Crash

  • 3rd Wray Crash Victim Recovered.

    What: Gulfstream AC-90 operated by J.W. Operating Co. of Addison, Texas
    Where: approaching the Wray airport
    When: Thursday
    Who: The bodies of 53-year-old David Carey, 33-year-old Daniel Rojas, 32-year-old Zachary Hergot have been recovered. (The third boyd was recovered on Saturday)
    Why: The plane had been cleared for an instrument landing because of limited visibility

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    Temora Crash Kills Aerobics Crash

    What: aerobatics plane
    Where: Temora Airport New South Wales Riverina
    When: 10:30am
    Who: Pilot Tom Moon national aerobatics champion
    Why: After an emergency call was made from Airport Road, Temora, the plane caught fire after crashing near the Aviation Museum.

  • On ground incident in Akron


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    What: MAULE MX-7 registration 1052U
    Where: AKRON, AL
    When: 01/18/2009
    Who: information not released
    Why: On landing, the plane struck a windsock pole.

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    Hawaii Plane Crash


    What: Alpine Air twin-engine beechcraft 1900 en route from Honolulu to Lihue carrying 4,200 pounds of mail for the U.S. Postal Service.
    Where: Hawaii
    When: Plane went missing after takeoff Monday 4:45 a.m.
    Who: Pilot’s name is not released.
    Why: The pilot is missing; as the pilot was a surfer, they are hoping he is still alive, as a life raft was found. According to air traffic controllers, they found that the aircraft had dropped roughly 2,200 feet. There was no distress call made. Rescue crews found a piece of the door, a piece of the nose and a shoe.

    The Preliminary NTSB report is as follows:
    On January 14, 2008, at 0508 Hawaiian standard time, N410UB, a Beech 1900C, was lost from radar over the ocean about 7 miles south of the Lihue Airport, Lihue, Hawaii, located on the island of Kauai. Alpine Aviation Inc., doing business as Alpine Air, was operating the airplane as an on-demand cargo flight under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 135. The airline transport pilot was killed, and the airplane was destroyed. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed. The flight departed Honolulu International Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu, at 0443, and was destined for Lihue.

    According to the operator, the pilot was making his first flight after coming off of a two day scheduled rest period. The purpose of the flight was to transfer mail to Lihue, and then the pilot was to return to Honolulu later the same day. The flight was scheduled to arrive at Lihue about 0515.

    The Coast Guard indicated that debris from the airplane was initially identified floating on the ocean surface at 0848, approximately 11 miles south-southwest of the airport. The water depths in the search area were up to 800 fathoms (4,800 feet). Additional debris was identified and collected and then transported to the Coast Guard station at Lihue. The Coast Guard discontinued the search on the afternoon of January 15.

    An Airport Duty Operations Controller was conducting an airport inspection while the accident airplane was approaching the airport. He recalled that he heard a pilot who identified himself as Alpine Air state that he was, “…landing 35 and 7 miles out.” Airport personnel reported that the runway lights, medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights (MALSR), and precision approach path indicator (PAPI) lights for runway 35, were recorded as functional at the time of the accident.

    The following weather conditions were reported at Lihue Airport at 0453: wind from 030 at 23 knots with gusts to 27 knots, 10 miles visibility, cloud layers scattered at 4,100 feet and overcast at 5,500 feet, temperature 20 degrees Celsius, dew point 13 degrees Celsius, and the altimeter setting was 30.13 inches of Mercury.

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    Ventura ultralight Crash


    Where: waters off the coast of Emma Wood State Beach west if Ventura
    When: Saturday reported at 12:30 pm
    Who: Pilot Rick Martinez, 43, of Camarillo and his passenger, Larry Graziano, 38, of Costa Rica
    Why: On a turn, the motorized ultralight caught the water and flipped into the water. Pilot and passenger were rescued by jet-skiiers.

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    Hudson Video


    New York–The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board released Coast Guard footage today of the U.S. Airways passenger plane as it conducted an emergency landing into the Hudson River Jan. 15, 2009.
    You see the plane emerge at the middle of the left screen, at 3:31.02


    Passenger interview

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    Rooney Family Crash

    What: PC-12 Eagle single-engine turboprop from (to) Yampa Valley Regional Airport.
    Where: Hayden Colorado (Routt County)
    When: 01/11/2009 9:40 a.m.
    Who: 2 fatalities-William “Bill” Rooney Jr. and son William Patrick Rooney III
    Why: The Pilatus PC-12 crashed 2 miles from Hayden Colorado ten minutes after takeoff, apparently attempting to return to the airport. They had already delayed their trip home to Yorba Linda from Steamboat Springs with the intention of avoiding strong Santa Ana winds near Chino Hills.

