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    Small Plane Flips Over after Landing in Emergency near Sussex Airport

    A Cessna 210 flipped over after making an emergency landing in a field near Sussex Airport, New Jersey, at around 10:58 a.m. on December 4.

    The incident happened when the plane was carrying a pilot and 5 skydivers. All of them sustained minor injuries and were treated by Wantage Emergency Squad.

    The pilot, identified as Richard Winstock, 46, is the co-owner of Skydive Sussex as well as the national director of the U.S. Parachute Association. He said he had to land in emergency due to some engine troubles and that the muddy field caused the plane to overturn.

    The passengers were identified as 41-year-old Ryan Leak, of Paterson, 48-year-old Caig Vanetten, Saugerties, New York, 26-year-old Matthew Vidusek, of Hampshire, 28-year-old Chris Delpozzo, of Troy and 25-year-old Kurt Steinbruch, of Wyckoff.

    The incident is under investigation.

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    Cessna Crash-Landed in Saudi Arabia; Two US Pilots Injured

    A private Cessna aircraft, carrying 2 American pilots, crash landed near King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 3.

    Khaled al-Khaibari, spokesperson for the General Authority of Civil Aviation, confirmed that the pilot asked for an emergency landing because the plane was running out of fuel. However, he could not make it to the airport and crash landed near the runway. The plane was travelling from Hurghada, Egypt at the time.

    The pilot and the co-pilot, both U.S. citizens, sustained minor injuries and were taken to a hospital. Their names have not been released.

    The aircraft’s right wing was slightly damaged.

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    Cessna Makes Emergency Landing in East Kimberley

    CessnaA Cessna 210 made an emergency landing near Gordon Downs Road, near Halls Creek, East Kimberley region, Western Australia, on November 28.

    The plane was on its way to Ringer Soak when the pilot noticed engine failure, shortly after 1 p.m.

    The plane landed uneventfully. The pilot and his only passenger remained unharmed.

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    Pilot Injured after Cessna Crashed in New South Wales

    CessnaA Cessna 172 aircraft had to make a crash landing in bushland at Putty, New South Wales, Australia, on the night of October 27.

    The aircraft departed from Ballarat and had stopped for a scheduled re-fuelling at Mudgee before it resumed its flight to Luskintyre. The authorities believe that it ran out of fuel or developed some other issue due to which it had to make an emergency crash landing.

    A search operation was launched after it was noticed that the aircraft was overdue at Luskintyre Airfield by more than 40 minutes.

    The pilot, identified as Peter George, 62, sustained serious chest and head injuries. Hunter’s Westpac Rescue Helicopter located him and shifted him to John Hunter Hospital where he is in stable condition.

    The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating.

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    Small Plane Crashes near Boca Raton Airport, FL

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    A Cessna 180 aircraft went down on a dirt road near Boca Raton Airport in Florida, at around 12:45 p.m. on October 12.

    The accident happened when the aircraft was on its way from Columbus Metropolitan Airport, Georgia, to Boca Raton Airport.

    There were 2 people aboard at the time of crash. Both of them escaped with only minor injuries.

    The aircraft is registered to John Dukesherer of Michigan.

    The cause of crash is being investigated.

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    Teen Pilots Make Perfect Emergency Landing Near Tulsa International Airport

    CessnaTwo teenage pilots successfully landed a Cessna 172 aircraft in emergency, at a road just south of Tulsa International Airport, Oklahoma, after it lost power on August 19.

    The incident happened when the 18-year-old certified Pilot, Eric Nichols and his pilot-in-training friend Tanner Price were flying from Riverside Airport and performing a touch and go at Tulsa International Airport.

    According to Nichols, the plane had just passed the runway when its speed indicator dropped to zero. ‘We had about 1,900 RPMs and I knew that wasn’t going to be enough to get us anywhere, so we didn’t have enough runway, I told tower, ‘I’m putting it down,’ and I set it down on the road here,’ said Nichols.

    The teenagers carefully landed the plane between two utility poles and avoided hitting a car running on the road. Tulsa Fire Airport Chief, Michael Atchison was impressed with the boys’ performance in such life-threatening situation. “Real proud of those guys…They did a good job ’cause, you know, the tense moments right there, for them to lay it down, find a place to land it when they lost all the power. They did a great job,” Atchison said.

    Nichols has only 61 hours of training while Tanner has just 13. Christensen Aviation, the owner of the plane, confirmed that neither the plane was damaged nor anyone was injured.

