What: Beechcraft Bonanza 36 en route to Fayetteville
Where: rural backyard outside Winslow
When: Feb 6 2010
Who: 46-year-old pilot Edward Cooper; 16-year-old Mary Cooper; 14-year-old Elizabeth Cooper; and 57-year-old Martin Draper, all of Hot Springs.
Why: The destination of the flight was the Razorbacks’ basketball game.
Pictured: A Cessna T206H Turbo Stationair TC obviously not in Africa. This shot was taken of a T206H in Helsinki
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Contact photographer Juhani Sipilä
What: Cessna T206H Turbo Stationair en route from Krugersdorp to Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria
Where: Magaliesberg mountains, Boekenhoutskloof South Africa
When: Feb 3 2010
Who: Pilot and passenger
Why: The flight crashed in a valley in the Magaliesberg mountains (North West Province, South Africa), and on impact burst into flames. A police helicopter found the wreckage around 10.15 am, although the location was not accessible by helicopter. A rescue unit hiked in though a heavy mist. No survivors.
Pictured: A South Africa – Air Force Agusta A-109E LUH. (Photo of Nigerian Navy Agusta not available)
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Contact photographer Jacobus Saayman
What: Nigerian Navy Agusta A109E Reconnaissance helicopter en route from Port Harcourt to Lago
Where: Mmiri Ochiochi swams, in Obodo Isiokpo, Port Harcourt Nigeria
When: Jan 26, 2010
Who: 4 Fatalities
Why: While en route from Warri via Brass to Port Harcourt, the helicopter crashed into a swampy area about 2 minutes flying time from Port Harcourt International Airport. Apparently naval officers on the scene prevented locals and reporters from taking photographs.
The helicopter went into a spin, and emitted a bang before crashing. Locals on the scene used a machete to hack through a door to retrieve passengers in a rescue effort.
By nightfall tonight, 34 bodies have been recovered.
Investigative crews sort through baby sandals, and airplane parts drifting ashore. People are questioning why the flight was not delayed due to the storm raging at the time of takeoff.
The USS-Ramage, and US P-3 surveillance aircraft are helping with search and rescue efforts.
The plane was last serviced on Dec. 25.
Reports abound that the plane was seen to be on fire on its way down. If reports of an engine fire proved to be correct, it would have been difficult to handle at such a low altitude; but reports of a lighting strike, compounded by poor visibility and high winds compounded by a bird strike are equally as possible.
What: Tecnam P2002 Sierra
Where: Sterrett Road / Ellis County Sportmen’s Club, Waxahachie, TX
When: Jan 23 2010
Who: flight instructor and student
Why: While the plane was en route, witnesses saw the plane nosedive into a field 20 minutes after it took off from Dallas Executive Airport. The tail was reported to be sticking straight up.
Link to photo of plane in flight
Pictured: A United Airlines Boeing 767-322/ER
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Contact photographer Andreas Fietz
What: United Airlines en route from Detroit to Denver
Where: Milwaukee
When: Jan 21, 2010
Who: infant
Why: On board the flight, a 2-month-old boy who stopped breathing on board could not be revived. A passenger attempted CPR and on the ground in Milwaukee paramedics also attempted CPR but the revival attempts were unsuccessful.
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Contact photographer JUSTO-M. PRIETO
What: “Salvamento Marítimo (Helisureste)” Agusta Westland AW.139 in a training mission out of LEAM (Almeria Airport, Spain)
Where: In sea 4 nm of Almeria airport
When: Jan 21, 2010
Who: 3 fatalities, one severe injury
Why: The marine search and rescue helicopter fell into the sea off Almería 4 miles from the runway. They were on approach to the airport and returning from aerial maneuvers with Névola (ship). Only one person was rescued, and he was in serious condition. Rescue services included four helicopters, two boats and a tugboat, as well as member of Marine Rescue, Civil Guard.
Those who died were Commander Jose Luis Lopez Alcala, of Granada; copilot Kevin Holmes of New Zealand/Granada; and Iñigo Vallejo Garcia,of Seville.
Suffering from hypothermia, rescued craneman Alberto Elvira Vallejo was taken to Torrecárdenas Hospital.