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    Piper Decked on Roanoke Island Deck

    What: Piper Saratoga 32-R owned by PIPER LANCE HOLDINGS LLC, a six seater, single engine aircraft En route to Dare County Airport
    Where: Roanoke Island North Carolina- on the upper back deck of a private residence on Joclar Lane in Manteo.
    When: 5:57 pm
    Who: two individuals on board; pilot Frank Snodgrass and son both were taken to Outer Banks Hospital. The son was trapped inside the cockpit, and sustained a broken arm and injured ribs.
    Why: When attempting to land at the Dare County Regional Airport, the plane hit a tree and then crashed into a house. The home owners and their six year old daughter were in the house at the time and were not hurt. The homeowner helped get the people out of the wreckage. They walked on their own power to the ambulance.

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    Siberian Helicopter Crash

     


    What: Mi-2 helicopter hired by Yuganskneftegaz
    Where: Siberian region of Khanty–Mansi
    When: Monday January 12 2009
    Who: Dmitry Podgorodinsky, the copilot Victor Morozov, and two passengers Denis Inotsenko and Sergey Sokolov
    Why: The helicopter was found near the Obninsk oil deposit 50 kilometres away from the city of Nefteyugansk. All those onboard were killed in the crash. Pilot’s documents and samples of fuel have been taken from the scene. The autopsies of the victims and also an examination of the helicopter’s fuel are in progress. The helicopter had been hired to fkt over the company’s area oil wells. The flight was found at 23:40 local time by 3 search helicopter/rescue crews from aviation companies Convers Avia, UTair and Yugra Avia.

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    Missing Pilot Found and Lost Again.

    The pilot who had been reported missing in our earlier report of a parachutist near Childersburg/Milton is named Marc Schrenker. When his windshield imploded, Shrenker parachuted out, leaving his unmanned plane on auto-pilot. (It crashed near Ft. Walton Beach.) He checked into a hotel under the name Jason Galoozis and slipped away to retrieve a motorcycle he’d stashed in a store room. The Childersburg police are looking for him. So is his soon to be ex-wife, AND the Securities Commission.

    Update
    It now looks like Schrenker tried to fake his own death. The windshield implosion is a fairy tale. and is fleeing a divorce and officials investigating him for securities fraud.

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    Black Hawk Helicopter Crashes at Texas University; 1 killed, no students hurt


    What: Army Black HawkUH-60 helicopter
    Where: campus of Texas A&M University near the Corps of Cadets field on the school’s College Station campus, about 100 miles northwest of Houston
    When: Jan-12-09
    Who: 4 Army National Guard and an Army lieutenant assigned to the school’s ROTC unit were the only ones aboard. Three men are in critical condition at College Station Medical Center. One is at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan
    Why: A witness described that after lift off, the helicopter seemed to lose control, spun then dropped straight down.
    *will be updated if further information comes available

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    Parachuted Pilot Missing near Milton FL


    What: PA46
    Where: Milton Florida
    When: 01/12/2009
    Who: 1 person
    Why: After the pilot reported an in flight emergency, the piper crashed into a swampy area 1 mile from Milton FL. The pilot parachuted out but has not yet been found

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    Cessna Fatality in Hardin Kentucky


    What: Cardinal Aviation’s Cessna 172 en route from Murray Airport
    Where: HARDIN, KY in the Old Liberty Road area of Marshall County
    When: 01/09/2009 7:05 EST
    Who: Pilot was killed. Donald Bunting of Murray.
    Why: The FAA says the Cessna 172 hit a power line

  • Eagle Crashes near Hayden CO

    What: PC-12 Eagle single-engine turboprop from (to) Yampa Valley Regional Airport.
    Where: Hayden Colorado (Routt County)
    When: 01/11/2009
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: The Pilatus PC-12 crashed 2 miles from Hayden Colorado ten minutes after takeoff, apparently attempting to return to the airport

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    Missing Helicopter Crashed in Siberian Mountains. 7 Dead


    What: Mi-171 helicopter owned by the Russian state gas giant Gazprom
    Where: snow-covered mountain region of Siberia near Chornaya Mountain in the rugged Altai region.
    When: Friday Jan 9 2009
    Who: eleven passengers: Seven people were killed including Russia’s lower house of parliament rep Alexander Kosopkin; Four survivors were being treated in the city of Barnaul
    Why: The passengers had been on a hunting expedition. Under investigation is the possibility that poor quality fuel caused the helicopter’s engines to break down. Initial reports of eight dead were corrected to seven. No indication is made if crew is included in the passenger count.