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    Cessna Crashed at Mount Pleasant Regional Airport, 2 Killed

    CessnaA single engine Cessna 150 plane crashed just about 200 yards off the runway at Mount Pleasant Regional Airport, Charleston County, South Carolina, at about 11:36 a.m. on August 14.

    According to Mount Pleasant Town Councilman Ken Glasson, both people aboard the plane died in the crash. They were later identified as the flight instructor Graham Borland, 33, of North Charleston and his student Matthew Gaither, 20, of Johns Island.

    The plane was registered in the name of Hanger Aviation Inc. of Johns Island.

    The accident is under investigation by the FAA and the NTSB.

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    Cessna Crashed near Victoria Falls Airport

    CessnaA 4-seater Cessna plane, heading to Hwange National Parks, crashed near Lupinyu business center close to Victoria Falls Airport, Zimbabwe, in the afternoon of August 11.

    According to the officer commanding Victoria Falls police, Jairos Chiwona, “The crash happened a few minutes after take-off from the airport. The pilot communicated that he was turning back soon after the take-off because the plane was having engine problems.”

    Three people aboard the plane, including 2 Australian tourists and a German pilot, suffered critical injuries. They were transported to Chinotimba Medical Centre and Victoria Falls District Hospital.

    The names of the victims have not yet been released.

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    Ontario Plane Crash Kills 3 Americans

    CessnaA Cessna 182 crashed at Chappie Lake, south of Kenora, in northwestern Ontario, Canada, just after 4 p.m. on August 8.

    According to Ontario provincial police, 3 Americans have died in the crash; 2 of them were pronounced dead at the spot while the third succumbed to her injuries later on.

    The victims were identified as Nikolas Rajala, 41, Teresa Rajala, 40, and Lynn Bohanon, 36. According to police the victims belonged to Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and were on a fishing trip when the crash happened. They were staying at a fishing lodge nearby.

    Police located the downed plane after receiving an emergency locator signal from Chappie Lake.

    Ontario Provincial Police and the Canadian Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.

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    Cessna Makes Emergency Landing at Quebec Highway

    CessnaA Cessna 150L made an emergency landing at Highway 640 west in Mascouche, Quebec, shortly after 10 a.m. on August 8.

    The plane, which took off from Mascouche Airport earlier, experienced engine failure due to which it had to land on the highway at Chemin des Anglais. According to Quebec Provincial Police Sgt. Ronald McInnis, “The plane bumped a car when attempting to land on the highway, but no injuries have been reported.”

    No one, including the pilot, reported any injuries.

    Quebec Provincial Police suspended traffic on the highway for some time because of the emergency landing.

    The Cessna 150L is registered to Carol Lavoie, Justin Lavoie, and Kevin Lavoie, from Lorraine, Quebec.

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    Cessna 180 Crashed in Front Yard of a New York Home

    CessnaA Cessna 180, which took off from Heber Airpark, hit the trees and crashed into the front yard of a house at 303 Brownville Road in Gansevoort, Northumberland, New York, at about 5:40 pm, on August 2.

    The plane had two people aboard when it went upside down in the yard; both of them died at the spot. The police identified them as the pilot, Ciprian M. Ivascu, 33, of Newburgh, and the passenger, Jon C. Stomski, 61, of Milton.

    Nancy Rouse, the owner of the house and a witness to deadly crash, said, “I seen the plane hit the top of the trees and then nose-dive into the ground…It was right in my front yard, and I knew they had to be hurt, so I just run and called 911.”

    The plane was owned by Saratoga Skydiving Adventures.

    The FAA and the NTSB are investigating the accident.

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    Small Plane Crash Took Lives of Two Utah Brothers

    CessnaA single- engine Cessna 172 crashed in Mohave County of northern Arizona, near the Utah-Arizona border at about 7:30 p.m. on July 20.

    Two brothers, Daulton Whatcott, 19 and Jaxon Whatcott, 16, were killed in the crash. Both of them were students of Syracuse High School; Jaxon was about to begin in junior year this fall while Daulton recently graduated in 2013. Whatcott family spokeswoman Taunie Reynolds confirmed the unfortunate deaths and said that Daulton had recently received pilot license and he was flying his brother to Las Vegas for a basketball tournament.

    The Mohave County sheriff’s office said that the accident happened just south of Virgin River Gorge, near Interstate 15 and about 25 miles southwest of St. George in Utah. The plane was en route to Mesquite, Nevada from Beaver, Utah at the time.

    According to the FAA records, the plane was registered to D&G Aircraft Leasing in Bountiful, Utah.

    The FAA and the NTSB are investigating the cause of accident.

