• Student Pilot Crashes in Sydney

    What: Two-seat Liberty XL2 single-engine aircraft, owned by the Sydney Flight Training Centre, which had taken off from Bankstown Airport.
    Where: Crashed in a paddock in Luddenham, in Sydney’s west, near the intersection of Willowdene Avenue and Vicar Park Lane, near the busy Great North Road but away from built-up areas.
    When: 4:00 PM
    Who: The student pilot was killed.
    Why: No reason has been given.

    School’s owner and chief instructor, Barry Diamond, was Qantas’s flight training manager

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    P-51 Mustang Crashes in Schenectady

    What: P-51 Mustang en route from Schenectady County Airport.
    Where: GLENVILLE, N.Y in a wooded area north of the Empire State Aerosciences Museum and east of Route 50.
    When: Tuesday Sept 23
    Who: The pilot Charles Hudson, 42. was the only one on board. He is in critical condition. He was not the owner of the plane.
    Why: Prior to takeoff, the pilot had been working on the engine. The plane lost power during takeoff, veered off to the side and crashing into the trees.

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    Delta Flight Safely lands in South Bend

    What: Delta Bombardier CRJ-200 coming from Atlanta
    Where: South Bend Regional Airport.
    When: 11 p.m. Monday night at the Sep 22, 2008
    Who: 46 people on board.
    Why: After deplaning, passengers were interviewed saying there was a flap malfunction on the plane. The PILOT declared an emergency after holding for 10 minutes going through his checklists. Air traffic control personnel decided to treat the landing as an emergency in case the malfunction caused problems.

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    Plane loses Engine; Downed Starlings Lose Nesting Area

    What: Northwest Airlines Flight #5808 leaving Little Rock National Airport
    Where: Little Rock National Airport
    When: Tue September 23, 2008 –
    Why: En route, the plane struck and killed 139 Starlings. The sheer quantity of their bodies closed a runway for 40 minutes. One of the birds flew into an engine, which is something that can easily down a plane. After striking the flock of birds, the flight returned to the airport on one engine.

    The solution to the problem of birds is to remove a stand of trees at the base of the runway, and also in parking lots.

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    Russian Crash kills 88

    NTSB Factual

    DCA08RA097
    On September 14, 2008, at 0510 local time, Aeroflot-Nord flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, Bermuda registered (VP-BKO) and Russian operated, equipped with CFM56 engines, crashed on approach to Perm airport in Perm, Russia. All on board, including 6 crew and 82 passengers, suffered fatal injuries. The initial notification from the Russian government reports that 17 of the 82 passengers were of non-Russian nationality, some of which included U.S. citizens. The flight originated from Moskva- Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) in Moscow, Russia with an intended destination of Perm Airport (PEE) in Perm, Russia and was conducted as a scheduled passenger flight.

    The accident flight was reportedly lost from radar as it was executing a missed approach, for unknown reasons, at the destination airport. The aircraft collided with the ground in the city and was completely destroyed by impact forces and fire.

    The investigation is being conducted by the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK). The NTSB has launched a team of investigators and will be assisted by Technical Advisors from the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing Aircraft. According to the MAK, the Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses (BEA) of France, representing the state of manufacture for the aircraft engines, and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the United Kingdom, representing Bermuda as the state of Registry, will also participate in the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.

    For more information on the accident investigation, contact MAK at mak@mak.ru.

    Update
    Monday Russian forensic scientists began using DNA testing to identify bodies and relatives visited the site; some were taken to the hospital in shock.

    What: Aeroflot Nord Boeing 737-500 Flight 821, en route from Moscow to Perm. The 737 had been leased by Aeroflot from Dublin-based Pinewatch Limited from late July until March 2013.
    Where: Crashed just outside the airport but inside the Perm, Siberia city limits. (conflicting reports say the plane landed in either a swamp or a ravine.) It missed an apartment block.
    When: 3:40 a.m. Sunday
    Who: Eighty-two passengers — including seven children and six crew members. Multiple nationalities were on the flight, including nine from Azerbaijan, five from Ukraine, and one each from France, Switzerland, Latvia, the United States, Germany, Turkey, and Italy,
    Why: Bolshoye Savino Airport air traffic control lost communication with pilots at at about 3,600 feet just before landing about 3:10 a.m The crash also disabled a section of Trans-Siberian railway. The weather was described as “mediocre.”

