, 2012
    Who: pilot and passenger
    Why: After developing nose gear issues, the plane made an emergency landing at McGhee Tyson Airport, ALCOA Tennessee

    Emergency vehicles were on standby.

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    Agricultural Plane Crash in NZ

    What: Ravensdown Aerowork light plane
    Where: Taranaki NZ
    When: Dec 11, 2012
    Who: 1 aboard
    Why: A light plane was engaged in fertiliser spreading and agricultural spraying for Wanganui Aero Work company. (Wanganui was acquired by Ravensdown Aerowork in 2004 but the plane had not been provided new colors.)

    The plane went down near Waitaanga Rd.

    The Rescue Co-ordination Centre heard the beacon at 5.38 p.m.

    The pilot was tended by paramedics then hospitalized at Waikato Hospital.

    The sixty year old pilot sustained serious spinal injuries.

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    Plane Flips on Emergency Field Landing De Kalb

    What: Auman T-51
    Where: De Kalb, IL
    When: Dec 11, 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: After taking off from De Kalb Airport, the Auman T-51 developed engine trouble, losing altitude and emitting smoke.

    Pilot James L Auman landed the plane in a field, then bounced and flipped. Plane and pilot both sustained substantial damage. Auman had to be extricated, then was taken by medical chopper to St. Anthony Hospital.

    Raw Video of Rescue

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    FAA Initial Report of Starwood Management Learjet that Killed Jenni Rivera Entourage


    What: Learjet 25 en route from Monterrey to Toluca
    Where: Los Tejocotes
    When: December 9 20123:30
    Who: 7 aboard
    Update:
    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 345MC Make/Model: LJ25 Description: LEARJET 25
    Date: 12/09/2012 Time: 0630

    Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
    Damage: Destroyed

    LOCATION DESCRIPTION
    AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAINOUS AREA, THE 7 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, 61 MILES FROM MONTEREY, MEXICO

    INJURY DATA
    Total Fatal: 7
    # Crew: 7 Fat: 7

    NTSB Assists Government of Mexico in Aviation Accident
    December 10
    Washington – The NTSB is dispatching investigators to assist the government of Mexico in its investigation of the crash of a Learjet LJ25.

    On December 9, 2012 at about 3:30 a.m. local time, the airplane crashed about 70 miles south of Monterrey, Mexico, due to unknown circumstances while en route to Mexico City, Mexico. All 7 persons on board were fatally injured including Latin singer Jenni Rivera.

    NTSB Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman has designated David Helson as the traveling U.S. Accredited Representative. Mr. Helson will be assisted from NTSB headquarters by investigative staff specializing in airplane airworthiness and flight crew operations as well as advisors from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Learjet.

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    LearJet Wreckage Located Sierra Madre Oriental, RIP J

    Monterrey and Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
    Monterrey and Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico

    What: Learjet 25 en route from Monterrey to Toluca
    Where: Los Tejocotes
    When: December 9 20123:30
    Who: 7 aboard
    Why: The 300 meter debris field of a plane wreckage discovered near the town of Iturbide in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Oriental is believed to be that of the plane taken by Rivera’s party to Toluca. Forensic experts recovered Rivera’s California Driver License and the Mexican passport of Miguel Perez Soto, confirming the hypothesis.

    Jenni Rivera, “La Diva de la Banda” is from Long Beach, California and recently divorced former Major League Baseball pitcher Esteban Loaiza.

    The wreckage was found with no survivors.

    Rest in peace.

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    Palm Beach Cessna Crash in John Prince Park

    What: 1980 Cessna 421 en route from Lantana airport
    Where: John Prince Park in Lake Worth
    When: December 8, 2012
    Who: 1 fatality
    Why: The Cessna slammed into a stand of palm trees at 1:30 p.m. on the south shore of Square Lake, exploding at John Prince Park, west of Lake Worth, on Saturday afternoon. The pilot died in the impact.

    The park is located between Palm Beach State College and Lantana airport. People who were at the park who witnessed the crash described the explosion and black smoke. THey immediately tried to help but the plane burst into flames.

    The plane was registered to SDSEF Leasing of Miami Lakes.

