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29 Air Incidents posted April 6 2009
04/04/2009 | 1830 | CENTRE, AL | 8560E | 7HC | A | DEST | 1 | AIRCRAFT CRASHED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, CENTRE, AL | |
04/04/2009 | 2249 | VALDOSTA, GA | 456CH | EXP | A | DEST | 1 | AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF THE AIRPORT, THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, 5 MILES FROM VALDOSTA, GA | |
04/05/2009 | 1742 | LONG ISLAND, NY | 740RB | EXP | A | SUBS | 1 | AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES INTO THE OCEAN, THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, NEAR SMITH POINT PARK BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NY | |
04/04/2009 | 1842 | ENGLEWOOD, FL | 88WG | EXP | A | UNKN | 1 | AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE WERE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, ONE WAS FATALLY INJURED, ONE SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, NEAR ENGLEWOOD, FL | |
04/04/2009 | 2246 | KALISPELL, MT | 6433A | C182 | A | DEST | 0 | AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD AND FLIPPED OVER, LOST PRAIRIE, 30 MILES FROM KALISPELL, MT | |
04/04/2009 | 2300 | CHICALOON, AK | 40684 | M4 | A | SUBS | 0 | AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, FLIPPED OVER, CHICALOON, AK | |
04/05/2009 | 2100 | NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR | 9600D | PA22 | A | SUBS | 0 | AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, FLIPPED OVER, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR | |
04/04/2009 | 1819 | MONTEREY, CA | 224RA | 7GCA | A | SUBS | 0 | AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, MONTEREY, CA | |
04/05/2009 | 1815 | SONOMA, CA | 100VH | BE36 | A | SUBS | 0 | AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO A DITCH, SONOMA, CA | |
04/06/2009 | 0420 | RIDDLE, ID | 610RJ | EXP | A | SUBS | 0 | AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD, NEAR RIDDLE, ID | |
04/05/2009 | 0242 | GAITHERSBURG, MD | 28059 | BL17 | A | SUBS | 0 | AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE DAMAGING THE WINDSHIELD, GAITHERSBURG, MD | |
04/04/2009 | 2145 | OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC | 1838Q | C177 | A | SUBS | 0 | AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC | |
04/04/2009 | 2305 | SNOHOMISH, WA | 491SF | C172 | A | SUBS | 0 | AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, 3 MILES FROM HARVEY FIELD, SNOHOMISH, WA | |
04/04/2009 | 1940 | BROOKSHIRE, TX | 89EA | EXP | A | UNKN | 0 | AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO TREES NEAR THE AIRPORT, BROOKSHIRE, TX | |
04/04/2009 | 1425 | PHOENIX, AZ | UNK | J3 | I | MINR | 0 | PIPER J3 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, WHILE BEING HAND PROPPED, STARTED AND TAXIED UNOCCUPIED INTO A NEARBY HANGAR, GOODYEAR AIRPORT, PHOENIX, AZ | |
04/03/2009 | 2125 | FRESNO, CA | 4326H | MO20 | I | MINR | 0 | AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, FRESNO, CA | |
04/05/2009 | 1210 | FORT LAUDERDALE, FL | 767PA | C402 | I | MINR | 0 | AIRCRAFT WHILE AWAITING TO DEPART, FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL | |
04/03/2009 | 1721 | KEY WEST, FL | 350ST | PA31 | I | MINR | 0 | AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, KEY WEST, FL | |
04/03/2009 | 2253 | NORTH POINT, FL | 509SR | SR22 | I | MINR | 0 | AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED ON A ROAD, NEAR NORTH POINT, FL | |
04/03/2009 | 1726 | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | 8909A | BE36 | I | MINR | 0 | AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, WEST PALM BEACH, FL | |
03/29/2009 | 1900 | LAKE CHARLES, LA | 740PH | B407 | I | MINR | 0 | N740PH, A BELL 407 ROTORCRAFT, WHILE LANDING ON AN OIL PLATFORM, STRUCK A FENCE; GULF OF MEXICO, 120 MILES FROM LAKE CHARLES, LA | |
04/05/2009 | 1849 | CHARLESTON, SC | 18PN | SR22 | I | MINR | 0 | AIRCRAFT ON LANDING RAN OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, CHARLESTON, SC | |
04/05/2009 | 1922 | CHARLESTON, SC | 6208V | C172 | I | MINR | 0 | AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, CHARLESTON, SC | |
04/03/2009 | 1920 | BREMERTON, WA | 74545 | M20 | I | MINR | 0 | AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, BREMERTON, WA | |
04/04/2009 | 1538 | ZEPHYRHILLS, FL | 1077X | PA28 | I | NONE | 0 | AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD, NEAR ZEPHYRHILLS, FL | |
04/04/2009 | 1800 | MARYSVILLE, OH | 7288F | PA28 | I | NONE | 0 | AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD, 15 MILES FROM MARYSVILLE, OH | |
04/03/2009 | 1703 | HOUMA, LA | 2399V | EXP | I | UNKN | 0 | AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, BLEW A TIRE AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, HOUMA, LA | |
04/05/2009 | 1634 | STEVENSVILLE, MD | 923AY | EXP | I | UNKN | 0 | AIRCRAFT PROP STRUCK A PASSENGER WHO HAD JUST EXITED THE PARKED AIRCRAFT, STEVENSVILLE, MD | |
04/04/2009 | 2020 | PORTSMOUTH, NH | 60402 | BE36 | I | UNKN | 0 | AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, LOST POWER, AND SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY GEAR UP, PORTSMOUTH, NH |

USMC CH-53E Burns at Camp Pendleton After Conducting Emergency Landing
A CH-53E Super Stallion, assigned to the Wolfpacks of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducted

Black box on doomed South Korean plane stopped recording before crash
The Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 crashed on December 29, leaving only two survivors.
Fake Boeing Disaster at Harare Airport
Although the head of Zimbabwe’s Civil Aviation Authority David Chawota confirmed with the BBC: “I can confirm that a 767 plane coming from London has had an accident at Harare airport,” the whole thing was a drill with paid actors.
BBC’s Brian Hungwa reported seeing a large plume of smoke and helicopters over the runway.
Apparently no one but a chosen few were informed it was a drill. Apparently seeing what the media would do was part of the Zimbabwe’s Civil Aviation Authority’s “exercise.”
George’s Point of View
Maybe I’m out of line here, but it seems to me a drill is supposed to test responses in-house.
The fire drill at a school, for example, involves firemen arriving and evaluating the response time of those endangered.
But if someone at the school sets off an alarm to see what would happen, or calls 911…they’re criminally liable. Okay, well maybe they were testing emergency services which for the CAA might be considered in house.
But testing the media? Allowing the news to go out to the media that there was a disaster? As someone who deals with people suffering horrible loss from disasters that are real, this sounds more like a cruel joke than a drill. I wonder what the IATA and ICAO will have to say about this. At the very least, it is unethical.
Chawota said “This was a usual drill for the period. We do this once every three years. This was for the benefit of our police personnel, security, aviation, medics, hospital — everyone was involved. This exercise helps the general preparedness of our facilities here.”

FBI: Don’t Shoot at Suspected Drones Because They Could Be Planes
The FBI’s Newark bureau says plane pilots are getting lasers flashed into their eyes and warns New Jersey residents it’s not safe to shine laser lights at the sky or fire at flying objects.

Stowaway Caught on Delta Plane at Seattle Airport
The person, who boarded the flight without a ticket, was detected as the plane was preparing to take off for Hawaii on Christmas Eve.