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    Beechcraft Crash in Texas

    What: O’Neal Aviation LLC Beechcraft E90 King Air en route from Amarillo to Fort Worth
    Where: Armstrong County Texas
    When: Dec 14, 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: The pilot was en route and ten minutes into the flight when he lost control.Witnesses saw the plane go down south of Farm-to-Market Road 1258 in Armstrong County.

    The pilot was killed. The plane disappeared from radar at 6 pm. The debris field was located on Dec 14.

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    Aussie Med-Evac Piper Crashes near School


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    Contact photographer Phil VabreWhat: Wingaway Air Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave en route from Bankstown Aerodrome to Brisbane Australia
    Where: Canley Vale Road, Australia
    When: June 15 2010 08:05 am
    Who: 2 aboard, 28-year-old pilot Andrew Wilson and a female nurse on board, both fatalities
    Why: After takeoff, the flight developed engine failure. Unable to gain altitude, the pilot reported he would be returning to Bankstown, but plane crashed on Canley Vale Road near Sydney just outside of the ATC three mile boundary. The pilot had been engaged in several minutes of conversation with ATC.

    After the crash, the pilot and nurse were fatally injured. A car transporting one adult and three children was hit with crash debris; and the home belonging to Kevin Huynh caught on fire. 5 on the ground were hospitalized.

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    Valley View Airport Crash update


    What: 1964 Cessna P206 en route to Valley View Airport in Estacada
    Where: a field near the 30700 block of Northeast Lawrence Road
    When: Found at 7:50 pm
    Who: 54-year-old Mark Greenup, a Christmas tree farmer believed to have been flying the 1964 Cessna
    registered to him, and 50-year-old George Smetana, both killed in the crash
    Why: The pilot called the airport’s owner of the airport to report all of the electrical equipment on the plane had become inoperable.

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    Wind River Mountain Crash Kills Day Family

    What: Condor Aero 998 Commander AC 11 en route from Jasper to Jackson.
    Where: 15 to 20 miles southwest of Lander, near Christina Lake, at an elevation of about 11,700 feet in Wyoming Wind River Mountains
    When: Dec. 22 2010
    Who: pilot Ralph Day, 56; his wife Doris Day, 52; and Connor Day, 12
    Why: The Days operated the Day Forestry Appraisal and Management company, and left Jasper planning to visit Yellowstone and then Alaska for the Iditarod.

    Day’s plane struck the top of a steep ridge three feet deep in snow. The plane was not reported missing, and was not located until a passing plane heard the beacon in Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming,

    A helicopter retrieved the bodies on Saturday.

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    Washington Plane Crash Survivor Autumn Veatch

    autumnSixteen year-old Autumn Veatch tried to save her step-grandparents after she survived a fiery small plane crash impacting a Washington mountain. The Beech A35 aircraft struck Saturday and she survived two days on her own, after scrambling out of the burning plane with her hair on fire.She tried but could not rescue her grandmother, Sharon Bowman, nor her grandfather, Leland Bowman.

    The Beech A35 Bonanza crashed in the North Cascades, west of Mazama, WA between Kalispell and Lynden. Weather was a key factor in the accident. A second plane crashed into Twin Sisters mountain in the North Cascades on the same day.

    Some of the footage of Autumn has been collected and is available here:

    Survivor’s Journey

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    Airlink Crash in Durban


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    Contact Brian Spurr

    What: SA Airlink JS41 en route from from Durban to Pietermaritzburg
    Where: Durban
    When: Sep 24th 2009
    Who: 4 people, (3 crewmembers) and a woman working on the ground at the school perimeter, have been airlifted to local hospitals. The captain is critical, the other 3 with serious injuries.
    Why: The plane had smoke coming from its engines, lost height after takeoff.

    The crew called Mayday and reported engine loss and smoke. They attempted an emergency landing in the field in front of a school and impacted the fence surrounding the school.

    Preliminary examination apparently shows the hand engine was operating under full power and the left engine failed.

    George’s Point of View

    The fact that anyone at all survived this indicates that the emergency landing was a success.

    However, maintenance is suspect.

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