Crash

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    Yak Crashes in Justin Texas


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    What: (initially reported as YAK-18A) two-seater Nanchang CJ-6 (Note: according to Wikipedia. Nanchang CJ-6 is the Chinese version of a Russian YAK)
    Where: near the north end of the Propwash Airport JUSTIN, TX
    When: 1/03/2009
    Who: Two fatalities. Pilot Forrest Johnson and passenger Larry Cotton
    Why: The aircraft was making the final turn on landing approach and crashed. The NTSB is investigating the circumstances of the crash

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    Federal Officials Investigating Louisiana Crash


    What: Sikorsky S-76C helicopter, operated by PHI Inc
    Where: Louisiana marshland – Bayou Penchant area about 100 miles from New Orleans in southwestern Terrebonne Parish
    When: Sunday Jan. 4, 2009
    Who: eight fatalities, one survivor. The helicoptor was carrying two pilots and seven passengers The dead were identified as Allen Boudreaux, of Ama, La.; Andrew Moricio and Ezequiel Cantu of Morgan City, La.; Randy Tarpley of Jonesville, La.; Jorey A. Rivero, of Bridge City, La.; Charles W. Nelson of Pensacola, Fla.; Thomas E. Ballenger of Eufaula, Ala. and Vyarl W. Martin of Hurst, Texas. The injured survivor is Steven Yeltin was medevacted; he is listed as being in critical condition and is awaiting to be transferred to Oschner Medical Center from the Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center in Houma. Mike Moreno, CEO of the Moreno Group along with Dynamic Industries, employed five of the victims.
    Why: The helicopter is believed to have crashed about seven minutes after it took off at 3 p.m, A distress signal was received just after 3. The NTSB investigation is well underway and the black box has already been recovered.

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    Clinch Crash Kills Two


    What: 1974 single-engine Piper PA28-151, registered to Warrior Aviation LLC of Syracuse, Ind
    Where: Grainger County mountaintop
    When: Saturday 12:20 p.m.
    Who: Two people were on board. Lowell Owens and his wife, Susan, 51, both fatalities
    Why: The crash is under investigation, though delayed as crews attempt to clear obstructions in the road to Clinch Mountain

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    British Plane Crashes Train system

    What: light aircraft registered to Mr Matthews.
    Where: Little Haywood,Staffordshire
    When: Friday.
    Who: 3 fatalities: Pilot Alan Matthews, Nich O’Brian and Emma O’Brian. Mr Matthews is registered as company director of Sittles Farm Flying Club
    Why: Under investigation.

    A witness said “I heard the plane, I looked up, and suddenly it just turned and went straight down like a stunt plane” The single engine propeller plane came down yards from plane tracks after hitting power lines above the main West Coast rail.

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    JOLIET Crash kills 2

    What: LANCAIR 360 Single Engine Registration #: 3603R from Buffalo Niagara International Airport was attempting to land at the Joliet airport.
    Where: JOLIET State: IL
    When: 01/02/2009, 9 pm
    Who: 2 on board: Stuart D. Seffern and his wife, Debbie,
    Why: AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNIKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD
    WERE FATALY INJURED, JOLIET, IL Investigators are trying to determine whether there was mechanical or pilot error involved. The NTSB will be holding a conference at 3 to discuss this crash, The plane burst into flames near the end of a runway.

    Seffern was president of the Lantzair Flyers Club.

  • Crash in the Salmon River


    What: Taylorcraft F21 en route from Moscow to Slate Creek Idaho –Fish and Game Officer doing a fly by near rapids looking for a missing fisherman
    Where: in the Salmon River near White Bird Tuesday.
    When: Tuesday
    Who: Cold and alive, the pilot/Idaho Fish and Game officer Paul Christensen was found downstream from the Hammer Creek recreation site and boat launch on the Salmon River.
    Why: The plane’s engine sputtered and went down, leaving Paul Christensen stranded in the remote winter wilderness. When radio contact was lost with the plane, search and rescue set out to look for the wreckage.

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    Panamanian Cessna Crash a Mystery

    What: Cessna 152 belonging to a flight training school en route from Marcos A. Gelabert Airport to the Calzada Larga Airport
    Where: floating near the village of Tranquillas in the Panama Canal’s Lake Madden
    When: found early Wednesday
    Who: Panamanian flight instructor Alex Bosquez and student Abraham Licona
    Bosquez had a commercial pilot’s license and was certified as a flight instructor. Licona had a private pilot’s license.
    Why: The crash is under investigation. The bodies have been recovered.

