| Date | Aircraft Type | Narrative | Casualties | Remarks |
| Airline and Corporate |
11 August
Sydney NS(en route from Perth WA) | 737-476 of QANTAS VH-TJE Report is at tinyurl.com/2w2o7e | 2:40 into the flight the master caution and low fuel pressure lights illuminated for both engines. Center tank fuel switches were selected on (had been overlooked) | Nil | Captain demoted. 100 kilograms fuel in feed tanks meant aircraft was moments from a double flameout without any subsequent APU/engine relight option. |
10 September 1130L
Amritsar India | 757 of Turkmenistan Airlines | Taxied into an airliner terminal building, hitting it with its starboard wing (while being marshaled out) | Nil/~200 pax | Birmingham UK bound flight cancelled. Amritsar is near the Pakistan border in India’s Punjab state |
12 September 0313L
Washington Dulles | Learjet 35 Reg: N66NJ | ATC cleared aircraft to take off from a closed unlit runway. The closure was advertised on the automated terminal information service (ATIS). The second controller assigned to the shift was on a break. | Nil | Departure controller at Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control -- located in Warrenton, VA -- noticed the radar target depart runway 19R and asked the tower controller if the runway was open, and was told “no.” |
28 September 1312L
Teterboro N.J. | Mystere Falcon 900 Reg: N90TH | Despite a wingwalker, port wingtip was ripped off by a construction steamroller | Nil | Image at: tinyurl.com/yswake
Report is at tinyurl.com/2anpkp |
29 September 1432Z
Honolulu, Hawaii | 737-210C of Aloha Reg: N834AL | On departure 737 blew a main gear tire, but then landed without incident | Nil | No further damage |
30 September day
Kazakhstan | Yak 40 | Oil company fixed wing acft carrying 20 onboard crashed in a remote area of Kazakhstan. Survivors were sighted near the wreckage but helos were unavailable | 7 dead | 4 walking wounded + 6 seriously injured +2 critical but stable extricated by land party days later (British/Russian/Polish oil-workers). Allegedly a low-level bird strike. |
31 September day
Abuja Lagos | 727-200 of ChangChangi Airline | Forced to abort a Lagos bound flight after discovering that the cargo hold door had been left open as the aircraft was taxiing for take-off | 108 disaffected pax | 108 passengers then refused to rejoin the airplane |
2 October day
Jakarta Indonesia | 737 of Lion Air Reg: PK-LFJ | On take off run the aircraft suffered tail strike. The pilots immediately aborted the takeoff and returned to the gate. | Nil | Aft underbelly was damaged. Incorrect loading may have contributed to the incident. |
2 October noon
Gau Island Fiji | Embraer EMB 110P2 Bandeirante | Air Fiji aircraft skidded sideways off the slippery airstrip when it landed….. | Nil/12 onboard | Brushing a fence with its wingtip. |
2 October 1230L
Lagos Nigeria | 747 freighter of Atlas | 747 Inbound from Dubai narrowly missed crashing into the presidential lounge and the newly commissioned MMA terminal building at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA) Lagos…. the aircraft had descended to within 16 feet (5 meters) of the terminal building….. | Nil | …causing panic and apprehension at the airport and resulting in workers and passers-by scampering for safety. Pilot was very poorly (mis)aligned with the 18R ILS localizer and went around low and off centerline. |
3 October 0300Z
Los Angeles California | A320 of Mexicana
Flt: 910
Reg: XA-UDU | Aircraft was struck on the right wing by a dock loader while parked at the gate | Nil | Minor damage |
3 October morning
Timaru, New Zealand | Jetstream 32 of Air National | Scheduled to land at Oamaru but was diverted to Timaru after the pilot reported an engine fire. | Nil/20 onboard | No further details. Previous Air National JS32 eng fire incident was at Auckland on 24 September. |
4 October 1100L
Dusseldorf Germany | A330-300 of LTU Reg: D-AERK Flt: LT230 | Aircraft lost a section from its left hand engine after takeoff from DUS. It fell in a suburban street and was recovered. Came from an A Check. Uneventful flight until 10 minutes into initial climb. No 1. engine cowling tore loose and both sections were torn off. Aircraft now AOG for 3 weeks minimum with wing-rib damage. | Nil/9 crew + 114 pax | Dusseldorf to Thessalonica Greece. Imagery at tinyurl.com/3xduq9 (thrust reverser blocker door?). See 8 October event. Both parts hit the aircraft. Damage: Dents in leading edge slats, punctured fuel wing tank with leaking fuel, ruptured/holes in the fuselage. |
| 4 October ~1030L Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo | AN26 of Malift Air Reg: 9Q-COS (airline also known as Africa 1) & acft owned by El Sam Airlift | Soon after take off from Kinshasa´s international airport, the Antonov’s right engine shed its prop. The An-26 then quickly lost height and crashed into a residential neighborhood. Burning fuel set ablaze a number of small houses in the local shantytown. All on board together with about 15 people on the ground are reported dead. | 20 pax + 3 crew (+ 15 on the ground) dead | At the time the aircraft was operating a mixed cargo-passenger flight. Nearly 300 people in a shantytown market outside Kinshasa, Zaire, were killed on 8 January 1996 when the captain of an Antonov An-32B made a late decision to abort the take-off, and the aircraft overran the runway and ploughed through the crowds on market day. Transport minister, Remy Henry Kuseyo, was sacked after the accident. |
4 October 1844L
Lake Terkos, Istanbul, Turkey | Canadair CL-215
Reg: I-SRME | The fire fighting aircraft was on a training and surveillance flight north of Istanbul. During landing on Lake Terkos (50 kilometers northwest of Istanbul), the pilot impacted water violently resulting in a loss of control. | 3 injured | The aircraft broke into three parts and sank in shallow water. Owned by Sorem Ltd. According to eyewitness reports, an engine caught fire before it crashed. |
