Taylor aircraftTwo people were injured after a small plane crashed in Chattooga County, Georgia on May 13.

The 1940 Taylorcraft plane crashed at about 7 p.m.between Teloga and Menlo at the passenger’s own property, 3 miles south of the local airstrip.

According to Eddie Henderson, Director of Chattooga County Emergency Management Agency, the pilot was flown to Erlanger by Life Force while the passenger was shifted to Floyd Medical Center in Rome. Both of them hail from Chattooga County.

FAA is investigating the cause of accident.

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American Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing at RDU Airport

American Airlines flight 3356 made an emergency landing at Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, on April 26th.

The plane was coming from Dallas, Texas, when an indicator light went off, prompting the crew to declare an emergency.

The plane landed safely. All ten passengers and three crew members remained unharmed.

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Southwest Holey Terror Just the Beginning

What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-3H4 en route from Phoenix to Sacramento
Where: Yuma International Airport, AZ
When: 01 APR 2011
Who: 118 aboard
Why: A hole burst through the top of this Boeing while en route. The plane suffered decompression, descended to a safe level (when an attendant was injured) and made an emergency landing in Yuma.

The hole has opened a witch hunt on aging Boeings in search of the kind of metal fatigue that would result in a hole during operations now that the aluminum skin has been known to separate at the lap joints, where panels are spliced together. Although the incident did not result in death, it is being taken as a “warning.” 175 Boeing 737 are slated for examination, and maintenance programs (Southwest, FAA, Boeing) are being re-evaluated to take this into account.

Discussion of lap joint and the 3 rows of rivets. The skin separated at the lower rivet line. Pre-existing fatigue existed on the fracture surface. (Multi site damage.) The decompression happened 18.5 minutes after take-off, and no pre-indications. The flight crew immediately declared emergency.

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Octogenarian Lands Plane Beside Unconscious Pilot/Spouse

What: C And S Manufacturing Corp Cessna 414A en route from Marco Island, Collier County, Florida to Cherryland Airport in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin
Where: Wisconsin
When: April 2,2012
Who: 2 aboard
Why: After her husband John passed out at the controls of their Cessna, eighty-one year old Helen Collins took some quick lessons “on the fly” and managed to land the plane, with minor damage.

Air Traffic Control talked to her until pilot instructor Robert Vuksanovic took his plane up to fly by her as he coached her down. The distress call came at 5:05 pm. after Collins was three hours in flight from Marco Island, Florida. On landing, Helen and her husband John were hospitalized; John was declared dead at 6:38 p.m. Helen had back pain, minor bumps and bruises and a broken rib, but her son Richard Collins did not lose both of his parents that day.

A heroic effort from ATC, Collins and flight instructor Robert Vuksanovic.

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Plane Returned to Philadelphia International Airport Due to Landing Gear Issues

lufthansabombardierA Lufthansa flight returned and made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport due to issues with its landing gear.

The plane took off for Frankfurt, Germany, at around 5:45 p.m. on June 15. However, shortly after take-off, it was noticed that the landing gear of the plane was stuck.

The plane turned back toward Philadelphia, where it made an uneventful emergency landing after venting off extra fuel.

Authorities confirmed that the plane safely touched the runway at around 7:45 p.m. and all crew members and 270 passengers aboard remained safe.

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Pilot dies in Australia Light Air Crash

What: Jabiru J120-C en route from Swan Hill Airport to a private landing strip near Cullulleraine
Where: Cullulleraine,Vic, Australia
When: Jan 4, 2011
Who: 1 fatality
Why: Pilot/surveyor Don Pedler crashed nose first near Murray River at Kulnine Station after possibly misjudging wind speed. The plane overshot the runway and crashed, destroying the front section and cockpit.

The pilot was known to camp out at shearer’s quarters in the area.

The Lake Cullulleraine fire brigade responded to the scene.

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Two Crash in Redlands


Pictured: A Bacau Yak-52 taken in the UK. This is not the plane in the incident. Photos of private planes are the hardest to find.
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net

Contact photographer Malcolm Clarke

What: Joseph M. Gauthier’s Yakovlev circa 1985 YAK-52 en route from/to from Redlands Airport performing aerobatics
Where: Santa Ana River bed at Opal Avenue, 10 miles from Redlands, CA
When: Monday, Feb 08 2010 between 12:50 and 1 p.m.
Who: 2 fatalities (a man and a woman) both off-duty California Air National Guard ( March Air Reserve Base) members
Why: Witnesses say that while they were watching the plane doing aerobatics, the plane went down. The area is a place where planes often perform aerobatics, and the soviet-built Yakovlev was designed as a trainer and acrobatic aircraft.

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