A small plane crashed in San Bernardino County, California, on June 15th.
The Beechcraft Bonanza plane caught fire after it went down near Hesperia Airport.
There were two people aboard at the time; both were killed in the crash.
A small plane crashed in San Bernardino County, California, on June 15th.
The Beechcraft Bonanza plane caught fire after it went down near Hesperia Airport.
There were two people aboard at the time; both were killed in the crash.
A two-seater North American AT-6C, a World War II-era airplane, crashed at about 3:30 p.m. near Buckley, Washington, on June 4.
The small plane had been sputtering and flying low before crashing in a wooded area, around 40 miles southeast of Seattle.
Two people aboard the plane were killed. The victims have been identified as James Robert Cawley, 62 and Rodney John Richardson, 72; both of them were residents of Buckley.
The National Transportation Safety Board has been informed of the accident.
American Airlines flight AA-5474 had to return and make an emergency landing in Charlotte, North Carolina, on October 4th.
The Canadair CRJ-900 plane took off for Savannah, Georgia, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a nose gear steering problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pictured: A Piper PA-46-310P Malibu
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Contact photographer Patric Borg
What: Piper PA-46-310P
Where: Osteen Florida
When: June 14, 2002
Who: 3 fatalities
Why: The pilot asked to deviate because he saw “a hole” in the weather. Radar showed a cluster of thunderstorms, level three to four were present in the vicinity of N9143B’s position. N9143B started an uncontrolled descent from FL260 (about 27,500 feet msl). Witnesses reported hearing the engine make a winding noise.?The airplane come out of the clouds about 300 feet above the ground, in a nose low spiral, and the right wing was missing. The ilot’s inadequate weather evaluation resulted in in-flight separation of the right wing and right horizontal stabilizer and the subsequent loss of control and crash.
American Airlines flight AA-238 had to divert and make an emergency landing in West Palm Beach, Florida, on December 11th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Miami, Florida, to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Virginia, was diverted due to a suspected fuel leak.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Sky Lease Cargo flight GG-1738 overran the end of the runway on landing at Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, on August 23rd.
The incident happened when the plane was coming from San Francisco, California.
No injuries were reported.
What: Pilot/operator Ângelo Rafaeli D’élia Beechcraft V35 Bonanza # PT-CTL en route from Ponta Porã to Viracopos-Campinas
Where: Marabá Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
When: October 1, 2011, 21:30
Who: 4 fatalities
Why: In the night, as rain was falling, the Beechcraft Bonanza en route for Campinas in Sao Paulo never made it to its destination, but crashed on farmland near Marabá Paulista, leaving a five foot crater. Four people died in the crash: entrepreneur Ângelo Rafaeli D’elia, 51, who was piloting the aircraft, the children Bruna D’Elia, 18 and Rafael Ângelo, 12 years, and Syhlvia Katheiny Torreta.
Reports are that the pilot was lost, and that someone aboard the plane was sick. They asked for assistance from London’s control tower.
Locals reported hearing an explosion when the plane impacted the ground.