    • Crises centers for relatives were set up in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo-1 airport and in Perm.
    • The airline pledged to pay “compensation on obligatory accident insurance in full, which would make up to two million rubles (some 80,000 dollars) per victim.”
    • In 2007, 33 Russian aviation accidents that left 318 dead, raising concern over Russia’s civil aviation. Experts blame faults in the training of and aging fleets.
    • Transport Minister Igor Levitin will be leading the investigation.
    • A witness said “It was burning while still in the sky and it looked like a falling comet.” The plane hit the ground sharply — at a 30 or 40 degree angle.


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    Flight record of the downed plane:
    (Detailed records from http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b737-25792.htm)
    Boeing 737 – MSN 25792
    Airline Aeroflot-Nord
    Status : Active
    Registration : VP-BKO
    Airline Aeroflot-Nord
    Country : Russia
    Date : 2004 – Codes 5N AUL Callsign : dvina
    Web site : http://www.aeroflot-nord.ru
    General information & flightlog

    Serial number 25792 LN:2353
    Type 737-505
    First flight date 20/08/1992
    Test registration
    Flights recorded

    Operators of the aircraft
    Delivery date | Airline | Registration | Remark
    08/09/1992 Braathens LN-BRW
    24/09/1992 Xiamen Airlines B-2591
    12/03/1993 China Southwest Airlines B-2591
    01/03/2003 Air China B-2591 Stored 03/2008
    29/05/2008 Aeroflot-Nord VP-BKO

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    DJ AM Travis Barker Crash Update

    What: Learjet N999LJ owned by Global Exec Aviation en route to Van Nuys, Calif
    Where: South Carolina
    When: departed shortly before midnight Friday
    Who: carrying six people Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, Calif., and Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles — died, as did pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, Calif., and co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured
    Why: air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks. The plane was traveling at least 92 mph, its minimum takeoff speed, when the crew thought the tire burst The plane hurtled off the end of a runway and crashed through antennas and a fence, crossing a five-lane highway and ending up on an embankment in flames.The plane was heading to Van Nuys, Calif.

    The FAA is researching the possibility that a blown tire caused the jet crash. Investigations have turned up evidence that tire may have blown just before takeoff at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. The cockpit voice recorder indicates that the pilot and co-pilot informed air traffic controllers they’d heard a tire burst and they attempted to abort takeoff.

    In serious condition is Travis Barker, who was the drummer for the band Blink-182. Barker was one of the two people wounded when the Learjet 60 crashed on a highway and caught fire.

    Listed in critical condition is Adam Michael Goldstein otherwise known as celebrity disc jockey DJ AM. He reportedly saved his own life by jumping from the burning plane while it was skidding down a runway.

    Joseph M. Still Burn Center said they both suffered second- and third-degree burns

    Aircraft (FAA)

    Manufacturer: Learjet Inc
    Model: 60 Search all Learjet Inc 60
    Year built: 2006
    Serial Number (C/N): 314
    Mode S Code: 53372425
    Aircraft Type: Fixed wing multi engine
    Amateur-Built: No
    Number of Seats: 11
    Number of Engines: 2
    Engine Type: Turbofan
    Engine Manufacturer and Model: P&w Canada PW305A

    Owner (FAA)

    Registration Type: Corporation
    Owner: Inter Travel And Services Inc
    Address: Irvine, CA 92614-2594
    United States
    Region: Western-Pacific

    Status (FAA)

    Certification Class: Standard
    Certification Issued: 2007-11-16
    Air Worthiness Test: 2006-12-14
    Last Action Taken: 2008-08-11
    Current Status: Valid
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  • Northwest Lands in Atlanta

    What: Northwest Airlines Flight 423 en route from Orlando to Detroit Metro Airport
    Where: Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta
    When: Monday Sept 22
    Who: 181 passengers aboard–no injuries.
    Why: a warning light indicated a mechanical problem. Emergency landing

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    Airbus A320 Emergency Landing

    What: German airline Air Berlin Airbus A320 en route from from the Spanish resort of Mallorca to Nuremberg
    When: Sunday Sept 21
    Who: 167 people
    Why: Although a light indicated one of four brakes was overheated, the plane landed safely.

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    American Airlines Flight 268 Emergency Landing in Chicago

    What: American Airlines Flight 268, Boeing 757 en route from Seattle to Kennedy International in New York
    Where: emergency landing in Chicago–O’Hare Airport Runway 22 Right
    When: Monday 1:42 p.m.
    Who: 185 Passengers and crew
    Why: Pilot reported electronic problems. An indicator light came on in the cockpit. The plane’s instrument landing system was non-functional, and the pilots had to come in faster than normal, being unable to rely on instrumentation. On landing, the plane blew a tire and slightly overshot the runway. (A traffic controller is quoted as saying “He ran out of concrete before he ran out of speed.” ) Passengers deplaned at 2:05 p.m. on an over-run area off the runway.

