A small plane made an emergency landing at Crystal River Airport, Florida, on September 15th.
Authorities said the plane experienced power loss and landing gear problems before making a belly landing at the airport.
There were four people aboard at the time, including the pilot and three passengers. All of them remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed in a hay field in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on August 17th.
Authorities said the Beechcraft Bonanza plane had lost power shortly after taking off from Louisiana Regional Airport.
There were two people aboard at the time; both of them remained uninjured.
A SNJ5 Navy trainer plane crash-landed in a cow pasture near Punta Gorda Airport, Florida, on April 1st.
Authorities said the plane was attempting to land at the airport when it lost power and made a belly landing.
The pilot remained uninjured while the co-pilot received minor scratches.
The incident is being investigated.
A small plane made an emergency landing in a field in Codorus Township, Pennsylvania, on March 23rd.
The pilot Craig McDonald, of Columbia, Maryland, said he decided to make an emergency landing after his single-engine Cessna 162 plane lost power. He remained unharmed in the incident.
The plane was flying from Lancaster Airport, Pennsylvania, to Carroll County Regional Airport, Maryland, at the time.
A small plane crashed in the waters off Peter O. Knight Airport in Tampa, Florida, on March 12th.
Authorities said the plane lost power immediately after taking off and went down in water.
The pilot, who was the only aboard remained, remained unharmed.
The incident is being investigated.
A small plane made an emergency landing on U.S. Highway 12 in Sauk County, Wisconsin, on December 28th.
The pilot, Stephan Arnold, 69, of Madison, was forced to land on the highway after the plane lost power.
The pilot and his only passenger remained unharmed.
The plane was flying from Sauk-Prairie Airport in Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin, at the time.
A small plane made an emergency landing in a field in Fresno, California, on November 18th.
Authorities said the pilot decided to land near Highway 180 and Marks Avenue after the plane experienced an issue with the power.
There were 2 people aboard at the time; both of them remained unharmed.
The plane was damaged in the incident.
A small plane crashed into a snowy field near Steamboat Springs Airport, Colorado, on January 22.
It is believed that the 1959 Beech K35 aircraft lost power shortly after taking off from the airport.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, remained uninjured.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
Air India flight AI 102 had to make an emergency landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India, on January 12.
The Boeing 777-300, flying from New York, had to make a precautionary landing after the crew noticed low pressure in one of its tyres.
The plane landed safely.
All 325 passengers aboard remained unhurt.
Southwest Airlines flight 3097 had to return and make an emergency landing at Sacramento International Airport, California, on January 9.
The plane took off for John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, but had to return shortly afterwards after it lost power to one of the engines due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
A 1960 Piper Comanche single-engine plane made an emergency landing at Millville Municipal Airport, Cumberland County, New Jersey, on December 4.
Authorities said the plane was taking off when it lost power and landed on its belly on the grass near a taxiway.
There were two people aboard at the time, including the pilot Roger Buck of Berlin and his passenger Roland Arthur of Lumberton. Buck sustained minor injuries in the incident while Arthur remained unhurt.
The plane, registered to Buck, was significantly damaged.
The FAA is investigating.
A 1965 Mooney aircraft made an emergency landing at Tipton Airport, Maryland, on November 22.
The plane took off from Tipton Airport but had to return shortly afterwards after it lost power due to a mechanical fault. The pilot Paul Antoinette, 48, of Baltimore, was heading to Florida at the time.
The plane landed uneventfully in a grassy area near the runway. The pilot remained uninjured.
A small plane made an emergency landing in a field near Dog Creek Road off Highway 221 in Ashe County, North Carolina, on November 13.
The single-engine Cirrus SR22 plane, carrying 2 people, was en-route from DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, Georgia, to Lancaster, when it lost power, forcing the pilot to land in a field.
The plane landed uneventfully. Both people aboard remained unhurt.
A small plane crashed near Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on November 9.
The Cirrus SR22 single-engine, low-wing plane had just taken off from the Colorado Springs Airport when it lost power and went down.
There were two people aboard at the time; both of them were killed in the crash. They were identified as Mike Fritzel and Paula Fritzel, both 63.
The FAA was investigating.
A small plane made an emergency landing at Highway 63 in Jackson County, Mississippi, on November 8.
