A small plane crashed southeast of Vienna, Illinois, on December 31st.
The Piper PA28 plane was carrying four people when it went down in a wooded area.
All four people, including two adult men and two adult women, were killed in the crash. Their identities have not yet been released.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
What: Sasovskoye Civil Aviation Flying School Yakovlev YAK-18T
Where: Petelino, Russia
When: Nov 7, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: On November 7, 2012 at 2:36 pm, on the Petelino landing pad the Yak-18 RA-44302 Sasovskoye (Sasovo) flight school MTU CR FATA plane was in an accident.
The crew performed accounting and training flights. On board were the pilot/instructor and a third year student. According to preliminary information, the plane suffered an in-flight engine failure. When performing a forced landing the aircraft impacted with the ground. All aboard were killed. The accident is under investigation.
A small plane made crash-landing in a cornfield in Milford town, New York on the morning of July 6.
The plane, travelling from Oneonta Municipal Airport in New York, had to be landed in emergency after it developed an engine problem.
The pilot, identified as Edward Schoene, 55, sustained injuries and was taken to hospital.
The FAA is investigating the accident.
British Airways flight BA-294 had to return and make an emergency landing in Chicago, Illinois, on September 12th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Heathrow Airport, England, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the nose gear.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed in the median of Interstate 29, north of downtown Council Bluffs, Iowa, on December 10.
The Piper Malibu Meridian single-engine plane had just taken off from Eppley Airfield when it started experiencing some issues. Authorities said the pilot radioed to the airport and sought permission to return for an emergency landing, however, the plane clipped a power line and went down.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. He was identified as John Rogers, 65, of Omaha.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
What: Sabovich and Sons Cessna 310 registration N310XX
Where: Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California
When: Oct 2 2010 3:40
Who: 3 aboard: 54-year old pilot, the 50-year old male passenger and the 48-year old female passenger
Why: The pilot flew in from Santa Ana to pick up two passengers. 
On takeoff, the left engine failed. The pilot had to make a forced landing a half-mile southeast of the airport, which set off a field fire.
The injured were airlifted to hospitals by helicopter.
Passengers sustained significant but non-life-threatening burns.
