Landing

  • Crash Landing in St. Moritz


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    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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    Ryanair Emergency Landing at Shannon

    What: Ryanair plane en route from the UK
    Where: Shannon Airport
    When: shortly before 4pm in the afternoon feb 15
    Who: 177 passengers and crew
    Why: the pilot notified Shannon Airport control tower that it had a tire problem, performed a flyby to verify the condition of the landing gear, and then landed without further problems.

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    Skymaster Emergency Landing

    What: Cessna Skymaster out of Rialto Airport
    Where: emergency landing between the 210 Freeway and West Casmalia Street
    When: Saturday
    Who: pilot
    Why: The plane was doing “demonstrations” when the pilot noted power loss. The pilot shut off his fuel, and coasted to a a strip of land between the 210 and West Casmalia Street, east of Sierra

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    Croatian Cessna Crashes into Velebit Mountain


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    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.”

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    UK: R-22 Crash


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    What: Robinson 22 single seat helicopter out of Leeds Bradford Airport
    Where: near Sandtoft Air Field in a field near the village of Sandtoft
    When: 12.45pm Feb 14
    Who: Only the pilot was aboard
    Why: The pilot of the crashed helicopter was on his first solo flight. South Yorkshire and Humberside fire and rescue services were there; the pilot was pronounced dead.

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    Porter Texas Baron Crashes in Back Yard


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    What: BEECH Baron 95-A55 registered to DBJD LLC en route from Bergstrom Airport in Austin.
    Where: in a PORTER, TX subdivision near Williams Airport in East Montgomery County.
    When: 02/12/2009 5:30pm Thursday night
    Who: Pilot Daniel Boyd Williams and Rheta Lynn Williams were fatally injured and died at the scene.
    Why: AIRCRAFT CRASHED on approach to Williams Airport in East Montgomery County.

    Airport witnesses the plane was coming in about 50 feet, began to climb and then made a sharp left to the treeline where it clipped several trees before landing in the Parnell family’s back yard. The plane hit the ground hard, ejecting the passengers.

    There used to be a stand of trees–possibly a sound barrier–separating the neighborhood from the airport. The NTSB says any safety they offered was an illusion and that the trees were a threat to the planes. However, individuals in the neighborhood believe they were safer when the trees were there.

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    Continental Airlines Flight 3407: NY Crash; All Lost


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    Contact Photographer Frank Robitaille

    What: Continental Airlines Flight 3407, Bombardier Q400 turboprop operated by regional carrier Colgan Air en route from Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
    Where: Clarence Center, New York.
    When: Thursday Feb 12 struck a house at 10: 10 pm. Two homes were affected.
    Who: 44 passengers and four crew members, 1 off-duty pilot, 1 person on the ground, all fatalities. The passenger manifest has not officially been released.
    Why: The New Jersey-to-Buffalo flight was cleared to land on a runway pointing to the southwest. But the plane crashed with its nose pointed to the northeast. Seconds after two automatic warnings to the pilots that the plane was not moving fast enough to stay aloft, the twin turboprop aircraft went through a “severe pitch and roll” after positioning its flaps for a landing. It did not dive into the house, as initially thought, but landed flat on the house. Icing is emerging as the possible cause for why flight 3047 fell from the sky. The flight data recorder has been collected and is currently being examined.


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    Southwest Airlines Boeing Lands Safely on One Engine


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    What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 [see example above] en route from the McCarran International Airport en route to Long Island, New York.
    Where: McCarran International Airport Las Vegas
    When: Thursday afternoon shortly after taking off–at 3:28 p.m.
    Who: 118 passengers
    Why: The crew of the Southwest Airlines Boeing shut down one engine when it caught on fire; and used the remaining working engine to make the emergency landing safely.

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    Danube Helicopter Crash; 1 fatality

    What: Robinson-44
    Where: Danube river at Csepel Island near Lagymanyos Bridge
    When: Tuesday, 10 February 2009
    Who: executive of the general contractor of a sewage treatment project in S Budapest died in the crash. The pilot and and a photographer were rescued.
    Why: The rotor was erratic before the helicopter crashed into steel moulds used to pour in concrete of the structure being built.