    Thirty minutes after impact, Palm Beach County sheriff’s cars and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue vehicles arrived and secured the area.

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    Robinson Crashed in Mudgee Australia

    What: Robinson 44 helicopter
    Where: Mudgee Australia
    When: Dec 9, 2012
    Who: 1 fatality
    Why: A 48 year old man on an agricultural flight was flying a Robinson helicopter and crashed in steep and rugged bushland at Grattai in New South Wales. Emergency services responded to the scene at 11:00 a.m.

    The pilot is thought to have been spraying for weeds.

    The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. The Australian ATSB is investigating.

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    Two Planes Collide over Germany, 8 Fatalities


    What: Piper PA-32-301 Saratoga
    Robin DR.400/180 Regent
    Where: Near Wölfersheim, Hessen
    When: Dec 8 2012
    Who: 5 + 3 fatalities
    Why: A Piper PA-32-301 Saratoga (D-EUEU) and a Robin DR.400 (D-EHJP) both crashed following a mid-air collision near Wölfersheim, Hessen, Germany. All five occupants of the Saratoga and all three aboard the DR.400 were killed. Four adults and four children.

    Shortly after 2 pm Saturday when it was still daylight, the two small planes collided in the air over Wölfersheim-Melbach and Dorheim. Police, fire and rescue services were up all night in freezing temperatures, hampered by falling snow while recovering the fatalities and processing the scene.

    The debris field is described as huge, crossing two adjacent fields near the village of Melbach and a couple of meters from the Reichelsheim airfield.

    Two adults and three children were on the Piper Saratoga to Aschaffenburg. Two adults and a child were in the Robin.

    The federal Office of Aircraft Accidents Investigation will be investigating. Witnesses who may have observed the collision at Wölfersheim on Saturday afternoon are being asked to call 06031 – Report to 6010.

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    Crabtree Accident Preliminary Investigation Out

    What: RV6 two-seat airplane
    Where: Crabtree
    When: Nov 26, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: The preliminary report on the Nov 26 crash of a 2 seat kit plane says a witness saw one wing fold upward during a turn, and the wing apparently hit the canopy, shattering its glass.

    A wing was lost in flight and found thousands of feet from the location of the wreckage.

    Aircraft owner Timothy Dean Carter of Portland and commercial pilot Jeff Earl Kropf of Halsey were killed in the crash.

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    Helicopter lost in Baltic Sea, 2 aboard

    What: Helitrans Eurocopter AS 350 Ecureuil en route from Lübeck, Germany to Halmstad Sweden
    Where: Baltic Sea
    When: Dec 5, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: The Helitrans Eurocopter has been missing since December fifth over the Baltic Sea. The emergency beacon located by a German Navy vessel off the coast of Fehmarn island appears to have been a false alarm. Danish air ATC lost radar contact with the helicopter at 13:56 Swedish time, about 10 minutes after takeoff into what should have been a 2 hour flight.

    The pilot is a Norwegian employee of Heli Trans. The other has foreign citizenship and is not employed by Heli Trans.

    The search operation for the missing Norwegian helicopter was suspended overnight from 10 o’clock p.m. on Dec 5 but rescue centers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden have been involved. Nine search vessels are in the area east of Neustadt in Holstein. See German Link here:No traces of fuel or oil in the water have been found, and the beacon that was located by the German ship appears to have been a lost cell phone. It was not in the expected flight path.

    The air search has resumed, with a German Sea King helicopter now searching. Recent snowfall is impeding search more difficult.

    The passenger’s name has not been released but the next of kin have been informed.

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    Lost Flight Found Wrecked South of Greensburg


    What: Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage en route from Destin to Greensburg
    Where: 1-1/2 miles south of the Greensburg Airport, Indiana
    When: Dec 2, 2012
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: A plane registered to Donald P. Horan of Greensburg was found wrecked south of the airport on Sunday. There were four fatalities associated with the wreckage. The crash was reported by locals who heard the impact at 6:19 p.m on Dec 2.

    At 6:30, the pilot of the plane was communicating with flight controllers at the Indianapolis International Airport when they lost contact. The FAA called Greensburg.

