An ultralight aircraft crashed at the runway of Hedlow Airstrip, near Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, on the afternoon of November 25.
According to sources, 2 people lost their lives in the crash.
The Queensland Ambulance Service and firefighters responded at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation.
A single-engine plane crashed shortly after taking off from an airstrip near Caribou Street and Bogard Road in Wasilla, Alaska, on the morning of September 16th.
According to sources, the plane had encountered some mechanical issues that resulted in the crash.
The pilot was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
A Cessna 182 crashed on the side of Interstate 90 while trying to land at Rock Creek Airstrip, Missoula County, Montana, on August 28th.
The plane was carrying History Channel star Darrell Ward and his co-pilot at the time.
Ward was on his way to begin filming a documentary about the recovery of plane wreckage.
Both people aboard lost their lives.
The crash remains under investigation.
A small plane crashed in the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya, on March 14th.
According to local police chief Jackson Mulupi, “We received a phone call from one of the conservancy members that there was an airplane crash within Sera conservancy. I mobilised officers from Sorilibi and Wamba. We rushed to the scene whereby we found one airplane which was trying to take off but crashed about one kilometer from the airstrip.”
The plane was carrying two French filmmakers at the time; both of them were killed in the crash. They were identified as Pierre Creisson, 53, and Thierry Barbier, 56.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A vintage Tiger Moth plane crashed on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, on December 28.
The biplane, operated by Gold Coast-based Tiger Moth Joy Rides, went down shortly after taking off from an airstrip in Norwell.
A 58-year-old sightseer from New South Wales was killed in the crash. The 21-year-old pilot, who was the only one aboard sustained injuries and was airlifted to Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane.
The accident is under investigation.
A small plane had to make an emergency landing at the airstrip of The Point at Polzeath golf course in Polzeath, Cornwall, United Kingdom, on October 14.
Authorities said the pilot of single-engine 1936 Aeronca aircraft requested an emergency landing after its propeller came off mid-air.
The plane landed without incident. The pilot remained uninjured.
The plane was heading from Bodmin to Roche.
A small plane had to make an emergency landing on a private airstrip in Grey Highlands, Ontario, Canada, at around 1:44 P.M. on August 16th.
The plane, en-route to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Ontario, from Brampton, Ontario, had to make an emergency landing due to mechanical failure.
The airplane dug into the ground, damaging its nose.
The pilot and his only passenger remained unhurt.