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What: Victoria Air Douglas C-47B Skytrain freighter en route from Ninoy Aquino Int. Airport to Palawan/ Puerto Princesa, Philippines
Where: Villa Fidela subdivision in Las Pinas; abandoned warehouse
When: Oct 17th 2009
A small plane crash landed in Tallgrass Golf Course, Greenleaf Court, Wichita, Kansas, on March 18.
The Mooney M20C, heading from Nashville to Jabara Airport, had some problem with its engine when the pilot decided to land in emergency.
The plane received major damage to its wings.
Both the pilot and one passenger survived but suffered from injuries of varying intensities.
What: DHL Aviation (leased from Solenta Aviation) Antonov 26
Where: 2.3 km S of Libreville Airport, Gabon
When: 06 JUN 2011
Who: 2 crew 2 passengers
Why: The flight had permission to land when it began experiencing a hydraulic problem, and was flying with difficulty when it crashed into the sea near Libreville Airport. (Although reported as a hydraulics issue, both propellors had stopped according to witnesses, so it may have been a fuel issue. )
One passenger from Gabon and one Bulgarian passenger were on board. The two member crew was Ukranian.
The flight ditched in shallow water and the plane is still visible above the water line.
Gabon has banned Antonov 26 flights in its airspace until further notice
What: United Nations-contracted helicopter carrying food to peacekeeping mission
Where: Darfur region of Sudan near the Kalma camp for internally displaced persons
When: Tuesday
Who: (3 Russian one Sudanese)four crew members killed
Why: chopper fired upon over Darfur
What: An airplane likely en route from San Diego’s Montgomery Field
Where: about 25 miles off the Southern California coast
When: crashed Friday
Who: unknown
Why: unknown. Aluminum debris and an oil slick were located, but no bodies.
A small plane crashed near China Beach on the Palisades Reservoir in Idaho, on March 13th.
The Cessna 182 aircraft crashed and burst into flames around 1 mile north of Alpine Airport, from where it departed.
There were four people aboard at the time; all of them were killed in the crash. They were identified as the pilot Jerry “David” Anderson, 40, his wife Jessica Ann Anderson, 38, Thomas “Brook” Summers, 39, and his wife Heidi Summers, 36. All of them were residents of Idaho Falls.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating the incident.