The single-engine plane was en-route from St. Elmo, Mobile County, when it lost power, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. The pilot, who was the only one aboard, remained unhurt.
The FAA is investigating.
A single-engine Cessna 172 plane crashed in a parking lot in College Station, Texas, on September 17.
Authorities said the plane, travelling from Edgewood to Port Aransas, lost power before it went down around 10 miles south of Easterwood Airport.
There were 2 people aboard, including the pilot Daniel Albert Fox and his wife Charlynn. Both of them sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to College Station Medical Center.
The DPS and the FAA are investigating.
A helicopter had to make an emergency landing in Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa, on August 18.
Three KNP officials were aboard the helicopter when it experienced engine failure and power loss, forcing the pilot to land in emergency. It is believed that they were helping an on-ground game capture team in search of 2 missing rhinos.
The helicopter landed uneventfully and everyone aboard remained safe.
Managing executive of KNP Glenn Phillips, “We are grateful that our employees are all safe and no one was hurt; even grateful that the game capture team managed to recover the animals and ensure their safe return to the park.”
A sky-diving plane had to make an emergency landing at route 72 in Stafford Township, New Jersey, on the morning of July 12.
The single-engine plane had to be landed in emergency after it apparently lost engine power. The plane was carrying 5 people, including 3 students and an instructor from the Skydive East Coast sky-diving school, at the time.
The plane landed uneventfully. Authorities said the instructor received a minor cut on his arm while everyone else remained unhurt.
The FAA is investigating.
A small, single-engine plane crash-landed at highway 97 in British Columbia, Canada on July 7.
The plane had just taken off from Oliver in British Columbia, when it lost power and hit a semi-truck while trying to land on the highway. It burst into flames afterwards.
The pilot sustained second and third degree burns and was rushed to hospital. He was identified as Todd Lewendon, 46, of Surrey, England.
The Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause.
A Cessna 180 float plane made an emergency landing on mudflats close to the Birchwood Airport near Anchorage, Alaska, on the afternoon of July 5.
The pilot decided to land in emergency after the plane lost its power.
The plane was en-route to Fire Lakes in Eagle River, Anchorage, from Katie Lake in Matanuska-Susitna Valley at the time.
The pilot, who was the only person aboard, remained safe.
A single engine Piper PA18 crashed on a crowded beach in Carlsbad, California, on the afternoon of July 4.
According to FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor, the plane which was towing a banner, hit the beach and flipped over, after it lost engine power.
The pilot remained safe however, a 12 year old boy, who was at the beach, sustained a minor head injury. He was taken to a hospital in San Diego.
Although the investigation into a plane crash takes at least a year, investigators believe they know the cause of the crash of the Indonesian Air Force’s 50 year old C-130 Hercules in Medan, in Sumatra, Indonesia. The plane initially lost altitude after it suffered power loss. One of the propellors wasn’t working. The plane was circling, and apparently impacted a hundred foot antenna before it fell on two buildings and a car.
According to an Air Marshall and chief of the Indonesian air force “The “initial finding” suggests the crash may have been caused by problems in the engine.” Before it went down, the pilot asked the control tower for permission to return to base.
There were no survivors. The number of dead fluctuates as the number of bodies recovered, because the plane was carrying an unknown number of passengers in addition to the crew of 12 and 110 official passengers. There also appear to be victims on the ground in the hotel and massage parlor that were struck.
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A Mooney aircraft had to make an emergency landing in a farm field along County Highway A, in Wilson, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, on the morning of June 21.
The pilot, from Cleveland, Wisconsin, decided to land the plane in emergency after its engine lost power.
No injuries were reported.
The FAA is investigating.
A small plane made an emergency landing on U.S. Highway 101, south of San Jose, in California, on June 6, 2015.
The single-engine plane was flying from Harris Ranch Airport, Coalinga when it lost engine power and had to land in emergency.
There were 4 people aboard, including the 20-year-old pilot Wyatt Grow; all of them remained unhurt.
The southbound lanes of the highway were temporarily closed due to the incident.
An Amphibian Ultralight plane had to make an emergency landing at Highway 91 in Delta, British Columbia, Canada, on April 22.
The plane was flying from King George Airpark when the pilot noticed that it had lost power and decided to make an emergency landing.
The 49-year-old pilot sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was shifted to hospital.
The highway was reopened for traffic some two hours after the incident.