4 October 1100L
Dusseldorf Germany | A330-300 of LTU | A few moments after departure, a large section of the aircraft’s engine cowling (thrust reverser blocker door) separated and fell to the ground … | Nil | ... fortunately without causing any injuries or property damage. A330 returned to land safely. Headed Thessaloniki Greece |
4 October 1300L
Las Vegas
(McCarran International Airport) | Citation 750 and a Learjet 60 | The two planes were with Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center when separation reduced to 2.6 miles at 28,000ft. …and the aircraft had to respond to a TCAS warning. | Nil | NATCA claims that the situation is “an unfortunate example of what happens in an overstressed, overworked, understaffed situation, which happens routinely.” |
4 October 1958L
Kansai Intl. A/P
Osaka | 737-800 of Japan Airlines Flt: 173 | Aircraft had a tail-strike on landing and was taken out of service. Flight departed from Haneda Airport at 7:01 a.m | Nil | Minor damage |
5 October 1745L
Osaka, Japan | A320 of ANA Flt: ANA448 | Arriving from Matsuyama, pilot misheard ATC instructions, and landed on the wrong runway, just as a Japan Airlines Corp (JAL) plane was preparing to roll on the same runway for takeoff… | Nil/142 onboard | …forcing the other plane to abort its take-off to avoid a collision. Itami Airport, Osaka. In a similar incident last month at Itami, a JAL plane crossed a runway without permission from the controller. |
5 October afternoon
Kyushu Japan | 737-800 of China Airlines
Reg: B-16805 | After a very long take off run from runway 20 (length: 2.000 meters) at SAGA Airport, the aircraft failed to get airborne within available runway length and lifted off a few meters beyond the threshold, knocking down one runway light. (Ferry flight after inspections on this aircraft had discovered a 77 cm-long crack in the fuselage on 21 September). | Nil | Toyama International (SAMA/RJNT). The 737 safely returned to land at Toyama. According to early investigations, the pilots complained about faulty airspeed indicators. Light weight/rapid acceleration likely resulted in an autothrust lockout at 84 knots before scheduled N1 thrust was set (and pilots failed to notice) |
5 October 1500Z
Hartford Connecticut | SR22 Cirrus
Reg: N5205X | Hit the prop of N15CX (an SR22) with its left wing while taxiing and then struck 3 other parked aircraft | Nil/1crew +1 pax onboard | Substantial carnage (including a broken wing-spar). The four aircraft struck were unoccupied. |
5 October 0617Z
Alamosa Colorado | Beech C90A
Reg: N590GM of Eagle Air Med Inc. | Air ambulance King Air crashed under unknown circumstances, wreck being located 32 miles from Alamosa (near 11,677-foot high Charleys Peak) | 3 dead/3 onboard | Destroyed; plane owned by Scenic Aviation of Blanding, Utah took off from Chinle, Arizona |
7 October day
New Delhi. India | 737 of Jet Airways Flt 9W2306 | Jet Airways pilot blamed for near collision with Air India Flt IC-802 from Chennai which was about to land at Indira Ghandi | Nil | Jet Airways pilot “had delayed his departure by backtracking on the runway (in order to use full length) without prior controller permission.” |
7 October 1654Z
Denver, Colorado | Super King Air 200 | Diverted to Denver Centennial Airport (APA) due to a cracked co-pilot windshield | Nil | Unknown damage |
7 October ~2353L
Kiev-Borispol Intl. | 737-800 of El Al Flt: LY652 | Whilst taxiing out for departure, an engine failed | Nil | Returned to the gate. From Kiev to Tel Aviv |
7 October night
Bergen Norway | Two 737’s of Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) | Both aircraft were headed to Oslo and sustained damage when a minor collision occurred on the ground. | Nil/240 onboard both | One aircraft sustained damage to its horizontal stabilizer when being pushed rearwards from the gate |
7 October 2232Z
Houston Texas | Turbo Commander 690 | Advised the Tower of a nose wheel problem on approach. Nose wheel then collapsed on landing runway 30R | Nil/1 onboard | Minor damage |
7 October ~2140L
Venezuela | Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159 Gulfstream II | On approach to Santo Domingo, the Gulfstream jet (XB-KKU) contacted a tree and crashed. | 2 dead/2 onboard | 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) from Santo Domingo Airport (STD) [tinyurl.com/39688v]. Departed Bonaire-Flamingo International Airport Netherlands Antilles |
7 October 2030Z
King Salmon Alaska | DHC-2 Mk1 Beaver
Reg: N24BR | Crashed on landing 50 miles from King Salmon Alaska | 1 minor injury / 3 onboard | Substantial damage |
7 October morning
Damascus Syria | Navajo – Government land survey aircraft | Came down on open ground in Muadamiet al-Sham district, 7 kilometers (4 miles) west of the Syrian capital. | 3 dead/ 3 onboard | National Topography Institute aircraft was being flown by a military crew. Wreckage was taken to the Mezzeh military airport |
7 October 1654Z
Denver Colorado | Beech 200
Reg: N277GE | Super KingAir diverted to Denver’s Centennial Airport due to a cracked copilot’s windshield. | Nil | Saratoga [Shively Field Airport], WY (SAA) to Kickapoo Downtown Airport (Wichita Falls, TX) [KCWC/CWC] |
7 October 2240Z
U.S. Virgin Islands | Beech Baron BE55
Reg: N100UC | Crashed into water under unknown circumstances and remains submerged | 1 fatal/1 onboard | Between 3 and 7 miles from St Croix. Weather accident. |
7 October 1601Z
Ekalaka Montana | Cessna 310
Reg: N85WT | Aircraft crashed after reporting serious icing and engine problems | 2 dead/2 onboard | Wreck located 22 miles from Ekalaka |
8 October 1325L
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | MD80 of American Airlines
Flt: AA2236 | Flight returned after the pilot noticed that the tail compartment indicator showed the area was overheating | Nil/123 pax + 5 crews | Headed to Austin Texas |
