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    4 Die in a Single Engine Piper Crash

    piperlausanneFour people were killed after a single engine Piper 32 plane, en route from Hereford, Texas, to Gettysburg, South Dakota crashed in foggy weather, in a wind farm. According to FAA records, the plane was registered to Donald J. Fischer, from Gettysburg, South Dakota.

    The incident occured, when the passengers of ill-fated airplane were returning after attending a sale of live cattle and embryos in Hereford. The wreckage of crashed plane was found on Monday, April 28, at the South Dakota Wind Energy Center, located towards south of Highmore and containing 27 turbines, having a height of 213 feet, excluding the blade length.

    Three passengers and the pilot were pronounced dead in the incident. Luce Funeral Home confirmed the pilot’s identity as Fischer, 32, while Lien Funeral Home revealed identities of 2 passengers as Logan Rau, hailing from Java and Brent Beitelspacher, belonging to Bowdle. The identity of third passenger is not known at the moment.

    A spokesperson of Florida-based NextEra Energy Inc., Steve Stengel confirmed that the incident caused damage to turbine. He also said, “It’s been so foggy up there and we haven’t had a chance to investigate.”

    NTSB is investigating the cause of accident.

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    Two Planes Collide Near Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, CA

    SfTwo planes, returning from the Pacific Coast Dream Machines festival, collided over the northern San Francisco Bay.

    According to Ian Gregor, the spokesperson of the FAA, the planes involved in the incident were single-engine Hawker Sea Fury TMK 20 and single-engine Cessna 210.

    The planes took off from Eagle’s Nest Airport for participating in the Pacific Coast Dream Machines festival, which is held annually at the Half Moon Bay Airport. Both the planes were on their way back home when they collided at about 4:05 pm, near the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.

    The Sea Fury was able to reach Eagle’s Nest Airport in Ione, Northern California, where it landed 40 minutes after the collision. The Amador county Undersheriff, Jim Wegner, confirmed that the passengers of Sea Fury plane, a husband and wife, remained injured and did not need medical attention.

    The Cessna plane crashed into the bay. Crews found the debris in San Pablo Bay however, Loumania Stewart, the Coast Guard Petty Officer said that they have not found any clues about the pilot yet.

    As per the FAA records, the Sea Fury belongs to Sanders Aeronautics Inc., a company specializing in aircraft restoration. The company website reveals that the sanders brothers; Dennis and Brian Sanders, are air racers.

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    Fixed-Wing Airplane Crashed While Conducting Cloud Seeding in Philippines

    A Baron fixed-wing airplane crashed while conducting cloud seeding on Sunday afternoon at a corn field in Villa Coloma, Bagabag town in Nueva Vizcaya province of Philippines.

    Chief of Bagabag police, Chief Inspector Chevalier Iringan confirmed that the RP C1974 plane took off from Cauayan City airport, Isabela province and crashed over the Magat River watershed at about 2:45pm.

    All four people including the pilot; Philip Jubane and three passengers; Christopher Evan Borja, Leilanie Naga and Melvin Simangan, died at the spot. The victims were employees of the Bureau of Soils and Water Management.

    The plane was on its fourth and last cloud seeding operation commissioned by SN Aboitiz Power-Magat Inc.

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    Experimental Plane Crashed in South Carolina; Pilot Remained Stuck in Cockpit for 7 Hours

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    An experimental plane crashed near Sumter Airport, Sumter County, South Carolina, at about 11:30am on April 27.

    The single passenger plane was scheduled to land at Sumter Airport around lunch time but it never showed up. The search and rescue teams were then sent for finding the plane, which finally spotted it along Brewington Road at around 5:30pm.

    According to the rescue workers, they found the crashed plane in an upside down position, with the pilot stuck in the cockpit. The rescuers then cut through the wreckage and lifted the pilot, who had remained stuck inside the cockpit for around seven hours. He was then taken to Palmetto Health Richland for medical treatment. His injuries are believed to be non-life threatening.

    According to the Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis, “The FAA will come in and do an investigation and determine what caused the crash… At this time, we have no knowledge of what actually caused the crash.”

    As per the FAA records, the airplane was an experimental plane, built in 2012.

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    2 Injured in a Private Helicopter Crash in Central Ohio

    helicopterA private helicopter crashed into a Delaware County field, central Ohio at about 12:45pm on Thursday, April 24.

