Collision

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    On taxi, wings of Nigerian Airforce C-130 and Arik Airlines Collide, No injury

    What: Nigerian Airforce C-130
    Where: Jos, Nigeria
    When: July 14, 2012
    Who: no injuries
    Why: The jet was about to take off when “An Arik Airline Boeing 737-700 with registration No 5NMJI on a routine flight to Lagos brushed the wing of a parked Nigerian Air Force C-130 (NAF 917) at the Yakubu Gowon Airport.”

    The tank 1 wing tip of the NAF C-130 was damaged. The wing of the Arik aircraft was dismembered.

    The announcement was made by Wing Commander A. Makun, Deputy Director, Directorate of Airforce information.

    The Air Force Jet was about to fly Airforce Military School and Airforce Girls Military School both in the Plateau State capital from Jos to Lagos. The flight was canceled.

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    FAA, NTSB Employee’s Planes Collide


    What: NTSB employee’s Beechcraft BE-35 (N6658R) five miles from Warrenton-Fauquier Airport
    What: FAA employee Thomas R. Provin’s 1965 Piper PA-28 (N23SC) en route from from Culpeper Regional Airport to the Warrenton-Fauquier
    Where: southern Fauquier County.
    When: May 28, 2012 4:00 pm
    Who: two people aboard the Beechcraft fatalities, one aboard the Piper (injured)
    Why: Over Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, two planes collided. The pilot of the piper was hospitalized with injuries; both in the Beechcraft succumbed to their injuries. The Beechcraft was owned by an employee of the NTSB. The Piper is owned by an employee of the FAA. Subsequently, they requested the Canadian NTSB to investigate.

    The planes impacted the ground a mile apart by a mile long debris field, one on a family farm. The woodsy secluded area is a challenging site to gather debris due to wildlife like snakes.

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    Agricultural Accident-two cropdusters collide


    What: Miles Flying Service AT80 AIR TRACTOR AT-802A
    Where: Paragould Arkansas
    When: May 23, 2012, 11:35 a.m
    Who: 1 severe injury, 1 fatality
    Why: Two agricultural planes, a Beech Grove Grumman G164C and a Miles Flying Service AIR TRACTOR AT-802A collided in midair during an aerial application (crop-dusting) activity. The planes flew from Craighead and Greene county airstrips. One plane was flying S-N, the other was flying E-W. The planes turned into one another at the field’s corner and they impacted ground separated by 300 yards near County Road 322 and Highway 168 in Greene County.

    One person on the Gurmman was fatally injured; one person on the Air tractor had serious injuries. The accident occurred sixteen miles from Paragould arkansas. A medical helicopter evacuated the injured pilot.

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    Pakistan Military Trainees Collide over Rashkai Field

    What: 2 Pakistan Air Force PAC MFI-17 Mushshak en route from RISALPUR (OPRS) Military Airport
    Where: Nowshera, Rashkai Pakistan
    When: May 17, 2012
    Who: 4 pilot fatalities, 1 civilian fatality, 8 injured
    Why: Two planes were on a training mission when they collided; then one crashed into a house, and another into the adjoining field. Two trainees and two instructors were killed in the crash. According to reports, the collided in midair. The collision caused a large fire in a residential area.

    The deceased were identified as Mohazzam, Mustafa, Masood and Zareen.

    Witnesses say the wings knocked together and set the planes on fire. Inside the house, two residents, a girl and an elderly man, were injured.

    Pakistan Air force Headquarters is investigating. There have been six PAC crashes in the last seven months.

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    Small Planes Collide, 5 Fatalities, Mile of Debris

    What: Bourgault Industries Piper PA-28 Cherokee
    What: Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer amphibious plane
    Where: Brieux, Saskatchewan
    When: May 12, 2012
    Who: 5 fatalities
    Why: Two men and a boy were aboard the Piper PA-28 en route from Calgary to St. Brieux to pick up plane parts; and a woman and man were aboard the amphibious plane flying from Regina to La Ronge.

    The planes made some kind of impact in the air, after which both planes impacted the ground. The Buccaneer plane was found in shallow water. Piper debris was found around Brieux.

    The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Trenton, Ont said that indications are that the planes made contact at low altitude and it appears that the amphibious plane struck the Piper.

    The planes were found less than a kilometre apart with a debris field of more than a mile.

    Bourgault Industries is a airline seeding company. The RCMP asked Jerry Bourgault to assist, and he flew his Piper Super Cub to find the debris field.

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    Mid-Air Collision Downs Two Colorado Planes

    What: Cessna 180 Skywagon
    Where: intersection of County Line Road and Great Western Drive,Longmont, CO
    When: Mar 23 2012, 11:43 a.m
    Who: 2 fatalities

    What: Cessna 172 Skyhawk
    Where: near the main entrance, north of Vance Brand Airport, Longmont, CO
    When: Mar 23 2012, 11:48 a.m
    Who: 1 injury

    Why: Witnesses say that two planes collided then crashed miles apart, a few minutes later. They were both banking when they struck, and in each other’s blind spots.