8 October 0158Z
Fayetteville, Arkansas | CRJ200 of Pinnacle Airlines
Flt: FLG2997 | Aircraft reported two bird strikes while on approach to runway 34 at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA). | Nil | Examination revealed small dents, damage unknown |
8 October ~2200L
Nairobi Kenya | MD-11 of Lufthansa Cargo
Flt: LH8297 | Aircraft made a safe emergency landing at Nairobi after the pilots reported hydraulic troubles in the undercarriage. | Nil | From: Johannesburg To: Frankfurt Via:
Nairobi |
8 October afternoon
Jacksonville Florida | A330-300 of LTU | Made an emergency landing after the #2 engine failed en route | Nil/239 pax + 10 crew | Dusseldorf to Miami flight |
8 October
Ft. Myers Florida | A320 of JetBlue
Flight: 139 | Carried out an emergency landing at RSW (Ft. Myers) after receiving a warning light | Nil | SW Florida International Airport |
8 October 0158Z
Fayetteville Arizona | CRJ-200 of Pinnacle Airlines | Reported two bird strikes while on approach to runway 34 at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport | Nil | Operated for NW Airlink. Unknown damage but numerous small dents. |
8 October
Nairobi Kenya | 747-400(?) of Lufthansa Cargo | Cargo aircraft diverted in following an hydraulic failure en route….. | Nil | …from South Africa to Germany (Frankfurt) |
8 October ~1830L
Ottawa Canada | A321 of Air Canada
Flt: AC463 | Two geese hit the windshield around 6:30 p.m., while the third bird was sucked into the plane's right hand engine. Strike took place about 3.2 kilometers from the airport | Nil | Airport employs three full-time bird and wildlife patrol specialists to patrol about 470 hectares within the airport perimeter. Flight returned to land. |
8 October 0325Z
White Pass Washington | Cessna 208B of Skydive Snohomish & Kapowsin Air Sports | N430A crashed in the Cascade Mountains 45 miles west of Yakima while transporting a parachute jumping team - about a half hour after taking off from Boise, Idaho | 10 dead/10 onboard | Strong wind-shear and possible icing at the time. Tail section hasn’t yet been located in the vicinity (i.e. possible overstress following a control loss) |
8 October afternoon
Jacksonville Florida | A330-300 of LTU | Made an emergency landing after the #2 engine failed en route | Nil/239 pax + 10 crew | Dusseldorf to Miami |
9 October ~1040L
Vienna Austria | A321 of Austrian Airlines
Flt: OS801 | Airbus was forced to return to Vienna after it suffered bird strike into an engine soon after take off. | Nil | From: Vienna To: Athens
Minor damage |
9 October 2034L
Chicago (O’Hare) | A320-232 of United Reg: N431UA Flt: UA628 | After an extremely hard touchdown on runway 22R, the pilots momentarily lost directional control and veered off the side of the runway for a distance before being able to steer the A320 back onto the runway. | 3 injured/127 onboard | The landing run was safely completed. The aircraft then taxied to the gate under its own power. Two passengers and one stewardess sustained minor injuries. All main gear tires burst and unknown damage occurred to the engines. |
9 October afternoon
Glasgow UK | A320 of BMI | Aircraft was struck by a tug while parked on the Glasgow tarmac | Nil | Engine cowling suffered severe denting |
9 October day
Mosul Iraq | 727 of DHL | Cargo aircraft was rocked by a nearby incoming mortar round that landed within 60 meters of the right wing. | Nil | An earlier 727 incident (Basrah in July) sustained minor damage, but onboard crew was unhurt. |
9 October ~1700L
Palm Springs | 737 of American Airlines | Firefighters were called out for a smoke in the cabin emergency | Nil | Later declared to have been a “false alarm” |
10 October day
Grand Caymans | 767-300 of American | Diverted into Grand Cayman because of passengers fighting aboard | Nil | Miami to Sao Paulo (Guarulhos) |
10 October 2220Z
Erie Pennsylvania | Citation 550
Reg: N26494 | Aircraft reported a bird strike causing damage to the radome, landed without incident | Nil/1 | Minor damage |
10 October 0825Z
Terre Haute Indiana | Cessna 550 Citation
Reg: N1252D | On landing roll, the aircraft struck a bird causing damage to the radome | Nil | Minor damage |
10 October night
Oklahoma City | CRJ of NWA | Will Rogers World Airport for Detroit aircraft had to make an abrupt turnaround on Wednesday night because of smoke in the cockpit. | Nil | Headed Detroit Michigan |
11 October 0630Z
Seattle Washington | 757 of Delta
Reg: N652DL | While being pushed back from the gate to an overnight parking area, aircraft hit another tug cart … | Nil | …and sustained unknown damage to the number one engine cowling |
11 October 1940L
Memphis Tennessee | Cessna 525
Reg: N241EP | Mistakenly took off on taxiway M vice runway 36L. ATC made two transmissions to advise that the crew that they were departing on a taxiway. The crew of N241EP acknowledged the advisory just after lifting off. | Nil | Holding on taxiway M at taxiway M6 was Pinnacle Airlines (FLG) flight 5905, a CRJ2. The initial report from the Federal Aviation Administration stated that N241EP overflew FLG5905 by 400 to 500 feet. |
11 October 0835L
Tampa Florida | Beech 1900D of Continental
Flt: 9253 | Returned to TIA airport soon after takeoff with smoke in the cockpit | Nil/16 onboard | Replaced by another 1900D |
11 October night
Humberside UK | 757 of Thomsonfly | Escape slide was deployed after landing, allegedly by a passenger | Nil | Arriving from Palma de Majorca, Majorca |
11 October 0953L
Bournemouth UK | 737 of Thomsonfly
Flt: TOM2183 | Door was opened after taxiing back to the ramp due thick fog and the slide deployed, knocking a Servisair baggage-handler off the steps. Injured man was taken to Bournemouth Royal Infirmary. 737-500/300/800 aircraft doors are manually armed (and disarmed) by placing the girt bar in the floor retaining clips when doors are closed: | 1 injured | Slides are manually disarmed when seatbelt signs are switched off on shutdown. TOM aircraft also have a red strap placed across the door viewport (visible from outside) whenever a door is armed. TOM procedures are for all passenger doors to be opened from inside the aircraft only, following a knock on the door from the agent indicating that the steps are safely in position. |
