Crash

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    Ski Trip Ends in Tragedy



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    Contact photographer Jerry Search
    What: single engine turboprop( Pilatus PC-12) owned by Eagle Cap Leasing en route from Oroville, Calif. (Brown Field Municipal airport in San Diego to Vacaville, Calif. to Oroville ) to Bozeman
    Where: On approach to the Butte airport
    When: Sunday March 22
    Who: 17 Passengers included up to a dozen kids
    Why: Prior to the crash, the pilot diverted from Butte to Bozeman but 500 feet from the airport, a witness said the plane made a number of sharp turns and nosedived into the ground. Seventeen bodies have been recovered, (12 is the upper limit) several more than should be boarded on the type of plane. The cause of the crash is under investigation.Japanese Video

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    Ecuador Crash Kills 7, Maybe More


    What: twin-engine Beechcraft 200 propeller plane en route from Manta to Quito’s airport
    Where: 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) from the airport near Hotel Quito
    When: 5:20 pm (2220 GMT)
    Who: seven people were killed: 5 aboard; 2 on the ground
    Why: small military plane on a training flight clipped some tree tops and crashed into an apartment building. The reports list two buildings.
    Initial reports said the deaths included the wife and son of the pilot, Major Julio Zaldumbide but we have not verified that information.

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    Stolen Brazilian Plane Crashes Killing Feuding Husband and 5 yr old Daughter


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    What: stolen plane
    Where: Shopping mall parking lot in Goiania, near the centre of Brazil
    When: 18:30 local time
    Who: Kleber Barbosa da Silva and his 5 year old daughter Penelope Barbosa Correia were killed in the crash.
    Why: The crash occurred after the husband and wife had an altercation, and da Silva threw his wife out of the car. She was hospitalized in Brasilia; da Silva went on to take his 5 yr old and steal the plane, which crashed in a parking lot.

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    18 Dead or Missing in Newfoundland Helicopter Crash


    Pictured: Couger-owned Sikorsky S-61N Helicopter
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    Contact photographer Phil Earle


    What: Cougar Helicopter’ Sikorsky Helibus (twin-turboshaft) en route to offshore Hibernia oil field to bring down two passengers and 14 were going to the Sea Rose oil platform
    Where: off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, in the Atlantic.
    When: Thursday morning March 12
    Who: 18 people aboard
    Why: At 9:15 a.m., the Sikorsky pilot sent an SOS to Gander Newfoundland air traffic controllers. After the mayday, the helicopter ditched in the Atlantic. Two people were sighted but only one was recovered. Robert Decker, has been transported to St. John’s hospital. Searchers received signals from survival suits equipped with water-activiated locator beacons and integrated life vests.

    The search has been hampered by a gale force warning. Visibility is 10 nautical miles.

    Couger, Husky Energy and ExxonMobile have made statements to the press. The Hibernia oil platform is owned by ExxonMobil Canada, Chevron Canada Resources, Petro-Canada, Canada Hibernia Holding Corporation, Murphy Oil and StatoilHydro Canada Ltd.

    The SeaRose oil platform in the White Rose oil and gas field is operated by Husky Energy and Petro-Canada.

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    Ultra Light Crash in Suwannee

    What: Experimental Light Sport (ultra light) flying from Flying Little River Airport in McAlpin.
    Where: Suwannee County off Highway 90 and 89th Road just past Live Oak
    When: Mar 10, 2009
    Who: An early report said that pilot Walter Richard of Louisiana has been flown to Shand’s Hospital in Gainesville. The name now released is Jimmy Burkholder, 68, of McAlpin, who is in the burn unit at Shands UF. A woman passenger was dead on the scene; her name has been released: Linda Sturtevant, 58, of Rhode Island
    Why: The pilot dropped below power lines as the plane lost altitude, and struck the tree line.

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    Helicopter Fatality in McPherson


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    Contact photographer Ted Quackenbush
    What: Bell 206 registered to Hillcrest Aircraft Company en route from Ogallala, Nebraska to Wichita. to Virginia for the U.S. Forest Service.
    Where: Buckskin Road between 19th and 20th Avenues in McPherson County, 40 miles north of Wichita.
    When: 2:45 p.m. Sunday March 8, 2009
    Who: Pilot Roger Hershner was the only one aboard.
    Why: The helicopter crashed after being in route for 2 hours; the crash is under investigation.