    Witnesses who saw the Skyhawk crash and helped the pilot out of the wreckage commend pilot Bev Cameron for avoiding hitting anyone. She was hospitalized at Longmont United Hospital with multiple trauma injuries after the crash.

    The Skywagon struck wires and crashed in a parking lot. The two people aboard did not survive the impact. Their names have not been released.

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    Cows Run over by MD-82 Jet

    What: Aserca Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 en route from Caracas to Santo Domingo
    Where: Santo Domingo
    When: Mar 7th 2012, 8:45
    Who: 125 passengers and 6 crew
    Why: While landing at Santo Domingo in Tachira, the plane struck a number of cows which were on the runway.

    The cows were killed. Luis Anaya, owner of the pasture which is located north of the runway, was arrested. The fence was cut.

    The plane was damaged and had to be towed off the runway.

    On Wednesday, the Ministry of Popular Power for Air and Water Transport (Mpptaa) launched an investigation.

    Disgruntled passengers had already waited two hours to get on the plane and had no idea what was going on when the plane struck cows. Flight attendants immediately opened the emergency door to evacuate the jet. Passengers were frightened, shoving, trying to get out and jump down the slides that opened instantly.

    The crew directed passengers to walk to the terminal.

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    California Chopper Collides with Plane Midair


    What: Vertical CFI Helicopters Robinson R22 Beta II
    Where: Rio Vista California
    When: Feb 19 2012
    Who: 1 aboard
    Why: The helicopter clipped the plane over Rio Vista. The chopper was eight miles from the airport when it crashed.

    Although the contact broke off the tail of the chopper and ended the severed rotor up 50 feet from the fuselage, the pilot walked away. She was reported to be unhurt; She is an experienced commercial airplane pilot who was logging night-flying hours alone toward a helicopter license.

    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 7508Y Make/Model: R22 Description: R-22
    Date: 02/19/2012 Time: 1844

    Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: Y Missing: N
    Damage: Substantial

    LOCATION
    City: RIO VISTA State: CA Country: US

    DESCRIPTION
    N7508Y, A ROBINSON R22 HELICOPTER, AND N433JC, A BEECH A33 AIRCRAFT
    COLLIDED, NEAR RIO VISTA, CA

    INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
    # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
    # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
    # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

    OTHER DATA
    Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER

    FAA FSDO: SACRAMENTO, CA (WP25) Entry date: 02/21/2012

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    Aruba-bound jet incurs Donkey Strike

    What: Tiara Air Aruba Shorts 360-100 en route from Las Piedras Venezuela to Aruba
    Where: Las Piedras
    When: Dec 5th 2011
    Who: 29 passengers, 4 crew
    Why: Taking off from Las Piedras, the plane struck a donkey with its right main gear.

    Pilots continued on to Aruba where they made a safe landing.

    There were no injuries. Apparently the forecast for repair is better in Aruba than Las Piedras.

    In George’s Point of View


    If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times, keep the donkeys OFF the runway.

    Actually, that’s one thing I never thought I’d need to say

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    Two Pipers Collide in NY State

    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.

    Neither pilot survived the crash.

    2 Small Planes Crash in Orange County, N.Y.: MyFoxNY.com

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    Comair jet struck by Air France Airbus on the ground.

    What: Air France Airbus 380 en route from NY to Paris
    Where: JFK, NY
    When: April 11, 2011
    Who: Air France Airbus passengers; and Comair passengers;
    Why: A Delta/Comair Bombardier CRJ-700 (N641CA) which had just flown in from Boston was struck in the tail by the left wing of an Airbus.

    There were no injuries, but a lot of inconvenience, plus damage to both planes. (The Comair left horizontal stabilizer and the Airbus wingtip.) The Air France flight was cancelled because of the damage. Both flights were cancelled, although the Air France flight hadn’t gone anywhere. The Air France passengers had to disembark and retrieve their luggage as alternatives for reaching their destination were sorted out.

    The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.

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    Delta Jet and Fuel Truck Bump

    What: Fuel truck drives into a parked Delta MD-88 scheduled to fly to Fort Lauderdale
    Where: LaGuardia
    When: Feb 13, 2011
    Who: 106 passengers, 5 crew
    Why: The Delta MD-88 was parked when the fuel truck struck it at an unreleased rate of speed. The wing was damaged, and the flight was cancelled. The truck sustained damage, and the driver was hospitalized. No one aboard the jet was hurt.

