What: Filair Let 410 en route from Semendwa to Bandundu
Where: Bandundu Congo
When: August 25 2010
Who: 21 aboard (18 passengers 3 crew), 20 fatalities
Why: The preliminary information says that the plane was unable to land, and ran out of fuel. Landing short of the runway, the plane struck a building, killing two children inside.
The Let is a Czeck turboprop.
The Filair is based in Kinshasa. It’s fleet is reputed to be poorly maintained and is on the nofly list. The plane’s owner Danny Philemotte was piloting and died in the crash.
19 bodies were recovered and two survivors. One survivor died in the hospital. One survivor is hospitalized and in critical condition.
A survivor said that the crew had been told to land on a “reserve strip” beside the main runway. The passengers panicked, running to one side and unbalancing the plane, and the pilot lost control. Apparently fuel was not the issue (150 liters liters recovered from the crash.)
What: Hughes OH6A Helicopter owned by Charlotte Helicopters Flight Academy
Where: Monroe NC (Union County) at Stephen Street and Donham Street in a field behind Central Academy of Technology and Art
When: Thursday 10:30 a.m
Who: pilot, Justin Travis, survived. Passenger 46-year-old Mark Bartlett was killed in the crash
Why: helicopter hit power lines and crashed
What: ROBINSON R-44 Astro
Where: Lake Nocona, Montague county
When: Sept 30, 2012
Who: 3 injured
Why: Three men were injured when the helicopter #8341W flown by Darren Fenoglio crashed into Lake Nocona. Lake Nocona is 10 miles from Nocona Texas.
The pilot and both passengers, Josh Walterscheid, and Derrick Morse were injured.
The FAA is investigating, and will be recovering the helicopter.
On Sunday, lake area residents assisted in recovering the passengers from the lake. Dr. Kabisch in his kayak was the first emergency responder. Toby Howard also assisted with a pontoon, taking the injured to the beach at Boone Park where more emergency responders were assembled.
Fenoglio, Walterscheid and Morse, were taken to Nocona General Hospital.
A small plane crashed in Warren County, Indiana, on January 27th.
Authorities found the wreckage near the West Lebanon area.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. He has not been identified yet.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
What: 32 year old Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) Fokker 27 registration A-2703
Where: Bandung-Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Western Indonesia
When: 06 APR 2009 1 p.m. Monday local time
Who: Six crew members, one trainer and 17 military skydiving students. All 24 people on board died.
Why: While landing during a regular training flight, the plane crashed and burst into flames at 1:05 pm (0605 GMT) in Bandung, 110 kilometres (74 miles) southeast of Jakarta. No one on the ground was injured. The weather is said to have been wet; and the plane is said to have been undermaintained due to funding problems. The plane is said to have been shaking–possibly encountering a 20-knot crosswind at the time of the accident– before it crashed in an air craft hanger and burst into flames.
A small plane made an emergency landing in Everglades in western Broward County, Florida, on March 16th.
Authorities said the plane was carrying two people when it landed on a levee near Sawgrass Recreational Park, east of U.S. 27 and north of Interstate 75.
Both occupants of the plane remained uninjured.
The cause of emergency landing is being investigated.