    Greensburg Fire Department, Greensburg Police Department and Decatur County Sheriff’s Department were searching the area. Fog prevented the deployment of a helicopter or an air search but six teams of ground crews made up of six to eight people searched a grid south of the airport on ATVs. The plane was located after 10:30 at night.

    Video Plane Missing

    Video Plane Found

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    Piper Crash Kills Florida Couple

    What: Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee C en route from Waterbury-Oxford to Simsbury
    Where: Onion Mountain, near Simsbury, CT
    When: Nov 19, 2012 10:20 p.m.
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: Donald Derocher, 73, and Josephine Derocher, 74, were en route to visit family in Connecticut when their plane dropped from radar into an area of difficult access.

    The plane struck the Onion Mountain, and was located crashed in the Simsbury-owned Onion Mountain Park. Rescuers used chain saws to clear a path to the wreckage,

    The record of takeoff from Waterbury-Oxford airport were denied by the airport manager. The NTSB is investigating

    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 8826J
    Make/Model: PA28 D
    Description: PA-28 CHEROKEE, ARROW, WARRIOR, ACHER
    Date: 11/19/2012 Time: 2334
    Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
    Damage: Unknown

    LOCATION City: CANTON State: CT Country: US

    DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE
    FATALLY INJURED, 10 MILES FROM CANTON, CT

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    Piper Crashes in Chilean Yard injuring Pilots


    What: Servicios Aéreos Romeo Mike Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee
    Where: near Santiago/La Reina-Eulogio Sánchez Airport, Chile
    When: Nov 6, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: After taking off from Tobalaba Airport (aka Santiago/La Reina-Eulogio Sánchez Airport), the plane crashed 500 meters away, in a field adjacent to commercial property in ??Avenida Ossandón.

    Pilots Sergio Canilla Canales and Jorge Juacida Ramírez were injured and transported to the hospital.

    The plane struck a tree and a structure in a residential yard, according to firefighters. Four fire companies assisted in rescuing the pilots.

    The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is investigating.

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    Six Die in Matto Grosso

    What: Mato Grosso Transport Secretariat Twin Engine
    Where: Chapada dos Guimaraes,
    When: Nov 2, 2012
    Who: 4 fatalities
    Why: Two engineers supervising paving works in Confresa lost control of the plane on approach to the airport.

    What: Single engine Inpaer Excel
    Where: Taquarinhas beach, Camboriu
    When: Nov 3, 2012
    Who: Two adults, 1 child, 2 fatalities
    Why: The flight went down in the ocean near Taquarinhas beach. The pilot and another adult aboard were killed. An eleven year old boy who was aboard survived the crash and has been hospitalized. The flight had taken off from Porto Belo, Santa Catarina. The aircraft sank around 10 a.m.

    Fishermen rescued the eleven year old, tossing him a floatation device. He was hospitalized at City Hospital Ruth Cardoso.

    The remains of pilot Julius Mandelli and his adult passenger were retrieved by rescue crews on jet skis and ski boats.

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    Piper Street Landing in Odessa

    What: Kensington Capital LLC Piper PA-24-250 Comanche en route from Arizona to Schlemeyer Field Airport
    Where: Odessa
    When: Oct 26
    Who: 3 aboard
    Why: When the pilot realized he didn’t have enough fuel for the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche to make it to Schlemeyer Field, he dodged power lines and made an emergency landing on 87th Street between Harvard Ave. and Rainbow Dr.

    The pilot called for a fuel delivery, and was subsequently permitted to take off for the airport. There were no injuries.

    KWES NewsWest 9 / Midland, Odessa, Big Spring, TX: newswest9.com |

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    Nashua Couple’s Plane Crashes Hooksett Highway

    What: Herman Hassinger Architects Beechcraft A36 Bonanza en route from Nashua to Laconia
    Where: Hooksett, New Hampshire
    When: Oct 25, 2012 1:30 pm
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: According to reports, the single-engine Beechcraft hit a light pole alongside I-93 northbound.

    The two aboard, Husband and wife Herman and Doris Hassinger, were on their way to a board of trustees meeting at a New Hampton boarding school, and died when the plane crashed on to the shoulder and guard rail after glancing off the pole.

    Herman Hassinger was ejected into the woods about 25 yards from the plane.

