An ultralight plane crashed south of Townsville, Queensland, Australia, on November 29.
Authorities said the plane was taking off from an air strip in Woodstock when it experienced some difficulties and went down.
The pilot, who was the only aboard, was killed in the crash.
The incident is being investigated.
A Magnicharters airlines jet crash-landed at Mexico City International Airport in Mexico, on November 26.
The Boeing 737 plane was coming from the Caribbean coast resort of Cancun when its landing gear partially collapsed upon landing.
There were 139 passengers and 5 crew members aboard at the time; none of them were injured. Authorities said some of the passengers were treated for “nervous crisis.”
A small plane crashed in the backyard of a home Old Fountain Road in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, on November 24.
The incident happened when the pilot of the Piper PA 28 plane was practicing takeoffs and landings.
Authorities said there were two people in the plane at the time of crash, including the pilot, in his middle 20s, from Duluth, and a teenage passenger from Johns Creek; both of them sustained non-life threatening injuries.
No one on the ground was injured.
The incident is being investigated.
A helicopter crashed into the Fox Glacier in New Zealand on November 21.
The authorities said the Eurocopter “Squirrel” helicopter, operated by Alpine Adventures, was carrying six passengers and a pilot when it went down.
Everyone aboard was killed in the crash. The deceased include the pilot Mitch Gameren, 28, of New Zealand, four British tourists, two Australians and a New Zealander.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashed into Clear Lake in Orlando, Florida, on November 20.
The six-seater aircraft, carrying two people, took off from Orlando Executive Airport but crashed just fifteen minutes later into the lake located off Rio Grande Avenue.
Both occupants of the plane, including a man who appeared to be in his 50s and a teenage girl, were killed in the crash.
Authorities said the plane was en-route to Gainesville, Texas, at the time.
The NTSB and the FAA are investigating.
A small plane crashed and caught fire at Brackett Field Airport, La Verne, California, at around 1:44 P.M. on November 19.
The single-engine Cessna crashed while the pilot was attempting to make an emergency landing. According to the FAA, “The aircraft … struck a perimeter fence upon landing.”
All 2 people aboard sustained injuries.
The incident is under investigation.
A small plane crashed off of County Road K and Church St. in Waukechon, Shawano County, Wisconsin, on the morning of November 15.
Authorities said the plane, carrying a pilot instructor and a student, went down in a farm field.
Both occupants of the plane were injured and were shifted to ThedaCare Health Center, Shawano.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A six-seater light plane crashed near Churchinford village in Blackdown Hills, Somerset, United Kingdom, on November 14.
The plane went down while it was heading from Surrey to Devon.
There were four people aboard the plane, including two men and two women; all of them were killed in the crash.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) will investigate the cause of crash.
A West Wind Aviation plane made a crash landing near River Nile, South Sudan, Africa, on November 10.
The Hawker Siddeley HS-780 Andover, en-route from Malakal to Wau, South Sudan, was flying on the behalf of United Nations’ World Food Programme to distribute food.
All 4 crew members survived the crash.
The aircraft was destroyed completely.
A Ukrainian helicopter crashed near Stretavka village, in Zilina, eastern Slovakia, on November 13.
According to the Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak, pilot of the Russian-made Mi2 “was doing dangerous manoeuvrs especially in very bad weather conditions because he was flying very low.”
Six people lost their lives in the crash.
The accident is being investigated.
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.
Small Plane Crashed into Residential Building in Ohio; 9 Killed
A small plane crashed into an apartment complex at 3042 Mogadore Road, near Skelton Road, in Akron, Ohio, on November 10.
Authorities said the Hawker H25 business jet was approaching Akron Fulton International Airport when it apparently hit some power lines and crashed into the four-family apartment complex. The plane was flying from Dayton Wright Brothers Airport.
There were 9 people aboard at the time; all of them were killed.
The house, that was vacant at the time, was completely destroyed.
The crash is under investigation.
On Wednesday November 4, an Antonov 12 cargo plane leased from Asia Airways (registered EY-406) impacting terrain in the South Sudan. The flight was en route from Juba Airport, South Sudan to Paloich Airport, South Sudan. Three people survived the crash. There were forty fatalities, many of which were on the ground. However, this was a cargo flight, not supposed to have passengers, and the number of passengers may have been more than reported according to officials. The recorded number of those aboard, five crew, and seven passengers, has not been verified.
The accident occurred just after the cargo flight had taken off from runway 13 at Juba Airport. It impacted near the White Nile river. The site has been secured, and the bodies are being recovered. Plans are underway to recover the black boxes.
The crew was made up of five Armenians and one Russian. Six passengers were South Sudanese. There may have been one additional foreign passenger, but that information is unclear.
