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    Tahlequah OK: Robinson Crash



    Pictured: a Robinson R-22 Beta
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    Contact photographer Danny Fritsche

    What: Robinson model R22 Beta helicopter en route from Tahlequah City Airport
    Where: south of Mud Valley Road in rural Cherokee County Oklahoma, two miles south of the Tahlequah airport.
    When: 4:30 a.m. Thursday
    Who: pilot Mark Mahaney, 26; Darci Scraper, 20.
    Why: The exact time of the crash is not known, but the pilot and passenger were scheduled to meet someone at the airport. The wreckage was found at 8:45 a.m. Friday. The helicopter is known to have taken off at 4 a.m. Wednesday, and flew southeast before striking the ground in a wooded area about a mile from the road.

    Mahaney received his pilot’s license on July 31. He had a two year old public intoxication charge, pending DUI charges in Cherokee, and is the grandson of former state Sen. Herb Rozell of Tahlequah.

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    Tragic Crash Kills Ontario Family


    Pictured: A Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow
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    Contact photographer Luc Brousseau

    What: Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow en route from Kingston to Sudbury, Ontario
    Where: Devine Lake in Algonquin Park
    When: Saturday October 10
    Who: Pilot Kevin Houle, wife Lorraine Houle, granddaughter Emily and her boyfriend, Michael Rollins
    Why: It is speculated that the plane ran into weather as a distress call was heard from the plane, and the weather was rainy and icy at the time.

    The plane hit a tree and one of the wings was broken.

    The family was killed in the crash.

    The plane belonged to Kevin’s company, Tracks & Wheels Equipment Brokers. Kevin had been a pilot for a couple of years.

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    Experimental Plane Crashes in Oregon


    Pictured: An RV-8 domiciled at Scappoose – Industrial Airpark
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    Contact photographer Phil Gilston

    What: Vans RV-8 kit plane
    Where: hills of Columbia County, 5 miles from Scappoose, Oregon
    When: October 5 2009
    Who: Kenneth Turpen of Bainbridge Island, Wash
    Why: The plane had been cleared for approach, but was found crashed up in a wooded area 5 miles from Scappoose, Oregon.

    Rescuers hiked to reach the pilot, who was apparently banged up, but conscious.

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    AZ: Piper Crashes Remote Mountainous Terrain


    Pictured: A record breaking Museum Archived Piper PA-24-260 Comanche B housed in the UK
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    Contact photographer Martin Pole

    What: single-engine PA-24 Comanche en route from St Johns to Aguila
    Where: Horsethief Basin area, Yavapai County AZ
    When: Oct 4 2009
    Who: Ralph Smith, 74, and his wife Francis Smith, 70
    Why: The cause of the crash has not been determined yet. The crash started a fire in the area; the downed plane was a surprise to firefighters, and not immediately tied to the fire.

    Smith was a retired airline pilot.

    The pilot and his wife were not found immediately; the crash occurred in a remote area, but both bodies were recovered by Tuesday.

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    NC: Kit Plane Crash Kills Pilot


    Pictured: An Experimental Homebuilt RV-6 kit plane
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    Contact photographer Connector

    What: RV-6 experimental kit plane en route from Wilmington to Louisburg, 31 miles northeast of Raleigh.
    Where: Behind Magnolia Mobile Home Park off Highway 903 near Magnolia in Duplin County NC
    When: Oct 05, 2009 12:45 pm
    Who: a Yorkville, Illinois pilot
    Why: According to witnesses, the plane nosedived into the ground. There was a loud noise, like an explosion, but it is not known if it was before or when the plane impacted the ground. The crash is under investigation.

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    Cessna Crash in Mexico. 3 Lost.


    Pictured: a similar Cessna A185F Skywagon 185
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    Contact photographer Hidemi Bustamante Prudente

    What: Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) Cessna 182S en route from Morelia.
    Where: Michoacán Mexico
    When: OCT 02, 2009
    Who: 3 fatalities
    Why: There was fog in the mountains, and the control tower lost contact with the aircraft as the plane was conducting aerial surveys south of the hill “La Union.”

