What: North Carolina based helicopter working to cut tree limbs and brush from a utility right of way
Where: Carroll Township, Washington County
When: Thursday, Oct 30
Who: Pilot.
Why: The pilot reports losing power precipitating forced landing. The unidentified pilot was conscious and alert when taken to the hospital by a medical evacuation helicopter
A light plane was crashed near Upper Maffra Road, in the town of Newry, Victoria, Australia, on the afternoon of April 3rd.
The plane hit the power lines before crashing into a paddock.
The pilot, who was the only person aboard, sustained injuries. He was later airlifted to hospital.
A private R44 helicopter crashed into bushes behind Messina Golf Club, Limpopo Ave, Musina, South Africa, at around 5 A.M. on December 2.
The crash took lives of the pilot and his only passenger aboard.
The cause of crash in being investigated.
What: single-engine Beechcraft Sierra BE24 en route from Creve Coeur Airport in suburban St. Louis to SYLVA NC
Where: Jackson County Airport near Sylva
When: 1:45 pm AUGUST 26, 2009
Who: pilot and passenger as James and Rhetta Lovins of Vaidalia, Ga
Why: The plane had missed its first pass and was attempting a “go around” when it crashed about a quarter mile from the end of the 3,200 foot runway. The Jackson County airport is located on the ridge of a mountain. The wreckage was pulled from a ravine.
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.
What: Wittman W-10 Tailwind (Built by John R. Wing) practicing touch and go
Where: Fulton, 1 mile SW of Oswego County Apt.- KFZY, NY
When: Dec 1, 2011, 2:30 pm
Who: pilot
Why: After practicing touch and go the pilot crashed in a wooded area called Old Incinerator Hill, off Whitaker Road, near the line between Fulton and Volney, a mile sW of Oswego County Airport.
Witnesses heard the engine sputtering before it went down in a heavily wooded area. Part of the wreckage was found fifteen feet up, in a tree.
A 1956 Beech G35 plane crash-landed in Surprise, Arizona, on May 7th.
Authorities said the pilot managed to land in a greenbelt area inside a gated community for elderly people.
There were two people aboard the plane at the time; one of them was killed while the other one was critically injured. The deceased was identified as Joshua Merrill, 31, of Peoria.
The incident is being investigated.
