A small plane crashed in a wooded area near Oldenburg, Indiana, on December 16th.
The incident happened when the single-engine Cessna plane was heading from Kansas City, Missouri, to Frederick, Maryland.
Three people were killed in the crash. Authorities said two dogs were also on-board; one of them was killed while the one survived.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
On March 17, 2013:
An Afghan army helicopter crashed in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on October 31st.
The incident happened when the aircraft was carrying twenty-five people from Anar Dara district of Farah Province to Herat province.
All occupants of the aircraft were killed in the crash. The deceased include the deputy corps commander of the western zone and local politicians.
Authorities believe the accident happened due to bad weather.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-116 had to return and make an emergency landing at Dallas Love Field, Texas, on June 16th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Albuquerque, New Mexico, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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‘
Pictured: An ALPA Hughes 500D (369D), Medellin Colombia
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Andres Dallimonti
What: Servicio Aéreo de Ibagué Hughes 369D
Where: Pitalito, Colombia
When: Dec 29, 2009
Who: 1 fatality (2 or 3 aboard.)
Why: One of the people aboard died in the crash which occurred in an area between two Pitalito neighborhoods. The Air Society Ibague helicopter apparently originated in Ibague, capital of Tolima. Its destination is unknown. Witnesses say the helicopter made strange turns in the air, but the pilot managed not to strike any houses.
There have been reports of one and two individuals injured.
A small plane made an emergency landing on U.S. highway 27, just north of Interstate 75, in Weston, Broward County, Florida, on January 24.
The Cessna 172 was en-route from Palm Beach County to Key West when the pilot Arnaldo Santiago, of Palm Beach Gardens, noticed some issue in the plane and decided to land on the highway.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were three people aboard at the time; none of them were injured.