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    Utah Helicopter Crash


    What: R-44 Astro
    Where: on the outskirts of West Valley City as it was headed to airport No. 2 in West Jordan
    When: 01/09/2009
    Who: pilot Scott Robinson and passenger Anthony Meredith both taken to Intermountain Medical Center
    Why: The helicopter departed from Provo on an IFR training flight to Windover.
    The pilot attempted to fly around the northern end of the Oquirrh mountains and flew into bad weather.

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    TV Host Crashes on Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.


    hang glider pictured
    What: Australian-made homebuilt aircraft piloted by John Duigan en route from a private strip on Flinders Island
    Where: Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.
    When: Jan 7 2009
    Who: Nick and his father John were airlifted to Launceston General Hospital. Duigan suffered a head injury, broken jaw requiring surgery, broken ribs and fractured wrists. John had surgery for an abdominal injury and broken leg.

    Why: The ultralight struggled to gain altitude after take off and crashed into a hill and flipping

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    Brazil Helicopter Crash


    What: AgustaWestland A109C Helicopter en route from the coastal resort town of Parati to Itupeva
    Where: (near Sao Paulo) in Brazil’s northeastern state of Ceara.
    When: Monday 01/05
    Who: Pilot and copilot were hospitalized. One businessman (Gilberto Ramalho) was the only fatality, 5 in all were injured.
    Why: The pilot was about to land at Ramalho’s famiy farm in Itupeva when the helicopter exploded. On board were the pilot, copilot, a business couple, their teenage daughter and her friend. Three passengers got out quickly–the pilot and copilot were severely burned. The security camera at Ramalho’s farm recorded the impact.

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    Cropduster Lost in Mississippi


    What: Yellow and blue crop duster en route from Greenville, Ala., to Cleveland, Miss
    Where: wooded area in the Bogue Chitto community, Mississippi
    When: Friday
    Who: Monty Hudson
    Why: Hudson and his brother (in a separate plane) were traveling from Greenville and encountered bad weather. The plane dropped off radar in Alabama Friday–Hudson died Friday–and was missing until Monday. WHen the wreckage was found in Neshoba County, it was hanging nose down in pine trees at 5:30 p.m. two miles northeast of Bogue Chitto off Road 765. Apparently the plane had caught on fire after crashing.

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    Quebec Piper Crash

    What: single-engine 1968 Piper Cherokee en route after refueling in Quebec City en route to Saint John, N.B.
    Where: near Buckland*, 90 kilometres southeast of Quebec City.
    When: Tuesday
    Who: pilot Jesse Barrie, and two surviving passengers: Dan Weiher and Stephanie Shipley. There were two fatalities: Pilot Jesse Barrie and passenger Jeffrey McClymont
    Why: No cause has been determined.

    After Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre at CFB Trenton, Ont received a 911 call from the female survivor of the crash,rescue searchers parachuted in and the two survivors were found; they were still alive, though not outfitted for the winter weather conditions. They are described as being “frozen” when they were airlifted by helicopter at 10:30 a.m to Quebec city.

    *Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland

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    Kolb Crash in Ozarks


    What: KOLB MARK III Fixed Wing Single-Engine (experimental class) registered to registered to Tate Isaac
    Where: Ozark Arkansas near Batson Mountain
    When: Date: 01/07/2009
    Who: Pilot was the only one aboard. No injuries.
    Why: On takeoff, the plane stalled and crashed. (Alternately this is being described as a hard landing.)

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    Emergency Landing at Santa Monica Airport when Landing Gear Failed


    What: twin-engine Beechcraft King air (BEECH 100) en route from San Jose International Airport at 5:27 p.m. to Santa Monica Airport of 6:29 p.m.
    Where: Santa Monica CA
    When: 01/07/2009
    Who: Pilot and passenger were uninjured.
    Why: On landing, the right main landing gear collapsed. The fuselage skidded across the runway before grinding to a stop.

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    Fatality near Pensacola Fl


    Pictured: Piper
    What: Piper PA-25 Pawnee
    Where: PENSACOLA, FL Ferguson Field near Hwy 98.
    When: 01/06/2009 16:45
    Who: pilot
    Why: The pilot was doing practice runs near Ferguson airport. During touch and go, the Pawnee crashed into a wooded area. The pilot was the only person on board and was fatally injured.

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    Oakland Plane Crash under Investigation


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    What: PZL 104 WILGA (experimental ) built in 1980 and last certified for flight in May 2000
    Where: 9 MILES FROM OAKLAND, CA crashed onto a hill on the north end of Lake Chabot
    When: 01/03/2009 2 p.m. Saturday
    Who: pilot Thierry Thys of Oakland was injured.
    Why: The crash is under investigation by the NTSB.