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    Nascar Spectators in Fatal Cessna Crash in Georgia

    What: 1975 single-engine Cessna 182P registration number of N1913M en route from Cobb County Airport-McCollum Field to Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR race in Henry County.
    Where: Crash occurred in Shadinger Lake. Carrollton, Georgia
    When: Sunday morning 08-MAR-2009
    Who: Pilot Kearney, and his wife Christa Kearney, and Timothy Dean Miller
    Why: All the bodies were recovered from the lake. The crash is under investigation

  • Plane crash between Oceanside and San Clemente Island.

    What: An airplane likely en route from San Diego’s Montgomery Field
    Where: about 25 miles off the Southern California coast
    When: crashed Friday
    Who: unknown
    Why: unknown. Aluminum debris and an oil slick were located, but no bodies.

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    4 Fatalities in Colombian Helicopter Crash


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    Contact photographer Javier Franco TOPPER
    What: Huey II police helicopter
    Where: crashed in South Colombia
    When: March 4
    Who: four people on board; 4 fatalities: Lts. Juan Valero and Hernan Leal – the pilot and co-pilot, respectively – and agents Yesid Vidal and Gustavo Ibañez.
    Why: The helicopter was missing since early Tuesday. It was located by search and rescue teams in the southern Colombian province of Putumayo. The wreckage was found 10 km from the town of Villa Garzon, Republic of Colombia. The helicopter’s last known operation was returning from transporting workers with the government to manually eradicate local illegal coca crops; the last known communication was with air traffic controllers at 1.25 a.m. Tuesday.

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    Mooney Crash on the Roy Hayer Memorial Speedway


    Pictured: a Mooney M-20E
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    Contact photographer Tony Zeljeznjak
    What: MOONEY M20E registered to David Michaud
    Where: on the west side of Rio Linda airport, Sacramento Ca, Roy Hayer Memorial Speedway
    When: 02/28/2009
    Who: 2 on board were fatally injured
    Why: The Mooney M2OE crashed on the west side of Rio Linda Airport . On crashing on the speedway, the plane caught fire. The plane’s owner, Dave Michaud, was an on-call reserve deputy, formerly a C-5 Flight Engineer in the 301st Airlift Squadron at Travis.

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    Update: Turkish Boeing Crash at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport

    Minutes before the Turkish Airlines Boeing crashed at at 10:26 am, a Northwest Airlines Boeing 757 landed, leaving behind a trail of “wake turbulence.” Just as a speedboat moving in water leaves a dramatic ripple of water, a jet leaves a deadly invisible “wake” behind. If this is indeed what happened to the Turkish Airlines jet, then the control tower is at fault for scheduling the flights too close together. (The Turkish Airlines jet was following only four miles behind.) Records show that the Northwest flight landed at 10:24 a.m.


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    Contact photographer Joop Stroes – Global Aviation Photography
    What: Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 (TC-JGE) Flight 1951 en route from Istanbul to Amsterdam.
    Where: Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport
    When: 10:40 a.m. Wednesday Feb 25
    Who: 135 passengers on board; eight crew members. (numbers vary)
    Why: The plane crashed as it approached the runway to land. Witnesses say the approach was too low and the pilot tried to go higher to avoid crashing into the A-19 (hwy.) The wreckage is in three pieces lying in a field next to the runway; emergency crews are tending injured passengers on site. The cockpit was intact, adn the fuselage broke at the wings.There was an immediate report of one fatality which was later denied. There were at least 20 injured and at least 50 survivors. Another report estimated the majority of the passengers are injured. (Sorry the numbers don’t mesh, but this is the news as it came in–) There was no fire. Fights to and from Schiphol were suspended temporarily after the crash.

    The number of deceased has been increased to 9.

    More than 80 suffered injury.

    25 suffered “serious” injury.
    6 are hospitalized in critical condition.

    Numbers corrected (again): 127 passengers 7 crew.

    According to various passenger accounts, prior to the crash, twelve minutes to the scheduled landing, the plane was flying low, and an announcement was made that the plane was landing. (No announcement was made that the plane was in an emergency.) Immediately on landing, those who were able left the plane, and when there was no fire, they went back in and pulled the others out, especially in the front of the plane, where there was screaming. Outside help arrived within 20-25 minutes.

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    Louisiana Cessna Crash Kills 3 from Mississippi

    What: Cessna 182 en route from Slidell, La., to Marksville, La.
    Where: in a wooded area west of Independence, La., near the town of Albany.
    When: went down just before midnight Friday Feb 28, 2009
    Who: Passengers were 39-year-old Tabitha Dolbare, of Vancleave, Miss.; 39-year-old Glyn Ray Johnson, of Gautier, Miss.; and their son Nelson Dolbare, 13, of Vancleave.
    Why: After the plane disappeared from radar about 11:50 p.m., Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office received phone calls that they heard an engine sputtering and a plane crash. The plane crashed in a heavily wooded unpopulated area not long after takeoff. Rescuers had difficulty getting to the wreckage and were assisted in their search with the use of thermal imaging equipment and a search light.