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    Mexico Cessna Sport Fishing Hop has at least four fatalities

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    On July 10, a Cessna 206 en route from Tamaulipas to Veracruz with seven aboard crashed in eastern Mexico has killed four people and injured two. The fall of the plane did not affect the residents of the town. No cause has been reported for the plane failure.

    The pilot reported engine failure at 22:18 to Veracruz ATC around the time the plane disappeared from radar..

    The wreckage is being recovered at Rancho Coralillos in the town of Alto Lucero. The remains of four people were found aboard the plane. (Number varies.) Two injured have been named as Sergio Rage Marrón and Jorge Arturo Velázquez Amorringa.

    The number of fatalities has been raised to five. The bodies inside the plane were burned, and difficult to identify.

    The injured were taken to a private hospital in Veracruz.

    The passengers had been going to a sport fishing competition.
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    The Secretary of Civil Protection and the Municipal Civil Protection and a navy Mi17 helicopter responded to the scene.

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    Chanhassen Pilot, Family Injured in New Mexico Cessna Crash

    Four people flying from Ames to a Las Vegas New Mexico airport in a CESSNA
    210L were injured when the plane crashed on landing on July 2nd 2014.

    The critically injured pilot, James Fretham, was hospitalized with broken bones and spinal injuries. He is from Chanhassen, Minnesota, where the plane is registered. The injured passengers, his wife Elizabeth and two daughters Grace and Caitrin, have been released from a Santa Fe hospital

    Reports say that Fretham had surgery on July 4.

    The plane was about to land in cloudy weather, but Fretham had to pull up to avoid hitting a truck obstructing the runway. The plane crashed when a wing glanced the ground.

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    Pilot Seriously Injured after Cessna Crashes in Valley County

    CessnaA Cessna 182 plane crashed off Big Creek Airstrip in Valley County, central Idaho, at 8:30 a.m. on June 29.

    The pilot, Jay Minor, 71, from Oregon, was the only person on board. He suffered multiple life threatening injuries and was transported by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.

    Other aircrafts in the area informed Arnold Aviation about the crash, who subsequently notified the Valley County Sheriff’s Office.

    According to the Valley County officials nine people have died in six aircraft crashes over the past year in the county.

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    Cessna Makes Crash Landing on Texas Highway

    CessnaA single-engine Cessna plane made a crash landing on a ramp on northbound U.S. 287, north of Interstate 20, in Arlington, Texas, on the afternoon of June 27.

    The plane landed on the highway ramp’s barrier wall and then crashed into a black pickup truck. The incident happened shortly before 5 p.m. after the aircraft lost oil pressure.

    According to Jim Self, an Arlington assistant fire chief, the aircraft was towing an advertisement banner at the time of the accident. Self also confirmed that the pilot remained unhurt.

    However, a statement from Arlington police stated that the plane’s wing crashed into the windshield of the truck and one person in the truck sustained minor injuries.

    The FAA and NTSB are investigating the accident.

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    Cessna Crashes Near Pleasanton Municipal Airport, TX

    CessnaA small plane crash landed on a grassy area along Farm-to-Market Road 3350, outside Pleasanton city in Atascosa County, Texas.

    According to the Department of Public Safety, the incident happened shortly before 7 p.m. on June 16 when the pilot of Cessna 414 was attempting to land at Pleasanton Municipal Airport.

    There were 6 people on board at the time of the accident; all of them sustained minor injuries.

    Authorities confirmed that the twin engine plane was on a chartered flight from Dallas’ Addison Airport to Pleasanton Municipal Airport.

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    Cessna Airplane Crashed in Saskatchewan, Canada; 2 Killed

    CessnaA small Cessna airplane crashed in a field near Torquay in Saskatchewan, Canada, at about 10:15 a.m. on June 15.

    The plane was carrying two people at the time of the accident; both of them were killed. Their names have not yet been disclosed.

    Estevan RMCP and other emergency personnel responded to the scene.

    Transport Canada’s safety board is working to find the cause of accident.

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    Cessna 182 Crashed in Monroe County; Pilot Jumped and Survived

    CessnaA Cessna 182 plane, used for skydiving, crashed near Valmeyer in Monroe County, Illinois, in the afternoon of June 14.

    Shawn Kinmartin, 21, a pilot for Fly Free Skydiving in Festus, jumped out as the plane spiralled out of control and went down. This was his first jump in four years.

    According to Kinmartin, he was flying at 11,500 feet when the trouble began in the plane. “The two skydivers jumped out, they were the last two I had in my airplane, the last skydiver, on his way out, struck the elevator of the aircraft,” he said.