11 October night
Istanbul Turkey | MD83 of AMC Airlines
Reg: SU-BOY
Flt: AMV4270 | Egyptian plane caught fire while belly landing on runway 18 after gear failure and overshooting the runway at Ataturk International Airport. | 1 injured/156 pax + 7crew | Returning vacationers to Poland from Hurghada and was bound for Warsaw’s Frederic Chopin Airport. Likely to be a total write-off. Image: tinyurl.com/3aa5to |
11 October 2350L
Singapore | 777-200 of Singapore Airlines | A 27 year old Palestinian stowaway survived a 35 minute flight from Kuala Lumpur in the nose wheel well of flight SQ119 | 1 stowaway survivor | Fell 8 feet from nose to ground as aircraft stopped at its gate at 1230 a.m. Friday. He is now charged with illegal entry. |
11 October afternoon
Pensacola Regional Airport | 717-200 of Airtran
Flight: 434 | Landed safely after the pilot declared an emergency because of smoke in the galley. | Nil/116 onboard | Flying to Pensacola from Atlanta. Crewman pulled CB for coffeemaker and smoke cleared. |
11 October day
Cubarral Colombia | Let410UVP of Nacional de Aviacion | Wreckage of aircraft HK4055 that crashed 8 October was found in the Cerra Bravo Mountains at an elevation of 3600 meters after a three day search and all remains were recovered. | 18 dead/3 crew +15 pax | Departed Villavicencio (VVC) at 15:19, 8 October, on a flight to Uribe where it was scheduled to arrive at 15:50. Airplane never arrived and was declared missing. |
11 October 1030L
Albany N.Y. | 757 of United
Flt: UA791 | Left Bradley at 2130L and made an unscheduled landing in Albany because of a potential engine problem. | Nil/189 onboard | Connecticut to Chicago flight shut down the engine and diverted |
12 October 2158L
Azerbaijan | MI-8T of Azal Airlines
Reg: 25152 | Crashed into the Caspian Sea soon after departure from an offshore oil platform operated by State oil Company Socar | 6 dead/4 crew + 2 pax | Chartered helo evacuating a sick worker from the Hazar floating drilling rig in the offshore field of Western Apsheron |
12 October 1928Z
Denver, Colorado | CL600-2C10 of Skywest Aviation Flt:4021 | N368CA, a Bombardier aircraft, on departure, struck a flock of birds; one engine was damaged. | Nil | Aircraft returned and landed without incident, Denver, Colorado |
13 October day
Reno Tahoe | CRJ-700ER of Horizon Air | Plane was forced to divert and land at Reno-Tahoe International Airport after the cockpit filled with smoke. | Nil/75 onboard | flying from Spokane, Washington, to Los Angeles |
13 October day
Bogota Colombia
El Dorado International Airport | Beech 200 of Rio Sur Inc.
Reg: HK4422 | KingAir crashed minutes after take off from SKBO with suspected failure of number two engine. Medevac flight with a doctor, paramedic and a nurse, was enroute to Leticia, Vasquez Cobo [SKLT] | 4 onboard dead | …to pick up a patient. Crashed into a three story house killing two occupants of house and then hitting side wall of
a warehouse, falling into empty lot and burning to ashes. |
13 October 0000
Cumberland, Maryland | Aero Commander 560F
Reg: N637OU | Crashed into a barn in a wooded area shortly after departure Cumberland | 4 dead/4 onboard | Wreckage located 4 miles from the airport, Cumberland, Maryland |
14 October 1415Z
Chattanooga Tennessee | MD83 of Allegiant Air | N892GA was hit and damaged by a belt-loader while parked | Nil/150 pax | Flight delayed 4 hours as aircraft had to be replaced |
14 October morning
Las Palmas Spain | 757 of First Choice
Reg: G-OOBC | Over-enthusiastic firemen hit the post-shutdown smoky engine with a fire extinguisher without consulting the pilots | Nil | Normal for eng to smoke after shut-down. C130 charter was needed to bring in a replacement eng for FCA 7623. |
15 October evening
London City Airport | Bae146 of Atlantic Airways
Reg: OY-RCB | Airport closed by an aircraft blowing two tires on landing. No further details. | Nil | Apparently the same aircraft did the same trick the evening before at LCY. |
15 October morning
New Delhi, India | 777 of Jet Airways
Flt: 9W225 | Aircraft was damaged after being hit by a bird prior to touchdown at Indira Ghandi | Nil | Brussels to New Delhi. 536 cases of bird strike across India between January 2004 and December 2006 |
15 October 0910L
Nagpur India | 737 of Jet Airways
Flt: 9W112 | Returned Babaseshib Ambedkar International Airport 15 minutes after takeoff, having struck two kites (birds) | Nil/>130 pax | Carrying Indian and Australian national cricket teams. Aircraft sustained internal blade damage to right hand engine (5 blades). |
15 October 2343Z
Las Vegas Nevada | 737 of SWA
Flt: SWA2789 | While parked at the gate, N450WN was struck by a baggage cart | Nil | Minor damage |
16 October 1435Z
Boston Massachusetts | MD88 of Delta Reg: N926DL Flt: DL669 | Pilot reported a flight attendant sustained a serious injury to the hand, returned and landed without incident | 1 serious injury | 20 miles from Boston Massachusetts |
16 October morning
Jaipur India | 737-800 of Spicejet | Evidence of bird strikes on takeoff found after aircraft landed at Mumbai | Nil | Also departed from Sanganer Airport (see Jet Airways incident next below) |
16 October 0755L
Jaipur India | 737 of Jet Airways
Flt: JW340 | Declared emergency after taking bird-hits on a wing and returning to Sanganer Airport | Nil/85 pax +8 crew | Departing for Udaipur. In the last three years, Mumbai and Delhi have logged over 170 cases of aircraft-birds collision |
16 Oct 2220L
Heathrow UK | 747-400 of BA
A340-300 of Sri Lankan