    Looks like disaster averted. Go AA. Yee ha!

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    SW Wisconsin Helicopter Crash kills 2

    What: 2006 Robinson R44 registered to Midwestern Air Services of Kenosha
    Where: one mile south of the Kenosha Airport, at 6934 97th Ave.
    When: 5:30 a.m. Sunday
    Who: Alan Sapko and Joan Anzalone were killed in the crash. Sapko, 54, reportedly played cards until about 4:30 a.m. before lifting off and flying into fog.
    Why: Some fog was in the area at the time, but it was not known if that played a role. The FAA is investigationg why the helicopter crashed through the roof of a house in southeast Wisconsin Sunday, killing the two people on board. The five people in the house–the Wilson family including their three children–were all unharmed.

    The two hundred gallons of fuel spilled but did not set the house on fire.

    Witnesses heard the helicopter sputtering before the crash. The airport’s tower does not open until 7 a.m.

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    Emergency landing in Western Norway

    What: Boeing 737 belonging to low cost carrier Norwegian
    Where: in Trondheim in western Norway
    When: September 19
    Who: 107 people on board
    Why: Because an indicator in the cockpit mistakenly indicated a problem with the front landing gear. the plane made an emergency landing.

    No one was injured.

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  • Emergency Landing in Connecticut

    What: single-engine, home built plane registered to Robert C. Berrie of Higganum
    Where: East Haddam’s Goodspeed Airport Connecticut
    When: Saturday Morning
    Who: Two individuals on board were injured.
    Why: The plane had trouble gaining altitude shortly after takeoff. It then crashed into some trees off the runway around 8:30 a.m

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  • Small plane lands on I-89

    What: Small plane en route from Franklin County State Airport in Highgate
    Where: emergency landing on Interstate 89 near the town of Swanton Vermont
    When: Friday afternoon 12:50 p.m. in the southbound land at about mile marker 125.
    Who: Pilot Daniel Marcotte, 34, of Bakersfield was the only one aboard. He was not injured.
    Why: The plane developed engine trouble.

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    Itek Air Boeing 737


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    What: Itek Air Boeing 737 en route from Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek. The aircraft was operated by Iran Aseman Airlines as Flight 6895.
    Where: 2 km (1.3 mls) from Bishkek-Manas International Airport
    When: Departed 20:30 local time ; accident happened accident happened at 20:42 24 AUG 2008
    Who: killing 68 out of the 90 passengers and crew. All six Kyrgyz crew members and an Iranian aviation official were among the survivors. 51 of the passengers were foreigners, including people from China, Turkey, Iran and Canada. 17 members of a school sport team from Bishkek on board, seven of whom survived.
    Why: The crew had reported a technical problem, and the plane crashed not far from the airport and caught fire. Itek Air is on a list of airlines banned from EU airspace because of fears over safety standards. Word of mouth is that the plane had been made in 1979 and was “in good condition and had an extended warranty”.

    Note: The Itek Air website says that there were 84 passengers and six crew members on board the accident aircraft. Itek Air says that 68 of the passengers were killed, and that 16 passengers and all six crew members survived the crash, although not without injuries. The aircraft departed Manas International Airport at Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan, bound for Tehran, Iran. Itek Air says that the aircraft departed Bishkek at 20:30 local time, and that the accident happened at 20:42. News reports have said that the aircraft was attempting to return to Bishkek, but crashed before reaching the airfield, and a fire ensued.

