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    Homebuilt Crashes in Santa Ynez


    S FLUT-R-BUG SA not pictured

    What: single-engine homebuilt plane( S FLUT-R-BUG SA6) en route from Santa Ynez Valley Airport
    Where: Sycamore Valley Ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley in the 6500 block of Figueroa Mountain Road.
    When: Between 2 and 2:30 pm.
    Why: The pilot had to land because of engine trouble. After landing, he worked on his plane, and took off again to fly the 10 miles to the airport, but the engine quit again and the plane crashed into some oak trees. The pilot sustained a scratch on his head but the plane is considered “substantial”

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    Air Canada/Air Georgian Blows Tires in Albany


    What: Air Canada 9 year old 19-seat Beechcraft 1900 turboprop en route from Toronto to Manchester, N.H.
    Where: Albany International Airport
    When: Thursday Jan 15 11 am
    Who: seven passengers and two crew members
    Why: The plane was landing because of a reported engine problem (an in-flight emergency when one of two turboprop engines experienced difficulty). The pilot noticed low oil pressure in the right engine; however, all four tires failed during an emergency landing at in New York. The plane landed on the main runway and stopped on four flat deflated tires at the intersection of two runways The Albany airport was closed for an hour after the landing.

    Note: Tickets were sold by Air Canada, but Air Georgian operated the flight. Air Georgian president Paul Mulrooney is unsure if there was ice on the plane’s brakes or if the pilot braked too heavily, causing the tires to blow out.

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    Delta Emergency Landing in San Francisco


    What: Delta Boeing 737 flight 1652 en route from Mineta San Jose International Airport to Atlanta
    Where: San Francisco International Airport
    When: 01/14/2009 7:30
    Who: 93 passengers
    Why: Fuel system indicator light was flashing so the plane was diverted to divert the plane to San Francisco International Airport, Passengers were booked on alternative flights, and the Boeing retired to the Delta maintenance unit at San Francisco International Airport for repairs to the light.

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    Home built Crashes, Kills Pilot

    What: “experimental high wing” or home-built single-engine plane registered to William McDuffie of Louisiana
    Where: East Texas near a landfill between Longview and Kilgore.
    When: Discovered Monday afternoon
    Who: Ronald Vickers of Arlington died in the crash. Death was pronounced on the scene.
    Why: Prior to crashing, the plane made contact with the power lines. The right wing susustained damage. Ronald Vickers was about halfway through the 350 mile trip from Oak Ridge, La to taking his newly purchased plane home to Texas. It is not known why he was flying low.

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    Cessna Flips in Pescadero


    What: Rented Sterling Aviation’s Cessna 150 en route from Monterey to Half Moon Bay Airport
    Where: PESCADERO, CA in an open field south of Half Moon Bay (about 1 mile south of Pescadero Road and Highway 1 )
    When: 01/11/2009
    Who: 2 Michael Paul Harris, and his wife, Danette,
    Why: The pilot noticed they were running low on fuel. After a Forced landing in a field outside of PESCADERO, CA, about 200 yards into the field, the plane’s front nose wheel dug into the soil and collapsed, causing the plan to flip. The pilot buzz is that the renter of the plane should have refueled, and that the forced landing and resultant plane damage was entirely unnecessary.

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    Rooney Family Crash

    What: PC-12 Eagle single-engine turboprop from (to) Yampa Valley Regional Airport.
    Where: Hayden Colorado (Routt County)
    When: 01/11/2009 9:40 a.m.
    Who: 2 fatalities-William “Bill” Rooney Jr. and son William Patrick Rooney III
    Why: The Pilatus PC-12 crashed 2 miles from Hayden Colorado ten minutes after takeoff, apparently attempting to return to the airport. They had already delayed their trip home to Yorba Linda from Steamboat Springs with the intention of avoiding strong Santa Ana winds near Chino Hills.

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    Saab Loses Hydraulics and Lands Safely at Yeager Airport

    What: Colgan Aviation for United Express’ 34-seat Saab 340 twin-engine turboprop en route to Washington’s Dulles International Airport
    Where: Yeager
    When: 8:30 a.m.
    Who: 13 passengers
    Why: The plane underwent a total hydraulic failure, and prior to landing, circled Yeager for about 45 minutes to burn off fuel. This was a level two alert. Yeager airport has three alert levels. For a Level Two alert, county 911 dispatchers automatically sent fire and police personnel from Charleston to the airport to assist Air National Guard personnel.

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    Cessna Flips in Pescadero


    What: Rented Sterling Aviation’s Cessna 150 en route from Monterey to Half Moon Bay Airport
    Where: PESCADERO, CA in an open field south of Half Moon Bay (about 1 mile south of Pescadero Road and Highway 1 )
    When: 01/11/2009
    Who: 2 Michael Paul Harris, and his wife, Danette,
    Why: The pilot noticed they were running low on fuel. After a Forced landing in a field outside of PESCADERO, CA, about 200 yards into the field, the plane’s front nose wheel dug into the soil and collapsed, causing the plan to flip. The pilot buzz is that the renter of the plane should have refueled, and that the forced landing and resultant plane damage was entirely unnecessary.

