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Helicopter Crash in San Pasqual Valley

What: Robinson R-44
Where: Rancho Guejito, east of Lake Wohlford between Valley Center and Ramona in the San Pasqual Valley
When: Sunday, September 20, 2009
Who: pilot and passenger
Why: passengers were airlifted to the Palomar Medical Center

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    Beechcraft Crash


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    Contact photographer Allen M. Schultheiss

    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.

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    Alouette Crashed in Romania, 4 lost

    What: Romanian Air Force AR 316B Alouette III
    Where: Buzau, Romania
    When: July 5, 2012
    Who: 4 aboard
    Why: Captain Commander Docuz Mitica who was piloting the Alouette when it went down had over 1700 flight hours; and his copilot Viorel Cojocaru had 650 hours. Topoliceanu Catalin had more than 1,100 flying hours, Student Steven Corope?chi also died in the crash. One of the mechanics aboard might have been taking a flying lesson.

    The Air Force School of Boboc lost radio contact with the helicopter at around 12:00 shortly before the helicopter crashed in Buzau County in the area known as Cross Comsoaiei right near the highway E85.

    Rescue vehicles including water and foam trucks and ambulances responded but all four aboard died.

    A committee of Air Force Staff will be investigating the crash and the findings made public.

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    New South Wales Crash on Christmas Day


    What: single-engine Cessna en route from Mudgee to rural NSW
    Where: west of Merriwa in the Great Dividing Range, New South Wales
    When: Dec 25
    Who: pilot Scott Kennedy-Green and brother-in-law, Matthew Green. Green died at the scene. The pilot survived and was winched to safety at 1 pm, with chest and pelvic injuries, and leg fractures. He is recuperating at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital.
    Why: The pilot lost control in heavy cloudcover and rain, and crashed in a ravine in the upper Hunter Valley

    The piliot set crash site co-ordinates by CB radio but had to spend the night out in the elements as conditions prevented his recovery until 1 pm the next day.

    The wreck was located at 10 in the morning Dec 26th, lying upside down with a wing torn off

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    Pilot Dies Fighting Forest Fire


    On Oct 24, 2013, a Rebel Ag PZL M-18A Dromader was engaged in firefighting over Ulladulla, NSW when the pilot crashed. The PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader is a single engine vehicle manufactured by PZL-Mielec in Poland, often used as a firefighting machine.

    David Black, 43, from Trangie in central NSW, was water bombing the fire when his plane crashed in rugged bushland. The fire and forested terrain is making response difficult. After giving his life trying to control the fire raging near Ulladulla, New South Wales, David Black is being hailed as a hero.

    Whether pilot error, rustic conditions, or mechanical error, the cause of the crash has not been determined.

    Fires are still burning in the area.

    The accident is being investigated by the ATSB and the investigation #AO-2013-187 has been assigned.

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    Peru training crash


    A Peruvian National Police Bell UH-1H with three aboard was en route from Tangier Island airport 8:05 p.m. when it crashed over an area of coca cultivation during night training.

    The wreckage was located near Tingo Maria Peru on La Moyuna Mountain.

    Base control indicated that before communication broke off at 8:00 pm, the helicopter was in distress.

    The helicopter worked the area of ??Leoncio Prado and Alto Huallaga (Tingo María) under drug control in cooperation with the United States.

    The three crew, two officers and a sergeant of the Peruvian police members were retrieved and taken to the air base in Tingo Maria. Search teams located the helicopter five minutes from a local police base.

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    Blue Bird Crash at Wilson Airport



    Pictured: A Beechcraft 1900D
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    What: Blue Bird Aviation Beechcraft 1900D en route to Quarrel airport in Mogadishu
    Where: Wilson Airport
    When: NOV 9, 2009
    Who: 2
    Why: After developing an on-flight problem, the Beechcraft was on return to Wilson Airport when it broke through the airport fence and caught on fire.

    The two pilots were retrieved in critical condition. The pilot died either on the way to Kenyatta National Hospital. The co-pilot died shortly after hospital admittance.

    George’s Point of View

    The following is not really an opinion, since it is documented fact: this is the fourth plane disaster to have occurred near the airport which borders Nairobi National Park. There are serious concerns about the safety of the airport. African aviation is considered the least safe in the world.

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