What: Bombardier Inc BD-700-1A10 en route from San Jose Cabo-Los Cabos Airport Mexico to Vancouver International * (The plane was also identified as a Cessna Citation)
Where: Vancouver International Airport
When: Jan 4 2009
Who: 5
Why: The pilot reported problems with the landing gear. The plane was substantially damaged on landing; fortunately the passengers were not.
What: American Eagle flight 3505 Embraer 145 regional jet enroute from Dallas to Killeen.
Where: Killeen
When: Monday afternoon –aircraft landed safely at 12:30 p.m
Who: 50 people aboard
Why: pilots reported smoke in the cockpit. The plane landed safely and there were no injuries.
This being the second autopilot fault, the situation is being investigated. A prior incident involving an on board system shutoff has been possibly attributed to communications interfering with aircraft onboard systems.
The ADIRU (air data inertial reference unit) is the flight computer system component about which the crew received an error message during the Dec 27 incident.
What: Fully fueled American Airlines Boeing 737 flight 924 en route from Rionegro to to Miami
Where: emergency landing at Rionegro airport (Jose Maria Cordoba) near MedellÃn
When: 9:50 AM flight
Who: 148 passengers
Why: Passengers heard an explosion, after which the crew was concerned that the full plane would not make it over the mountains. They turned back with a fire in one engine, and the crippled plane not climbing as it should.
The plane circled the airport for half of an hour prior to the successful emergency landing. Though successful, the landing was not uneventful as the heat from braking actually fused the brakes, leaving the plane immobile on the runway. The passengers were successfully deplaned on site via stairs and ported from the runway to the terminal by bus.
No cause has been given for the initial engine problem, but the American Airlines crew is to be commended for a near-miraculous safe-guardianship of the welfare of the passengers.
The plane was carrying thousands of pounds of fuel.
What: Midwest Connect flight en route to Flint, Michigan
Where: General Mitchell International Airport
When: Monday
Who: 40 passengers
Why: the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and turned back. No Injuries reported.
What: single-engine Piper
Where: Santo Domingo Pueblo.
When: 8:20 a.m. Sunday morning twelve miles southwest of the airport.
Who: 4 people on board were able to walk away
Why: The plane’s cabin filled with smoke. The cause is under investigation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
The piliot set crash site co-ordinates by CB radio but had to spend the night out in the elements as conditions prevented his recovery until 1 pm the next day.
The wreck was located at 10 in the morning Dec 26th, lying upside down with a wing torn off
What: US Airways Express Flight (Piedmont Airlines) 4558 Dash-8 en route from Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y
Where: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
When: 5:25 p.m. Thurs Dec 25
Who: 32 passengers
Why: Plane requested emergency landing due to smoke in cockpit. Passengers debarked at the airport and took other flights.
What: plane registered to Steven P. Reamer en route from Piedmont Triad International Airport to o Gainesville, Fla
Where: 500 feet short of the runway at Anson County Airport.
When: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25 3 pm
Who: Pilot Steven P. Reamer was killed in the crash. His wife Pamela was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.
Why: The plane was having engine problems. Witnesses report the motor was sporadic and sputtering
What: 1971 Beech B55 registered to Benny W. Green of Rockwall, Texas. en route from from Rockwall, Texas, to Batesville
Where: Batesville Municipal Airport
When: December 24, 2008 just before 2 p.m.
Who: Benny Green, who was piloting the plane, and his wife, 62-year-old Linda Green
Why: On landing, the plane left the end of the long runway, skidded and struck a cement culvert. The plane which was loaded with presents sustained significant damage. The pilot and passenger were injured.
What: PA-18 Super Cub
Where: 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANCHORAGE, AK
When: 12/21/2008 Time: 0030
Who: pilot
Why: Aircraft struck tree during aborted take-off 30 miles NW of Anchorage SK
What: Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 5322 CRJ 200
Where: Quad-City International Airport
When: December 22, 2008 3 pm
Who: 46 passengers, 3 crew members
Why: There was a problem with a wing flap
A second plane, Flight 5381, returned to Quad-City International Airport about an hour after it left with a similar wing flap problem.
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