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    United Airlines Emergency Landing in Louisville


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    What: United Airlines regional Embraer jet n845hk en route from Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia to Lambert-St. Louis International
    Where: Louisville International Airport
    When: Tuesday afternoon 2:20 p.m.
    Who: 35 passengers and 4 crew members were on board
    Why: After smoke was reported in the cockpit, the plane made an emergency landing at moved on runway 17-L; then the plane was moved to airport’s cargo area.

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    Cessna Crashes near Puerto Rico


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    Contact the photographer Yasir Raja
    What: Cessna 206, chartered by Tropical Aviation Corp., was traveling from the Casa de Campo International Airport in the Dominican Republic to San Juan
    Where: crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the north coast of Puerto Rico, in what is being called “a debris field off the northwestern city of Quebradillas,”
    When: around nightfall Sunday Feb 8
    Who: carrying six people; missing pilot and all five passengers are U.S. citizens
    Why: Witnesses reported seeing an explosion on the plane before it crashed. They are still hoping to find survivors.

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    Emergency landing in Pierre

    What: Mesaba plane en route to Watertown and Minneapolis
    Where: Pierre Regional Airport
    When: 7 am Sunday
    Who: a small number of passengers
    Why: When one of the plane’s engines failed, the plane returned to the airport where it landed safely. No more information is currently available

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    Airbus Lands safely at Kashgar airport


    What: Qatar Airways QR821 Airbus A330-200 en route from Osaka to Doha
    Where: Emergency landing at Kashgar airport in China’s Xinjiang region
    When: 6:35 am Thursday
    Who: 174 passengers and 20 crew
    Why: The airbus plunged 9,000 meters in five minutes, experiencing a loss in cabin pressure but landed safely. All the passengers and their luggage left Kashi at around 9 p.m. Thursday on another Qatar Airways flight. The mechanical failure was repaired and the Airbus left the airport on Friday

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    Air NZ Nails Emergency Landing


    What: Air New Zealand Boeing 747 jet en route for Los Angeles
    Where: NZ
    When: Saturday night (Feb 7)7:30 p.m. local time Saturday (06:30 GMT), returned to Auckland 90 minutes later.
    Who: 365 people on board
    Why: Reporting a hydraulic problem after a light indicated a landing gear should not be raised, the Boeing dumped it’s fuel and returned at low altitude to New Zealand for a safe landing.

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    Brazil: Amazon Crash with 24 (? ) aboard; 16 + missing


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    What: small Aerotaxi”air taxi” Embraer EMB-110P1 (tail numbers PT-SEA) en route from the city of Coari, 225 miles (360 kilometers) southwest of Manaus. The flight was a family heading to Manaus to celebrate a relative’s birthday.
    Where: in the into the Manacapuru river ( a tributary of the Solimões river) 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of state capital Manaus
    When: 3:30 pm Saturday
    Who: 22 people on board including 4 children and 2 crew members — 16 of whom are still missing, 4 survivors. One of the survivors is 9 years old. At this point, the exact numbers are uncertain.
    Why: Survivors reported that they saw one of the motors of the plane stop. Before the pilot lost radio contact near the city of Manacapuru but there was a bad weather warning; there are indications he tried to turn the plane around near the site of the crash. They were flying in heavy rain. Rescuers are on the scene including divers searching for bodies, and a ferry for the plane. The air force helicopter that had been there to assist has suspended operations due to the stormy weather conditions.

    The Embraer EMB-110P1 is a small twin turbo-prop plane that carries up to 21 people.

    List of survivors:
    Leandro da Costa, 9 years
    Ana Costa Lima 43 years
    Eric da Costa, 23 years
    Brena Morais, 21 years

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    Catalina Island Crash


    What: Fixed-wing Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft which flew out of Orange County’s John Wayne Airport at 1:30 expecting to return at 4:50 p.m
    Where: crashed in the rain on a remote Catalina Island hilltop near Mt. Orizaba, southwest of Catalina’s Airport in the Sky
    When: Thursday
    Who: Pilot Mark Hogland president of a Dana Point charter flight company,and passengers, an out-of-state man and woman: Marshall Goldberg, a 39 year-old Florida man and Amy Marie Judd, 24 years old of Idaho. There were no survivors.
    Why: The flight failed to return to John Wayne Airport Thursday. On Friday, rescue teams discovered the wreckage. It is speculated that the rainy, foggy weather played a part, although the pilot was FAA qualified to fly on instruments.

