A privately owned Cirrus SR22 en route from from Moorabbin Airport was on landing approach when it struck trees and crashed in Boxwood. The plane crashed north of Benalla a city in northeastern Victoria, Australia.
The plane impacted trees near the private airstrip.
The 51 year old pilot died at the scene.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau and CASA are investigating.
A medical helicopter crashed outside Comanche County Medical Hospital in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, on the morning of September 29th.
According to sources, the helicopter was attempting to make emergency landing due to some issue, when it lost control and crashed.
All four people onboard including the pilot remained unhurt.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
On July 8, 2013 on 8:30 a.m, a 28-year-old pilot and his 24-year-old student were performing a training exercise in a ROBINSON R22 #N712U when it crashed and rolled downhill in the Tibble Fork Reservoir area of the American Fork Canyon.
Both the pilot and student exited the plane on their own feet after just missing slamming into the mountain.
The emergency response team responded to the pilot’s 911 call, searched the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and found the wreckage in under an hour after hiking half a mile uphill.
The pilot told 911 that the helicopter was knocked from the sky by a gust of wind.
On July 1, 2013 at 9: 45, a Swiss Helicopter Group Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil with four people aboard crashed in the Swiss Alps near Kröntenhütte, Uri.
The pilot, two flight assistants and a technician were killed. The victims were between 25 and 60 years old and the helicopter was one year old.
The helicopter had started off at 7 in Erstfeld, flew to Andermatt, then to Leutschachhütte. The pilot was dropping off someone in Kröntenhütte but instead crashed in a cloud of smoke.
Police, fire and the air rescue service responded. Currently, there is no explanation for the crash.
An investigation of Swiss Helicopter Group is now underway.
Pictured: a Cessna 310 over Mexico
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What: Cessna 310 en route from Mendez Airport, Ciudad Victoria, to Nuevo Laredo, Teamaulipas, Mexico
Where: Mexico
When: October 21, 2008 1710 central daylight time
Who: The pilot and the 4 passenger
Why: The Cessna experienced a loss of power on takeoff from Pedro J. Mendez Airport, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. When the pilot attempted to return to the airport, the Cessna impacted level desert terrain 45 degrees off to the right of the side of the departure end of the runway.
The pilot and the 4 passengers were fatally injured.
A small plane crashed into woods near Waite Road in Sheridan, Chautauqua County, New York, at 11:30 A.M. on July 16.
The single-engine Cessna 162 crashed while the pilot was trying to return to Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport, New York, after facing some mechanical issue.
The pilot, identified as Francis Emmerling, 66, was taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries. It is believed that Emmerling was the only person aboard.
The FAA and Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department are investigating.
On Sept 17, 2013, a Zenair CH 601 Zodiac crashed in Kolomyia in the Ukraine.
The 24-year-old pilot from Kiev, and a 47-year-old mechanic from Kolomyyanin who were aboard, were both killed in the crash. The pilot was the son of the plane’s owner, a famous aviator. Names have not been released.
Witnesses reported seeing smoke coming from the plane as it fell into a neighborhood around 5:30 pm.. The pilot managed to avoid striking residences and children playing nearby.
There may be a criminal case under the Criminal code of the Ukraine, Part 3 st.281 which is a violation of air travel rules.
