On Feb 17, 2013 at 16:30, a Zenair which took off from Montemelino crashed in Castelvieto, Corciano Italy. Simone Masci and his companion Monica were aboard, and died in the crash less than a minute after taking off, on fire.
The police did not find witnesses to the crash. Currently investigators say the cause could be anything from mechanical failure to the illness of the pilot to wind shear.
Angela Maria Avila is investigating.
A small plane crashed in a field in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, on May 30th.
Authorities said the light aircraft went down near Shaw Lane, Shifnal.
There were two people aboard, including the pilot and a passenger; both of them were killed in the crash.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is investigating.
What: Royal Saudi Air Force Eurocopter AS532M Cougar en route to Hawtah Bani Tamim
Where: 22 miles south of Riyadh
When: Jan 7 2011
Who: 4 passengers, 4 fatalities
Why: While en route to pick up a patient in Hawtah Bani Tamim, the medical evacuation helicopter crashed.
Fatalities included pilot Capt. Khaled Al-Dakhil,First Lt. Mandeel Al-Subaihi, Egyptian doctor Amjad Al-Iraqi and the Filipino nurse
A two-seater 1946 Aeronca Champ aircraft crashed at the Cambridge Municipal Airport in Minnesota, on April 11.
According to Trooper Tim Cunningham of the State Highway Patrol’s Cambridge post, “He [the pilot] landed the plane and just began taxiing… A gust of wind came and lifted the plane back into the air. He attempted to correct the plane using more power. The plane then overturned.”
The pilot, identified as Daniel Johnston, 65, remained unharmed.
Authorities said the aircraft ended up in an upside down position in a ditch near the runway.
The incident is under investigation.
On Feb 21, 2013, a Fuerza Aérea Mexicana Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter with two aboard en route from Santa Lucía AFB was over Santa Lucía AFB, Estado de México on a training exercise when it crashed.
Two people were reported injured, who were taken to nearby hospitals.
The two aboard were later reported as fatalities.
The pilot and thirteen passengers of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan took off on Monday from Loreto to Ciudad Constitución Airport but lost contact with air traffic control after takeoff, and subsequently all died in a crash in the Sierra de La Giganta mountains. Their deaths were confirmed when the wreckage was located on October 16.
The Aereo Service Guerrero Cessna Grand Caravan had a license plate XA-TXM.
Passenger list
Eleazar Inzunza,
Esther Cota,
Evelia López López,
Israel Merino Parra,
Reyes Moreno Gastelum,
Joan Efrain Moreno Medrano,
Arturo Pérez Inzunza,
Alejandro Rosas,
Andrea Rosas,
Marco Rosas,
Ramona González Armenta,
Rosy Ornelas,
Carmen Rojas López,
Jesús Antonio Cárdenas Torre,
José Manuel Duarte
On March 19, 2013, an Aeroclub de Muchamiel Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior en route from Spain’s MUTXAMEL airport had three people aboard when it suffered some kind of mechanical problem, possibly engine failure.
A fourteen year old girl, Belen, along with her father, Jose Antonio Perez, and uncle Ricardo died in the crash at 12: 37.
The uncle was the pilot and flight instructor.
The plane crashed in Paraeta Espí, in an olive grove 500 meters from the town called Ibi. On impact, the cabin broke in two, and left a debris field with a hundred yard radius.
Local residents reported the crash to authorities. The Guardia Civil (local police) arrived on the scene. The bodies were removed by four in the afternoon and taken to the Forensic Anatomical Institute of Alicante for autopsies.
Eyewitnesses say the plane had been circling and flying very low as if looking for somewhere to land, and the pilot dodged cottages when it came down.
