What: Tampa Bay Aviation Robinson R22 Helicopter
Where: Bright Bay Court near Beer Can Island. Apollo Beach Florida
When: Nov 29, 2012
Who: 1 fatality
Why: 400 yards offshore, a helicopter crashed just off of Apollo Beach. The off-duty Tampa police officer who witnessed the crash said that the rotors looked like they came off the top of the chopper. Another witness reported an explosion.
Divers recovered the body of 60 year-old John Lawrence Ward of Tampa.
What: Superior Pallet Co. Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six
Where: Jackson, Miss
When: Nov 13, 2012, 5:00pm
Who: 3 fatalities, 1 injured
Why: Three people aboard the Piper that crashed in Jackson Mississippi died at the scene.
When the plane struck their house, everything Loretta and Roosevelt Jamison owned, including two pets, went up in flames.
Ms Jamison was in her bedroom when the plane struck; first she heard a boom, then voices of someone inside the plane before it exploded. The repercussion knocked her off her feet. As fire engulfed the house, she climbed out of a second story window and was helped down by neighbors.
What: Brim Equipment Leasing Inc Hughes 369D
Where: Childress, TX
When: Nov 27, 2012, 4:05 p.m.
Who: 2 aboard, 1 fatality
Why: While hovering above ground, the aircraft was holding a passenger suspended fifty feet below. THe passenger was working on a power line a hundred feet above ground.
The helicopter lost power and fell. Pilot Keith Hard was sustained back injuries in the crash and was hospitalized at Childress Regional Medical Canter. Jonathan David Suhr was working on the power line and impacted the ground when the helicopter fell. Suhr was taken to Childress Regional Medical Center where he died.
The NTSB is investigating.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 28MP Make/Model: H369 Description: HUGHES 369D
Date: 11/27/2012 Time: 2158
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: CHILDRESS State: TX Country: US
DESCRIPTION
N28MP HUGHES 369D ROTORCRAFT STRUCK TREES DURING POWERLINE OPERATION AND
CRASHED, 1 PERSON WAS FATALLY INJURED, 1 SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, NEAR
CHILDRESS, TX
What: Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee C en route from Waterbury-Oxford to Simsbury
Where: Onion Mountain, near Simsbury, CT
When: Nov 19, 2012 10:20 p.m.
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: Donald Derocher, 73, and Josephine Derocher, 74, were en route to visit family in Connecticut when their plane dropped from radar into an area of difficult access.
The plane struck the Onion Mountain, and was located crashed in the Simsbury-owned Onion Mountain Park. Rescuers used chain saws to clear a path to the wreckage,
The record of takeoff from Waterbury-Oxford airport were denied by the airport manager. The NTSB is investigating
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 8826J
Make/Model: PA28 D
Description: PA-28 CHEROKEE, ARROW, WARRIOR, ACHER
Date: 11/19/2012 Time: 2334
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION City: CANTON State: CT Country: US
DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE
FATALLY INJURED, 10 MILES FROM CANTON, CT
What: Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER en route from Hong Kong to Los Angeles
Where: Anchorage
When: Nov 22, 2012
Who: 288 passengers and 18 crew
Why: While en route, the Cathay Pacific developed a pressurization problem and had to make an emergency landing in Alaska. There were no injuries. When the pressurization problem developed, oxygen masks were deployed.
Cathay Pacific and the Civil Aviation Department will be investigating.
Passengers were provided hotel accommodations and an alternative flight.
The cause of the pressurization problem is speculated to be a malfunctioning valve in the air system
What: (2) Pasadena Police Department Bell OH-58A Kiowa
Where: Pasadena Police helipad
When: Nov 17, 2012, 4:00 pm
Who: 6 injured: a pilot and observer in both helicopters; two officers on the ground
Why: As one police helicopter tookoff and another one was landing, the rotors of both helicopters touched, causing a collision and crash.
Both helicopters were damaged. Six people were hospitalized.
One helicopter crew was on regular patrol.
One helicopter was monitoring UCLA-Southern California football game traffic.
The weather conditions at the time were cloudy with a drizzle of rain. The NTSB is investigating.
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What: unauthorized vehicle
Where: Phoenix Sky Harbor
When: Nov 16, 2012
Who: 2 aboard
Why: Reports say that Koko Nicole Anderson was intoxicated on drugs when the car she was driving barged through a partially closed gate and onto a runway while driving with her two month old child in the car. The gate was being tested when Anderson drove through it. She struck a portable toilet and kept driving until an officer rammed her car.
Anderson’s mother says the girl was not on drugs but suffering from bi-polar disorder.
The intoxicated driver with a history of mental illness was taken into custody, and booked into jail on aggravated DUI and criminal damage charges.
An expert determined that the intoxication was related to drugs instead of alcohol. In order to safeguard planes from being either accidentally or intentionally struck by misguided drivers, the airport is considering beefing up security with airport gates that include additional pop-up barriers.
What: Superior Pallet Co. Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six
Where: Jackson, Miss
When: Nov 13, 2012, 5:00pm
Who: 3 fatalities, 1 injured
Why: Three people aboard the Piper that crashed in Jackson Mississippi died at the scene.