A cargo plane crashed into a hill at the banks of White Nile River in Juba, South Sudan, on November 4.
The Allied Services Limited Antonov AN-12B, was carrying 12 passengers and 5 crew members from Juba, to Paloich, at the time.
Among the 12 passengers and 5 crew members aboard, only 2 people survived. According to the police, the crash took lives of 41 people, including the local residents.
Preliminary investigations reveal the accident occurred due to over-load.
Shaheen Air flight NL-142 crash-landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, Pakistan, on November 3.
The plane was flying from Karachi when the pilot declared emergency due to faulty landing gear.
Authorities said one of the tires of the plane burst upon landing, causing it to skid off the runway.
At least 10 passengers were injured in the incident and were provided medical treatment.
The aircraft’s fuselage sustained damage.
The incident is being investigated.
A small plane crashed near Van Horne Road on Crow Mountain, Pope County, Arkansas, on October 29.
The single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza plane was attempting to take off from Russellville Regional Airport when it went down.
There were four people aboard at the time; all of them were killed. They were identified as the pilot Phillip Cowger and three siblings Wesley Harris, Julie Lefevre, and Robert Harris.
It is believed that the passengers were heading to Knoxville to attend a funeral.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A helicopter crashed in a field in Kinley, Saskatchewan, Canada, on October 27.
Authorities said the aircraft went down while it was heading from Calgary to Saskatoon.
The 48-year-old pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. His name has not yet been released.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A Spanish military helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, around 280 nautical miles from its destination on Gando air base, Gran Canaria Island, Spain, on October 22.
The Super Puma helicopter, carrying a captain, a lieutenant and sergeant, went down after taking off from Mauritania. Authorities said the chopper had been involved in military exercises in Dakar, Senegal and stopped at Mauritania for refueling.
All 3 crew members went missing after the crash. A search operation is underway.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A small plane crashed into the woods near Worcester Regional Airport in Worcester, Massachusetts, on October 24.
The single-engine 1996 Mooney M20M plane was attempting to take-off from the airport when it veered right and crashed into trees just beyond the runway.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. He was identified as Dr.Gary Weller, 66, of Putnam, Connecticut.
The accident is being investigated.
British Airways jet crash-landed at O. R. Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg, South Africa, on October 26.
The Boeing 737-400 plane, operating as Comair flight BA6234, was flying from Port Elizabeth, Cape Town when its left landing gear collapsed upon landing.
There were 94 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
An airline spokesperson confirmed the incident and said, “Comair and the relevant authorities will be conducting the necessary investigation over the coming days and weeks. As soon as more information is on hand we will be releasing it to the media.”
A Piper Cherokee 180 aircraft crashed into Mar Mak Colony Club mobile home park in Lake Worth, Florida, on October 13.
Authorities said the plane went down while it was en-route from Orlando to Lantana, Florida.
Two people were killed in the crash, including the pilot and a person in the mobile home.
The NTSB is investigating the cause of crash.
A helicopter crashed at NATO’s Resolute Support Mission headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 11.
Authorities said the British Puma Mk 2 helicopter crashed while landing at the headquarters.
Five people were killed in the crash. The deceased include 2 U.S. service members, 2 British service members and a French civilian contractor. Their names have not yet been released.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A small plane crashed into a home in 1600 block of Tionontati St. California town, Nevada-California border, on the night of October 10.
The Beech 35 Bonanza crashed in the south of Lake Tahoe Airport, California, just after taking off.
The 2 passengers aboard were killed while no injuries were reported in the home.
The incident is under investigation.
A single-engine Piper Tomahawk aircraft crashed near the Pickens County airport, Jasper, Georgia, on October 8.
The incident happened when the plane, carrying a student pilot, was attempting touch-and-go landings at the airport.
The pilot Michael Joseph Hughes, of Blairsville, was killed in the crash.
According to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Investigator Todd Gunther, “The airplane was then observed to go into what someone described as an aerodynamic stall, the nose pitched down and the airplane appeared to spin to the left until it disappeared behind trees.”
According to a preliminary report released by Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), the black box from Trigana Air jet that crashed in August will be sent to France for data retrieval.
The flight TGN267 crashed after it lost contact with the ATC during a flight from Sentani airport, Jayapura, to Oksibi, Papua. There were 54 people aboard at the time; all of them were killed.
The report released on October 7 said, “The downloading process to retrieve data from the FDR was unsuccessful. For further examination, the FDR data will be downloaded at BEA facility in Paris, France.”
The report further said that the cockpit voice recorder had a 2-hour recording but it did not give any clue as to what caused the crash.
