A small plane crashed near Redding Municipal Airport, California, on November 15th.
The incident happened when the plane, carrying two people, was on its way to Sacramento, California.
Both occupants of the plane were killed in the crash.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
A small plane crashed into the Nestucca River in Tillamook County, Oregon, on September 3rd.
The plane had just taken off from Pacific City State Airport when it lost engine power and went down.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-956 had to return and make an emergency landing in Newark, New Jersey, on June 12th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Geneva, Switzerland, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an equipment cooling issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
The plane was a replacement for the original aircraft assigned for the flight, which had returned earlier due to loss of cabin pressure.
What: US Airways Airbus A319-100 en route from Charlotte to Saint Louis
Where: over Tennessee
When: Dec 11th 2012
Who: 2 injuries
Why: While en route, the flight encountered turbulence.
Pilots made a safe landing in Saint Louis.
Two flight attendants sustained injuries from turbulence.
A Dornier Do 228 aircraft landed on its belly and skidded some 700 feet before coming to halt at Taitung Airport in Taiwan, on December 21.
The accident happened after the co-pilot forgot to deploy the landing gear while approaching the runway. The Daily Air pilots were simulating left-engine failure and emergency landings at the time, however, failure to lower the landing gear was not pre-planned.
The plane was carrying only the pilot and the co-pilot at the time; both of them remained unharmed.
Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council is investigating.
A small plane crashed near Centennial airport in Colorado, on February 18th.
Authorities said the plane went down in a parking lot at Belford Avenue and Peoria Street.
There were two people aboard at the time; one of them was taken to a hospital while the other one was treated at the scene.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A heli-ski helicopter crashed on Mount Alta near Wanaka, New Zealand, at around 12:20 p.m. on August 16.
The accident happened when the helicopter run by Harris Mountain Heli-Ski was carrying 7 people, including a pilot, a ski guide and 5 skiers. All of them were New Zealanders.
One of the heli-skiers died while all others aboard suffered injuries of varied degrees. Two of the injured with minor injuries were taken to Wanaka Medical Centre. Four with comparatively serious injuries were transported to Dunedin Hospital.
Skyline Enterprises Chairman Mark Quickfall said, “I spoke to one of our senior pilots who was first on the scene. As he said to me, it’s a perfect day for flying and heli-skiing. Certainly not windy. So [we] can’t put any light on it at this stage.” He also said there were six other helicopters out heli-skiing on the same day.
The Civil Aviation Authority and Transport Accident Investigation Commission are investigating the cause of the crash.