The residence of hLoretta and Roosevelt Jamison went up in flames after the plane impacted. Ironically, the plane had been en route to an FAA safety conference.
The pilot had taken off but once underway requested to return to the airport. Witnesses reported the engine sputtering but the plane did not make it back to the airport, and crashed in the residence.
One person was in the house when the accident occurred and she was able to climb through a bedroom window to safety. She is being treated at University of Mississippi Medical Center.
The plane belonged to Roger and Michele Latham, but Latham and his wife and daughter were not aboard. The fatalities included Latham’s flight instructor John Edward Tilton Jr.and two passengers en route to the FAA safety conference.
What: Bemidji Aviation/UPS Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
Where: Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
When: Nov 9 2012 8 p.m.
Who: pilot
Why: The Bemidji Aviation plane was on a UPS flight attempting to land when the left rear wheel collapsed. The plane veered off the runway and came to a stop.
There were no injuries and the plane remained upright.
What: Federal Express turboprop Cessna Caravan
Where: West 47th Street South, Wichita Mid-Continent Airport
When: Nov. 6, 2012
Who: 1 fatality
Why: Pilot Brian Quinn had taken off from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport but turned back, declaring Mayday, after developing engine trouble, with “oil on the windshield.”
The pilot landed in a grass field, crossed it and struck a tree row two miles south of the airport.
He died at the scene. Sedgwick County and Wichita emergency workers responded. The accident is under investigation.
What: OH-6A helicopter
Where: Atlanta
When: Nov 4, 2012
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: Pilot Richard J. Halford, 48, and tactical flight officer Shawn A. Smiley, 40 were killed when the low-flying police helicopter they were in hit a power line, fell to a city street and exploded. The officers were searching for a nine year old boy who was later found. The chopper did not hurt anyone on the ground.
Witnesses heard the helicopter and saw a flash of light when the chopper hit the pole. The chopper’s landing gear was caught in the support cables. The power company assisted authorities in getting it down.
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The helicopter has been moved to a secure location as investigators work to piece together what happened.
Sandy:
Thousands of flights cancelled due to Tropical Storm Sandy
National Weather Service
..HURRICANE FORCE WINDS GUSTS REPORTED OVER LONG ISLAND AND THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREAS…
Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
000
ABNT20 KNHC 292329
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC…CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO…
POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY IS ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE
SOUTH NEW JERSEY COAST. AT 1100 PM EDT…THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER WILL ISSUE ITS LAST ADVISORY ON SANDY. THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER…HPC…WILL BEGIN ISSUING
PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON SANDY AT 500 AM EDT TUESDAY. HPC PUBLIC
ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED UNDER THE SAME WMO AND AWIPS HEADERS AS
THE NHC PUBLIC ADVISORIES…AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA THE NHC
WEBSITE.
9:00 PM EDT Mon Oct 29
Location: 39.6°N 74.6°W
Moving: WNW at 21 mph
Min pressure: 947 mb
Max sustained: 80 mph
AVSEC World 2012 Postponed
Due to Hurricane Sandy and impending severe weather that has the potential to inflict enormous and unprecedented damage on the East Coast, and specifically the New York metropolitan region, the decision has been made to postpone AVSEC World 2012 and associated meetings and events. This decision was not made lightly but in the interest of the safety and security of our attendees.
Any reservations made at the below hotels through the conference registration system will be considered cancelled for arrival dates beginning on Sunday, 28 October unless we are otherwise notified.
The New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
The Sheraton Brooklyn New York
The NU Hotel
Any reservations made outside of the conference registration site will need to be attended to on your own accord.
Thank you for your understanding and we will continue to provide updates to you in a timely manner.
What: Kensington Capital LLC Piper PA-24-250 Comanche en route from Arizona to Schlemeyer Field Airport
Where: Odessa
When: Oct 26
Who: 3 aboard
Why: When the pilot realized he didn’t have enough fuel for the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche to make it to Schlemeyer Field, he dodged power lines and made an emergency landing on 87th Street between Harvard Ave. and Rainbow Dr.
The pilot called for a fuel delivery, and was subsequently permitted to take off for the airport. There were no injuries.
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What: Spirit Airlines Airbus A319-100 en route from Cartagena, Colombia to Fort Lauderdale
Where: Palm Beach International Airport
When: Oct 25, 2012
Who: 54 aboard
Why: As pilots were flying from Cartagena, Colombia to Fort Lauderdale, the plane developed problems and the pilots had to divert the flight. According to one source, one of the engines developed problems and was shut down. (Reports vary on the exact nature of the issue behind the diversion.)
Pilots diverted to Palm Beach International Airport where they made a safe landing.
What: Herman Hassinger Architects Beechcraft A36 Bonanza en route from Nashua to Laconia
Where: Hooksett, New Hampshire
When: Oct 25, 2012 1:30 pm
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: According to reports, the single-engine Beechcraft hit a light pole alongside I-93 northbound.