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    Homebuilt Crash in Torrance

    What: TOLAND S/THORNBURGH J TWIN 503SL Glider owned by SURE FLIGHT INC
    Where: Torrance Airport
    When: 02/27/2009
    Who: Two men were injured in the crash
    Why: The homebuilt “experimental class”ultralight was taxiing on a ramp at Torrance Airport when it clipped a parked aircraft and went airborne up to approximately 100 feet; the flight crashed off the runway fatally injuring at least one passenger.

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    Turkish Boeing Crash at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport


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    Contact photographer Joop Stroes – Global Aviation Photography
    What: Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 (TC-JGE) Flight 1951 en route from Istanbul to Amsterdam.
    Where: Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport
    When: 10:40 a.m. Wednesday Feb 25
    Who: 135 passengers on board; eight crew members. (numbers vary)
    Why: The plane crashed as it approached the runway to land. Witnesses say the approach was too low and the pilot tried to go higher to avoid crashing into the A-19 (hwy.) The wreckage is in three pieces lying in a field next to the runway; emergency crews are tending injured passengers on site. The cockpit was intact, adn the fuselage broke at the wings.There was an immediate report of one fatality which was later denied. There were at least 20 injured and at least 50 survivors. Another report estimated the majority of the passengers are injured. (Sorry the numbers don’t mesh, but this is the news as it came in–) There was no fire. Fights to and from Schiphol were suspended temporarily after the crash.
    Update:
    The number of deceased has been increased to 9.

    More than 80 suffered injury.

    25 suffered “serious” injury.
    6 are hospitalized in critical condition.

    Numbers corrected (again): 127 passengers 7 crew.

    According to various passenger accounts, prior to the crash, twelve minutes to the scheduled landing, the plane was flying low, and an announcement was made that the plane was landing. (No announcement was made that the plane was in an emergency.) Immediately on landing, those who were able left the plane, and when there was no fire, they went back in and pulled the others out, especially in the front of the plane, where there was screaming. Outside help arrived within 20-25 minutes.

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    Medical Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in St. Louis


    pictured: Arch Helicopter
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    Contact photographer Tim Lane
    What: Arch Air Medical Services helicopter
    Where: St. Louis Downtown Airport.
    When: engines failed at 2:35 p.m. Monday
    Why: While the helicopter was transporting a patient, it had an emergency, and made a landing at the St. Louis Downtown Airport. Patient was transported to destination by other means.

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    Surviving a Helicopter Crash in the North Sea in Feb


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    Contact Photographer Gary Watt

    What: EC225 Super Puma chopper en route to a drilling rig, the Global Santa Fe
    Where: in the North Sea, 500 yards from the BP ETAP platform.
    When: Wednesday February 18, 2009 6.40 pm
    Who: 16 passengers and 2 pilots
    Why: 125 miles east of Aberdeen, the helicopter was forced to ditch in conditions of poor visibility. Flotation bags kept the helicopter afloat. Passengers waited on two rubber rafts. Individuals on the platform called the coast guard. Rescue vehicles included a Nimrod from RAF Kinloss, a Coastguard copter and a Sea King from RAF Lossiemouth. Emergency homing beacons fitted to the rafts and the men’s survival suits assisted the rescue as conditions made them nearly invisible.

    Three were winched to a helicopter; 15 were rescued by lifeboat, taken to the platform and flown to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. A triumph of rescue. No fatalities.

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    Ukranian Cargo Plane Crashes in Egypt


    Pictured: Antonov An-12
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    Contact Photographer Dmitry Karpezo

    What: Ukrainian Russian-made Antonov An-12 cargo plane [registration# S9-SVN] crashed during takeoff en route from Entebbe, Uganda to the Ukraine, on it’s way to Nikolaev, an avia-repair plant
    Where: Luxor, Egypt
    When: Friday Feb. 20, 2009
    Who: – Five crew members died
    Why: On liftoff, the plane slammed to the tarmac, then slid down and off the runway and hundreds of feet from the runway burst into flames. The plane had a full tank.

    The crew included one person from Russia, two from Belarus and two from the Ukraine. The plane’s black box data recorder were recovered.

    * Extra thanks to photographer Dmitry Karpezo

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    Helicopter Beached in Encitas

    What: Robinson R22 en route from Palomar Airport Wednesday morning (no destination given)
    Where: Swami’s Beach in Encinitas
    When: Wednesday Feb 18
    Who: two flight instructors were aboard
    Why: After the aircraft developed mechanical problems, the pilot crash landed. No one was injured, but the tail of the helicopter broke off.

