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AA Flight Makes Emergency Landing due to Landing Gear Issue

American AirlinesAmerican Airlines flight AA-574 made an emergency landing in Tampa, Florida, on September 19th.

The Airbus A320-200 was flying from Phoenix, Arizona, when the crew reported a landing gear issue and declared an emergency.

The plane landed uneventfully. There were 146 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.

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Cessna Lands on Model Runway


What: single-engine Cessna en route from North Carolina to Long Island NY
Where: Heckscher State Park in East Islip, Long Island NY
When: April 15, 2012, 4 pm
Who: pilot and student
Why: Pilot David J. Jensen and a student were in the single-engine Cessna when it developed engine problems. The pilots made a safe landing on a Heckscher State Park runway normally dedicated to model planes.

The plane was not allowed to take off from that runway, and was dismantled for removal.

The incident is under investigation.

Plane makes emergency landing on L.I.: MyFoxNY.com

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Cessna Crashes into Shed at Melbourne International Airport

A Cessna Skymaster 337F aircraft crashed into a communications antenna shed at Melbourne International Airport in Florida, on May 27.

Authorities said the pilot Christopher Hall, 57, was drunk when he steered his plane into the shed.

There were two people, including the pilot and his pre-teen son, aboard the plane; none of them was seriously injured.

The pilot was charged with child abuse without great harm and reckless operation of a vessel.

The police and the FAA are investigating.

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Fatal Helicopter Crash

On July 16, 2013, a Bell UH-1H Iroquois #N775AR flying for Kinder Morgan piloted by A.J. Blain was on a seismic testing mission when it crashed in Delores county in rolling hill country.

The helicopter coordinates with a ground crew to position seismic sensors looking for oil and gas deposits

The Bell UH-1H Iroquois belonged to Billings Flying Service.

The pilot died in the crash, and debris hit and injured a person on the ground. There was no fire, but the helicopter is a total loss.

The crash is under investigation by the Dolores County Sheriff’s office, the BLM, the FAA and the NTSB.

The preliminary data states that during a lift operation, N775AR BELL UH-1H ROTORCRAFT went on its side and crashed. The one person on board was fatally injured near Dove Creek Colorado.

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Pilot Killed as Small Plane Crashed Near Big Bear Lake

A small plane went down in the Grout Bay campground located along the Big Bear Lake, California, before 11 a.m. on October 20.

The accident happened after the aircraft took off from Big Bear City Airport.

The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed at the spot. His identity has not yet been disclosed.

According to the FAA records, the experimental, fixed-wing, single-engine Sonnex aircraft was registered to Steve M. Morris of Bayside, Humboldt County.

The FAA, the NTSB and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department are looking into the cause of crash.

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