What: Kitze Aviation Inc. Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee G
Where: Frankenmuth, MI
When: May 20, 2012, 3:20 pm
Who: 4 aboard
Why: A 25 year old pilot Thomas Wolfe successfully landed the Piper in Zehnder Field after losing power.

The pilot and one passenger got medical treatment after landing. Two others were transported to Flint’s Hurley Medical Center for treatment.

The pilot, Thomas Wolf, 56 year old Gerald Wolfe and 57 year old Frank Tima, are from Livonia. 26-year-old Laura Richardson is from Royal Oak.

The accident is under investigation.

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The Boeing 767-300 freighter plane, operating as an Amazon Air flight, was heading from Miami, Florida, to Houston, Texas, when it went down.

There were three crew members aboard at the time. One dead body was recovered near the crash site while the other crew members remain missing.

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Schon Air Training Flight Crashes


What: Schon Air Cessna 172D Skyhawk
Where: Pakistan
When: Dec 10, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, no fatalities
Why: The plane was on a training flight and developed a technical problem.

Captain Fahad and trainee pilot Abu Bakar took off from Karachi at 4 pm and at 5:25 they were losing altitude and struggling to return to the airport.

The pilots said they made a hard landing near Check Post No 3 of Malir Cantonment, a defense installation.

Reports are that the plane is damaged beyond repair.

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Missing Helicopter Crashed in Siberian Mountains. 7 Dead


What: Mi-171 helicopter owned by the Russian state gas giant Gazprom
Where: snow-covered mountain region of Siberia near Chornaya Mountain in the rugged Altai region.
When: Friday Jan 9 2009
Who: eleven passengers: Seven people were killed including Russia’s lower house of parliament rep Alexander Kosopkin; Four survivors were being treated in the city of Barnaul
Why: The passengers had been on a hunting expedition. Under investigation is the possibility that poor quality fuel caused the helicopter’s engines to break down. Initial reports of eight dead were corrected to seven. No indication is made if crew is included in the passenger count.

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Zenith Zodiac Makes Emergency Landing in Southern Utah
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Zenith Zodiac Makes Emergency Landing in Southern Utah

Zenith ZodiacA plane carrying 3 persons had to make an emergency landing in Hurricane, Southern Utah, after it ran out of fuel on the morning of June 22.

The Zenith Zodiac plane took off from St. George Municipal Airport for Hurricane, with the pilot, Myron Porter, his son-in-law and 4 year old grandson aboard. While they were flying over Hurricane Valley, the aircraft started indicating low fuel. The pilot then decided to make an emergency landing in a grassy field near 869 South 400 West, Hurricane, Utah.

The plane safely landed at about 8:26 a.m. All three passengers remained unharmed. The plane sustained minor damage.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene along with the local police and Hurricane Fire and Rescue officials.

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Plane Crashes at Greenville Downtown Airport; 2 Dead, 2 Injured

A Dassault-Breguet Falcon 50 plane crashed at Greenville Downtown Airport in South Carolina, on September 27th.

Authorities said the plane went off the runway after landing and crashed at the edge of Airport Road.

Two people were killed in the crash, including the pilot and the co-pilot. Two others were injured and were taken to a hospital.

The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.

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Six Die in Matto Grosso

What: Mato Grosso Transport Secretariat Twin Engine
Where: Chapada dos Guimaraes,
When: Nov 2, 2012
Who: 4 fatalities
Why: Two engineers supervising paving works in Confresa lost control of the plane on approach to the airport.

What: Single engine Inpaer Excel
Where: Taquarinhas beach, Camboriu
When: Nov 3, 2012
Who: Two adults, 1 child, 2 fatalities
Why: The flight went down in the ocean near Taquarinhas beach. The pilot and another adult aboard were killed. An eleven year old boy who was aboard survived the crash and has been hospitalized. The flight had taken off from Porto Belo, Santa Catarina. The aircraft sank around 10 a.m.

Fishermen rescued the eleven year old, tossing him a floatation device. He was hospitalized at City Hospital Ruth Cardoso.

The remains of pilot Julius Mandelli and his adult passenger were retrieved by rescue crews on jet skis and ski boats.

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