Reg: 4R-ADC | Flt UL502’s wingtip collided with Flt BA011, a stationary 747 (G-BNLL) at the link 23 holding point for runway 27R | Nil | See imagery at tinyurl.com/3a7qcn
BA 747 lost its winglet. ATIS warns that wing separation isn’t guaranteed at LHR |
16 October 1435Z
Boston, Massachusetts | MD88 of Delta
Flt: DL669 | 20 miles out on climb, a flight attendant sustained a serious injury to her hand. | 1 injured | N926DL returned and landed without incident and F/A was hospitalized. |
16 October 1045L
Chicago (O’Hare) | CRJ200 of Air Shuttle
Flt: ASH7229 | Made an emergency landing on runway 32L after damaging tires on takeoff ex Columbia, South Carolina | Nil/52 onboard | Right main gear tire initially thought to have fallen off. Right hand flap was damaged. |
17 October 1619Z
Goodland, Kansas | Learjet 35
Reg: N31MC | Aircraft on landing, left wing sustained damage | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
17 October 0030L
Alice Springs NT | Shrike Commander of GAM | Aircraft burnt out after landing with an engine fire. Bank charter flight | Nil | Starboard engine dropped onto tarmac despite fire-crew’s best efforts (write-off) |
17 October
Guadalcanal Spain | BN2A-21 Islander of Auxiliar de Activades Aerea | En route Reg: G-CHES crashed in a mountainous area 5 kilometerss from Guadalcanal on departure | 1 dead/2 crew onboard | Two Lycoming IO-540-K1B5 engines |
17 October ~21:00
Phnom Penh-International Airport Cambodia (Pochentong International) | AN-12BP of Imtrec Aviation
Reg: XU-365 | Shortly after take off in darkness, the aircraft lost height and made a landing in a flooded rice field near the airport. An engine failure is thought to have caused the accident. | 1 injured/5 onboard | Freighter crashed 25 kilometers west of Pochentong Airport. The An-12s cargo consisted mostly of clothing. From: Phnom Penh To: Singapore. Image at tinyurl.com/332fus |
18 October ~1100L
Anchorage Alaska | 747 of Air China
747 of Eva Air | Air China flight 1066 landed without clearance while EVA Air flight 697 was still on the runway after landing | Nil | Air China cargo flight was on the wrong frequency. AMASS radar failed to provide a warning to ATC |
18 October 0048Z
Portland Oregon | DHC8-402 of Horizon Air
Flt: 495 | On landing the aircraft struck a large bird | Nil | Extent of damage to Reg: N421QX yet to be determined |
18 October
Stansted UK | DO328 jet of Scot Airways | Diverted into Stansted en route with a technical problem | Nil | Headed London City Airport |
18 October 1950Z
Boston Massachusetts | G200 Galaxy Jet
Reg: N716QS | During taxiing the aircraft’s wing struck the nosecone of N364QS, a 2006 Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign | Nil | Minor damage to both |
18 October 1825L
Exeter UK | Dash8-Q400 of FlyBE
Flt: 1534 | Some pax panicked after the gear was extended with port inner tire clearly burst | Nil/56 pax + 4 crew | Tire burst on takeoff. Image at tinyurl.com/38o7p6 |
18 October evening
Birmingham UK | EMB145 of FlyBE | Returned shortly after departure with fumes in the cockpit | Nil | Birmingham to Milan (Malpensa) |
18 October 1950Z
Boston Massachusetts | G200 Galaxy Jet Reg: N716QS | During taxiing aircraft struck the nose cone of N364QS, Boston Massachusetts | Nil | Minor damage |
18 October 0048Z
Portland, Oregon | Bombardier DHC8-402 of Horizon Air Reg: N421QX | Aircraft, while landing, struck a large bird, no injuries reported. | Nil | Damage to be determined |
19 October 1615L
Mumbai India | Gulfstream G200 | Aircraft aborted and started a u-turn to backtrack on the runway after ATC had… | Nil | ...cleared Jet Airways 9W-352 to land (in anticipation of the G200’s takeoff) |
19 October ~1613L
Richmond BC | PA34 Piper Seneca | Crashed into the 9th floor of a building after takeoff (82 year old WW2 pilot) after departing Vancouver International Airport | 1 dead/2 injured | En route to Pitt Meadows Fraser Valley. No fire started?? Image is at tinyurl.com/37bbsd |
19 October night
Tampa Florida | 737 of SWA
Flt: SWA508 | Pilot declared an emergency for smoke in the cockpit after takeoff and landed back | Nil/69 pax + 5 crew | Tampa to Ft Lauderdale Florida |
20 October ~1807L
Kansai Airport Osaka Japan | 767 of Air Canada
767 of JAL | Air Canada 767-300 lined up without clearance on a runway assigned to JAL2576 arriving from Okinawa | Nil/216 (AC) + 243 (JAL) | Japan has now responded to incident by assigning “safety measure officers” to all foreign airlines operating into Japan. |
21 October 0636L
more than 200 miles west of the designated site on the steppes of Kazakhstan | Soyuz Spacecraft (returning from the International Space Station) | A technical glitch sent the spacecraft on a wild ride home Sunday, forcing Malaysia's first space traveler and two Russian cosmonauts to endure eight times the force of gravity….before their capsule landed safely. | Nil/3 onboard | A similar problem occurred in May 2003. Assessed by Russian scientists as a computer software glitch. Soyuz descended through the atmosphere at a steeper angle than usual, landing 200 miles off-target. |
21 October 0354L
Newark, New Jersey | 757-200 of Continental
Flt: COA23 | Burned off fuel over Bergen County New Jersey before returning Newark Liberty … | Nil | …with a #1 engine failure – overtemp (bound for Houston – Bush Intercontinental) |
21 October 0107Z
Fargo, North Dakota | A320 of NWA
Flt: NWA1432 | On landing at Hector Intl Airport with nose-gear offset 90 degrees, it caught fire and the aircraft slid to a stop on the runway. | Nil/134 pax + 5 crew | Extent of damage yet to be determined. Flight was arriving from Minneapolis Minnesota |
21 October 1545Z
Chicago, Midway Airport Illinois | CRJ-200ER of Delta Connection
Flt: ACQ4718 | On departure aircraft experienced a cabin pressure problem and returned to Midway Airport | Nil/63 pax | Forward baggage compartment door had opened allowing two bags to fall out (one garment bag later recovered) |
21 October 1035L
