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    Oklahoma Coaches and Ex Senator Die in Piper Crash in Arkansas

    What: Privately owned Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee B
    Where: Four miles south of Perryville, AR
    When: Nov 17 2011
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: Women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant women’s basketball coach Miranda Serna were on a routine recruiting trip to Arkansas, when the plane crashed in steep terrain in the eastern Ouachita Mountains in the Winona Wildlife Management Area. The other two aboard were Former State Senator Olin Branstetter and his wife, Paula. A local deer hunter’s wife told 911 when she saw the airplane nose-diving in a swirling pattern and crashing in the forest. By 6pm, the wreckage had been located. The passengers had been ejected from the plane, which drove a six foot deep furrow into a ridge but did not catch on fire. Rescuers reached the site on YO4 Forest Access Road via four wheelers.

    Miranda Serna was in her seventh season as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State.

    The cause of the crash is unknown but it was the catalyst of an outpour of support for Oklahoma State.

    That the plane was co-owned by the Branstetters, who were from Ponca City. 82 year old Olin Branstetter was a longtime pilot.

    Eleven years ago, a plane carrying 10 crashed, killing two OSU men’s basketball players, two members of its radio broadcast team, three members of the team’s support staff and two pilots in a snow storm in Byers, Colorado.

    PIPER PA-28-180 Serial 28-1756 #N7746W
    Year of Manufacture: 1964
    Number of Seats: 4
    Certification Issue Date: 29 Sep 1978
    Builder Certification Code: Type Certificated
    Aircraft Speed: 107
    Aircraft Type: Fixed wing single engine
    Aircraft Category Code: Land
    Airworthiness Date: 17 Jun 1964
    Aircraft Weight:
    Mode S Code: 52475442


    NTSB investigating Aviation Accident in Perryville, Arkansas
    November 18, 2011
    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has dispatched investigators to examine the circumstances of an aviation accident that occurred yesterday afternoon near Perryville, Arkansas, involving a Piper PA-28-180 (N7746W).

    Jason Aguilera is the NTSB Investigator-in-Charge. He will receive headquarters support from air traffic control and meteorology. Parties to the investigation include the Federal Aviation Administration, Piper Aircraft and Lycoming.

    Terry Williams will be the public affairs officer on scene.Once he arrives in Perryville, Mr. Williams can be reached on his cell phone at (202) 320-2594 or via email at terry.williams@ntsb.gov.

    NTSB Office of Public Affairs: 202-314-6100

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    Tap Airbus Hydraulics Fail Luanda Angola Emergency Landing


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    Contact photographer Christian Bremer

    What: TAP Air Portugal Airbus A340-300 en route from Luanda Angola to Lisbon
    Where: Luanda
    When: Nov 16th 2011
    Why: On takeoff, the plane developed a hydraulic failure.

    The pilots returned to Luanda and made a safe landing. Passengers were in the air about a half hour.

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    19 Haitian Politicos Make Cuban Emergency Landing

    What: Aerolineas Mas turbo prop en route to Havana
    Where: Camaguey Cuba
    When: Nov 15, 2011
    Who: 19 Haitians aboard
    Why: While en route, the turbo prop experienced problems with the air conditioning system and had to divert to Camaguey Cuba. This is a few days after a chopper had to make an unplanned emergency landing in Port-au-Prince (Saturday.)

    No injuries were reported.

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    Single Engine Plane Crashes in Cote d’Ivoire, UN Attempts Rescue

    What: Aéro-club d’Abidjan Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II
    Where: Near Daloa Airport, Cote d’Ivoire
    When: Nov 14, 2011 5 p.m.
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: After taking off from Daloa, the Aero-club-owned Cessna crashed.

    Witnesses say the pilot was clearly in trouble and the plane made several pirouettes in the air before falling.

    Initially there was one survivor who died in the hospital. The UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire responded to the scene of the crash, and the UN’s Bangladeshi batallion (BANBATT) assisted in the recovery.