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    Piper Crashes in NJ

     


    What: Piper PA-28-140 registered to Peter Schneider
    Where: Hunterdon County NJ a quarter-mile east of Alexandria Field airport in a wooded area behind a house on Mechlin Corner Road Alexandria Township.
    When: Tuesday night some time after 6 pm. Troopers discovered the wreckage around 8 p.m.
    Who: Pilot Peter Schneider was airlifted to St. Luke’s Hospital in serious condition. Pilot/flight instructor Ronald Orton died in the crash.
    Why: The plane’s owner was in the process of logging hours to maintain his license when the crash occurred.

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    Corrected: Pilot Lost in Crop Duster Crash in New South Wales, Australia


    What: Crop duster
    Where: on Pangee Road, 85km south-west of Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia
    When: Noon Dec 29
    Who: Paul Corcoran
    Why: On making a pass over a field, the plane crashed. The pilot was killed.

    Paul Corocran was from Trangie, NSW, Australia. Nyngan the town near the accident site is a nearby town also in Western NSW. This accident was not in New Zealand

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    RaceCar Driver Survives Florida Plane Crash


    What: twin-engine 1959 Beechcraft E18S
    Where: Southwest Florida International Airport
    When: Saturday Dec 27
    Who: Pilot (race car driver) Ron Buccarelli
    Why: After takeoff, the plane lost an engine and came down in a forested area about two miles from the airport. The pilot was able to contact the tower although he suffered several broken facial bones and a back injury.

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    Pilot Lingered after Crash

    What: pilot/ director of Wings of Promise Inc., a nonprofit organization who flew charity flights for medical patients
    Where: Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix
    When: six weeks after a plane crash that killed his two passengers. The death occurred about 12:45 p.m
    Who: Rocky Herring
    Why: The pilot’s injuries occurred November 14 when the Piper Cherokee plant he was flying lost power and crashed into a forested area.

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    Piper Crashes in Santo Domingo Pueblo

    What: single-engine Piper
    Where: Santo Domingo Pueblo.
    When: 8:20 a.m. Sunday morning twelve miles southwest of the airport.
    Who: 4 people on board were able to walk away
    Why: The plane’s cabin filled with smoke. The cause is under investigation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs

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    Single Engine Plane Crashes in Florida


    What: single-engine Beechcraft en route from RSW to Fort Lauderdale
    Where: near Southwest Florida International Airport off Daniels Parkway near Gateway.
    When: Saturday afternoon
    Who: The pilot was the only person on board
    Why: Pilot experienced engine trouble right after takeoff from Runway 6. He was airlifted by helicopter to Lee Memorial Hospital

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    New South Wales Crash on Christmas Day


    What: single-engine Cessna en route from Mudgee to rural NSW
    Where: west of Merriwa in the Great Dividing Range, New South Wales
    When: Dec 25
    Who: pilot Scott Kennedy-Green and brother-in-law, Matthew Green. Green died at the scene. The pilot survived and was winched to safety at 1 pm, with chest and pelvic injuries, and leg fractures. He is recuperating at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital.
    Why: The pilot lost control in heavy cloudcover and rain, and crashed in a ravine in the upper Hunter Valley

    The piliot set crash site co-ordinates by CB radio but had to spend the night out in the elements as conditions prevented his recovery until 1 pm the next day.

    The wreck was located at 10 in the morning Dec 26th, lying upside down with a wing torn off

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    Helicopter Crashes in Salters SC


    What: Helicopter
    Where: a field near Haddock’s Flying Services, in Salters
    When: 2:45 p.m. Dec 25
    Who: Two men aboard. One was taken by ambulance to a local hospital; the other airlifted to Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston in serious condition.
    Why: The helicopter experienced mechanical problems

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    Aguanga Crash update


    What: Beech V35B, N1587L en route from Chino California to Aguanga, CA
    Where: Aguanga, CA . off Highway 79, just south of the Riverside-San Diego County Line. T
    When: December 20, 2008 1330 Pacific standard time
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    Why: Plane damaged following impact with terrain while maneuvering near Aguanga, California. The certificated private pilot and the sole passenger were killed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight departed the Chino Airport (CNO), Chino, California, about 1300. The airplane had impacted an open field in a nose low, wings level attitude, on a magnetic heading of 275 degrees. The airplane came to rest in an upright position. The cabin and cockpit areas were destroyed, the empennage was intact, and both wings had sustained structural damage. The nose gear, both main landing gear, and the flaps were observed in the retracted position. The engine remained attached to the fuselage, and the three-bladed propeller remained attached to the engine’s crankshaft. The presence of fuel by smell but there was no fire.