    Since the elevator controls the plane’s climb and descent, Kinmartin lost control of the plane. He spent next few minutes in trying to control it while heading back to the Festus airport. But as he realized that he was losing control of the plane, he decided to bail out and land in the farm fields. As a company policy he was already wearing a parachute.

    Kinmartin further said “when I jumped out of the airplane, it spiralled and crashed into the field over there. The wing carried me and I landed on this soybean field over there.”

    Neither the pilot nor anyone else on ground was hurt, however, the plane was badly damaged.

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    1 Killed After Cessna Crashed in Mendocino County

    A privately-owned Cessna airplane hit a tree and crashed in a wooded area off the 16200 block of Branscomb Road, west of Laytonville, Mendocino County in California, at around 7:30 p.m. on June 5.

    The pilot, identified as Kenneth Gillespie, 63, of Laytonville, died on the spot.

    According to Laytonville Volunteer Fire Chief Jim Little, “It was not a survivable crash.”

    The crash happened on a gravel bar on the Eel River, near a private airstrip. Responders waded through the shallow water to recover the body of the victim.

    Mendocino County Sheriff’s Lt. Kirk Mason said that the owner of the private airstrip reported the incident and described Gillespie as his friend.

    Representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have started investigating the crash. Laytonville Fire, Cal Fire, the CHP and the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

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    Cessna 150 Crashed in Adams County, CO: 2 Killed

    CessnaA single-engine, two-seater Cessna 150, fixed-wing airplane crashed in an open field near Imboden Road in Adams County, Colorado, on the morning of May 31.

    The accident killed two men, including the pilot.

    Although the names of the deceased have not so far been officially released, Amritpal Singh of Aurora, the owner of the plane, was said to be flying it at the time of crash. The other victim was a musician visiting the town to participate in a concert scheduled for the same night at Adams City High School.

    The aircraft took off at midnight from Front Range Airport in Adams County. The family members reported it missing at 3:45 a.m., and the wreckage was found at 7:30 a.m.

    Adams County Sheriff’s Office is further investigating the crash.

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    Single-Engine Cessna Crashes in El Dorado County, CA.

    CessnaOne person was injured after a small plane crash landed at Cameron Airport in El Dorado County, California.

    The accident happened on the afternoon of May 21 when the single-engine Cessna 180 lost control, flipped over and landed upside down.

    The pilot of the plane, Robert Petersen, 78, was the only one on-board and escaped with minor injuries.

    He said that the accident happened due to a strong wind gust. “A little gust as I’m three-pointing and rolling out. When it starts and you don’t keep it straight, it’ll ground loop… it dragged the right wing tip, went up, the prop hit, then it stops and just flips over backwards.” He said after the accident.

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    Cessna Airplane Crashed Near Searcy Municipal Airport, Arkansas

    russiancessnacrashA single engine Cessna airplane crashed in White County, around two miles towards south of the Searcy Municipal Airport.

    According to the chief deputy for the White County sheriff’s office, Phillip Miller, the accident was reported to 911 at about 2:50pm on Friday. The emergency teams rushed to scene where they found an overturned Cessna plane in a field.

    There were two persons on board and the authorities confirmed that both of them escaped with only minor injuries.

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the cause of accident

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    Pilot Survives After 1951 Cessna L19 Crashed in Waters of Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg

    A 1951 Cessna L19 “Bird Dog” crashed in Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, on Sunday, March 23,

    The plane owned by Advertising Air Force fell into the water 300 to 400 yards south east of the Bayboro Harbor Coast Guard Base.

    The 36 year old pilot, Robert L. Gilchrist, was uninjured. The coast guard reported that a good Samaritan managed to pull the pilot from the cockpit of the crashed plane. There were no other passengers on board.

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    Mishaps of the day

    Some events that happened today:

    • December 16, 2013, on JetBlue Flight 836#N661JB, the Airbus A320 arrived at the gate at JFK airport, New York, and the left wing struck the jet bridge. There was only minor damage and no injuries reported.
    • In Farmington NY on December 17, 2013, a Piper PA28#N43080 engine caught fire when the plane started up. The fire was extinguished, with unknown damage.
    • December 16, 2013, a Lancair/235#N15TG landing at John’s Island Charleston SC, when the nose gear collapsed. Minor damage was reported.
    • December 16, 2013, a Cessna/172 #N421ER was taxiing when the wing struck a light pole. The accident occurred in Wickenburg Arizona. Minor damage was reported.
    • December 16, 2013, an experimental plane, a Zenith 601#N581SL crashed in Leakey Texas under unknown conditions.