What: Mitts Corp Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Marquise en route from Gainesville to Elyria.
Where: Elyria, Ohio
When: Jan 18, 2010 at 2:08 p.m.
Who: Don Brown, 89, and his wife Shirley, 87, of Vermilion Township. Pilot Wesley Roemer, 30, of Gainesville, Fla., and co-pilot John Mengelson, 46, of Florahome, Fla.
Why: The plane reportedly nose-dived into the ground near Lorain County Regional Airport in New Russia Township on approach to the runway. All victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
The NTSB will be reporting.
What: single engine Piper Cherokee PA32
Where: Koolau Mountains in East Oahu near the Lanipo Trail on WAIALAEIKI RIDGE, 10 MILES FROM HONOLULU, HI
When: Jan 11, 2010
Who: Pilot Dr. Nicolas Polumbo and passenger Timmy Polumbo
Why: AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE WERE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, ONE WAS FATALLY INJURED, ONE UNKNOWN INJURIES, WRECKAGE LOCATED ON WAIALAEIKI RIDGE, 10 MILES FROM HONOLULU, HI
The pilot had been flying to his veterinary clinic and made no mayday call prior to the crash. Visibility may have been a factor as the weather was overcast.
Crash crews rapelled from the helicopter due to the inaccessibility of the crash site.
(Link to a recovery video. KITV has not released for embedding)
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Contact photographer Karl Nixon
What: Albanian Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Tirana’s Mother Theresa International Airport in Albania to Bologna Italy
Where: Bratislava
When: Jan 17th 2010
Who: 110 passengers
Why: After boarding a flight from Tirana Albania to Bologna Italy, passengers were actually flown to Bratislava Slovakia. Disgruntled unpaid crew members flew their paying passengers to Bratislava (instead of Bologna) in protest for not receiving wages, or at least that is what the crew told the passengers.
Albanian Airlines leases the plane from Air Slovakia, and the Czech pilots are employed by Air Slovakia. Air Slovakia denies owing wages, and claims that the diversion was due to technical problems. Albanian Airlines says they knew of nothing technical wrong with the plane (which is also technically grounded in repairs with Bratislavan maintenance.)
Meanwhile, passengers alerted the media as soon as they arrived in Bratislava that the crew reported they had diverted (hijacked? passengernapped?) the plane because of unpaid wages. Passengers were put up in hotel accommodations in Bratislava (I’d have liked to see the accommodations!) and were supposed to have departed Monday. It is not reported whether or not the crew was put up with accommodations in jail.
Is this starting to sound like an episode of Wings, only with everyone in the cast speaking in a Tony Shalhoub version of a Bratislavan accent?
And you can be very proud that not once did I make a snide, uncalled-for reference to “brat” and “slave” and “protesting” “unpaid” pilots. Well. Maybe once. We do believe in pilots getting paid–but we also tend to prefer pilots who take passengers to their expected destinations.
Pictured: A Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six at Nassau – Lynden Pindling International (Windsor Field)
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Contact photographer Stephen B. Aranha
What: Piper Saratoga enroute from Nassau Lynden Pindling International Airport to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport
Where: 10 miles northeast of Bimini Bahamas
When: January 17, 2010 4:50 p.m
Who: pilot and 2 passengers including Andrew Peterson and J.P. Antonmattei.
Why: Pilot David Howell and two or three passengers departed Nassau for Fort Lauderdale at 2:49, and made no distress calls. Howell had been working on opening a bed and breakfast in the Bahamas, and his companions were investors. At 4:40 p.m. Sunday, the Bahamas Civil Aviation Department Air Traffic Services was notified that the Piper had ditched two miles off Bimini. Witnesses saw the plane going down just before 5 pm. The U S Coast Guard and the Royal Bahamas Police Force are searching the area for survivors. Reports conflict as to whether or not one body was recovered Sunday evening northeast of the Bimini Bay Resort, or whether divers saw remains in the plane Monday.
The Bahamian FAA is the lead agency in the case.
On the way to the Bahamas, there was also a couple aboard, but the couple elected to stay in the Nassau. Initial reports speculated that there was a fourth person aboard on the return flight.
