What: Oasis Flight Services. twin engine Cessna en route to Plymouth Municipal Airport
Where: PLYMOUTH, Mass
When: June 19 2010,5:15 p.m.
Who: three aboard
Why: After surveying, the Cessna was en route to the airport when it got stuck in a tree in a Plymouth neighborhood. No one was injured.
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Airbourne Charter Gulfstream, 18 lost
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What: Airbourne Charter, Inc Gulfstream III en route from Los Angeles to Aspen, Colorado
Where: Aspen, Colorado
When: March 29, 2001
Who: 2 pilots, 1 flight attendant, and 15 passengers
Why: On March 29, 2001, about 1901:57 mountain standard time, a Gulfstream III, N303GA, owned by Airbourne Charter, Inc., and operated by Avjet Corporation of Burbank, California, crashed while on final approach to runway 15 at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (ASE), Aspen, Colorado. The charter flight had departed Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) about 1711 with 2 pilots, 1 flight attendant, and 15 passengers. The airplane crashed into sloping terrain about 2,400 feet short of the runway threshold. All of the passengers and crewmembers were killed, and the airplane was destroyed.
Shaheen Air Plane Crash-Lands at Lahore Airport; At Least 10 Injured
Shaheen Air flight NL-142 crash-landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, Pakistan, on November 3.
The plane was flying from Karachi when the pilot declared emergency due to faulty landing gear.
Authorities said one of the tires of the plane burst upon landing, causing it to skid off the runway.
At least 10 passengers were injured in the incident and were provided medical treatment.
The aircraft’s fuselage sustained damage.
The incident is being investigated.
Colombia: Tragic Training Flight Tragedy
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What: retrofitted AC-47 and registration FAC-1670 or FAC – 1659
Where: in an empty lot near the electrical sub station El Purino, in the west of Caldas, border with the municipality of Honda (Tolima)
When: 18 FEB 2009
Who: 5 crew members, three mid-ranking and two lower ranking officials all fatalities
Why: The military “phantom” plane was on a training flight when it crashed in the vicinity of the air base.
Venezuela: Tour Operator Sued
On the Isla Margarita in Venezuela on a trip to Angel Falls, tour operator First Choice is being sued for the death of six year old Thomas Horne, who died on a tour while not wearing a seat belt. In fact, an investigator reported in an inquest that “Thomas would probably be alive had he been restrained properly by a seat belt.”
A 14 seat Cessna 208 crashed while they were aboard.
The crew did not inform the passengers how to fasten a four-point waist and shoulder seat belt. The Cessna manual indicates that not wearing the shoulder harness could be fatal.
The flight was not run by First Choice, but by a third party.
Trainee Flies into Tension wires
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What: Indira Gandhi National Aviation Academy trainee (operating a) SOCATA TB20 Trinidad en route from Raebareli Airport
Where: Bhadokhar police circle of Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh, India
When: October 11, 2011
Who: pilot
Why: The pilot took off from Fursatganj Airfield-Raebareli Airport, and crashed in Bhav village, in Uttar Pradesh, India. The pilot was on a training flight and flew into the National Thermal Power Corporation tension cable line.
The pilot trainee, Sudip Vashishtha (Vashisht?) was injured after the powerline reduced his momentum, after which he dropped 20 feet. The training plane was mangled, and the pilot injured with multiple fractures, but conscious, and he is currently considered critical but stable. He was remove from Rae Bareli hospital to Lucknow hospital.
Newspapers are describing the craft as a chopper, but it is a light single engine aircraft with a variable pitch propeller built by Socata, out of France.
According to the flight school’s website, “The Akademi functions under the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Govt. of India (GOI) through its Governing Council (GC). Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) located at Fursatganj District Raebareli Uttar Pradesh”
Cessna Skyhawk Flips on Short Field Takeoff
What: NOVEMBER CHARLIE FLYING GROUP Cessna F172M Skyhawk
Where: Netherthorpe Airfield, South Yorkshire
When: July 5 2012
Who: 2 aboard, no injuries
Why: The flight did not achieve lift on takeoff, possibly due to the combined effects of uphill runway, tailwind and damp grass surface.
After the pilot’s attempt to rotate failed, the plane overran the runway, passed through a hedge and flipped.
The pilot was able to secure the plane and assist the passenger’s exit.