    The cause is under investigation.

    Lost in the crash were Aviator PEDRERO ANTONIO SERGIO NAVARRETE and Air Force Lieutenant Flying Pilot VICENTE ALVAREZ Emilio Castillo and air observer, Chap. 2 / o. Infantry GARIBAY FRANCISCO JAVIER GOMEZ

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    Beechcraft Crash in Mexico Kills 2


    Pictured: A similar A36TC Bonanza
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    Contact photographer David Alders

    What: Beechcraft A36TC Bonanza en route from Guanajuato International Airport to Toluca
    Where: Guanajuato – Mexico
    When: OCT 3, 2009
    Who: 2 fatalities, one survivor
    Why: The plane crashed in the initial climb.

    Fatalities include entrepreneur Gerardo Pons (30) and pilot Francisco Javier Martínez Solís.

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    Mooney Crash over Indiana


    Pictured: A Mooney M20M
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    Contact photographer Gary Chambers

    What: Mooney M20M en route from Grand Rapids to Traverse City
    Where: northwestern Randolph County three miles east of Albany
    When: Wednesday at 12:43 p.m.
    Who: David J. Eyde
    Why: Speculation is that Eyde lost consciousness of hypoxia while flying over Michigan, the crisis somehow involving the plane’s air supply at 23000 feet. Air National Guard pilots could see the pilot, unconscious in the cockpit. The plane flew till it’s 4 hours of fuel ran out.

    The plane crashed while out of control, and being followed by F-16 fighter jets

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    Byhalia Crash


    Pictured: A homebuilt Aussie Ultralight. The one involved in this crash is no doubt a completely different type.
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    Contact photographer Phil Vabre

    What: 250 lb single-engine true Ultralight aircraft
    Where: Desoto County soybean field near the intersection of Stateline and Center Hill Roads.
    When: 10/2/09
    Who: 52 year-old Louis Bassie of Byhalia Mississippi
    Why: As he was coming in for a landing, Bassie’s plane took a nose-dive, spiraled out-of-control and crashed. Bassie had a pilot’s license, worked as a crop-duster, and had served in the military, but it does not take a license to fly a home built kit plane.

    Federal authorities will not be investigating the crash of an unlicensed plane.

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    Nevada: Helicopter Crash hospitalizes 2


    Pictured: an R-44 Astro
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    Contact photographer Jaroslaw Zaczek

    What: R-44 Astro Helicopter
    Where: Mount Charleston.NV
    When: Sept 26 2009, 7 p.m
    Who: pilot and 2 passengers
    Why: Currently the FAA report only says “A ROBINSON R44 ROTORCRAFT, CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, NEAR MOUNT CHARLESTON, NV.”

    Three people were rescued after the place crashed into the mountain and burst into flames. One person is being treated for burns, one for undisclosed foot injuries, and one person had no visible injuries.

    The accident is under investigation.

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    Sao Paulo Plane crash: 3 or 4 fatalities


    Pictured: an Embraer-EMB-712-Tupi
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    Contact photographer Joao Vitor Sayao

    What: Single engine Embraer Tupi plane ( EN-RYC)en route from Sao Jose dos Campos to Sao Jose do Rio Preto
    Where: southeast of Brazil in the municipality of Santa Isabel, in southeastern Sao Paulo
    When: between 9:45 and 11:45 on the Sept 21
    Who: 3 possibly 4 passengers: two adults and a child
    Why: The plane went missing for three hours and there was difficulty finding it because rain hampered search efforts. The local fire department which located the missing plane found the remains of the 3 passengers “carbonized” in aa forest near the Pouso Alegre Peak. They say the plane exploded. Local residents saw a flash.