What: single-engine Mooney plane en route from La Serena to Santiago.
Where: 474 km north of the Chilean capital of Santiago
When: Jan 11, 2010
Who: 4 fatalities (pilot and 3 businessmen)
Why: The light plane crashed for unknown reasons. A beacon initially led searchers to Chicurea but the wreckage was found by Chile’s Air Force Search and Rescue (two Chilean air force planes and a helicopter) in La Cachimba valley, 22 km from La Serena.
What: Saba Group Helicopter en route from Toluca to Mexico City
Where: Mina Vieja in Cuajimalpa, near La Marquesa
When: Jan 10, 2010
Who: Fatalities included Moises Saba Masri, 46, his father, Alberto Saba Raffoul, and Umberto Saba, also Capt. Armando Fernandez and Judith Casal and Yadel Toachi.
Why: The helicopter crashed during foggy weather; the tail struck a residence at 85 Melchor Ocampo Street, and the blades struck a tree. Two vehicles were damaged but no one on the ground was injured.
Pictured: A CAA – Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation Cargo Boeing 727-231/Adv(F/RE) Super 27 photographed in Goma, August 27, 2006
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Contact photographer Guido Potters
What: Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation Boeing 727-231F Super 27
Where: Kinshasa-N’Djili Airport, D.R. Congo
When: Jan 2, 2010
Who:
Why: The plane landed in very heavy rain and standing water on runway 06 and hydroplaned off the runway, skidding right on the main gears.
9Q-CAA (ex-N54354) appears to be the only Boeing in the fleet.
Pictured: An ALPA Hughes 500D (369D), Medellin Colombia
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Contact photographer Andres Dallimonti
What: Servicio Aéreo de Ibagué Hughes 369D
Where: Pitalito, Colombia
When: Dec 29, 2009
Who: 1 fatality (2 or 3 aboard.)
Why: One of the people aboard died in the crash which occurred in an area between two Pitalito neighborhoods. The Air Society Ibague helicopter apparently originated in Ibague, capital of Tolima. Its destination is unknown. Witnesses say the helicopter made strange turns in the air, but the pilot managed not to strike any houses.
There have been reports of one and two individuals injured.
Pictured: An Escuela de Aviacion Mexico Cessna 172H Skyhawk (Mexico); Obviously not the XB-BJL in the accident.
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Contact photographer Hidemi Bustamante Prudente
What: Cessna 182R Skylane en route from Zapotiltic
Where: Jilotlan de los Dolores, Jalisco Mexico
When: Dec 28 2009
Who: 4 aboard: captain Miguel Farias Álvarez, José Torres Farias, Jacob Farias Macias and Raúl Torres Gutiérrez.
Why: The plane went down in an inaccessible area in Rancho Las Higueras; two aboard were thrown clear and two trapped inside. All were fatalities. The cause of the crash is unresolved.
Pictured: A Beech G36 Bonanza photographed in South Africa. Not, to our knowledge, the one in the incident.
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Contact photographer Gary Shephard – LightSketch Photography
What: Beech Bonanza en route from Vereeniging to Margate
Where: Harrismith South Africa
When: Dec 28 2009
Who: 4 passengers aboard, believed to be a family
Why: The flight was en route to margate but diverted to Harrismith due to technical problems. ATC lost contact with the plane during bad weather.
The plane crashed into a remote, inaccessible section of Platberg Mountain during heavy fog. The wreckage was located by another plane.
All 4 aboard the flight were fatalities, and believed to be a family group.
What: Pakistan Airlines A-310 en route from Islamabad to Manchester
Where: Moscow
When: December 22, 2009
Who: 189 passengers and 12 crew
Why: While en route, the flight developed an emergency and diverted to Moscow where it landed safely. Passengers are awaiting alternative transportation.
(An update will be posted if/when we get make and model and additional details)
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Contact photographer Ivan P. Nesbit
What: Wells Fargo Dassault Falcon 20D en route from Santa Domingo to Miami
Where: 11 miles East of Grand Inagua Bahamas
When: Dec 18 2009
Who: 2 pilots
Why: The plane crashed into the sea 11 miles east of the Bahamas. No details are know.