    According to Lt. Craig Cvetan, spokesperson of the State Highway Patrol, the helicopter was carrying two passengers; Henry Brecher, 81 and Todd Cramer, 50. Both of them were injured in the incident.

    The injured were flown to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center through a medical helicopter. Their injuries are believed to be non-life threatening.

    The 2006 Rotorway International, EXEC 162F helicopter also set fire to the 10 acre field where it crashed.

    The authorities are investigating the cause of crash.

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    Wake Turbulence Found Guilty

    aircraft.jpg__atkinson_Preliminary investigation of the Indian Air Force Lockheed C-130J-30 Super Hercules that crashed on Friday March 28, 2014, killing five, indicates that the accident may have been the result of wake turbulence.

    The Hercules that crashed 72 miles from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh was in a twoship formation on a training mission when it flew into the wake turbulence of the lead aircraft. Because of the low altitude (300 feet), the crew could not establish control in order to avert the crash.

    The mission was flying from Agra-Kheria Air Force Station to Gwalior Airport, India.

    Although the findings reportedly rule out “technical error,” incidents resulting from wake turbulence (i.e. composed of wingtip vortices and jet wash) are generally considered pilot error. Jet wash gases from engines dissipate quickly, but vortices from the wings can last three minutes.

    Although most incidents resulting from a plane flying in another’s wake turbulence are reported in takeoff and landing situations at airstrips, it is also a hazard in formation flying, so that planes in the far position must concentrate on staying on or above leader’s glide path. Vortices sink at a rate of 90 to 150 meters/minute

    The ICAO has separation minima standards for take-off and landing.

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    Missing Small Plane found; Wreckage in Lithuania

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    After an all night search, a father and his ten year old son missing aboard a Aveko VL-3 Evolution ultralight were found in a marshland near the Lukna river in Paluknys, Lithuania near a wooded area.

    The plane went missing after dusk on April 19th and was not found until the 20th. Border guards and reconnaissance helicopters engaged in the search. The rescuers were unable to provide assistance to the victims. Police, aviation, safety experts, and disaster site rescue teams assisted in the search and recovery.

    Investigators suggest there was an engine failure and spin, leading to the accident, which occurred along the route where the craft would have turned.

    Dalius Aleksandravi?ius was a CEO, a graduate of Stockholm School of Economics and used to work for Met Life.
    (Spelling of names may differ due to translation.)

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    Two Killed in Single Engine Plane Crash in Shiawassee County

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    A single engine plane crashed in Shiawassee County, Michigan on Saturday, 19th April 2014 afternoon at around 2 p.m.

    The plane crashed in a field near Potter road and M-13, near Genesee County border

    According to the County sheriff, two lives were lost in the incident. The deceased have been identified as Richard Kenneth Hayward, 63 and Mark James Kozan, 49. The victims belonged to Vassar and Caro respectively.

    The two seater CJ-6A plane was registered to Haywards Aviation in Tuscola County.

    FAA and Shiawassee police is investigating the cause of accident.

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    Finland: Skydivers Lose lives in Glider School Crash


    Pirkanmaalta students at the Jämijärvi glider school in Satakunta lost their lives when the plane they were about to sky dive in crashed. The plane may have suffered engine problems. One witness may have seen a wing detach but this has not been confirmed. The debris field is a large area, and the badly burned parts will be a challenge to investigators.

    One witness, Soili Kollani said (translated to English) “I looked at the sky and saw the machine. It was pretty high. Then it just came down. It burned on the way down, and rotated.”

    Several helicopters were on the scene for search and rescue.

    A search for survivors near Jämijärven Airport found three alive: the pilot and two passengers. The first person out of the plane was wearing a helmet cam, which may have captured the accident and may or may not have useful data.

    The police currently have custody of the cam. Eight bodies were found inside the wreckage, all with parachutes. The three survivors were found outside the plane, though the fall was described by witnesses as “a rag doll.”

    The turboprop-branded Comp Air 8 has a jet-powered propeller. The Comp Air 8 is a kit plane manufactured by Comp Air Inc in Titusville Florida.

    The contact page for witnesses of the accident or relatives of the victims is here:

    http://www.poliisi.fi/newslist/pbic/2014042002helsinki1

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    Aerobatic Stunt Pilot Survives Fiery Plane Crash

    small planeOn Friday, April 18th 2014, Dan Marcotte, an experienced aerobatic stunt pilot survived a fiery plane crash by parachuting out of his single-passenger plane.

