What: Small single engine aircraft
Where: Monxton, near Andover in Hampshire UK close to the junction of the A303 and A342.
When: April 17 2010
Who: 2 aboard
Why: In a field near Red Post Lane, a small plane crashed in a field and burst into flames, killing both occupants. The Weyhill Andover crash is said NOT to have been caused by ash but by some other reason.
The AAIB has sent investigators to the scene. The type of craft and the victims names have not been released.
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What: Poelking Air LLC Beechcraft B36TC Bonanza taking off from Wright Brothers Airport to Chicago
Where: Ohio: 741 along Penny Royal Road, Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport.,
When: April 1 2010
Who: 2 fatalities, 2 occupants
Why: After takeoff, the Beechcraft Bonanza experienced problems. On the pilot’s attempted landing, the plane’s right wing struck the runway. The plane cartwheeled and exploded 1,000 feet south of the runway, killing both aboard.
The pilot was Tom Hausfeld; the passenger was his daughter Kacie Hausfeld.
A small plane crashed in Carroll County, Maryland, on August 18th.
Authorities said the wreckage was found in an open field near Baugher Road in Westminster.
There were two people aboard at the time; both were killed in the crash. They were later identified as the pilot Michael Kilpatrick, 62, and his passenger Robert Johnson, 56.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A small plane crashed at Porter County Regional Airport, Indiana, on December 13th.
Authorities said the plane went down nose-first in a grassy patch between two runways.
The pilot, who is believed to be the only one on-board, was killed in the crash.
A helicopter crashed on Yamuna Danda hill, near Balefi village, in Nepal, on June 2.
Authorities said the helicopter, chartered by Doctors Without Borders, was involved in post-earthquake relief activities. It crashed when it was returning to Kathmandu with 4 people aboard.
All four people, including 3 men and a woman, were killed in the crash. The deceased have not yet been identified.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
On January 24, 2013, a Central Flying Services Inc Beechcraft A36 Bonanza en route from Beaumont Municipal to Monroe Regional Airport was on approach to Monroe when it crashed for unknown reasons. Four minutes before the crash, the pilot told ATC of problems with the plane’s landing gear. ATC lost contact with the plane at 1:49 p.m. The plane crashed eight miles from the airport. Witnesses saw the plane circle and nosedive into the woods.
The plane impacted behind Ouachita Correctional Center in Richwood. The manifest says Dean Hart Sr. of West Monroe, owner of Hart Commercial Investments, and Max Larche of Bastrop, engineer with Lazenby & Associates in West Monroe and Don Thompson of Monroe were passengers aboard the flight. The three businessmen were returning from a business trip to Beaumont.
The pilot was also a fatality.
Emergency services included police and fire firefighters, firefighters on ATV. Firefighters relied on fire extinguishers to put out the blaze.