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    Shenandoah Crash Fatalities Named in Mid-Air Collision

    What: Cessna 172H
    Where: Staunton, Virginia
    When: Dec 31, 2010, 2 pm
    Who: 2 fatalities, 2 aboard.
    Why: AirCare 5, a medical-evacuation Eurocopter EC135 bumped off the Cessna’s left wing, after which the Cessna crashed, killing the two aboard.

    The registered owner of the plane is Michael W. Price of Elkton, Va. The victims were Jason Allen Long, 32, of Edinburg, and Jacob Houston Kiser, 19, of Grottoes.

    Three people, pilot Paul Weve, co-pilot and flight nurse Joseph Root and flight nurse Carolyn Booke were aboard the Eurocopter, which landed safely. They had just dropped off a patient at the University of Virginia Medical Center. PHI Inc. of Lafayette, Louisiana owns the helicopter which is based at Weyers Cave Airport. The helicopter pilot has been praised in the media for making an amazing landing.

    Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport is 30 miles northwest of Charlottesville. SHD is an “uncontrolled airport” with no air traffic control tower.

    FAA:DESCRIPTION N385PH PHI INC AIRCARE FLIGHT 5 EUROCOPTER EC135 ROTORCRAFT COLLIDED MIDAIR WITH N2876L CESSNA C172 AIRCRAFT UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2 PERSONS IN N2876L CESSNA C172 AIRCRAFT WERE FATALLY INJURED WHEN IT CRASHED IN A FIELD, THE N385PH ROTORCRAFT LANDED WITH NO INJURIES, SHENANDOAH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT, WEYERS CAVE, VA

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    Fatal Colombian Military Collision


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    What: Fuerza Aérea de Colombia MD Helicopters/Hughes 500/530
    Where: Chaparral, Tolima Colombia
    When: April 20, 2010 1:45 pm
    Who: 7 deaths reported
    Why: While performing maneuvers, a Bell 222UT helicopter and a Colombian Air Force MDH/Hughes 500/530 crashed on a military garrison near the town of Chaparral, Tolima.

    Army:
    – General Brigadier Fernando Joya Duarte, commander of the Task Force of the South of the Tolima.
    – Colonel Brown Arturo Herrera Castaño, commander of Movable Brigade 20.
    – Lieutenant Colonel Juan Gonzalo Lopera Echeverry, operations officer of the Task Force of the South of Tolima.

    Air Force:
    – Aviation technician Eider Vargas Avendaño, crew member.
    – Aviation technician Víctor Sorza Pulido, crew member.

    Vertical Aviation:
    – Commander (r.) Rodolfo Garzón Venegas, pilot of Vertical Aviation Bell 222
    – Lieutenant of Frigate (r.) Camilo Andrés Cujar, copilot.

    The Army Captain Ejército Alejandro Suescún, professional soldier Jairo Suárez, the Air Force lieutenant Alcides Otálora Polo (pilot) and the technician José Hefner Lerma Prieto suffered burns and fractures but survived..

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    Boulder Collision Video

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    When 2 planes collided near Boulder Municipal Airport, glider pilot Reuben Bakker flew through the fireball. He and his two passenger were all right; three people were killed. Altitude my have been a factor, as well as the highly technical nature of the Cirrus, which is heavily video-electronic with a blind spot under the plane

    It appears that a Piper Pawnee hit the a Cirrus SR-20 from below.

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    California Crash Update

    The pilots of the mid air coastal collision were flying “see and avoid, ” i.e. during clear flying conditions, pilots are responsible for making sure their flight paths are clear.

    So far, there is no information disseminated regarding potential reasons behind the California coastal collision of the C-130 Hercules transport plane and a Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra. Two transports were on a training mission as 2 Cobras were also flying together, at the time of the crash.

    The C-130s had been searching for a lost boater who is still lost; and the seven Coast Guard and two Marine Corps service members have not yet been recovered.

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    Breaking News

    What: 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter and Coast Guard C-130
    Where: San Clemente Island
    When: October 30 2009 7:10 p.m
    Who: 7 on board the plane; 2 on the helicopter
    Why: A Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter have collided at San Clemente Island off the coast of California. A search has ensued with three Coast Guard cutters, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, four navy vessels and multiple helicopters.

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    Tree Strike Kills 1


    Pictured: A Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee in Arkansas
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    Contact photographer Jason W. Hamm

    What: Oak Ridge Flyers Inc. Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee B
    Where: Oliver Springs Airport in Anderson County, TN
    When: 18-OCT-2009
    Who: 4 on board, 1 fatality
    Why: After a hard landing, the plane struck a tree.

    The pilot was Doyle R. Chadwick.

    The passengers, all of whom survived, were Phillip Byrge, 49, and his 12-year-old son Nathan and 8-year-old daughter Mary.