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    Colombia: Tragic Training Flight Tragedy


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    Contact Photographer Andy Martin – AirTeamImages
    What: retrofitted AC-47 and registration FAC-1670 or FAC – 1659
    Where: in an empty lot near the electrical sub station El Purino, in the west of Caldas, border with the municipality of Honda (Tolima)
    When: 18 FEB 2009
    Who: 5 crew members, three mid-ranking and two lower ranking officials all fatalities
    Why: The military “phantom” plane was on a training flight when it crashed in the vicinity of the air base.

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    Cessna Lands On Ice

    What: 1972 Cessna 150L registered to a flight school in Wheeling, en route from the Chicago Executive Airport
    Where: on the ice of Grays Lake near Route 120 and Lake Street, Lake County, IL
    When: early Tuesday evening 4:30 p.m. Feb 17 2009
    Who: pilot and one passenger were aboard. Neither was injured.
    Why: The plane was experiencing engine problems and the pilot determined he would not make it to land at nearby Campbell Airport. Rescue crews left the pilot waiting for a mechanic.

    The plane belongs to Flight Center at Service Aviation, Inc. of Wheeling.

    Rumor is it got up to 40 degrees Tuesday so let’s hope the pilot got that Cessna off the ice before it melted–

    36°F
    Current: Overcast
    Wind: S at 6 mph
    Humidity: 74%
    Tue
    40°F | 32°F

  • Crash Landing in St. Moritz


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    Contact photographer Moritz Meier

    What: Dassault Falcon 100 (registration VP-BAF) operated by Laret Aviation en route from Wien-Schwechat International Airport to St. Moritz-Samedan Airport
    Where: St. Moritz-Samedan Airport
    When: 12 FEB 2009
    Who: 2 crew members died in the crash, the passenger survived
    Why: On landing, the Falcon touched down with the right wing first, then with right main gear, and drifted left. The nose rammed the snow wall, turned left and broke in two.

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    Polish Medevac Crash Kills 2 Rescue Workers


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    Contact Photographer Bartosz Bujak

    What: Mi-2 Plus ambulance helicopter operated by Polish Medical Air Rescue (registration SP-SXF) en route to the scene of an accident near the southwestern town of Budziszow
    Where: Jarostów Poland
    When: 17-FEB-2009 7:50am
    Who: Pilot and medical assistant were killed, while the doctor was taken to a Wroclaw hospital for treatment.
    Why: A rescue team of the pilot, a doctor and a medical assistant were flying a rescue mission to a traffic accident at theA-4 freeway to assist a pregnant woman who had crashed in (car) traffic in foggy conditions. The helicopter hit the ground 20 km from their destination and 50 km west of Wroclaw. Visibility was poor and it was snowing.The cause of the helicopter crash is under investigation.

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    Chilean Helicopter Crash kills 13

    What: Celco Constitución helicopter
    Where: south-central Chile– in the Maule region about 185 miles south of Santiago
    When: Feb 15
    Who: Aboard were 12 firefighters, aged around 18 to 30, and the pilot,
    Why: The firefighters had been on their way to put out a fire at a eucalyptus plantation when the helicopter crashed. There was a dense mist in the area and that there was light rain at the time of the crash.

    Celco is owned by Empresas Copec.

    The number of deceased has been upgraded to 14.

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    Croatian Cessna Crashes into Velebit Mountain


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    Boran Pivcic – CroSpotterTeam

    What: Cessna T303 owned by Josip Crncevic en route from Zagreb to Zadar.
    Where: missing on Velebit Mountain
    When: Feb 7 3:45 pm
    Who: carrying pilot and 3 crew members: the pilot and 3 crew members from Zagreb flying club “Ban,” were: Gerd Govejsek, 63, Walter Aleksandar, 49, Miljenko Bartolic, 61, and Zvonko Kelek, 68.
    Why: There is very little factual information available, but thecrash is being investigated by Investigator Dinko Vodanovic. It is speculated that the altitude meter or the wings froze.

    It took 4 days of searching before the wreckage was located on the north side of the mountain at 11am at an altitude of 1,200 metres on Vagan peak. The scene of the crash is subject to harsh weather conditions.

    The owner Josip Crncevichas gone public saying (paraphrased) “I am convinced that the army who carries out military aircraft practice near Zadar is involved. Zagreb’s flight control allegedly allowed the aircraft to fly via a prohibited route. The flight control forced my colleagues to reduce their altitude from eight to six thousand feet.”