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    Oregon R22; Canada R22


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    What: Hillsboro Aviation ROBINSON R22 BETA HELICOPTER
    Where: Fern Hill Wetlands, 2 miles south ofForest Grove, Washington County Oregon
    When: Sep 20, 2009
    Who: Two fatalities: Douglas Doty, a 34 year-old flight instructor from Beaverton, and Thomas Hagner, a 32-year-old student from Hillsboro.
    Why: The pilot lost control of the helicopter and crashed and caught on fire, according to witnesses at a nearby fruitstand and a farm. The difficult location made it difficult for rescue and safety personnel to reach the burning wreckage.

    What: ROBINSON R22 two-seater ROTORCRAFT en route from Island airport
    Where: Heritage Road and Steeles Avenue area of Brampton. GEORGETOWN, ONTARIO, CANADA
    When: 09/21/2009 Monday 8 pm
    Who: One fatality- pilot Keith Siversen
    Why: The helicopter is reported to have “careened out of control” in an orchard. It was owned by KEITH SIVERSEN with a temporary certificate expiring 03/05/2009.

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    Helicopter Crash in San Pasqual Valley

    What: Robinson R-44
    Where: Rancho Guejito, east of Lake Wohlford between Valley Center and Ramona in the San Pasqual Valley
    When: Sunday, September 20, 2009
    Who: pilot and passenger
    Why: passengers were airlifted to the Palomar Medical Center

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    Everglades Crash

    What: Bull Gator Air, Inc. Piper-PA 32 en route from Gainesville to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport
    Where: west of U.S. 27 at the Broward-Palm Beach county line in the Everglades
    When: Sunday Sept 20
    Who: 4 aboard. One “confirmed” dead though there are presumably no survivors.
    Why: After the pilot radioed in for help, the plane crashed in the Everglades while en route. The cause is unresolved and the search is ongoing for passengers’ remains.

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    Beechcraft Fireball Spares Pilot

    What: Twin-engine Beechcraft King Air en route from Hayward Executive Airport to San Carlos
    Where: HAYWARD, Calif.
    When: Sept 16 12:25 p.m
    Who: Pilot
    Why: Witness say after a sputtering take-off, the plane plane’s right wing got low, and the plane had barely got off the runway when it clipped the back of a commercial building just off the airfield. Coming down, the plane was described as a “70 foot fireball”. The pilot was the only one aboard, and he walked away.

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    Air Europa Lineas Aereas Boeing Engine Problem over Barcelona


    Pictured: An Air Europa Boeing over Barcelona
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    Contact Photographer Rui Miguel

    What: Air Europa Lineas Aereas Boeing 737-800 en route from Barcelona to Madrid
    Where: El Prat airport, Barcelona
    When: Sep 13th 2009 12.35
    Why: After takeoff, the indicator light for engine failure lit, a noise was heard and the plane experienced what is described by passengers as a “tremor.” After the safe landing at El Prat, the airport of origin, passengers continued on another plane to Madrid.

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    Small Plane Crashes Gated Community

    What: Beech A-30 Bonanza en route from Asheville Regional Airport
    Where: crashed into Kenmure subdivision, a gated golf community
    When: September 10, 2009
    Who: 1 fatality: pilot Larry Youngblood
    Why: In foggy conditions, the plane apparently hit several trees, and landed between two house with its wings torn off. The NTSB is investigating.

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    Charlotte Bobcats Co-owner dies in Plane Crash

    What: private Cirrus SR22 en route from South Carolina to Teterboro, N.J
    Where: Rock Hill airport property just off S.C. 161 in South Carolina just across the state line from Charlotte
    When: 7:15 a.m. Friday
    Who: Pilot and co-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats 49-year-old William “Skipper” Beck of Charlotte, N.C
    Why: Shortly after takeoff, the plane returned, but when attempting to land, crashed and caught on fire. Debris remained at the north end of the runway. Rock Hill airport doesn’t record radio transmissions so there’s no record of whether or not Beck made radio transmissions prior to the crash.