Edinburgh UK | 737 of CentralWings
Flt: CO290 | A security officer spotted a hole the size of a football torn in the fuselage near the wings as the flight prepared to take-off for Gdansk, Poland. | Nil/137 pax | Jet was damaged earlier when a tow truck pulling it away from the terminal building backed the plane against an airfield blast barrier. |
21 October ~0530Z
Heathrow UK | A320 of British Airways BAW395 | Declared a mayday to London CTL and performed an emergency descent. ATC cleared him to descent FL230 initially | Nil | Diverted to Brussels with a windscreen problem. |
21 October 1104L
Seattle Washington | DHC-8-402 of Horizon Air | Flt QXE486 declared an emergency and headed back to Seattle | Nil | Seattle-Tacoma to Bellingham (KBLI). It had prop de-icer issues |
22 October
Mount Clemens Michigan | SF340 of Mesaba
Flt: 3055 | Made an emergency landing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base with a cargo fire alarm. London, Ontario to Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mi | Nil/23 pax + 3 crew onboard | No further details. Selfridge is about 30 miles northeast of Detroit in Macomb County's Harrison Township. |
22 October ~2200L
New Delhi India | 737-800 of SpiceJet | A 25 year old woman engineer of Air Deccan was found crushed to death on a taxiway (reported by the taxiing SpiceJet) | 1 dead | Her head had been crushed by a vehicle (truck or aircraft?). She was wearing a high-visibility jacket. |
22 October 0206L
Houston Texas | A320 of United
Flt: UAL823 | Diverted in showing “excess cabin altitude on upper ECAM” … | Nil | … from Dulles to Juarez Mexico. All crew oxygen bottles had been used. Mechanics from Denver to repair |
22 October day
Tel Aviv Israel | 737 of Air Astana | The KAZAKH plane on route to Tel Aviv from Astana was forced to land at Larnaca Airport, Cyprus, because the Israeli authorities thought the captain was drunk. Israeli fighter jets were scrambled to escort the passenger plane from Kazakhstan, after its pilots failed to identify themselves to the control tower at Ben-Gurion Airport. | Nil/98 pax onboard | It was later established that the pilot could simply not speak English properly and sounded as if he was slurring his words. The aircraft eventually landed at Larnaca Airport, where the pilots were questioned for four hours. The plane was later allowed to depart and land in Israel. |
23 October ~2100Z
Alicante Spain | 757-204 of Thomsonfly
Flt: TOM022M | Engine failure for G-BYAH on departure followed by an emergency return to ALC | Nil | Relief aircraft sent to ALC. Flying back to Cardiff Intl Airport Wales. |
23 October day
Cyprus | A320 of Cyprus Airways | Majority of passengers, including VIP’s in a French government delegation, refused to fly after the aircraft’s air-conditioning gave up | Pax mutiny by 30 pax | Citing fears over what had happened to the doomed Helios flight (pressurization error). Had been headed for Eleftherios Venizelos Airport Athens |
23 October ~0630L
Evansville Indiana | 727-200F freighter of Capital Cargo Intl
Reg: PT-728 | En route to Guadeloupe de Saltillo, made an emergency landing because it was suspected that a hazardous chemical spill had occurred | Nil/5 on board | Carrying a 40L container of a concentrated acid. En route from Toledo Ohio to Mexico. Resumed flight 3hrs later. |
23 October 1630L
New Delhi India | 747-300 of Air India Flt: AI-308 | Quote: “pilot realized that his landing gear had failed to deploy. The pilot immediately pulled up seconds before touch down” | Nil | . “The plane circled the airport till his landing gear finally started working and landed safely”. Inadvertent gear-up approach? |
24 October ~1900L
Faisalabad Pakistan | A310-300 of PIA
Flt: PK305 | Left Lahore for Karachi at 1800L and 10 minutes later it was advised it had a bomb aboard | Nil/204 pax onboard | Diverted into Faisalabad |
24 October 2000Z
Chicago Illinois | 767 of United
Flt: UA950 | Flt 950 brushed wings with UA909, a 767 in a non-movement area at O’Hare Airport, Chicago | Nil/148 +256 on board | Minor damage to both aircraft UA950 for Dulles and UA909 headed Denver. Aircraft pushed back from adjacent gates. |
25 October ~1400L
Gemena, DRC of the Congo | DC9-30 of Bravo Air Congo
Flt: K6-351 | Aircraft, “during a failed takeoff” struck and killed a soldier who was alongside (and guarding) the strip. Replay of an 8 February incident for Bravo at Bukavu runway 35 (civilian struck and killed on runway) | 1 dead | Kinshasa-Mbandaka-Gemena-Kinshasa. DC9 got airborne but then re-landed later. Directional Control problem? |
25 October ~1700L
Pucallpa Peru | 737-200 of Aero Condor Peru | Flt Q6-276 safely aborted takeoff and stopped after all 4 main-gear tires burst | Nil | Pucallpa to Iquitos |
25 October 0915L
Lisbon Portugal | A310-300 of White Airways
Reg: WHT874 | Returned Lisbon within an hour of takeoff with a serious hydraulic failure | Nil/227pax + 7 crew | Portela Lisbon to Carthage Tunis |
26 October ~0645L
Butuan’s
Bancasi Airport, Philippines | A320-214 of PAL
Reg: RP-C3224
Flight: 475 | Arriving from Manila, overshot the 1966 meter runway 30 on landing, coming to rest heavily damaged in a tropical rainforest. Video is at: tinyurl.com/2657e7 | 34 inj/148 pax + 6 crew | Pilots received neck and nose injuries. Butuan is about 790 kilometers (490 miles) southeast of Manila. Airport was closed for over 24 hours. |
26 October 0845L
Omaha Nebraska | 757-200 of United
Flt: UA103 | Pilots returned after seeing the results of a small bird being swallowed by their port engine | Nil | Eppley Field Omaha to Denver Colorado |
26 October day
Frankfurt Germany | A320 and 737-330 of Lufthansa | D-AIBZ (A320) and D-ABXW (737) collided during pushback following maintenance. 737 rammed the A320 | Nil | Image at tinyurl.com/2u58bh |
26 October ~>noon
Bakersfield California | CRJ of US Airways Express | Aircraft diverted into Meadows Field following a hydraulic failure en route | Nil/54 on board | Headed San Luis Obispo |
