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    Pilot and Passenger Crashed On Mountain


    On December 19, 2012, a Stringer Welding Inc Beechcraft B100 King Air was en route to Libby Area Airport when it crashed in William’s Gulch, Swede Mountain, MT killing the pilot and a passenger.

    A witness living on Swede Mountain heard the plane when it impacted.

    National Transportation Security Board officials and Search and Rescue found the crashed plane heavily damaged after a difficult search in bad weather. Search and rescue members snow-mobiled into the area, used hand-held Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT) to find the wreckage. The beacon was found intact.

    The plane had been piloted by Carl Douglas, CEO of Stinger Welding Inc. The passenger was John Smith, a Stinger company driver. Their recovery is pending weather conditions.

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    Pilot Injured after Small Plane Crashed in Rhea County

    A small plane crashed on Dayton Mountain in Rhea County, Tennessee, on June 20th.

    The plane went down when the pilot was heading from Illinois to Atlanta, Georgia.

    The pilot was injured in the crash and was taken to Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga.

    The incident is under investigation.

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    Emergency Landing in St. Louis

    On May 1, 2013, at Spirit of St. Louis Airport, a single engine Cessna Centurion made a belly landing.

    The pilot landed, and suffered a landing gear emergency. Though the landing gear collapsed, the pilot made a belly landing on the runway without any destructive acrobatics.

    The FAA is investigating.

    On May 1, three other Cessna’s suffered issues:
    -Cessna gear collapsed on rollout in Oakland CA
    -Cessna landed gear up in Missouri
    -Cessna towing banner flipped over off Louisiana runway, one minor injury

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    Sikorsky Crash off Bintulu Coast

    On December 12, 2013 at 7L45 a.m., a MHS Aviation Sikorsky S-76C #9M-STE had eight aboard when the flight encountered bad weather. They were flying to identify oil and gas exploration sites when weather forced them to ditch in the sea 159 kilometers off the coast of Bintulu.

    The helicopter was leased from MHS Aviation by Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas.

    The two pilots and six oil workers aboard were rescued by a passing ship. Apparently there were no fatalities, and no specific reports of injury. They were hospitalized in Miri.

    The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is investigating.

    The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has not released whether or not the helicopter was recovered from the ocean.

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    3 Injured After Small Plane Crashes into a San Jose Home

    A small plane crashed into a home in San Jose, California, on November 19th.

    The Cessna 172 crashed shortly after taking off from Reid–Hillview Airport.

    There were three people aboard the plane; all of them were injured and were taken to a hospital.

    No one in the house was injured.

    The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.

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    Cessna Lands in NC

    What: Twin Engine Cessna
    Where: Cape Fear Regional Jetport, Brunswick County
    When: Jan 3, 2010
    Who: Pilot
    Why: The pilot could not land as his landing gear did not deploy and keyed an Unsafe Gear indication. The pilot manually deployed the gear, and landed without any more issues.

    He landed with Oak Island Fire and Rescue, Oak Island Police, Yaupon Beach Fire Department, and Brunswick County Emergency Services on standby.

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