    Beck had 390 flight hours, and the plane had 93 hours in the air.

    Luke Schiada is the lead ntsb investigator assigned to the crash.

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    Mexico crash

    What: Armada de Mexico Mi-8MTV-1 AMHT-208 en route from Veracruz to Mexico City
    Where: border between the states of Veracruz and Puebla
    When: Sept 10, 2009
    Who: 5 on board, 2 fatalities
    Why: Crashed close to the kilometer 27 of the Perote-Los Humeros road. Pilot Daniel Cabrera Ruiz and Aviation Mechanic Irineo González Jerónimo were killed. The three survivors were taken to Jalapa and Perote, in Veracruz. The crash is under investigation by Aviation authorities and the Armada de Mexico.

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    Comoros: Putting together the Black Box puzzle

    Yemenia Flight 626 from Paris to Moroni sank into the ocean on June 30, killing 152 people, with one survivor. The black boxes were found Friday.

    Just because the black boxes were found does not mean the route to discovery is on track. Apparently there was so much damage to the black boxes, there is going to be trouble recovering the data. That’s not new. In fact, usually when there is trouble reading the black boxes, investigators call in the company that made the boxes, and they are usually able to mine the data in spite of damage.

    The BEA, the French aviation authority is handling the investigation. Many of those aboard were French and/or French Comoran.

    Did they–are they–sending the boxes to the US? They’d have a better chance of recovery if they do.

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    Piper Crash in Oregon kills 2

    What: 1955 Piper PA-22 single-engine plane en route to to Grants Pass
    Where: Canyon Mountain on the hillside behind Forest Glen Senior Residence in southern Oregon
    When: 9:30 a.m. Sunday
    Who: Ernie Knigge, Elaina Knigge
    Why: The plane crashed in a steep, rugged area in a stand of old-growth trees. The cause of the crash has not been determined. The couple co-owned the 1955 plane.

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    FAA official Lost during Proficiency Check in Jackson MS

    What: Robinson R44 practicing aerial maneuvers operating out of Hawkins Field Airport
    Where: duplex-style house about half a mile east of Hawkins Field airport in Jackson, MississippI
    When: Tues September 1, 2009 at 1932
    Who: Two FAA officials, pilot Charles Farmer and pilot Larry Wells of Crystal Springs
    Why: While in the course of a standard pilot proficiency check, it appeared the helicopter was experiencing engine trouble and trying to land, when the helicopter fell from the sky, clipped a tree and crashed into the unoccupied half a duplex house in Jackson Mississippi. The two victims both of whom worked for the FAA were taken to the Mississippi Medical Center, where Charles Farmer died. Larry Wells sustained serious injuries.

    The 2007 R-44 Rotorcraft belonged to WEBB GROUP FLP of Jackson Ms.

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    Seminole Employees Lost in Mystery Plane Crash

    What: single-engine Trinidad TB-20 registration N654GT en route from Montgomery, Ala., to North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines
    Where: just outside Pavo, Ga
    When: Thursday August 27, 2009 wreckage found at 12:30 p.m August 28
    Who: pilot/owner Robert F. Moreland and passenger Michael Villanueva
    Why: The pilot had filed no flight plan, and bad weather hampered the search efforts. The plane crashed in a wooded area. We will be looking for updates on the cause.

    George’s Point of View

    Condolences to the families and to the Seminole tribe

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    Beechcraft Crashes in NC

    What: single-engine Beechcraft Sierra BE24 en route from Creve Coeur Airport in suburban St. Louis to SYLVA NC
    Where: Jackson County Airport near Sylva
    When: 1:45 pm AUGUST 26, 2009
    Who: pilot and passenger as James and Rhetta Lovins of Vaidalia, Ga
    Why: The plane had missed its first pass and was attempting a “go around” when it crashed about a quarter mile from the end of the 3,200 foot runway. The Jackson County airport is located on the ridge of a mountain. The wreckage was pulled from a ravine.