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    AirTran Flight 388 Emergency

    What: AirTran Flight 388 from Orlando to Moline made an unscheduled landing Friday in Atlanta after a handful of passengers
    Where: diverted the plane to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
    When: Feb 6, 2009
    Who: Number of passengers not released. One crew member was hospitalized.
    Why: crew and passengers who complained about the dizziness. They were checked out and most continued on a different plane ( flight took off from Atlanta around 12:35pm CST) to continue the trip to Moline.

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    Fatal Piper Crash in West Virginia


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    Update

    Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court, seeking $50,000 in damages, Pawel Jakub Batura filed a four-count suit claiming wrongful death and negligence on behalf of the estate of Stanley and Monika Niemiec casualties of the Jan. 29 crash. Defendants are Chicago-based American Polish Aero Club and Wesvin Inc., the FAA-registered owner of the aircraft. The suit claims Aero Club negligence on the following points:

    • failure to properly inspect the engines;
    • failure to perform adequate pre-flight preparations and inspections;
    • failure to plan proper communication during the flight;
    • failure to safely operate the plane;
    • failure to keep the plane on the flight path;
    • failure to properly monitor the engine.


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    What: Wesvin Inc Piper PA-34
    Where: KENOVA, W.Va 1.5 miles from the Wayne County airport
    When: after 1 p.m. Jan 30 2009
    Who: Pilot and six passengers were killed in the crash
    Why: The plane was low on fuel and made a sudden 180-degree turn before losing contact with controllers at Tri-State. The plane struck struck a 345-kilovolt distribution line.

    The wings are broken; the propellor separated and propeller blade is missing.

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    Tam Progress

    For those individuals following the Tam case:

    “Scores of plaintiffs suing over Brazil’s deadliest airline crash have settled with TAM Airlines and the plane’s lessor, Pegasus Aviation IV Inc., and intend to direct their claims against the companies that manufactured the plane and its components.”
    “To view more of the LAW 360 press release”

    What: TAM Express flight 3054 (Airbus A320) en route from Porto Alegre to Sao Paulo
    Where: Congonhas airport
    When: 1850 (2150 GMT) on Tuesday
    Who: 186 passengers and crew plus assorted on ground
    Why: wet runway conditions; unfit unfinished runway; reverser (and other) issues on plane. These and other reasons are in contention.

    Almost 200 Feared Dead in Air CrashOriginal article 2007/07/18
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    Emergency Landing in China

    What: Qatar Airway flight QR821 en route from Osaka, Japan to Doha, Qatar
    Where: emergency landing at an airport in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at the Kashi City Airport.
    When: Thursday 6:30 am–landing at 7:22
    Who: 20 crew members and 174 passengers from 22 countries and regions including Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United States and Qatar.
    Why: When the flight encountered mechanical problems and descended 11,000 meters to 2,000 meters in 5 min, the crew prepped for an emergency landing.,The cause is under investigation

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    Norwegian Helicopter Crash

    What: HeliTeam Eurocopter AS350 en route from Harstad to Alta.
    Where: near the Swedish border.
    When: Wednesday
    Who: One person killed, one injured. It is unclear from our sources which was the pilot.
    Why: The crash occurred during heavy snow showers so weather may have been a factor.
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    DC-3 Crashes at Mojave-Kern


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    Landing photo taken one day before it crashed

    What: National Test Pilot School’s AMI 65 TP Turbo DC-3 Registration N834TP
    Where: Mojave-Kern County Airport, CA
    When: 05 FEB 2009
    Who: crew of 2 pilots-one taken by ambulance to the hospital; the other drove himself.
    Why: The DC-3 was in takeoff phase from runway 30. After liftoff, it dropped and veered off the runway and sustained substantial damage. Six hundred gallons of fuel leaked from the plane as a result of damage.


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