What: Single-engine Tomahawk.
Where: Sierra Sky Park in northwest Fresno
When: Saturday evening
Why:the pilot was getting ready to land and going about 70 mph when a downdraft shifted the course of the plane and it clipped the top of a Mor Furniture truck driving on Herndon Avenue then slammed into the ground short from the runway. The impact sheared off the top of the truck
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Medical Evacuation Crash Kills 7 Aboard, 3 on Ground
What: Air Charter Services Pvt. Ltd Pilatus PC-12/45 en route from Jagdish Memorial Hospital to Apollo Hospital.
Where: Faridabad
When: May 25, 2011 10:45 pm
Who: 7 aboard, 3 on the ground, 10 fatalities
Why: After the pilot reported flying into bad weather, the plane transporting a patient from a Patna hospital to Apollo Hospital (Delhi) and carrying two doctors, two attendants, the pilot and the co-pilot crashed onto the rooftop of two houses in Parvatiya Colony. The plane’s nose broke off and fell to the street below. It appears that local residents may have taken the propellor and other parts of the plane. It did not carry a cockpit voice recorder or a data recorder.After the crash, the plane and scattered medical equipment remained on the roof. The 22-year-old patient, was Rahul Raj and the plane’s crew was Dr Rajesh, Dr Arshad, Captain Harpreet, co-pilot Manpreet Kataria, Ratnesh Kumar and male nurse Cyril. Rahul and Ratnesh were cousins, and both residents of Bettiah in West Champaran. Raj, who was in a coma and on a ventilator was being transported to treat jaundice and complications of hepatitis.
In the Sehrawats house, fifty five-year-old Vedvati, her daughter Sarita (19) and daughter-in-law Rani (20) died in their house in Gali, 3 Mukesh Kunj at 10.35 pm. Because of the heat, they were on the roof at the time of the crash.
Sobharam Sehrawats, his son Deepak, and nephew Yash were injured.
The other house that was damaged (but no fatalities) was owned by 37-year-old Chittaranjan Singh.
Both the 3 residents of the house(s) and the 7 aboard the plane were burned beyond recognition.
An Indian Airlines flight to Delhi which was due to leave at the same time stayed on the tarmac at Patna instead of flying into the strong winds.
The plane disappeared from radar at 10:45 pm. It was reported that at the time of crash, strong winds were affecting planes landing at IGI airport. The DCGA is not carrying out the investigation, but it will be carried out independently.
Mooney Crashes in Elbert Colorado
What: MOONEY M20C registered to ALPHA AVIATION INC
Where: ELBERT, CO in the 28000 block of Elbert Road, between Kiowa and Elbert.
When: 02/01/2009
Who: Pilot Gary Williams of Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Why: The plane nosedived into a creek late Sunday morning killing the pilot. The crash is under investigation by the NTSBPlane Crashes House in Tallahassee
What: Single engine Cirrus SR-22 en route from Columbus, Ohio to heading to Tallahassee Regional Airport
Where: two miles short of the runway on Blue Jay Drive
When: left Columbus at approximately 2:59 pm Thursday; crashed into a house 7:17 p.m
Who: Pilot and passenger were killed; 2 in the house were taken to the hospital with injuries
Why: The plane struck two vehicles in the driveway. Under investigation. 50 homes are out of power as a result of the crash.Mahan Air Plane Skids Off Runway, Crashes into Concrete Barrier at Istanbul Airport
A Mahan Air plane crashed into a concrete barrier at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Turkey, on December 24.The Airbus A310 plane, performing flight W5-112 from Tehran, Iran, skidded off the runway and crashed into a concrete barrier.
There were 150 passengers aboard at the time; all of them were evacuated safely.
The cause of crash is under investigation.