Landing

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    Helicopter Forced Landings in FL


    What: N165RV, A ROBINSON R44 ROTORCRAFT
    Where: CLEWISTON, FL
    When: 01/11/2009
    Who: Pilot
    Why: The helicopter made a forced landing 11 miles from the airport

    An aviation school helicopter had an emergency landing landed along I-95 at mile marker No. 212 near Titusville.

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    Piper Emergency Landing in Litchfield


    What: PA18 (Piper super cub)
    Where: LITCHFIELD, MN a field near a patch of woods the Doerings own southeast of Elrosa. The crash site is 1/2 mile S. of County Road 14
    When: 01/10/2009
    Who: 1 pilot 1 passenger Eric and Ray Doering
    Why: The Piper landed in a field . 48 feet of touching down, deep snows flipped the aircraft. Minor damage made it necessary for the plane to be trailered out.

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    Cessna Flips in Pescadero


    What: Rented Sterling Aviation’s Cessna 150 en route from Monterey to Half Moon Bay Airport
    Where: PESCADERO, CA in an open field south of Half Moon Bay (about 1 mile south of Pescadero Road and Highway 1 )
    When: 01/11/2009
    Who: 2 Michael Paul Harris, and his wife, Danette,
    Why: The pilot noticed they were running low on fuel. After a Forced landing in a field outside of PESCADERO, CA, about 200 yards into the field, the plane’s front nose wheel dug into the soil and collapsed, causing the plan to flip. The pilot buzz is that the renter of the plane should have refueled, and that the forced landing and resultant plane damage was entirely unnecessary.

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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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    Ethiopian Boeing 757 Emergency Landing


    What: Ethiopian Boeing 757 en route from Addis Ababa to Rome
    Where: Diverted to Malta International Airport
    When: 1/11/09 -plane landed safely at 4.30 a.m.
    Who: 182 on board: 175 passengers 7 crew no injuries
    Why: The plane sustained an inflight engine shutdown during cruise and there were norepercussions to any other key aircraft systems

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    Airbus Smokey Emergency Landing in Shannon


    What: Virgin Atlantic Airways Airbus A340-300, registration G-VELD flight VS-39 en route from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Chicago O’Hare,IL
    Where: Flight diverted to Shannon (Ireland)
    When: 11 JAN 2009
    Who: 156 passengers
    Why: 37 minutes before emergency landing, pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. Inspection indicated that smoke emanated from some faulty wiring in the forward galley

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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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    Basketball Players Flying Late

    What: ExpressJet Flight 152 en route to Tampa
    Where: 41-passenger plane
    When: Jan 6 2008 – ten minutes into the flight at 4:15 p.m.
    Who: Passengers included Louisville’s basketball team
    Why: The flight had the equivalent of a “check engine” light go off in the instrument panel. The Louisville’s basketball team which was on board deplaned safely after an emergency landing. The passengers were rescheduled for transportation later Tuesday for its Wednesday game; the rescheduled flight took off from Standiford Field at about 9:05 p.m. scheduled to arrive in Tampa after 11 p.m.

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    Aussie Emergency Landing

    What: nine-seater plane, a charter of Shine Aviation Service
    Where: Geraldton Airport
    When: Jan 7 8:30 am
    Who: 9 passengers aboard.
    Why: Flight reported that a warning light predicted the landing gear might fail on landing. The emergency landing occurred when landing gear became stuck and its wheels failed to come down. The pilot used up excess fuel before landing without incident.

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    Cebu Pacific’s ATR Emergency Landing in Philippines


    What: Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 893 ATR-72-500 propeller-plane, bound for Caticlan, Aklan
    Where: NAIA 1’s Runway 06 Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila
    When: 7:21 am Wednesday morning
    Who: 53 passengers and four crew w
    Why: the pilot reported a problem in the right engine. Alarm lights in the instrument panel were blinking. The carrier provided flight vouchers for Caticlan via Kalibo. The passengers were bound for Caticlan, gateway airport of the country’s most popular tourist destination Boracay island. The carrier stated officially that “The engine of the 11-month-old ATR 72-500 aircraft will be checked by an international maintenance crew from Cebu Pacific”

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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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    Grumman Forced Landing in Goshen


    What: 1978 Grumman Tiger en route from Howe, Indiana to Goshen, Indiana
    Where: CR 150 East and the Elkhart/Kosciusko County Line Road Goshen Indiana
    When: 01/05/2009 11:43 a.m.
    Who: 2 people aboard. instructor William T. Reid and Pilot Chad L. Miller
    Why: During cruise flight the prop broke off. Pilot Chad L. Miller had to make a force landing in a field in Koscuisko County in Goshen IN, The pilot had been intending to practice “stop and go/touch and go” landings at the airport in Goshen.

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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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    Three River MI Lands on Frozen River


    What: BE36 Bonanza en route from Brownsville, Texas to Three Rivers airport (Also reported as a single engine Cessna)
    Where: on the frozen Saint Joseph river, east of Three Rivers MI
    When: 01/06/2009 Tuesday afternoon.
    Who: pilot, Fred Nelson Jr., his father, Fred Nelson Sr., and a dog. Both men and dog escaped injury.
    Why: The pilot had been attempting to reach the Three Rivers airport. Icing on the wings forced the pilot to make a forced landing on a frozen river at Three Rivers where the river is half a mile wide and the ice is six inches thick

    * UPDATE

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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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    PHI Medical Evacuation Emergency Landing


    What: PHI Bell 407 medical helicopter
    Where: emergency landing about 11 miles south of Lafayette–a parking lot at U.S. 231 and Indiana 28 in Romney
    When: Monday afternoon
    Who: A pilot, nurse, paramedic and patient
    Why: The PHI Bell 407 medical helicopter a patient when it was forced to land due to a mechanical problem Monday afternoon. An ambulance carried the patient to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Lafayette.

  • The Fatality That Wasn’t

    Around here, we’d really like to have more crises like this.

    What: small plane en route from the Ramona Airport
    Where: emergency landing in a field
    When: Monday
    Who: John Hammerstrand
    Why: The pilot reported engine trouble after take off but was never found by rescue parties. In fact, after the distress signal, he was considered missing during the two hour search. Until the man’s wife reported that he called to report he’d had arrived safely after his plane experienced a power failure

    Congratulations to pilot John Hammerstrand for being alive.