    The pilot was a local pilot. The three white foreigners have not been identified but one had been hired by a local logging company.

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    Jetlite Engine Trouble

    What: Jetlite Boeing 737-700 en route from Ranchi to Mumbai
    Where: Nagpur
    When: Nov 13th 2011
    Who:
    Why: The flight was en route when it developed engine problems.

    Pilots diverted to Nagpur where they made a safe landing.
    Passengers were provided alternative flights.

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    Delta Landing in Atlanta Minus One Engine


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    Contact photographer Mark Kopczak

    What: Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en route from Atlanta to Charlotte
    Where: Atlanta
    When: Nov 10th 2011
    Why: Delta flight took off normally but once in the air, the engine seems to have caught fire (according to passengers who heard an explosion and saw sparks.) No fire was officially reported.

    The right hand engine poured smoke into the cabin but no fire.

    Pilots were able to gain altitude to turn minus one engine, and to make a safe landing in Atlanta. Passengers disembarked, and were provided pizza and alternative flights. At least one passenger would have preferred alcohol to pizza.

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    José Francisco Blake Mora Dead in Chopper Crash

    What: Fuerza Aerea Mexicana Aérospatiale AS 332L Super Puma
    Where: Temamatla , Edo de Mexico
    When: Nov 11, 2011, around noon
    Who: 9 aboard, 9 fatalities
    Why: A Mexican government helicopter en route from Mexico City to Cuernavaca carrying 9 passengers crashed, killing everyone aboard.

    Those aboard included José Francisco Blake Mora, Secretary of the Interior, Felipe Zamora Castro, Legal Affairs and Secretary of the Interior Ministry DH, Jose Alfredo Garcia Medina, director of social communication Interior Ministry, Diana Miriam Hayton Sanchez, technical secretary of the office, and Major Rene de Leon, Lt. Col. Philip Bacio Cortes, Jorge Luis Juarez Gomez, Ramon Escobar Segundo and Pedro Teninete Becerra.

    The chopper was en route to a prosecutors meeting. It went down in heavy cloud cover, so weather is considered to be a factor. Mexico’s No. 2 official, Francisco Blake Mora, who embodied Mexican government’s get-tough attitude, is one of the victims of the crash. Mora been a key figure in Mexico’s battle with drug cartels and he oversaw disaster response, like the pipeline explosion in San Martin Texmelucan in 2010. He is the 2nd interior secretary in this administration to die in an air accident.

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    Chopper Crashes Palm Beach House


    What: Rented Robinson R22 recreational chopper
    Where: Palm Beach
    When: Nov 5, 2011
    Who: 1 pilot, 1 passenger
    Why: The rented recreational chopper struck palm trees and power lines, then clipped the house, landing in the front yard. No fatalities. The damage to the chopper is described as substantial.

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    Air Blue Chided by Sindh High Court


    The Sindh High Court Issued a demand for the public release of Air Blue’s report of the crash inMargalla Hills on July 28, 2010.

    152 died in that crash in July of 2010, nearly a year and a half ago, and the report has still not been released.

    Whatever the errors were that occurred, the report should have been released by now, especially after Air Blue made several commitments to release dates of that report. Full disclosure of accident reports is really the only way to learn from the past, and prevent future incidents. Also, it is unnecessarily cruel to keep families of the victims waiting, some of whom who are engaged in lawsuits whose results won’t be determined until after the reports are released.

    Airblue’s CEO did not appear in court, even though his presence was specifically requested by the court. A lawyer, Masood A Khan, appeared in his stead and requested more time.

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    5 Die in Hawaiian Chopper Crash into Mountain

    What: Blue Hawaiian Helicopters Eurocopter EC130 B4 helicopter departing from Kahului
    Where: Kaunakakai, Molokai island, Hawaii
    When: November 9, 2011 at 12:30 pm
    Who: pilot Nathan Cline, 30, of Kihei and 4 tourists
    Why: While on a 45 minute tour of West Hawaii, the chopper crashed into a mountain. The accident occurred on Wednesday, less than a mile from Kilohana Elementary School, right after a hard rain. At the school, students heard an explosion and saw black smoke when the chopper crashed.