    The plane bursted into flames and crashed on interstate 89 near Burlington, Vermont, moments after he jumped out. Hearing the explosion, the fire fighters rushed to scene and found Marcotte’s parachute dandling from a tree.

    Vt. State Police Lt. Garry Scott said that Marcotte probably got the intuition that something was wrong with the plane, and he jumped out in time. He got some minor injuries, but his life is out of danger.

    Marcotte is well known for his amazing stunts at grand events like Independence Day celebrations on the Burlington waterfront.

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    Cessna Airplane Crashed Near Searcy Municipal Airport, Arkansas

    russiancessnacrashA single engine Cessna airplane crashed in White County, around two miles towards south of the Searcy Municipal Airport.

    According to the chief deputy for the White County sheriff’s office, Phillip Miller, the accident was reported to 911 at about 2:50pm on Friday. The emergency teams rushed to scene where they found an overturned Cessna plane in a field.

    There were two persons on board and the authorities confirmed that both of them escaped with only minor injuries.

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the cause of accident

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    Woman Killed in Plane Crash in Texas

    A single-engine Beechcraft carrying a family of three crashed at Hicks Air Field, north of downtown Fort Worth on April 13.

    The plane crashed during an attempt to make emergency landing. The woman died on the spot, while the pilot, who was her husband, was injured along with their son. Their injuries are not life threatening.

    Lonny Haschel, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety said that the family was flying from Arkansas to Fort Worth at the time of the incident.

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    Lancair Plane Crash Kills Two in Mexico

    A small patrol naval aircraft based at the Mexican Naval Air Station in the Gulf coast port of Tampico crashed at 7 p.m. on April 10 in the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas, Mexico.

    Mexico’s navy department said that the Lancair plane was on a reconnaissance mission. Two military personnel, including the pilot and an observer were killed in the accident. The plane sent distress signals but crashed a few minutes later. The naval authorities sent their condolences to the families of the dead.

    The Tamaulipas area, which borders Texas, is currently facing clashes between rival criminal outfits. The area has seen dozens of violent deaths in the last few days.

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    1946 Single-Engine Ercoup Crashed in Cherokee County, Okla

    Single engine planeTwo men got seriously injured in a plane crash in Cherokee County near Tenkiller Lake, about a mile north of Cookson Airfield, in the morning of April 12.

    The Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson said that the 1946 single-engine Ercoup experienced engine issues before it crashed. The plane was registered to Albert Demarco of Ozark, Ark.

    The identities of the injured have not so far been confirmed.

    According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials, both the passengers were shifted to a Tulsa hospital via Life Flight. They were listed in critical condition.

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    Seaplane Crash Injures 2 Near Lake Idamere

    A seaplane crash near Lake Idamere Park, outside of Tavares city in Florida injured the pilot and the only passenger on board.

    The incident took place just before 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 10. According to the Tavares city officials, the pilot was attempting to land the plane on Lake Idamere but miscalculated the distance and landed it in a wooded region near the lake park’s parking lot located on County road 448.

    The pilot suffered from a back injury while the passenger was shifted to Florida Hospital Waterman with minor injuries.

    According to the official website of the Federal Aviation Administration, the crashed plane was registered to Coastal Alliance Inc. of Ventura, CA and was manufactured by Progressive Aerod.

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    Turboprop Crash in Indonesia, 2 Fatalities, 5 Injured

    indonesiaOn Wednesday April 9, 2014, an Adventist Aviation Indonesia Quest Kodiak 100 took off from Doyo Baru Airstrip to Ninia Airstrip, Yahukimo, Papua, Indonesia, but on takeoff in overcast weather, the plane flew up ten meters, dropped and the wing tip struck a bridge. Two of the seven aboard died in the crash, which broke the plane into several large pieces.

    The two fatalities were the American pilots, Robert Frederic (63), and Denis Kobak (26). The five others including Yames Pahabol (32), Menas Balingga Ninia (29), Dariut Sugun Ninia(26), Ali Kobak (40) and Ninia-Nike Kobak (28) who were hospitalized at Yowari Hospital and Jayapura Regency Hospital.

    The scene of the crash was not secured; and locals were picking up degree and scattered foodstuffs from the plane.

    The Quest Kodiak 100 is a single engine turboprop. The accident at this point is presumed to be due to the plane being over capacity.