    Status: Preliminary – official Report
    Date: 24 AUG 2008
    Time: 20:44
    Type: Boeing 737-219
    Operator: Itek Air
    Registration: EX-009
    C/n / msn: 22088/676
    First flight: 1980-06-16
    Crew: Fatalities: / Occupants: 7
    Passengers: Fatalities: / Occupants: 83
    Total: Fatalities: 65 / Occupants: 90
    Airplane damage: Destroyed
    Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
    Location: 2 km (1.3 mls) from Bishkek-Manas International Airport (FRU) (Kyrgyzstan)
    Phase: Unknown (UNK)
    Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
    Departure airport: Bishkek-Manas International Airport (FRU/UAFM), Kyrgyzstan
    Destination airport: Tehran-Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA/OIIE), Iran
    Flightnumber: 6895
    Narrative:
    Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 from Bishkek (FRU), Kyrgyzstan to Tehran (IKA), Iran was carried out by Itek Air. The Kyrgyz airline operated one of their Boeing 737-200 aircraft on that flight.
    In the afternoon of August 24, from 16:30 to 20:00 local time, a thunderstorm with associated rain passed over Bishkek. Over that period the wind shifted from 220 degrees to 100 degrees at 20:30. Wind was blowing at about 6 kts, with wind variable at 23 knots. The temperature had dropped from 31 to 27 degrees C.
    The weather then improved and at the time of departure visibility was more than 10 km with 6/8 clouds at an altitude of 5000 m (ca 16400 ft).
    The Boeing 737 was cleared to taxy to runway 08 for departure. Take off was commenced at 20:30. The flight was cleared for a DW-1 departure, which entailed a left turn after takeoff to a heading of 240 degrees towards the RENAT beacon. From there it was to continue to the Chaldovar NDB, which should be crossed at or above FL158.
    At 20:36:40, the airplane was climbing through an altititude of 3000m (almost 10.000 feet). At that moment the cabin altitude alert horn probably sounded, because the crew reported problems with the cabin pressure.
    The crew decided to return to Bishkek and requested a visual approach to runway 08. This was approved and the airplane made a right hand turn, for a straight-in approach to runway 08. At 20:41:40 the crew reported the runway in sight. About 20:42:30 the flight was 12 km from the runway, flying at 400 m above airfield elevation at an airspeed of 460 km/h (250 kts). At a distance of 5 km from landing, the airplane had decelerated to 340 km/h (185 kts), but it was not properly configured for landing. The flight crew then obtained permission to carry out a left-hand orbit in order to configure the plane for landing. A left hand turn was flown with a 30-degree bank.
    In the process of ther turn the aircraft descended further with the airspeed decreasing to 290 km/h (155 kts).
    The airplane struck terrain some 7.5 km from the runway. At the time of impact the landing gear was down and flaps were selected down at 15 degrees. (src=http://aviation-safety.net/db)

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    US Airways Emergency Landing in Salt Lake

    What: US Airways Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet en route from Edmonton, Canada, to Phoenix, Arizona.
    Where: Diverted to Salt Lake City –Salt Lake City International Airport
    When: 10:20 am
    Who: 86 passengers and three crew members transferred to other flights to Phoenix
    Why: Diverted due to a crack in the front windshield.

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  • Rhode Islanders Homebuilt Crashes in Iowa Field

    What: homemade single-engine plane attempting to land at Marshalltown airport
    Where: Iowa field
    When: Wednesday 7 p.m.
    Who: 74-year-old Vernon Knott and passenger 77-year-old Clara Erickson from from Rhode Island
    Why: The plane crash-landed in the field. Pilot and passenger survived.

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  • Madrid Crash Video

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  • Microlight Crashes in UK

    What: microlight which crashed at 50mph, possibly planning a short flight around the Easingwold and Thirsk
    Where: taking off a grass runway at Baxby Air Sports Club, Husthwaite, near Easingwold, North Yorkshire UK
    When: 1.30pm Thursday
    Who: the pilot, and a passenger were both taken to York District Hospital.
    Why: Unable to reach the required take-off speed on wet ground, careered througha hedge at the end of the runway into a field. Air Accidents Investigation Branch is investigating

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    Pilot crashes in La Porte Soybean Field

    What: Delivering new plane to Minnesota.
    Where: When the engine quit, the pilot found the La Porte County soybean field. North of Indiana 4 next to Whispering Meadows subdivision, pilot executed a textbook emergency landing.
    When: 9/18/2008 Thursday
    Who: flight instructor/plane salesman/Pilot Anthony DeBaney
    Why: Engine quit at noon Thursday. The single passenger plane dropped 4,500 feet several miles from La Porte Municipal Airport.

    The pilot is quoted as saying “Planes glide when the engine quits and so you have several miles to figure out what to do”

    The pilot radioed of his difficulties and described seeing a water tower and other landmarks to try and pinpoint his location. The plane’s purchaser lives north of Duluth.

