What: Piper PA-31 Turbo Navajo B en route from Tomé to Concepción
Where: Tomé Chile
When: Mar 1 2010
Who: Fatalities included Pablo Desbordes, Ignacio Fernández, Luis ernesto Videla, Juan Guillermo Moya and Rodolfo Becker and pilot Marcelo Ruiz.
Why: The plane crashed near the town of Tomé, Chile while transporting five University Santo Tomás executives for eartquake relief work. They were traveling to the site of the earthquake to evaluate shelter safety conditions. No reason has been reported for the crash.
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Cessna Crash in New Guinea
What: Kiunga Aviation Cessna A185E Skywagon en route from Nadzab to Baindoang
Where: Papua New Guinea
When: Dec 30, 2009
Who: 7 aboard, 6 fatalities
Why: It is conjectured that the plane developed engine trouble. (Apparently the engine caught fire.) The pilot radioed a distress call before it went down in a hilly region, scattering the wreckage on the hillside.
The passengers, four adults and two children, were all fatalities. Their burned remains were taken to Angau Memorial Hospital.
Pilot Richard Leahy survived the crash and was evacuated to Australia for medical attention.
Agricultural Embraer Crashes in Brazil
On January 5, 2013, a privately owned Embraer EMB Ipanema with only the pilot aboard was making an agricultural pass and spraying crops in Lucas do Rio Verde MT Brazil.
While cropdusting, the plane collided with a highway sign and the pilot lost control. Engine problems may have also been involved.
THe pilot’s plane struck a pole then impacted the field of soybeans, instantly killing the pilot, Rubens Fritsch. The plane is a total loss. (See photo)
His body was recovered by the firefighters who responded to the call at 11:00 a.m. Saturday.
The married pilot leaves no children. He was buried in Lucas do Rio Verde.
10 Dead as Small Plane Crashed in Amazon Jungle, Colombia
A small commercial plane, registered as HK-4755 PA 34 Navajo, crashed 10 kilometers from the urban centre of Puerto Santander in the Amazon jungle, Colombia, after 3:00 p.m. on September 6.
The incident happened after the aircraft took off from Araracuara Airport, Southern Colombia, and lost communication with the air traffic control while flying over Florencia, Caqueta.
The plane was carrying 10 people, including 8 passengers and 2 crew members, at the time of accident; all of them were killed. Gustavo Ortega, Risk Management coordinator of Colombia’s southern department of Caqueta said, “The 10 people died on impact.”
A statement released by the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority said, “The airplane was found, broken apart and burned, 10 km (6 miles) from populated areas in the municipality of Puerto Santander, Amazonas department.”
The accident is under investigation
Victoria Helicopter Crash injures Instructor and Student

What: R-22 training helicopter
Where: Victoria International Airport off of the tarmac.
When: just before noon Friday Oct 17
Who: The instructor was seriously injured; the student was trapped in the wreckage for some time with minor injuries
Why: Witnesses said the helicopter “…was doing an exercise about 100 metres above a grassy training area west of the airport when it fell to the ground, bounced twice and landed upside down.”
Top Ten Disaster
The Tam Air Crash in Sao Paulo has made a top ten disaster list.
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Small Plane Crashed Off Of Bimini; Pilot Rescued
A small plane crashed around 5 miles east of South Bimini in the Bahamas, shortly before 2 p.m. on December 22.
The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center authorities informed the Miami Coast Guard 7th District watchstanders about a Cessna which was last seen on radar descending near South Bimini Airport, Bahamas. The Coast Guard watchstanders then deployed an HC-130 Hercules plane which located the submerged aircraft and the pilot shortly before 4 p.m.
The pilot, identified as 43-year-old David Pedroza, of Boca Raton, Florida, was transported to Air Station Miami. Authorities said he was in stable condition.
It is believed that the Cessna was en-route from Norman Cay, Bahamas, to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport when it crashed.