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    Cessna Fatality in Hardin Kentucky


    What: Cardinal Aviation’s Cessna 172 en route from Murray Airport
    Where: HARDIN, KY in the Old Liberty Road area of Marshall County
    When: 01/09/2009 7:05 EST
    Who: Pilot was killed. Donald Bunting of Murray.
    Why: The FAA says the Cessna 172 hit a power line

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    Ethiopian Boeing 757 Emergency Landing


    What: Ethiopian Boeing 757 en route from Addis Ababa to Rome
    Where: Diverted to Malta International Airport
    When: 1/11/09 -plane landed safely at 4.30 a.m.
    Who: 182 on board: 175 passengers 7 crew no injuries
    Why: The plane sustained an inflight engine shutdown during cruise and there were norepercussions to any other key aircraft systems

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    Airbus Smokey Emergency Landing in Shannon


    What: Virgin Atlantic Airways Airbus A340-300, registration G-VELD flight VS-39 en route from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Chicago O’Hare,IL
    Where: Flight diverted to Shannon (Ireland)
    When: 11 JAN 2009
    Who: 156 passengers
    Why: 37 minutes before emergency landing, pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. Inspection indicated that smoke emanated from some faulty wiring in the forward galley

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    Zest Crashes Barriers in Caticlan


    What: ZEST Xian MA60 Aircraft Flight 865 en route from Manila to Caticlan
    Where: undershot the Caticlan airport runway, Phillipines
    When: Sunday Morning 11 JAN 2009
    Who: 22 adults, 2 children, 1 crew aboard.
    Injured: Though initial reports indicated two children and one crew member were injured, fifteen were taken to the Baptist hospital in Caticlan.
    Why: According to reportage (which may be obscured due to mistranslation) strong winds caused the aircraft’s landing gear to “explode.” (explode?) The plane undershot landing on runway 06, hit an airport barrier. The plane’s nose, landing gears and propellers were damaged. The runway was then closed.

    The plane reportedly “veered to crash into the airport’s passenger lounge” but that has not been confirmed. The injured included at least one ground crew member.

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    Cessna Emergency Landing in Swamp


    What: Cessna 172
    Where: emergency landing NE of Dumbarton Bridge one mile north of the Palo Alto Airport
    When: Friday night
    Who: pilot aboard.
    Why: The pilot reported that the plain was losing oil pressure. On landing, the plane flipped in a marshy area. The Coast Guard responded to the emergency call. The (approx) 25 gallons of fuel aboard neither caused a fire nor contaminated the area. The pilot was uninjured

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    Sebring Florida Landing Minor Damage


    What: C210 carrying 60 gallons of fuel.
    Where: Sebring Airport Sebring Florida
    When: 01/08/2009
    Who: Pilot
    Why: After conducting a test flight, the pilot radioed problems with the landing gear. The plane landed gear up. Touchdown –according to news articles-was in the grass beside the runway.

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    Bumper Planes?


    What: PA28 CHEROKEE
    Where: CHANDLER, AZ
    When: 01/08/2009
    Who: 2 crew 2 passengers
    Why: During taxi back to runway 22R. N4122T bumped N82044 in the run up area at Chandler Airport.

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    Utah Helicopter Crash


    What: R-44 Astro
    Where: on the outskirts of West Valley City as it was headed to airport No. 2 in West Jordan
    When: 01/09/2009
    Who: pilot Scott Robinson and passenger Anthony Meredith both taken to Intermountain Medical Center
    Why: The helicopter departed from Provo on an IFR training flight to Windover.
    The pilot attempted to fly around the northern end of the Oquirrh mountains and flew into bad weather.

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    Basketball Players Flying Late

    What: ExpressJet Flight 152 en route to Tampa
    Where: 41-passenger plane
    When: Jan 6 2008 – ten minutes into the flight at 4:15 p.m.
    Who: Passengers included Louisville’s basketball team
    Why: The flight had the equivalent of a “check engine” light go off in the instrument panel. The Louisville’s basketball team which was on board deplaned safely after an emergency landing. The passengers were rescheduled for transportation later Tuesday for its Wednesday game; the rescheduled flight took off from Standiford Field at about 9:05 p.m. scheduled to arrive in Tampa after 11 p.m.

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    Aussie Emergency Landing

    What: nine-seater plane, a charter of Shine Aviation Service
    Where: Geraldton Airport
    When: Jan 7 8:30 am
    Who: 9 passengers aboard.
    Why: Flight reported that a warning light predicted the landing gear might fail on landing. The emergency landing occurred when landing gear became stuck and its wheels failed to come down. The pilot used up excess fuel before landing without incident.

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    Cropduster Lost in Mississippi


    What: Yellow and blue crop duster en route from Greenville, Ala., to Cleveland, Miss
    Where: wooded area in the Bogue Chitto community, Mississippi
    When: Friday
    Who: Monty Hudson
    Why: Hudson and his brother (in a separate plane) were traveling from Greenville and encountered bad weather. The plane dropped off radar in Alabama Friday–Hudson died Friday–and was missing until Monday. WHen the wreckage was found in Neshoba County, it was hanging nose down in pine trees at 5:30 p.m. two miles northeast of Bogue Chitto off Road 765. Apparently the plane had caught on fire after crashing.

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    LANCAIR crash in Kansas

    What: LANCAIR IV P Fixed Wing Single-Engine
    Where: IOLA, KS Allen County Airport
    When: 01/07/2009
    Who: The pilot Mark Sherman, was the only one aboard
    Why: Prior to landing, the pilot had to circle as another plane was on the runway. His plane lost power, landed 200 feet NE of the runway and skidded 50 yards until the wheels and tailsection broke off. Sherman who suffered a cracked vertebra was taken to Allen County Hospital and then transferred to Wichita hospital .

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    Kolb Crash in Ozarks


    What: KOLB MARK III Fixed Wing Single-Engine (experimental class) registered to registered to Tate Isaac
    Where: Ozark Arkansas near Batson Mountain
    When: Date: 01/07/2009
    Who: Pilot was the only one aboard. No injuries.
    Why: On takeoff, the plane stalled and crashed. (Alternately this is being described as a hard landing.)