What: Experimental Ultralight aircraft en route from Rowan County Airport to High Rock Lake,
Where: a field close to Shaw’s Mobile Home Park
When: Sept 30, 2012, 6 p.m.
Who: pilot
Why: The ultralight ppeared to stall out shortly before impact. Cecil Dwayne Brown, of West Second Street, in Faith, died in the crash. His remains were recovered within two hours of the accident.
The plane apparently impacted power lines, causing an immediate outage.
A Delta Airlines Boeing 747 en route from Tel Aviv to New York with 370 passengers and 17 crew could not retract the flaps on takeoff.
The plane went into a holding pattern, dumped fuel and returned to land in Tel Aviv at 2:00 a.m. after circling for two hours.
A Rohinson R22 Beta II helicopter made a crash landing near the Horsebend area, south of Gardnerville, in Douglas County, Nevada, in the afternoon of August 27.
The pilot, identified as Dolye Holden, and his friend, Karen Cole, were returning from the Horsebend area, after fishing in Carson River, when the helicopter started malfunctioning and they had to make the crash landing.
According to the authorities, 2 people suffered minor injuries in the accident. They were able to call another pilot who then flew them to Carson Valley Medical Centre for treatment.
The NTSB is investigating the cause of the crash.
Republic Airways flight YX-3311 made a safe landing following a bird strike in Newark, New Jersey, on December 5th.
The plane was flying from Saint Louis, Missouri, when a bird hit it.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained safe.
On March 9, 2013, a Salvador Gortari Beechcraft F33A Bonanza en route from Resistencia Paraguay to Pehuajo with 3 aboard was en route when it crashed on the border of Chaco. Three people were aboard and there were three fatalities.
The wreckage was located crashed in a field near the town of Santa Fe Villa Guillermina.
Salvador Gortari was aboard the plane.
The alert was published the evening of March 8 when the plane went missing over Chaco Santa Fe
American Airlines flight AA-1889 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, on May 19th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Hartford, Connecticut, was diverted after a strong electrical odor was noticed on-board.
The plane landed safely.
Authorities said nine people were provided medical attention at the airport, and three of them were later taken to a hospital.
What: Southwest Airlines flight from San Diego to Oakland
Where: Oakland
When: April 10, 2010
Who: 134 aboard
Why: While en route the pilot discovered hydraulic problems. The hydraulic fluid leaked on to the landing gear and smoked on landing; but otherwise the fight landed safely in Oakland with emergency vehicles on standby.
