A Civil Air Patrol (CAP) plane clipped an office building and crashed into a commercial building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, early morning on December 29.

Authorities said the Cessna 172, piloted by Doug Demarest, 42, of Anchorage, crashed into the Brady Building and the nearby Whale Building before igniting a fire.

Demarest, who is believed to be the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. He was first lieutenant with the CAP.

No one on the ground was injured.

The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.

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José Francisco Blake Mora Dead in Chopper Crash

What: Fuerza Aerea Mexicana Aérospatiale AS 332L Super Puma
Where: Temamatla , Edo de Mexico
When: Nov 11, 2011, around noon
Who: 9 aboard, 9 fatalities
Why: A Mexican government helicopter en route from Mexico City to Cuernavaca carrying 9 passengers crashed, killing everyone aboard.

Those aboard included José Francisco Blake Mora, Secretary of the Interior, Felipe Zamora Castro, Legal Affairs and Secretary of the Interior Ministry DH, Jose Alfredo Garcia Medina, director of social communication Interior Ministry, Diana Miriam Hayton Sanchez, technical secretary of the office, and Major Rene de Leon, Lt. Col. Philip Bacio Cortes, Jorge Luis Juarez Gomez, Ramon Escobar Segundo and Pedro Teninete Becerra.

The chopper was en route to a prosecutors meeting. It went down in heavy cloud cover, so weather is considered to be a factor. Mexico’s No. 2 official, Francisco Blake Mora, who embodied Mexican government’s get-tough attitude, is one of the victims of the crash. Mora been a key figure in Mexico’s battle with drug cartels and he oversaw disaster response, like the pipeline explosion in San Martin Texmelucan in 2010. He is the 2nd interior secretary in this administration to die in an air accident.

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Beechcraft Crashes at Sedona Airport, 3 Fatalities

What: Beechcraft B60 Duke
Where: Sedona Airport
When: July 26, 2012
Who: 3 aboard, 3 fatalities
Why: On takeoff, the Beechcraft failed to achieve adequate lift and crashed southwest of the airport. The husband and son of U.S. Olympic distance runner Pat Porter were aboard when the plane crashed. The third fatality was a 14 year old friend and classmate of the son.

The plane went straight past the end of the runway, crashed and sent up a black mushroom cloud on impact just before 9 a.m. At the end of the runway is a ravine (shown in the second video below) where the beechcraft impacted.

Witnesses say the plane’s engines appeared to be running normally. The cause of the crash was unclear.

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Crew Injured in Turbulent Approach to Oakland


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What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from Albuquerque,NM to Oakland,CA
Where: Oakland
When: Dec 1st 2011
Who: 95 passengers and 5 crew
Why: On approach to Oakland, the plane flew through ten seconds of turbulence that injured the cabin crew.

The pilots made a safe landing half an hour later, after which two members of the crew were hospitalized.

In George’s Point of View


Given the time and place, we might be able to chalk this one up to the Santa Ana Winds.

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Plane Crashes into Long Island Sound; 3 Rescued, 1 Missing

A small plane crashed into Setauket Harbor, Long Island Sound, New York, on February 20.

The Piper PA-28 was flying from Massachusetts when it lost engine power, prompting the pilots to make a crash-landing.

There were four people aboard at the time, including the student pilot Austricio Ramirez who was flying the plane when it began experiencing issues, and the instructor pilot Nelson Gomez who took over the control afterwards and landed the plane in Setauket Harbor.

Authorities said Ramirez, Gomez, and a third passenger Wady Perez were rescued by the officers. The fourth person, identified as 23-year-old Gerson Salmon-Negron, remains missing.

The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.

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Air France Flight Returns to Lisbon After Hydraulic Failure

Air France flight AF-1025 made an emergency landing in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 1st.

The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, but had to turn back after the crew reported a hydraulic failure.

The plane landed safely. There were 131 passengers and 5 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.

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Skywest Airlines Flight Returns to Portland due to Smoke in Cockpit

SkyWestSkywest Airlines flight OO-3470 had to return and make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, on May 31st.

The plane took off for Santa Barbara, California, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported smoke in the cockpit.

The plane landed uneventfully. There were 70 passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.

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