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  • Piper Crashes in Colorado

    What: small twin-engine 1982 PA-60 Piper Aerostar was owned by BDW Equipment Leasing out of Las Vegas en route to McElroy Airfield
    Where: in a hay meadow on Grand Valley Ranch , Grand County Colorado near Kremmling
    When: 8:25 p.m. Thursday Sept 18
    Who: Two people and two dogs are confirmed dead, (and currently unidentified)
    Why: The crash occurred on the plane’s final approach to McElroy Airfield. The cause of the crash has not been determined. Witnesses say plane spiraled out of the sky and into the mountainous terrain. FAA was attempting to contact family members in Las Vegas. The National Transportation Safety Board has begun an investigation


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  • Mooney Crash lands at Bolingbrook

    What: single-propeller Mooney M20 built in 1965, owned by B. Thomas of Morris, flying southbound.
    Where: near the intersection of Lily Cache Lane and Weber Road, BOLINGBROOK, Ill.near the Bolingbrook Clow International Airport in the suburban Chicago
    When: Thursday.
    Who: The pilot and passenger aboard “walked away” but were later taken to an area hospital
    Why: plane lost power and the pilot tried to turn around and return to the airport for an emergency landing but was too low to the ground. Wing may have hit a tree or pole on landing. The plane came to a stop in grass beside the road. It’s mostly intact, except for missing landing gear and a damaged wing tip. The FAA as investigating

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    Boeing Landing in Copenhagen

    What: Boeing 737 en route from western Denmark and was headed to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands
    Where: Copenhagen airport belonging to small Danish charter airline Jettime
    When: Friday
    Who: Plane with 147 (145?) people on board
    Why: Pilot reported a landing gear malfunction. Plane dumped fuel prior to landing at Copenhagen airport. Two Danish Air Force F-16 jets were sent up to check the plane and confirmed there was a problem with the landing gear. Plane touched down and safely taxied to a gate

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  • Fleet crashes as Propeller Falls Off

    What: 1930 Fleet # 2
    Where: Crash-landed in a field just east of Pheasant Run private airport east of 5782 Trask Road. Pilot was intending to perform a demonstration fly-by over a Pheasant Run private airport
    When: 6:30 pm Sept 17
    Who: Pilot, Michael Toman, 46 years old, was not injured.
    Why: After the plane took off, the propeller fell off and hit the runway; the plane then lost altitude as the pilot tried to find a safe place to land. The crash is under investigation.

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    International Boundary and Water Commission Casualties found near Tex/Mex Border.

    Update

    Senator John Cornyn–on the Judiciary Committee’s Immigration, Border Security and Refugees subcommittee and the Armed Services Committee’s Airland subcommittee, former Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice, and Bexar County District Judge– released a Statement regarding the International Boundary and Water Commission Plane Crash

    “Since the disappearance of this aircraft earlier in the week, all of us have been hoping and praying for a miracle. So it is with a profound sense of sadness to learn that the wreckage has been found, and that the lives of these four men have been lost. Commissioner Marin and Jake Brisbin Jr. were devoted public servants and proud Americans whose loss will be felt throughout the border region. Their hard work and commitment, along with that of Commissioner Herrera’s, reflected the spirit of goodwill and partnership that is shared by the United States and Mexico as we work together on our common goals. Their family and loved ones are in my prayers tonight as the entire border region remembers their lives and legacies, and mourns this tragic accident.”

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    What: Chartered Cessna 421
    Where: Border Patrol located the wreckage in a remote rugged section of the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico, about 20 miles northwest of Presidio.
    When: The plane was reported missing after it did not land on time Monday in Presidio. It was found shortly after noon Wednesday
    Who: Found deceased: leaders of the U.S. and Mexican sections of the IBWC, Carlos Marin of El Paso and Arturo Herrera, of Ciudad Juarez, Mexicom, Jake Brisbin Jr., executive director of the Rio Grande Council of Government and pilot Matthew Peter Juneau
    Why: The group had traveled to inspect flooding conditions in Presidio and Ojinaga, an aerial view of the Luis Leon Reservoir. Cause of the crash is not known but the pilot had signalled a problem after taking off Monday from El Paso, Mexico.

    AP had inadvertently listed the passengers as deceased when the plane disappeared and optimistically attempted to retract the story, hoping the passengers would be found alive. Sadly, there were no survivors

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  • Pilot Bails out of SkyCatcher

    What: Two seater training Cessna SkyCatcher Model 162 scheduled to begin selling for flight training and personal use in 2009. This plane had been on 100 flights with more than 150 hours of flight time.
    Where: (BUTLER COUNTY, Kan)
    When: eleven o’clock Thursday morning
    Who: test pilot
    Why: The test pilot bailed out of the plane wearing a parachute

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