What: Petroleum Helicopter Inc. Bell 206
Where: 43 miles into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Port O’Connor
When: June 10, 2010
Who: Pilot and two passengers. One passenger was injured.
Why: While en route, the helicopter crashed into the gulf of Mexico. The coast guard was notified at 10:40 a.m, but an offshore private vessel, named OSV Callie Jean picked up those who had been aboard the helicopter fifteen minutes after the crash, before the coastguard arrived. The passengers were taken to an oil rig platform, from which they were airlifted to the mainland.
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Two Days, Three Crashes, Four Dead, Four Missing
Monday, a pilot and passenger were killed after the Mexican plane took off from Nuevo Leon and crashed in Veracruz.
On Tuesday, a Cessna took off from Mina International and crashed in Tampico, Tamaulipas, killing the pilot and passenger.
Also on Tuesday, a jet en route to Cozumel crashed in the Atlantic. All four of those aboard were recovered three miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale.
Initially, in two days there were three crashes, four fatalities and four missing. However two bodies have been found—pilot Josué Buendía Moreno and nurse Mariana González Isunza,—bringing the total dead to 6. Two Mexican men—pilot Hiram Galván de la O and Doctor Fernando Senties Nieto—are still missing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. The search of the 4,000 square miles debris field has been called off. Over 1000 lbs of wreckage has been recovered.
Pilot Killed After Small Plane Crashed in Winchester, New Hampshire
A small stunt plane crashed in Winchester, New Hampshire, on July 13th.
Authorities said the wreckage of the two-seater plane was found in a heavily wooded area near Warwick Road.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. He was later identified as 65-year-old John Everson of Danielson, Connecticut.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
Argentina: INCAIR Cessna
Pictured: A Cessna T210J Turbo Centurion
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Contact photographer Mick Bajcar
What: INCAIR Cessna T210J en route from alvador de Jujuy to Tucuman
Where: Rosario, Argentina
When: May 17, 2004
Who: pilot and 3 passengers
Why: On May 17, 2004, a Cessna T210J single-engine, Argentine # LV-JPB from Salvador de Jujuy to Tucuman was destroyed under impact with terrain following a loss of control near Rosario de la Frontera, Province of Salta, Argentina. The pilot and 3 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane, serial number T210-0453, was owned/operated by INCAIR S.R.L., of Tocuman, Argentina. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed.?An instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The pilot lost control while in cruise at 16,000 feet. The 1969-model airplane was not equipped with supplemental oxygen.
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Rio Vista Collision
What: Beechcraft 35-A33 Debonair
Where: Rio Vista California
When: Feb 19 2012
Who: 2 aboard
Why: After the helicopter and plane bumped over Rio Vista, the pilot had to make a hard landing short of Byron Airport, 8 miles south of Rio Vista Municipal Airport. Apparently the plane struck the chopper’s skids. The 1961 six-seat Beechcraft plane involved in the collision is registered to Ronald A. Gawer of Brentwood in Contra Costa County.
When the Solano Fire crews arrived on the scene, they found the pilot with minor injuries, and the passenger was unhurt.
According to the owner of the chopper flight school, the chopper was hit from behind by the Beechcraft.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 433JC Make/Model: BE33 Description: 33 Debonair, Bonanza (E-24)
Date: 02/19/2012 Time: 1844
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: Y Missing:
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: RIO VISTA State: CA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
N7508Y, A ROBINSON R22 HELICOPTER, AND N433JC, A BEECH A33 AIRCRAFT
COLLIDED, NEAR RIO VISTA, CA
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: Other
FAA FSDO: SACRAMENTO, CA (WP25) Entry date: 02/21/2012
Cessna Crash in Sinaloa Mexico
A privately owned Cessna 210 flew from Culiacan to La Noria; then an hour after leaving La Noria, the Cessna crashed in Sinaloa Mexico in a field and burst into flames.
Pilot Aaron Meza Martin del Campo, 21, and co-pilot Fortunato Ramirez Perez, 25 and two unidentified women died in the crash.
The accident is under investigation. THe cause may have been pilot error.
4 Fatalities in Fayetteville Crash
What: Beechcraft Bonanza 36 en route to Fayetteville
Where: rural backyard outside Winslow
When: Feb 6 2010
Who: 46-year-old pilot Edward Cooper; 16-year-old Mary Cooper; 14-year-old Elizabeth Cooper; and 57-year-old Martin Draper, all of Hot Springs.
Why: The destination of the flight was the Razorbacks’ basketball game.