    President of the Oliver Springs Airport board of directors,Steve Hamel, was quoted as saying that he believes “Wind and a wet runway likely played a role in the crash….It’s a grass runway, and it looks like the skid marks of extended distance here, that the brakes may have been locked up on the airplane”

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    2 Planes Collide in Beaugeay France, 4 Fatalities

    What: Aeroclub les Ailes Cognacaises Tissot-Charbonnier TC-160 Oceanair en route from Cognac
    Where: Beaugeay France
    When: 17-OCT-2009 10:50
    Who: 3 occupants, 3 fatalities

    What: Aeroclub du Pays Rochefortais Robin DR 400/120A Petit Prince
    Where: Beaugeay France
    When: 17-OCT-2009 10:50
    Who: 1 pilot, 1 fatality
    Why For unknown reasons, the planes collided.

    The TC160 aircraft took off around 10:00 from Cognac in Vienne. The pilot was winemaker Jean-Paul Rodet, a pilot with 40 hours of internship, under an instructor’s supervision Guy Ploucharta, a military pilot with 15 thousand air hours. The third person on board was a fellow pilot from Ariege.

    The ultralight plane was piloted by a 20-year-old from the Aero Club of Saint-Agnant near Rochefort, performing her first stand-alone flight under the supervision of the flight control tower at the home airport Aero Club – 5 km from Beaugey.

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    Charleston SC: Lost F-16, Pilot

    What: Two Air Force F-16 fighters
    Where: 40 miles off Folly Beach, near Charleston
    When: Thurs Oct 14, 8:30 pm
    Who: 1 pilot and 1 plane missing
    Why: During night exercises, the two planes collided. One of them returned to base; there is currently a search for Capt. Nicholas Giglio based at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter.

    Investigators believe the bottom of the other jet struck the top of Giglio’s fighter and pierced the pilot’s canopy. The pilot is now thought to never have had time to eject.

    An oil slick was seen off the Coast of South Carolina by the Coast Guard but the search remains hopeful of a presumed “pilot who is in the water … needs to be rescued” mission.

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    Longbeach Plane Collision

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    What: Aero Aviation Cessna single-engine 172 en route from Longbeach Airport
    What: Cessna 310 en route from Longbeach Airport
    Where: TORRANCE, CA
    When: 05/19/2009 5:45 PM
    Who: The Aero Aviation Cessna had a pilot and student pilot.
    Why: N738NN, A CESSNA 172N AIRCRAFT, AND N777AL, A CESSNA 310P AIRCRAFT, COLLIDED OVER THE OCEAN.

    The planes collided in flight off the Southern California Coast. THE COAST GUARD LOCATED two debris fields five miles apart. On monday a seat cushion, nosewheel and several pieces of fuselage were recovered. THE SEARCH was suspended Tuesday.

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    Plane collision in Wales


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    What: Two Grob Tutors [see type above] twin-seater light plane with propellers
    Where: in mid-air in southwest Britain in the Kenfig Nature Reserve, Porthcawl, a seaside resort in south Wales
    When: Wednesday Feb 11 at 11am
    Who: Two members of the RAF and two Air Training Corps cadets were killed in the crash.
    Why: two light aircraft crashed in midair in Britain.

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    Gol Investigation Findings Released

    Regarding the Gol jet that collided over the Amazon rain forest with an Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet owned by ExcelAire Service Inc. of New York: The GOL InvestigatIon has determined that the pilots of a New York-based executive jet had placed the transponder and collision avoidance system on standby before colliding with the Boeing 737 operated by GOL Linhaus Aereas Inteligentes SA on Sept. 29, 2006.

    The Legacy landed safely but everyone on the GOL jet died.

    Flight controllers failed to alert pilots that they were on a collision course and also did not notice the transponder was off.

    The on duty flight controllers and the two U.S. pilots – Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino have been indicted. They could get up to three years in prison.The pilots deny turning off the transponder. They claim to have been flying at the altitude designated by the air controllers.

    ExcelAire says that “the transponder issue is a distraction from the true cause of the accident, which is an air traffic control system that put two airplanes on a collision course for about an hour.”

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    Everglade Collision 3 Possibly 4 Fatalities


    What: 1979 single-engine Cessna was registered to Rohan Aviation of Lantana and flown by a student pilot from Lantana Airport en route to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
    Airline Transport Professional Piper registered to Harry Duckworth en route from Ocala to Pompano Beach
    (The specific models have been deleted due to conflicts)
    Where: 2.7 miles southwest of Holiday Park (six miles northwest of Pompano Beach and about two miles into the Everglades)
    When: both planes departed Saturday (12/06) afternoon
    Who: Cessna-2 passengers Piper-1 person on board. The alleged victims include flight instructor Stuart Brown, and pilot Bryan Sax.
    Why: The planes collided west of U.S. 27 and south of Alligator Alley in the Everglades. No survivors. The NTSB is investigating. Only one of the flights had a flight plan. The exact number of individuals in the student flight is under dispute. The wreckage is located in an area accessible by airboat.