What: University of Dubuque plane
Where: Eagle’s Roost Resort in Cassville, Wis. approaching the airport.
When: Tuesday
Who: Grant Vogt, a junior aviation student died six days after the crash; student pilot Cory Alsip is recovering.
Why: The plane crashed into a tree and two cabins before it burst into flames. One student died at the crash; the other died later at the hospital.
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What: single-engine Cessna 182K Skylane (registered to Harold Gartner III of Janesville, Calif) en route from Susanville to Lodi
Where: Northern California near the Nevada border
When: Nov 20, 2009 12:45 pm
Who: pilot
Why: While en route, the plane encountered bad weather, crashed and burned. The crash occurred two miles north of the airport.
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What: Aeroservicios Milenio Cessna 208B Grand Caravan en route from Felipe Carrillo Puerto to Chetumal
Where: Quintana Roo
When: June 14, 2010
Who: 8 aboard, 8 fatalities including Captain Salvador Aguilar and his copilot, security agent Fernando Marchan, Oscar Esquivel; Jesús Garmendia; Mauri Magaña; Daniel Pacheco, and social managment assistant Katy Rodríguez.
Why: A few moments after takeoff, the small plane full of the campaign staff of Roberto Borge Angulo crashed in the Quintana Roo area.
Members of the Mexican army have surrounded and secured the area.
The candidate who was not aboard, is now in mourning.
On March 19, 2013, an Aeroclub de Muchamiel Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior en route from Spain’s MUTXAMEL airport had three people aboard when it suffered some kind of mechanical problem, possibly engine failure.
A fourteen year old girl, Belen, along with her father, Jose Antonio Perez, and uncle Ricardo died in the crash at 12: 37.
The uncle was the pilot and flight instructor.
The plane crashed in Paraeta Espí, in an olive grove 500 meters from the town called Ibi. On impact, the cabin broke in two, and left a debris field with a hundred yard radius.
Local residents reported the crash to authorities. The Guardia Civil (local police) arrived on the scene. The bodies were removed by four in the afternoon and taken to the Forensic Anatomical Institute of Alicante for autopsies.
Eyewitnesses say the plane had been circling and flying very low as if looking for somewhere to land, and the pilot dodged cottages when it came down.
Sky Lease Cargo flight KKE 4854 skidded off the runway after landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia, Canada, on November 7th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 747 cargo jet was coming from Chicago, Illinois.
Four crew members aboard the plane sustained minor injuries and were taken to a hospital.
A helicopter carrying a Saudi prince and seven government officials crashed in Asir province of Saudi Arabia, on November 5th.
The incident happened when Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, the deputy governor of Asir province, was conducting an aerial inspection of local infrastructure projects near Abha.
All eight people aboard were killed in the crash.
On January 19, 2013, a PT. Intan Angkasa Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain was en route from Sentani to Surabaya when it was struck by lightning. It fell on the Un beach in Tual but no one on the ground was injured. No one on the plane survived. There were four people aboard—the pilot and three crew.
The plane was coming from Sentani Papua and its final intended stop was Ambon, Malaku.
The actual cause of the accident has not been determined. Reports are that residents saw the plane falling in fire from the sky.