  • Marco Island Crash update

    What: C172 Skyhawk XP
    Where: MARCO ISLAND FL
    When: 12/17/2008
    Who: Pilot was the only one aboard.
    Why: THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, WRECKAGE LOCATED 10 MILES OFF THE COAST NEAR MARCO ISLAND, FL

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    Pilot Killed 500 feet from Airport

    What: plane registered to Steven P. Reamer en route from Piedmont Triad International Airport to o Gainesville, Fla
    Where: 500 feet short of the runway at Anson County Airport.
    When: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25 3 pm
    Who: Pilot Steven P. Reamer was killed in the crash. His wife Pamela was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.
    Why: The plane was having engine problems. Witnesses report the motor was sporadic and sputtering

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    Culebra Mountain Crash Update


    What: Beechcraft Baron registered to a party in Canada en route from Pueblo to Santa Fe, N.M
    Where: the crash site was found Sunday near Vermejo Peak in the Culebra mountain range near Las Animas County
    When: around 10 p.m. Saturday.
    Who: Two people died in the crash, Gerrit Maureau and his wife, Dr. Shiela Malm died when their twin-engine plane crashed after refueling in Pueblo.
    Why: Air Traffic Control lost contact with the plane around 10 p.m. Saturday. Weather has hampered recovery efforts. 15 rescuers will be flown by the military helicopter above the crash site. They will then be dropped off near the site and do the rest of the trek on foot. It is still snowing.

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    Malibu Mirage Crashes at Hayden Airport

    What: 1986 Piper PA-46 Malibu, Malibu Mirage s inbound from Hutchinson, Kan
    Where: YAMPA VALLEY AIRPORT, HAYDEN, CO 2 ½ miles northwest of Elkhead Reservoir
    When: 12/22/2008 Time: 1920
    Who: Pilot and passenger Joseph and Suzette Brumleve
    Why: The pilot told the control tower that he was having trouble with the plane’s landing gear. Piper crashes on approach, 10 miles west of the runway at Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden. The deceased couple was part of an investment group attempting to purchase the Steamboat Ski Area.

    The pilot “did a fly-by of the runway and was in a right turn to get on a heading for the runway when about three-quarters of the way through the turn he made an unexpected left bank”

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    Probable Fatal Crash in the Culebra Mountain Range


    What: Beechcraft Baron registered to a party in Canada en route from Pueblo to Santa Fe, N.M
    Where: the crash site was found Sunday in the Culebra mountain range near Las Animas County
    When: around 10 p.m. Saturday.
    Who: Two people are presumed dead
    Why: Air Traffic Control lost contact with the plane around 10 p.m. Saturday. Recovery efforts will begin again Monday if weather permits.

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    Mexico Crash Kills Water Commission Chief


    What: Cessna Centurion crashed
    Where: just before reaching the airport in Ramos Arispe in northern Mexican state of Coahuila
    When: Friday
    Who: 5 Passengers included state water commission chief, his assistant and two TV Azteca reporters.
    Why: Engine lost power, then hit high-voltage wires before crashing and burning/

    Emilio Bichara Marcos and Rafael Reyes died in the crash. Two reporters and the pilot are still hospitalized.

  • Pilot crashes in Winter Garden


    Cessna Floatplane Pictured
    What: SeaRay seaplane
    Where: St. Johns Lake near the Deer Isle subdivision in Winter Garden in West Orange County Florida
    When: Saturday afternoon
    Who: Pilot sustained no significant injuries
    Why: Currently under investigation by the FAA

    After crashing, the plane was submerged with the pilot’s head just above water. Witnesses attempted to free him, but he remained trapped until extricated by Orange County rescue.

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    San Diego County Plane Near Warner Springs Crash Kills Two


    What: single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza registered in Las Vegas
    Where: off Highway 79 near Oak Grove, just south of the Riverside County town of Aguanga; north of Palomar Mountain and about 55 miles northeast of San Diego
    When: Saturday 1:30 p.m.
    Who: Pilot and passenger died
    Why: The weather was clear, but there were windy conditions

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    Piper Crashes in Hawaii, multiple injured


    What: single-engine Piper Cherokee registered to Offshore Flight School Inc
    Where: near White Plains Beach, near Kalaeloa, the former Barbers Point the former Barbers Point, Hawaii
    When: 11:46 a.m.
    Who: two women and a man were injured in the crash. The official opinion of the pilot is that she did a good job in not stalling the plane.
    Why: The pilot reported steering problems shortly after takeoff. The plane was flying practice routes around Kalaeloa and lost power on departure. On attempting an emergency landing, the plane flew through power lines, plunged through trees that broke off the aircraft’s wings and crashed just outside the runway area.

    Offshore Flight School gives flight lessons to Japanese tourists.