What: MOONEY M20C Fixed Wing Single-Engine
Where: MOJAVE, CA
When: 01/07/2009
Who: only the pilot was aboard.
Why: On landing, the landing gear collapsed.

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The cause of crash is being investigated.

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United Airlines Flight Returns to Geneva due to Landing Gear Problem

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Concorde Involuntary Manslaughter Verdict of 2010 At Trial

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Horizon Air Flight Returns to Spokane due to Landing Gear Issue

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Rooney Family Crash

What: PC-12 Eagle single-engine turboprop from (to) Yampa Valley Regional Airport.
Where: Hayden Colorado (Routt County)
When: 01/11/2009 9:40 a.m.
Who: 2 fatalities-William “Bill” Rooney Jr. and son William Patrick Rooney III
Why: The Pilatus PC-12 crashed 2 miles from Hayden Colorado ten minutes after takeoff, apparently attempting to return to the airport. They had already delayed their trip home to Yorba Linda from Steamboat Springs with the intention of avoiding strong Santa Ana winds near Chino Hills.

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Wing Ripped off Crashing Tupolev Kyrgyzstan, Jet Rolls, No Fatalities



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What: Kyrgyzstan/Altyn Air Tupolev 134A-3 en route from Bishkek to Osh
Where: Osh Airport, Kyrgyzstan
When: 28 DEC 2011
Who: 6 crew, 82 passengers, 25 injured
Why: After a hard landing in dense fog, the plane skidded off the runway, collapsing the right main gear, and flipped. As it rolled over, the right wing separated, and the ensuing fire was quickly contained by rescue services standing by. Passengers inside were hanging upside down, suspended by their seatbelts, but had to find a way to evacuate quickly, before the plane had a chance to explode. A fire occurred from a fuel leak in the remaining wing, but it was controlled.

The metar at the time of the landing was:
UAFO 280700Z 02002MPS 0300 R12/0550 FG VV001 00/00 Q1023 R12/19//50 TEMPO 0300 FZFG VV002 RMK QFE691/0922 BASE050M
Wind from 020 degrees at 2 m/sec; visibility 300m; on runway 12, touchdown zone visual range is 550m in fog; vertical visibility 100 m; pressure: 1023 hPa; temperature: 0°C.

Six crew members and nineteen passengers were hospitalized, but there were no fatalities reported. Nine children were aboard. The plane was evacuated.

Because of the incident, the airport (runway) was temporarily closed, and Osh-Bishkek flights are delayed.

Of the 25 reported injured and hospitalized, these have been identified: Rustamov A. b. 1977, Ismatova A. b. 1993, Turgunaliev Charles b.1960; and two injured, Mamatov A., born 1992, and Suyunbaeva A. 2011g.r. who are in a children’s hospital in Osh. The most seriously injured is a 19 year old girl.

Kyrgyzstan Airlines is on the EU banned list.

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