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What: single-engine Cessna 182K Skylane (registered to Harold Gartner III of Janesville, Calif) en route from Susanville to Lodi
Where: Northern California near the Nevada border
When: Nov 20, 2009 12:45 pm
Who: pilot
Why: While en route, the plane encountered bad weather, crashed and burned. The crash occurred two miles north of the airport.
What: (Registration pending) BE65 65 Queen Air (U-8F Seminole)
Where: SAN CARLOS, CA
When: Sept 2, 2010 1850
Who: 1 pilot, 2 passengers: 3 fatalities
Why: The plane crashed under unknown circumstances submerged in water about a mile from the airport.
What: Pintail Lodge Inc.Bell 206B JetRanger
Where: Lyons Point, Crowly, LA
When: Oct 10, 2102
Who: 1 fatality
Why: A helicopter out of Texas was flying low over a Crowly Louisiana field when it made contact with a KSIG radio guidewire.
The helicopter subsequently crashed in the field. Local residents who heard the impact described a thud.
The pilot was identified as Hugh Clifton Kelley, 66, of Beaumont.
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What: single-engine acrobatic Bellanca Super Decathlon plane
Where: Minaret Range California
When: Found Wednesday (a year after the plane was lost Sept. 3, 2007)
Who: Steve Fossett
Three days after a hiker, Preston Morrow, found Fossett’s pilot’s license, a glider license and a membership card for the National Aeronautic Association, the wreckage of his plane was found.
A piece of bone 2 by 1 1/2 inches was found–the only possible human remains found to be DNA tested. Apparently the plane flew horizontally into the mountain, then the wood, aluminum and cloth plane shattered and burned.
Once the DNA is confirmed, at least the family will be able to have closure.
An Indian Air Force MiG-29 was engaged in training maneuvers when the pilot ejected near Jamnagar in Gujarat, and the plane crashed. The wreckage is between Amran and Jivapar villages which are close to Jamangar airbase,
During the training flight, the plane developed a “technical snag.”
A court of inquiry is underway.
A Thai military helicopter crashed into a field in Muang district, Phayao province of Thailand on November 17.
The Bell 212 helicopter, heading from an army base in Phayao to Chiang Rai province, crashed just about 10 minutes into the flight.
There were 9 people aboard, including the Deputy Third Army Area commander, Maj Gen Songpon Thongjeen. According to the deputy army spokesperson Sirichan Ngathong, all 9 people aboard the ill-fated chopper were killed.
The cause of crash is not clear at the moment.
