The two men who died in the accident were 51-year-old Cyril McLavin, of Fresh Meadows in Queens, and 72-year-old Andrew Messana, from Bayside, Queens.
The accident is under investigation.
What: Globe Swift en route from Spadaro Airport
Where: Moriches inlet, Fire Island
When: Oct 20, 2012 3 p.m.
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A Globe Swift plane that took off from Spadaro Airport had two aboard.
A small plane crashed just outside Santa Paula, California, on March 31st.
The RV-6A aircraft was carrying two people when it crashed into a storage building and caught fire.
Both occupants of the plane were killed in the crash. No one on the ground was injured.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
What: Cessna
Where: Borneo Kalimantan, Indonesia
When: August 24, 2012
Who: 4 aboard
Why: Four passengers who had been on a chartered Cessna have been found on Borneo Island, in Kutai National Park at the wreckage site in a mountainous area. There were no survivors.
The remains of Australian Peter John Elliott and three Indonesianshave been flown to a Samarinda hospital.
The flight left Samarinda to survey a coal mining site. Elliot was a specialist in using geophysics equipment, and general manager of Elliott Geophysics International.
On August 29, 2013, a Champion 7ECA Citabria crashed north of Sutton, AK while on a a moose scouting flight.
The flight was reported overdue at 9:45 p.m.
The wreck was located on Friday by an Alaska Air National Guard helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft around 4 a.m.
The names of the victims have been released:
Adam Norton, 30, and Derrik Swanson, 31
Recovery was hampered by weather and rustic conditions.
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What: Hillsboro Aviation ROBINSON R22 BETA HELICOPTER
Where: Fern Hill Wetlands, 2 miles south ofForest Grove, Washington County Oregon
When: Sep 20, 2009
Who: Two fatalities: Douglas Doty, a 34 year-old flight instructor from Beaverton, and Thomas Hagner, a 32-year-old student from Hillsboro.
Why: The pilot lost control of the helicopter and crashed and caught on fire, according to witnesses at a nearby fruitstand and a farm. The difficult location made it difficult for rescue and safety personnel to reach the burning wreckage.
What: ROBINSON R22 two-seater ROTORCRAFT en route from Island airport
Where: Heritage Road and Steeles Avenue area of Brampton. GEORGETOWN, ONTARIO, CANADA
When: 09/21/2009 Monday 8 pm
Who: One fatality- pilot Keith Siversen
Why: The helicopter is reported to have “careened out of control” in an orchard. It was owned by KEITH SIVERSEN with a temporary certificate expiring 03/05/2009.
What: Southeast Aviation DeHavilland Beaver
Where: Ketchikan AK
When: March 13, 2012
Who: Two injured
Why: Alaska State Troopers have identified the two men, 64-year-old Ketchikan pilot Ernest Robb and 56-year-old Vancouver passenger Murray Richardson, injured in the float plane crash in the Niblack Mine area 30 miles SW of Ketchikan near Prince of Wales Island
Responders included Alaska State Troopers, Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad, Temsco Helicopters, and Guardian Flight Services after a Good Samaritan vessel spotted the wreckage off the beach. Guardian flight services first flew the injured men to Ketchikan Peace Health Medical Center then to Seattle’s Harbor View Medical Center. Initial investigation revealed that weather conditions were zero visibility with heavy snow, factoring into the accident.
A U.S. military helicopter crashed during routine training at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on April 6th.
Two soldiers were aboard the AH-64E Apache helicopter when it went down.
Both soldiers were killed in the crash. They were identified as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Ryan Connolly, 37, and Warrant Officer James Casadona, 28.
An investigation into the cause of crash is underway.
