At 5:10 pm Tuesday, Gerard Dale Pearson, 71, was piloting a float plane that crashed on Shoal Lake, in Michigan.
Emergency services, including Itasca County Search and Rescue, Cohasset Fire and Minnesota DNR and Itasca County Sheriff Department retrieved the pilot from the submerged plane.
Pearson was airlifted to Grand Itasca Hospital, then Miller Dwan in Duluth Michigan.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Allegiant Air flight G4-7001 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 5th.
The Airbus A319-100, heading from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, to Pittsburgh, was mid-air above Atlantic Ocean when it encountered turbulence, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed uneventfully.
The turbulence caused minor injuries to 5 out of 143 people aboard. The injured were treated at the airport.
Delta Airlines flight DL-1183 made an emergency landing in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on August 22nd.
The plane was en-route from Norfolk, Virginia to Atlanta, Georgia, when the crew reported issues with the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) and decided to divert to Myrtle Beach for an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. There were 160 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Spokane, Washington, on September 21st.
The plane heading from Chicago, Illinois, to Seattle, Washington, was diverted after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.
The plane landed safely. The patient was rushed to a hospital.
A small plane crashed near Miami Executive Airport in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on December 10th.
Authorities said the pilot had declared an emergency shortly after departing from Miami Executive Airport, and was attempting to return when the plane went down.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash.
JetBlue flight B6-2828 made an emergency landing in Orlando, Florida, on December 3rd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Newark, New Jersey, but had to turn back due to a medical emergency.
The plane landed safely.
What: Piper PA-32-301T Turbo Saratoga
Where: off Winnemucca Avenue near Barton Hospital, Barton Meadow, South Lake Tahoe, CA
When: August 25, 2012, 9:45 p.m.
Who: 5 aboard, 5 fatalities
Why: The plane took off from Lake Tahoe Airport. No flight plan was filed. Witnesses heard the plane having engine trouble, and saw the plane turn and crash. A witness said he heard something like “a lawnmower that got something caught in the blade. There were two quick cracking noises and then it was over.”The plane impacted in Barton Meadows within El Dorado County limits, and caught on fire. Other witnesses reported seeing the fireball. The wildfire burned about an acre and was contained by 11:10 p.m.. Debris from the crash remained in the field but the numbers on the wing and tail were not identifiable.
Those aboard were identified as pilot Francisco de la Mora, his wife Lorena, and daughter, and Harold and Kin Cardwell. The plane was registered in the pilot’s name.