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    Kit Crash In Brazil Kills Pilot

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    An Aero Designs Super Pulsar 100 kit plane with only the pilot aboard was flying over Amercana São Paulo, Brazil when it crashed on farmland bordering between Americana and Nova Odessa. The impact was close to Americana Municipal Airport where the pilot had just taken off from, en route to Guaratinguetá, São Paulo. The pilot was businessman Claito Finger, who died on impact. The kit plane crash will be investigated by the police. The pilot’s remains were taken to Instituto Médico Legal.

    Finger owned Finger Jewelry stores.

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    Medical Helicopter Crashes on Hospital Roof Helipad

    bellThe new PHI Air Medical Eurocopter AS350B3 Ecureuil (#N395P) on its first flight had just delivered a patient from Rio Rancho to University of New Mexico hospital. Taking off from the hospital roof, the helicopter crashed, injuring the pilot and two medics aboard. No patients were aboard at the time.

    The helicopter lifted off for 30 feet, spun, then fell back to the roof; the tail impacted the building and the helicopter rolled on to its side. It caught fire, but the fire was put out by sprinklers. The top two floors of the hospital were evacuated as a precaution. The accident occurred at a quarter to six pm on April 9, and NTSB investigators arrived Thursday morning.

    PHI (Petroleum Helicopters International) flies patients to hospitals, medical equipment, gas, oil, and technology.

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    Bell #HelicopterCrash in China

    A helicopter crash occurred in Miyun county in Mujiayu township, China, a suburb of Beijing.

    The report was received from 11:40 at Beijing emergency center which sent a medical evacuation helicopter to the wreckage to transport the survivors.

    Jinhaihu Landscape Man Park Aviation Club was owner/operator of the Bell 407 helicopter in which flight training was underway when it crashed.

    Both injured pilots were hospitalized, one with hand injuries and the other with brain trauma. One of them died in the hospital.

    No cause for the crash has been indicated. The accident is under investigation.

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    Cessna on Training Flight Crashes in Alaska

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    A Cessna Caravan crashed and burned near Bethel, Alaska with two pilots aboard and no passengers. Derrick Cedars and Greggory McGee were confirmed as pilots. The plane operated by Hageland Aviation flew out of Bethel airport, and crashed at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Troopers aboard a National Guard Blackhawk confirmed the crash with an aerial overview of the large debris field and burning wreckage.

    Tuesday evening, rescuers were aboard a helicopter that flew to Three Step Mountain to the wreckage, perhaps recover the remains. The NTSB is investigating.

    Hageland had five crashes since 2003.

    The Cessna had 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada engines.

    Metars at the time of the crash were
    PABE 090153Z 36014KT 10SM R19R/3000VP6000FT CLR M07/M17 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP114 T10721167
    PABE 090053Z 36013KT 10SM CLR M07/M16 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP115 T10721161

    Decoded:
    Location: PABE
    Day of month: 09
    Time: 01:53 UTC
    Wind: True direction = 360 degrees, Speed: 14 knots
    Visibility: 10 Statute Miles
    Temperature: -07 degrees Celsius
    Dewpoint: -17 degrees Celsius
    QNH: 29.86 inHg
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    Wind: True direction = 360 degrees, Speed: 13 knots
    Visibility: 10 Statute Miles
    Temperature: -07 degrees Celsius
    Dewpoint: -16 degrees Celsius
    QNH: 29.86 inHg

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    Aripuanã Plane Crash kills Pilot and 3 passengers, including 2 Civil Servants

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    On April 6, 2013, an Embraer EMB-720D Minuano #PT-ROS en route from Aripuanã to Colniza, Mato Grosso went missing. A pilot saw the wreckage and called it in to Civil police before the official search began, which was set to begin on Monday. The wreckage was reported on Monday April 7, along with the remains of the pilot and three passengers. Two of the victims, Elias Borges Nogueira and Alexsandro Pereira da Silva were going to be in service in the region. The pilot and a local farmer were the other two victims. One of those aboard was found feet away from the plane, and had no burns.

    The wreckage was discovered in an area of difficult access.

    Aripuanã has no fire department, and the recovery work is being done by Aripuanã police. The remains were held at the local mortuary until being shipped to the Forensic Institute by Integrated Air Operations Center (Ciopaer).

    The government statement said that they will be giving full support to the families.