    The pilot and four tourists died at the scene. Although the investigation is ongoing, according to at least one published report, the NTSB said that the pilot failed to maintain enough altitude over the terrain amid low-lying clouds.

    Two of the passengers were newlyweds, and they came from Pennsylvania and Ontario Canada.

    Blue Hawaiian, which conducts 160,000 tours yearly, leased the year old chopper from Nevada Helicopter Leasing LLC.

    Four bodies have been recovered. The fifth has been located, but is in a difficult location.

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    Johannesburg Airlink Gear-up Landing

    What: South African Airlink Avro RJ-85 en route from Johannesburg to Pietermaritzburg South Africa
    Where: Johannesburg
    When: Nov 10th 2011 9:20 pm
    Who: 73 passengers and 4 crew
    Why: Just after takeoff from Johannesburg, the flight developed nose gear trouble. When the pilots returned to the airport, the nose gear did not come down, which was verified on a flyby.

    While burning off fuel for two hours, pilots attempted to extend the nose gear, and when attempts failed, had to land without nose gear on the plane’s belly. Passengers evacuated on to the runway at the airport of origin, OR Tambo International, after the three hour flight.

    There were no injuries.

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    Ural Airbus Flight Suffers Temporary Nav Failure


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    Contact photographer Anton Harisov CHELTEAM Photography

    What: Ural Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Novosibirsk to Moscow Russia
    Where: Novosibirsk
    When: Nov 6th 2011
    Who: 130 passengers and 7 crew
    Why: Just after takeoff, the plane’s navigation system indicated a failure issue. Although the system is reported to have recovered after a quarter of an hour, the pilots returned to the Tolmachyovo airport in Novosibirsk where they made a safe landing.

    Passengers waited for a replacement jet.

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    China Eastern Flight Defaults to Home Base


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    Contact photographer Xu Zheng

    What: China Eastern Yunnan Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Nanning China to Yangon Myanmar
    Where: Kumming China
    When: Nov 5th 2011
    Why: Just after takeoff, the crew observed problems with the main gears.

    The flight diverted to China Eastern Yunnan’s base in Kunming China where they made a safe landing.

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    Chopper Makes Field Landing in Indiana

    What: Euro Copter EC 130 helicopter en route from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Indianapolis
    Where: Noblesville Hanbury Manor Boulevard near the Sagamore Golf Course
    When: Nov 3, 2011
    Who: pilot and 5 passengers
    Why: The pilot made a public statement that he was piloting his chopper and encountered severe weather. He made an emergency landing described as “controlled” in an Indiana corn field.

    After landing, when everyone aboard had vacated, the chopper caught fire. There were no injuries.

    The incident is under investigation by the NTSB and the FAA.

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    Hendrick Doubletake: Motorsports Crash Landing

    What: Hendrick Gulfstream G150 en route to Key West
    Where: Key West
    When: Nov 1, 2011 7:58
    Who: Rick and Laura Hendric, pilot and copilot
    Why: On landing in Key West, the plane had no brakes and skidded off the safety area. Those on board had minor injuries and were taken to Lower Keys Medical Center. Rick Hendrick suffered a broken rib and shoulder.

    The NTSB is investigating.

    We doublechecked this news item, to make certain it was not a reposting of the 2004 crash that tragically took the lives of ten of the Hendrick team and family.

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    Bukovyna Aviation Emergency Landing in Mashad after Engine Failure


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    What: Bukovyna Aviation McDonnell Douglas MD-88 on behalf of Taban Air en route from Mashad to Hamedan Iran
    Where: Mashad
    When: Nov 2nd 2011
    Who: unknown
    Why: After takeoff, the flight developed problems with the left engine.

