A small plane crashed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on November 26th.
The plane went down as it was approaching the Santa Fe Regional Airport.
The pilot, who is believed to be the only one aboard, was killed in the crash.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
The NTSB has issued the preliminary investigation report on May 4’s Stearman biplane crash at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California.
The plane crashed when the 77 year old pilot, Edward Andreini, was attempting a ribbon cutting stunt during the Thunder Over Solano air show.
According to the report, “The planned maneuver consisted of a total of three passes…The first two passes were successful, but on the third pass, the airplane was too high, and did not cut the ribbon. The pilot came around for a fourth pass, and rolled the airplane inverted after aligning with the runway. The airplane contacted the runway prior to reaching the ribbon, slid inverted between the ground crew personnel holding the poles, and came to a stop a few hundred feet beyond them.”
The report also revealed that within 50 seconds of coming to rest, the plane’s right side was completely engulfed by flames but the firefighters took 3 to 4 minutes before they arrived at the scene to extinguish the fire.
This post is an update of ‘Biplane Crashed during Thunder Over Solano Air Show in California; Pilot Killed‘
On July 14, 2013, a privately owned Rans S-6 en route from an airfield near Tywcross Zoo to Stoke Golding airfield crashed in Fenn Lane, Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire with two aboard.
The Rans plane crashed in a field in Leicestershire. Witnesses heard a bang from the aircraft, the engine quit. The plane glided along, banked right and left, then crashed.
The plane was located at Fenny Drayton at about 18:45 BST on Sunday. The man and woman aboard were confirmed dead at the scene, found by emergency responders.
The Air Accident Investigations Branch is investigating.
The fatalities were informally identified as Bob and Olive.
Contact photographer Ammann Martin
What: Air Tanzania de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q en route from Kigoma to Dar es Salaam via Tabora
Where: Kigoma
When: Apr 9th 2012
Who: 35 passengers and 4 crew
Why: Air Tanzania was taking off from Kigoma when it suffered an engine failure. Two passengers were hospitalized with shock but there were no other injuries reported.
Pilots rejected takeoff.
The jet overran the runway. Local news reported that the pilots “hit a pothole” which prevented the takeoff. It is not unusual for us to end up with conflicting reasons behind accidents. We do not know if the runway was soft after recent rains. It is up to the official investigation to reveal what happened. We are just delighted that the pilots landed the plane with no loss of life or serious injury.
The right engine separated, and the right wing incurred some damage; the nose gear collapsed. The plane has been written off with substantial damage. Unless Air Tanzania tells us otherwise, we believe this is the last de Havilland Canada DHC-8 in the fleet.
What: Dárdano Aeroservicios Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B
Where: Soyapango El Salvador
When: July 11, 2012
Who: 3 aboard, 3 fatalities
Why: After takeoff, the plane fell into a riverbed canyon. Three people died in the crash, pilot instructor Jose Miguel Avalos and his two students, Jose Antonio Martinez and Rodrigo Calles.
One died at the scene and two died at the hospital.
United Airlines flight UA-6180 had to return and make an emergency landing in Houston, Texas, on August 30th.
The plane took off for Norfolk, Virginia, but had to turn back due to a cabin pressurization problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
After a weekend of combing the mountains behind Stanford University, the FAA has deemed the report of a downed Santa Cruz Mountains flight to be a fake. Someone on an emergency air traffic channel had called for help, saying he was a passenger in a plane crashed in the mountains north of Stanford University. However, there had been no mayday signals, no emergency beacons, and no missing aircraft.