    The plane sustained heavy front-end damage. The debris included parts fallen from the light pole and about six feet of the plane’s wing.

    The Bureau of Aeronautics, FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating.

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    Two aboard Piper Crashed in Creve Coeur Lake, Maryland Heights

    What: Piper PA-28 Cherokee#N55620 en route from Delaware, Ohio to Creve Coeur airport.
    Where: Creve Coeur Lake, Maryland Heights
    When: Oct 24, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: While attempting a landing on the shore, the piper that crashed into Creve Coeur Lake had two occupants, pilot Russell Hazelton, 78 who died at DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton and passenger Suzanne Hazelton, 69 who was on life support. The plane flipped on to its back during the attempted landing.

    Lake Saint Louis Fire Protection District dive team, police and rescue services were on hand for the recovery.

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    French Pilot Crashes in Vienne

    What: Skyranger
    Where: Vienne France
    When: Oct 23, 2012 3:00 pm
    Who: 1 fatality
    Why: The pilot of a SkyRanger failed to return from a 2 hour flight, triggering a Sater Bravo land-air rescue.

    A search went on till 2:00 a.m. The next day his remains were discovered near an electrical cable in a wooded area, ten miles east of the airport. The plane was severely damaged.

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    Plane Crashes into Inlet beside Fire Island


    What: Globe Swift en route from Spadaro Airport
    Where: Moriches inlet, Fire Island
    When: Oct 20, 2012 3 p.m.
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: A Globe Swift plane that took off from Spadaro Airport had two aboard.

    The plane was witnessed nosediving into Moriches inlet where it sank twenty to thirty feet deep, ending up upside down on a rock where divers took hours trying to retrieve the occupants.

    Fishermen were the first on the scene, and tried to haul the plane up with a rope.Medics were on standby waiting for the divers to retrieval of the passengers, but the occupants were underwater for hours and presumed deceased.

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    Bucks County Chopper Crash


    What: Helicopter
    Where: Bucks County, Tinicum Township
    When: October 17 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: Pilot Cpl. Douglas Ward Brigham died in a crash when his helicopter went down in the woods and caught fire shortly after takeoff. Residents of the area heard an explosion. The helicopter impacted in woods off River Road in Erwinna, across the Delaware River from Frenchtown, N.J.Brigham had been flying for 25 years. He was a licensed pilot, instructor and volunteer rescuer. He had taken off from the private helipad at his house.

    Tinicum Township Department of Emergency Management, and Patient Airlift Services responded to the scene.

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    Plane Crash in Ontario

    What: Lake LA-250 Renegade
    Where: South of Pickle Lake Airport CYPL, Ontario
    When: Oct 16, 2012
    Who: 4 aboard, 3 fatalities
    Why: A plane on a ferry flight to new owners landing at Pickle Lake Airport and crashed three kilometers past the end of the runway in a wooded area.

    At two a.m. a search for the plane was initiated, after a beacon went off. A 424 Squadron parachute team dispatched from a C130 Hercules Trenton, Ont.

    Three individuals died at the scene. A fourth has been hospitalized.in Winnipeg.

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    Cirrus Crashes in Gary

    What: Gandy Air LLC Cirrus SR22 GTS G3 Turbo en route from Smyrna to Gary
    Where: A mile SE of the Gary Chicago Int. Airport
    When: Oct 3, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: A plane that took off from Smyrna, Tenn. General Airport crashed for unknown reasons in a wooded area about 400 feet from the Lighthouse Charter School in Gary. The bodies of the two men aboard were retrieved from the scene of the crash around 5:35 p.m.

    No one reported a distress signal. A witness in Gary heard the plane’s engine “sputter” before the plane crashed. Many of the 650 students of West Gary Lighthouse Charter School heard the plane come down.

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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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    Piper Crash in Austria

    What: Land- und Forstflug GesmbHb Piper J3C
    Where: Apetlon Austria
    When: Sept 29, 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: The 49-year-old pilot from Wiener Neustadt struck trees when flying in Apetion. The pilot landed in a field with parts of the tree stuck in the plane. The pilot was treated on the scene and taken to the hospital with a fractured pelvis.

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