    The pilots returned to Mashad and made a safe landing.

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    Cessna Crash Lands on Pompano Beach Street, Pilots Walk Away

    What: ATA Flight School Cessna
    Where: Pompano Beach Air Park
    When: November 1, 2011 reported at 5:52 pm
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 survivors
    Why: A 27 year old instructor Vincent Paul Citrullo and 42 year old student pilot David Bakalar survived a crash at the intersection of Northeast 10th Street and Fifth Avenue in Pompano Beach Florida.

    The crash occurred during a ATA Flight School (Pembroke Pines) training flight while the student pilot was flying and losing altitude due to engine trouble. The instructor took the controls, and the plane struck a palm tree and a concrete pole, landing shy of Pompano Beach Air Park. Both were taken to North Broward Medical Center.

    Two fire trucks used foam on spilled fuel.

    Pilot Vincent Paul Citrullo, a former C130 crew chief and vet, is credited with landing the plane after the throttle became inoperable, and securing their survival, in spite of the plane breaking in half.

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    Indigo Bird Strike cancels flight

    What: Indigo Delhi flight-6E 482 en route from Vadodara to Delhi
    Where: Vadodara
    When: Nov 1, 2011 at 10:30
    Why: The Indigo flight en route from Vadodara to Delhi had a bird strike right after takeoff, and had to return to Vadodara. The pilots managed a safe landing on soft tires.

    The flight was cancelled, and passengers were provided an alternative plane to take them to Delhi.

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    Oil Leak Leads to Engine Shut Down, Emergency Landing Argentina

    What: Sol Lineas Aereas Saab 340A en route from Rosario,SF to Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Where: Rosario
    When: Nov 2nd 2011
    Who: 30 passengers and 3 crew
    Why: On takeoff from Rosario, the left engine had to be shut down. The engine had developed an oil leak through a conduit washer which had to be replaced.

    The flight returned to the airport and made a safe landing fifteen minutes later.

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    Gear Up Landing in Warsaw



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    What: LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Newark,NJ (USA) to Warsaw (Poland) with 220 passengers and 11 crew
    Where: Warsaw
    When: Nov 1st 2011
    Who: 220 passengers and 11 crew
    Why: On the first approach to Warsaw, the flight crew aborted the approach. They had gotten an unsafe gear indication for the three gear struts. They spent over an hour trying to amend the problem, but efforts to lower the gear failed, and the failure was confirmed by a visual fly by.

    Captain Tadeusz Wrona and First Officer Jerzy Szwarc then nailed a gear up landing, landing on the Boeing’s belly and skidding to a stop. The runway was foamed beforehand to lower potential fire damage.

    In George’s Point of View


    Right away the operator is quick to report that no one was injured.

    Below, you can see that a US Airport like Indianapolis (with its “beastmaster”) would handle the flight differently. There is always controversy about landing on a foam-slick runway.

    See video below:

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    Jet Blue Diverts to Ft. Lauderdale

    What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from Ponce Puerto Rico to Orlando,FL
    Where: Ft. Lauderdale
    When: Oct 28th 2011
    Who: 1 sick passenger
    Why: Because of a sick passenger suffering seizures aboard the flight, the pilot diverted to Fort Lauderdale. On approach to the airport, the crew found hydraulic issues, and descended with little rudder control (due to the hydraulic issues.)

    The flight made a safe landing.

    Medical services was awaiting the passenger, who was transported to the hospital, after the safe landing.

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    SunExpress Emergency Landing


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    Contact photographer Timo Jäger

    What: Sunexpress Boeing 737-800 en route from Antalya to Dusseldorf
    Where: Dusseldorf
    When: Oct 28th 2011
    Why: Coming in to Dusseldorf, the crew discovered a flaps problem on the 737.

    They aborted the initial approach and circled while they attempted correction.

    They made a fast landing on the second attempt.

    The outgoing flight was detained a couple of hours as repairs were performed on the flight.