The two aboard, Husband and wife Herman and Doris Hassinger, were on their way to a board of trustees meeting at a New Hampton boarding school, and died when the plane crashed on to the shoulder and guard rail after glancing off the pole.
Herman Hassinger was ejected into the woods about 25 yards from the plane.
The plane sustained heavy front-end damage. The debris included parts fallen from the light pole and about six feet of the plane’s wing.
The Bureau of Aeronautics, FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating.
What: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-83
Where: LAS VEGAS
When: October 23, 2012
Why: On taxi, the wingtip of the MD-83 struck a perimeter fence gate. No injuries were reported.
Two miles off shore of Waikiki, a US Coast Guard MH65 Dolphin was hit by a laser pointer. The pilot had to make an emergency landing at Barbers Point Air Station in Hawaii. A flight mechanic and rescue swimmer were aboard the helicopter when it had to divert back to the base.
The crew was sent to have their eyes checked and are temporarily off-duty.
It is a federal crime to aim a laser pointer at an aircraft.
What: PIA Pakistan to Manchester
Where: Allama Iqbal International Airport Pakistan
When: October 24, 2012
Who: 203 aboard (183 economy class passengers, 16 business class and four infants)
Why: After passengers had boarded for the 11:45 a.m. flight to Manchester, and the plane was about to taxi for take off, a catering van drove onto the tarmac and into the parked aircraft, damaging the door of the plane.
Passengers disembarked and had to wait at the airport for hours until 7:30 when the replacement plane for PK 709 left for Manchester.
What: Piper PA-28 Cherokee#N55620 en route from Delaware, Ohio to Creve Coeur airport.
Where: Creve Coeur Lake, Maryland Heights
When: Oct 24, 2012
Who: 2 aboard
Why: While attempting a landing on the shore, the piper that crashed into Creve Coeur Lake had two occupants, pilot Russell Hazelton, 78 who died at DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton and passenger Suzanne Hazelton, 69 who was on life support. The plane flipped on to its back during the attempted landing.
Lake Saint Louis Fire Protection District dive team, police and rescue services were on hand for the recovery.
What: DSB Inc Glasair III
Where: Byron, California
When: October 23, 2012
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: Five miles from the nearest airport, the small home-built Glasair III crashed in a field near Byron, California, killing two aboard. A witness saw the plane “corkscrewing toward the ground.”
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 655DB Make/Model: EXP Description: GLASAIR
Date: 10/23/2012 Time: 2103
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION City: BYRON State: CA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FIELD, THE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, 4 MILES FROM BYRON, CA
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 2
Three settlements of five cases have finally been made in the lawsuits concerning the plane crash that killed Brian Finn, Andrew Ingram, and pilot Douglas Bourn. In 2010, Bourn’s Cessna 310R clipped high-voltage power lines and a utility tower in dense fog crashing into a Beech Street neighborhood. Ingram’s parents and aunt, Finn’s wife and daughter, and East Palo Alto residents Ervin and Pinkie Hudleton have settled, but no agreement has been reached with Lisa Jones and Jose Cortez-Herrera. Jones’ day care center and home, and Cortez-Herrera house were damaged in the accident.
Details of the settlements have not been published.
The two men who died in the accident were 51-year-old Cyril McLavin, of Fresh Meadows in Queens, and 72-year-old Andrew Messana, from Bayside, Queens.
The accident is under investigation.
What: Globe Swift en route from Spadaro Airport
Where: Moriches inlet, Fire Island
When: Oct 20, 2012 3 p.m.
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A Globe Swift plane that took off from Spadaro Airport had two aboard.
What: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s patrol Air-24-American Euro Copter
Where: Lakewood California
When: Oct 21, 2012 8:50 p.m.
Why: The flight crew heard a loud noise from the helicopter and made an emergency street landing at Del Amo Boulevard and Paramount.
After making a safe landing and determining that a bird had struck the fuselage above the pilot canopy, they returned to the helicopter and flew back for repairs.
Lakewood Sheriff Deputies handled traffic until the helicopter left the scene.
What: Globe Swift en route from Spadaro Airport
Where: Moriches inlet, Fire Island
When: Oct 20, 2012 3 p.m.
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A Globe Swift plane that took off from Spadaro Airport had two aboard.
The plane was witnessed nosediving into Moriches inlet where it sank twenty to thirty feet deep, ending up upside down on a rock where divers took hours trying to retrieve the occupants.
Fishermen were the first on the scene, and tried to haul the plane up with a rope.Medics were on standby waiting for the divers to retrieval of the passengers, but the occupants were underwater for hours and presumed deceased.
What: Helicopter
Where: Bucks County, Tinicum Township
When: October 17 2012
Who: pilot
Why: Pilot Cpl. Douglas Ward Brigham died in a crash when his helicopter went down in the woods and caught fire shortly after takeoff. Residents of the area heard an explosion. The helicopter impacted in woods off River Road in Erwinna, across the Delaware River from Frenchtown, N.J.Brigham had been flying for 25 years. He was a licensed pilot, instructor and volunteer rescuer. He had taken off from the private helipad at his house.
Tinicum Township Department of Emergency Management, and Patient Airlift Services responded to the scene.