    The statement of the Secretary of Environment of Mato Grosso, José Lacerda, confirmed that the plane#PT-ROS crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday. “They are Cuiaba and were on a survey of regional programming in the areas of Aripuanã, Colniza and New World.”

    The police are speculating that the plane may have lost parts in the air, although we do not know if this is supported by the photographic evidence we have seen. (i.e. if the plane is intact now in pictures, it was likely intact in the air.) Also, the weather was rainy and windy at the time the plane went missing.

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    French Crash Claims Two

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    A man and a woman were aboard a Jodel D plane near Bucey-lès-Gy, France, on Sunday April 6 2014, when it crashed after taking off. The two people aboard the craft died on impact. The plane was at a low altitude when apparently, the pilot tried to turn around. The accident may have been due to a mechanical issue or pilot error. The female pilot lived in Beaune and her passenger was a Dole air traffic controller.

    Société Avions Jodel is a French aircraft company that built planes of Sitka spruce from 1946 until the sixties. New Jodel planes are constructed only by hobbyists.

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    Guatemala Plane Crash Kills 2 Americans

    GuatemalaA fatal plane crash in Guatemala killed two Americans on Tuesday April 1, 2014.

    The Cessna T210L Turbo Centurion #L732JY crashed into a mountain in El Carrizal village, Esquipulas Palo Gordo municipality, San Marcos department of Guatemala, located some 250 km towards west of Guatemala City.

    The spokesman for the Departmental Municipal Firefighters, Cecilio Chacaj said that the plane was flying from Tapachula, Mexico and was headed to Roatan Honduras. According to Chacaj, “the accident could have been a mechanical failure or due to the poor visibility that was in the area where the plane crashed. It is an area where there is heavy fog and rain at the time of the accident,” He identified the deceased as George St. John, 65, and Sinchuc Cole, 58. The dead bodies have still not been recovered as the there is no land access to the crash site.

    The rescue personnel said that the details about the victims could not be found as they had U.S. Passports. The U.S. Embassy in Guatemala maintains that they are trying to confirm the identity of the victims.

     
    Corrections:
    * A subscriber to this blog has said that the victims were George and Colleen Simchuk, who lived in Dover, close to Sandpoint ID.

    They were flying to Honduras and Guatemala for the purpose of conducting a volunteer pilot work assignment in making aerial surveys to assess deforestation and other environmental issues in the Central American area.

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    Engine Fault Caused Palatka Plane Crash: NTSB

    PalatkaThe National Transportation Safety Board has released the preliminary report on Palatka plane crash incident that happened on March 21.

    According to the report, the pilot was preparing to land when he saw other planes passing by. So he altered the plane’s position in order to provide sufficient space between his and other planes heading to the runway. However, when he finally attempted to go around and screwed the throttle in, the engine stopped working.

    The Cessna LC41-550FG was carrying two persons: the 73 year old pilot Richard Carrara and 71 year old Malcolm Clevenstine. Clevenstine died March 22, while the pilot has survived with serious injuries.

    This post is an update of ‘ Private Cessna Airplane Crashes near Jacksonville‘

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    Asiana Airlines Plane Crash Update: Plane was Flying too Slow

    sanfranciscoRecent documents released by the federal investigators reveal Asiana Airlines’ stance on the San Francisco plane crash that happened on July 6, last year.

    The documents are a part of the report submitted by Asiana Airlines to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). In the report, the airline has acknowledged that the slow speed of plane was probably a cause of accident, and the irregularities in the Boeing 777-200ER’s autothrottle contributed to some extent. The plane’s navigation equipment was showing the autothrottle to be upholding the set speed, when in fact the equipment had disabled the minimum airspeed protection function of the aircraft.

    Boeing has maintained in their report submitted to the NTSB that all the components and functions of the aircraft were working properly and did not contribute to the crash.

    The incident happened when the flight was en route from Taipei to San Francisco. Three lives were lost while 200 were injured.

    Recently Asiana Airlines admitted the pilot was flying too slowly.

    The post is an update of:
    Breaking News: Asiana Airlines Crash in San Francisco
    NTSB Issues Investigative Update on Crash of Asiana Flight 214
    Before Crash, Asiana Airlines Told to Revamp
    Update on Asiana Crash
    Asiana Crash Updated
    Asiana Flight 214 Investigative Hearing Postponed
    Automated Cockpit Props up Undertrained Pilots