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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Cessna and Liberty Collide over Australia


What: Cessna 152 owned by Basair Aviation College
a single-engine Liberty owned by Sydney Flight Training Centre
Where: Flame Tree Street, Casula, in Sydney’s southwest
When: 11.30am (AEST) on Thursday
Who: Two fatalities: a woman instructor and her female student pilot.
On the Liberty, the 89-year-old male instructor and a 25-year-old male student pilot were unhurt
Why: Plane clipped another light aircraft in mid-air. One plane managed to make it to Bankstown Airport. The other plane landed in a yard, destroying the back of the house and a pergola.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating.

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NZ Chopper Smashed While Setting up Christmas Tree

What: Helisika Agricultural Ltd. Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Where: Viaduct Harbour, Auckland, NZ
When: Nov 23, 2011
Who: 1 pilot
Why: After setting a pylon for a christmas tree, the chopper’s roter struck a cable, and crashed the chopper.

Pilot Greg Gribble was hospitalized and released.

Te Wero Bridge has been closed to pedestrians until the investigation is complete.

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South Bend Crash Raw Video


Steven Davis and Wesley Caves died in the South Bend Plane crash on Sunday.
The Hawker Beechcraft 390 plane struck three homes when it fell; two other people were aboard and were injured and one person on the ground was injured.

The plane was split in two by the impact. The raw video below was captured by a surveillance camera.

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Cessna Crashes into Field in South Africa; 2 Killed

CessnaA small plane crashed into a sugar cane field off N2 highway near Winkelspruit, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on August 25.

Authorities said the Cessna 172 went down when it was transporting 2 people. The aircraft was on fire when the police and rescue teams arrived.

Both occupants of the ill-fated plane succumbed to their injuries at the scene. Their identities have not yet been released.

The cause of crash is not known at the moment.

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Top Ten Disaster

The Tam Air Crash in Sao Paulo has made a top ten disaster list.

#2. Brazil Plane Crash – Aviators call São Paolo’s Congonhas Airport “the aircraft carrier,” because landing on its notoriously short runway, surrounded by densely populated residential areas, is as touchy as trying to put down on the deck of a ship at sea. Though a Brazilian court had banned large jets from the airport in February, citing safety concerns, the ban was later overturned. On July 17, the pilot of TAM Airlines Flight JJ3054, tried to land at Congonhas, but realizing he wouldn’t be able to stop in time on the rain-slicked tarmac, tried to take off again. He failed. The Airbus A320 skidded across a road, smashed into a gas station and then into a building owned by the airline. The ensuing fireball killed all 186 people on the plane and 13 more on the ground, making this the worst air disaster in Brazilian history.

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Ultralight Crashes in Australia Flood Zone

What: ultralight
Where: Toobeah near Goondiwindi, Australia
When: Jan 18 2010, 2.45pm
Who: pilot
Why: Near the border of Queensland and New South Wales, the helicopter struck powerlines and crashed. The area is affected by flooding and difficult to access by emergency services but Queensland Fire and Rescue crews (Four fire units, comprising 16 firefighters) are en route to the location at t Donovans Road, south of the Barwon Highway. The 65 year old pilot has been reported as a fatality.

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