26 October morning
Bogota Colombia | 757 of Avianca
Reg: N521NA | Slid off the runway during its takeoff roll at El Dorado Airport and buried its nose gear in the sandy flight strip alongside | Nil/70 pax + 6 crew | Headed Medellin. Passengers boarded a second 757 |
26 October morning
Bangkok Thailand | A340 of GulfAir
Flight GF280 | Flight headed Bahrain to Kuala Lumpur diverted into Thailand because crew oxygen contents had dropped to zero. | Nil/189 pax | Passengers included Bahrain’s football team en route to a KL match |
27 October midnight
Katowice Poland | 737-85P of Air Europa
Reg: EC-HBM | Descended below glide path in dark and foggy conditions and struck 27 approach lighting stanchions about 870 meters short of the threshold. Images: tinyurl.com/2f4zmc | Nil/111 pax + 11 crew | Arriving runway 27 from Beirut Lebanon. Extensive damage to left engine cowl, left wing slats and trailing edge. Transporting Polish soldiers from UNIFIL Lebanon |
27 October 1528Z
Atlantic City N.J. | Cessna 650
Reg: N697MC | Aircraft landed hard on runway 04/22, went around and then went off the long runway (13/31)’s end into the grass. | 1 hospitalized/2 pax + 2 crew | Substantial damage. NE Air & Sea Services corporate jet arriving from Farmingdale N.Y. |
27 October evening
North Caucasus | TU154 of ?? | Landed back 90 minutes later at its departure airport with engine failure (overheating) | | Headed from Mineralniye Vody Airport to Moscow |
27 October 1655L
Copenhagen Denmark | DHC-8-Q402 of SAS
Flt: SK2867
Reg: LN-RDI Image of stuck gear leg at tinyurl.com/34gzp7 | Suffered a right main gear collapse on landing roll at Kastrup Airport, causing unknown damage. Runway 04R remained closed for a long time. On approach the pilots were unable to extend the right gearleg. All Dash 8-Q400s have now been grounded with immediate effect by the Danish CAA. | Nil/40 pax + 4 crew onboard | Arriving from Bergen. Scandinavian Airlines announced it would now permanently discontinue operation of the Q400.
NOTE: This was the 3rd such occurrence for a Scandinavian DHC-8-Q400 after two similar cases happened at Aalborg and Vilnius in September. LN-RDI has accumulated 15,000 cycles |
27 October day
Cairns Queensland | Dash 8-300 of QantasLink’s Eastern Airlines | DHC8-315 was hit by a catering truck and wing was badly damaged – after driver attempted to pass under its wing | Nil | Dash 8 VH-SCE was sent to Cairns to resume the service |
28 October 1727Z
Lodi New York | PA-60 AeroStar
Reg: N717SB | Aircraft crashed into Lake Seneca in unknown circumstances – and sank | 1 missing | Destroyed |
28 October ~0200L
Keflavik Iceland | 737-800 of Jet-X
Reg: TF-JFX | Skidded off the runway while vacating after landing – and damaged its nosegear. Allegedly attributable to “black ice”. | Nil/188 pax | Pictures at tinyurl.com/2tobfo
Other aircraft diverted to Egilstadir due to snow and ice on the Keflavik runway |
28 October afternoon
Philadelphia Pennsylvania | 777-236(ER)’s of BA x two | BA66 (G-YMMC) got a flat tire on taxi-out and BA 69 (G-VIIW) on taxi-in (two tires) – delaying both onward flights | Nil | The same piece of jagged-edge sheet metal left on the ramp at gate A17. PHL allegedly has a reputation for bad FOD on ramp |
28 October night
Kosice, East Slovakia | 737NG of Sky Europe | Aircraft hit a lighting stanchion with its port wing on arrival due to leaving the runway via an incorrect taxiway. | Nil/84 pax onboard | Arriving from Bratislava, Slovakia. Happened while taxiing to the terminal |
28 October 1015L
Antigua St. John’s | DHC8-Q300 of LIAT
Flight L1316 | 10 y.o. girl got a big thank you from the company for pointing out a serious hydraulic leak to the cabin crew during taxi-out | Nil | Leeward Islands Air Transport acft was headed for Terrance B Lettsome A/P on the Island of Tortola |
28 October 2125L
Beijing China | 757-200 of Air China
Flt: CA174 | Aircraft about turned and landed after being struck by lightning soon after takeoff | Nil | Hole larger than 10 centimeters across was found in the radome. Flight was headed Kunming. |
29 October day
Hermosillo Mexico | MD83 of AeroMexico
Flt: AM499 | En route hydraulic pressure problem with landing gear en route caused the aircraft to divert into Hermosillo | One pax to hospital (panic attack) | Las Vegas (McCarran Field) to Monterrey Mexico |
29 October 2058Z
Costa Mesa California | Hawker 800 Reg: N800CC | Aircraft aborted takeoff due to a left main gear problem, and came to rest in the runway over-run area, Costa Mesa | Nil/2 crew +6 pax | Substantial damage |
| General Aviation & Helicopter |
30 September 2105Z
Laurel, Montana | Bellanca 7GCBC
Reg: N41695 | Left main gear sheared off while aircraft was doing touch and goes. | Nil/2 onboard | Substantial damage |
1 October 2308Z
Halifax County, Virginia | VANS RV-6
Reg: N6RP | Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances | 1 minor injury/1 onboard | Unknown damage |
2 October 1315Z
Big Water Utah | Robinson R-44 rotorcraft
Reg: N644BS | On takeoff from a houseboat, tipped over and went into the lake, Lake Powell, Kane County | 1 serious + 1 minor injury | Substantial damage |
2 October 1900Z
Green Valley, Arizona | Cessna 172
Reg: N6291D | Aircraft reported engine failure, declared an emergency and landed in a open area | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
3 October 1745Z
Nashville, Tennessee | PA28 Cherokee
Reg: N7715N | Aircraft reported engine failure and crashed into a wooded area | 1 unknown | 25 miles from Nashville, Tennessee |
3 October 1655Z
Oglethorpe, Georgia | Cessna 180 Skywagon
Reg: N9916 | Aircraft lost power and force landed in a field | Nil/1 | Unknown damage |
3 October 1705Z
Grande Forks North Dakota | PA28 Cherokee
Reg: N437ND | Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
3 October 1657Z
