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: (Fuerza Aérea Argentina) Argentine Air Force Piper PA-A28-236 Dakota light aircraft
Where: Mercedes Airport, Argentina
When: 21-NOV-2011 09:45 LT
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: On approach to Mercedes Airport, an Argentine Air Force Piper PA-A28-236 Dakota collided with an aviation school Cessna 152.
Both the flight school crew members in the Cessna 150 were killed in the crash. The Piper PA-28 landed safely. The two military personnel aboard the Piper survived.
According to witness Boloni Eduardo, the Air Force plane cut the back of the Cessna with its propeller, causing it to fall
Firefighters, police, ambulance, Air Force, and Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board were on the scene. Mercedes is a public air field with no control tower.
What: Tom Air Evektor EV-97 Eurostar
Where: Osek, Czech Republic
When: July , 2011
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: The Tomair flight school flight was en route when it crashed in fields near Osek village. A student pilot and teacher died on impact.
The wreckage was spotted by chopper hidden in shrubs between two fields.
What: Russian Mikoyan Mig-31 en route from Bolshoye Savinovo
Where: Perm, Russia
When: Sept 6, 2011
Who: pilot and copilot, 2 fatalities
Why: A Flight Data Recorder from the Russian MiG-31 Foxhound fighter jet which took off on a routine training flight and exploded in Perm, Russia, has been found. The flight took off and exploded while still in the air, landed and flipped over, on fire. The explosion is being blamed on an engine malfunction.
All all Mig-31s have been grounded.
A small, two-engine plane crashed a few kilometers outside of Puerto Lempira, in the La Mosquitia region of Honduras, sometime in the evening of August 16.
The incident happened when the plane was carrying valuables to a bank in Puerto Lempira from Goloson International Airport, La Ceiba.
All 4 people aboard died in the crash. The victims included 2 crew members and 2 security guards.
The cause of accident is not clear at the moment.
What: Asplundh BELL 206B HELICOPTER helicopter crash
Where: Pole lake road southeast of Mammoth Lakes, near Deer Springs Road
When: Sept 19, 2012, 12:30
Who: 2 aboard
Why: Two Asplundh employees were working on power lines and crashed near the lake causing a small fire. They were taken to Mammoth Airport and ambulanced to Mammoth Hospital. They suffered minor injuries.
According to the FAA preliminary report, the rotorcraft tail rot0r struck the ground and crashed 12 miles from Mammoth lakes California.
Mono County Sheriff’s Department, Mammoth Lakes Fire Department, Long Valley Fire Department, Cal Fire, U.S. Forest Service, and Mono County Paramedics responded to the scene.
What: small Aerotaxi”air taxi” Embraer EMB-110P1 (tail numbers PT-SEA) en route from the city of Coari, 225 miles (360 kilometers) southwest of Manaus. The flight was a family heading to Manaus to celebrate a relative’s birthday.
Where: in the into the Manacapuru river ( a tributary of the Solimões river) 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of state capital Manaus
When: 3:30 pm Saturday
Who: 22 people on board including 4 children and 2 crew members — 16 of whom are still missing, 4 survivors. One of the survivors is 9 years old. At this point, the exact numbers are uncertain.
Why: Survivors reported that they saw one of the motors of the plane stop. Before the pilot lost radio contact near the city of Manacapuru but there was a bad weather warning; there are indications he tried to turn the plane around near the site of the crash. They were flying in heavy rain. Rescuers are on the scene including divers searching for bodies, and a ferry for the plane. The air force helicopter that had been there to assist has suspended operations due to the stormy weather conditions.
The Embraer EMB-110P1 is a small twin turbo-prop plane that carries up to 21 people.
List of survivors:
Leandro da Costa, 9 years
Ana Costa Lima 43 years
Eric da Costa, 23 years
Brena Morais, 21 years