What: light aircraft
Where: Pretoria South Africa
When: Dec 18, 2009
Who: Pilot and passenger
Why: After takeoff, the plane failed to gain altitude and crashed into the ground in a ball of fire. Apparently the pilot tried to ditch in a stream.
There are no survivors.
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Contact photographer Piotr Biskupski
What: Zenair CH-601 Zodiac
Where: Kie?p Poland
When: Dec 15 2009
Who: Pilot, a 68 year old Poznan resident
Why: The light plane flying from Poznan to Chelmno crashed for unknown reasons kilometers from its destination, probably during a landing maneuver. The pilot died on the scene.
Colgan’s Dec. 7 report to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said last February’s crash was probably caused by pilots’ “loss of situational awareness,” failure to follow the training and procedures, but pointed out contributing factors:
Although Bombardier is withholding comment until the NTSB completes its investigation, a spokesman pointed out that the existing avionics are reliable and certified; and there are currently no requirements for systems to report abnormally low air speed.
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Contact Photographer Frank Robitaille
What: Continental Airlines Flight 3407, Bombardier Q400 turboprop operated by regional carrier Colgan Air en route from Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Where: Clarence Center, New York.
When: Thursday Feb 12 struck a house at 10: 10 pm. Two homes were affected.
Who: 44 passengers and four crew members, 1 off-duty pilot, 1 person on the ground, all fatalities. The passenger manifest has not officially been released.
Why: The New Jersey-to-Buffalo flight was cleared to land on a runway pointing to the southwest. But the plane crashed with its nose pointed to the northeast. Seconds after two automatic warnings to the pilots that the plane was not moving fast enough to stay aloft, the twin turboprop aircraft went through a “severe pitch and roll” after positioning its flaps for a landing. It did not dive into the house, as initially thought, but landed flat on the house. Icing is emerging as the possible cause for why flight 3047 fell from the sky. The flight data recorder has been collected and is currently being examined.
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Contact photographer Anton Harisov
What: Technoavia SM-92T Turbo Finist
Where: Korkino, 12km from Chelyabinsk Russia
When: Dec 13 2009, 11:02 am
Who: 8 on board
Why: The SM-92T plane was carrying one pilot and seven parachutists. According to the MOE, the aircraft performed a U-turn, then began to lose altitude and crashed into the ground in Chelyabinsk. The crash occurred immediately after takeoff from Kalacheva Airport.
All were fatalities.
The GU Emergency Operations Group were on site in the recovery operation.
1. Nikolay Dudkin, born in 1958, pilot
2. Bakgof Sergey, 1957, Instructor
3. Oleg Mashkin, born in 1962,
4. Alexander Pushkarev, born 1967,
5. Nabokina Denis, born in 1971,
6. Saitov Eugene, born in 1976,
7. Lomov Anastasia, born in 1984,
8. Litvinova Natalia, born in 1988
The investigation will focus on pilot error, equipment failure and weather conditions.
Pictured: A Bristow Helicopters Nigeria Sikorsky S-92A Helibus
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Contact photographer Ken Iwelumo
What: helicopter en route to SeaBird Exploration’s seismic vessel Kondor Explorer
Where: Agbami field offshore Nigeria
When: Dec 11, 2009
Who: 18 on board (16 crew, 2 pilots)
Why: After the helicopter made a controlled “landing” and ditched into the sea, all 18 crew members aboard were rescued.
No word has been released about why the helicopter ditched.
The Agbami seismic project is run by Chevron.
Pictured: A Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk II
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Contact photographer Andrés Contador
What: Aviation Pacific Flight School Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk en route from Camarillo
Where: Ojai, California near the Krotona Institute
When: Dec 10, 2009
Who: Flight instructor and student (2 on board)
Why: An hour into a training flight, the plane crashed in a field.
The pilot was not in communication with ATC. It is presumed that there were engine troubles, that the pilot was struggling to keep the plane in the air. Witnesses report at least two incidents during the flight were the plane was observed to lose power.
A witness called 911 after seeing the plane fall right in front of him, right onto the roadway in front of his truck.”