West Jordan Utah | PA28 Cherokee
Reg: N8549F | Aircraft caught fire and burned while holding in the runup area | Nil/1 | Destroyed |
3 October 2318Z
Chesapeake Virginia | Varieze
Reg: N8VE | Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, killing the pilot | 1 dead/1 onboard | Substantial damage |
3 October 2110Z
Burns Oregon | PA-18 Super Cub
Reg: N91254 | Aircraft struck power lines and crashed | 1 dead/1 onboard | 50 mile from Burns, Oregon |
3 October 1415Z
Viera Florida | Liberty XL-2
Reg: N513XL | On climbout, a door separated from the aircraft. | Nil/1 | Minor damage |
4 October 2215Z
Anchorage Alaska | A-1 Husky
Reg: N739 | Aircraft crashed on landing, Anchorage, Alaska | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
4 October 1235Z
Kingston, New York | PA34 Seneca
Reg: N2795Q | Aircraft, on landing, veered off the side of the runway into a grassy area due to deer on runway | Nil/1 | Unknown damage |
4 October 0052Z
Denton, Texas | (Light Sport) T211 Thorpedo N211Ls | Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances after green light from tower was given to aircraft | 1 seriously injured | Substantial damage |
4 October 2335Z
Hinesville Georgia | PA28 Cherokee
Reg: N96HA | Aircraft found crashed in a wooden area, other circumstances unknown | 2 fatal/2 on board | Destroyed |
4 October 1655Z
Grande Rapids Michigan | Christavia Mk 1 Seaplane
Reg: N560CP | Aircraft crashed while attempting take off on water | Nil/1 | Unknown damage |
4 October
Cokato, Minnesota | Searly
Reg: N452TR | Aircraft landed nose first in lake and flipped over | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
4 October 1330Z
Calhan, Colorado | Aeronca
Reg: N2363E | Aircraft on departure, lost control and became inverted | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
4 October 2130Z
Hot Springs Arizona | PA18 Super Cub
Reg: N4157R | Aircraft lost power and crashed into a lake | Nil/1 | Destroyed |
5 October 0759Z
Pomona, California | PA28 Cherokee
Reg: N6549W | Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances | 1 dead/1 onboard | Subject of an alert notice, wreckage located 23 miles from Pomona, California |
5 October morning
Dayton, Ohio | 1905 Wright Flyer
Reg: N3635N | During an air show, wing struck the ground | Nil/1 | Substantial damage. Huffman Prairie Flying Field |
5 October 2107Z
Redmond Oregon | Lancair Legacy L2K
Reg: N115YP | Aircraft made a straight-in approach to runway 28 and the gear collapsed | Nil/2 | Minor damage |
5 October 1615Z
Clarksville Arkansas | Cessna 150
Reg: N22899 | Aircraft on takeoff, struck a power line | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
6 October 1730Z
Blacksburg, Virginia | MAD MAX II Gyrocopter | Experimental gyrocopter, crashed under unknown circumstances | 1 fatal, 1 injured | Substantial damage. Built in 2001 but then converted to a two-seater |
6 October 0000
Laurel Mississippi | Cub Crafters CC11-100
Reg: N954Z | Aircraft sustained substantial damage while taxiing, Laurel Mississippi | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
6 October 1530Z
Wenatchee, Washington | Cessna 210 Centurion
Reg: N1724T | Aircraft landed short of the runway with nose gear retracted | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
6 October 1300Z
Galveston Texas | Bell 206B helo
Reg: N3899C | Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, no injuries | Nil/3 | Unknown damage, 77 Miles SE Galveston Texas |
6 October 0048Z
Oxford Mississippi | Cessna 172
Reg: N526OJ | Aircraft crashed into the trees east of the runway | Nil/1 | Destroyed |
6 October 2002Z
Hemet California | L13 Blanik
Reg: N510CS | On landing, aircraft struck a fence | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
6 October 2035Z
El Cajon, California | Yak 50
Reg: N509RA | Aircraft on landing rollout, clipped the tail of another Yak-50, N950MS | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
6 October 1850Z
South Haven, Michigan | Mooney Mk20
Reg: N5754Q | Aircraft lost engine power, landed in the lake and sunk | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
6 October 1425Z
Toughkenamon, Pennsylvaania | Bellanca 7GCAA
Reg: N8642V | Aircraft crashed onto the runway. The Bellanca 7G tow plane was trying to get a glider into the air when the plane experienced a mechanical problem and crashed, killing the pilot. | 1 dead/1 onboard | Destroyed. The glider had been detached from the tow plane before the crash took place. No one in the glider was injured. |
6 October 1934Z
Palm Springs, California | Cessna 210
Reg: N858BB | Aircraft on landing, veered off the runway and hit a runway light and taxiway sign | Nil/1 | Minor damage |
6 October 1714Z
San Carlos, California | PA-28 Cherokee
Reg: N39546 | Aircraft while landing, ran off the runway | Nil/1 | Minor damage |
7 October 2240Z
U.S. Virgin Islands | Beech 55 Baron
Reg: N100UC | Aircraft crashed into the water under unknown circumstances and is submerged, one person on board was fatally injured, | 1 fatal | Destroyed (3 to 7 miles from Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands) |
7 October 2200Z
Indianola Mississippi | Stinson 108-2
Reg: N9603K | Aircraft on landing, veered off the runway and the gear collapsed | Nil/4 onboard | Substantial damage |
7 October 1601Z
Ekalaka, Montana | Cessna 310
Reg: N85WT | Aircraft crashed after reporting icing and engine problems. Left from Bozeman’s airport and were en route to Baltimore by way of Wisconsin. | 2 dead/2 onboard | Wreckage located 22 miles SW of Ekalaka, Montana |
7 October 1530Z
Roxboro North Carolina | Cessna 170
Reg: N9910A | On landing the tailwheel-equipped aircraft ground-looped | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
7 October 2232Z
Houston, Texas | 690 Turbo Commander
Reg: N97WT | On final approach advised the tower of a nosewheel problem. | Nil/2 onboard | On landing runway 30R, the landing gear collapsed causing minor damage |
7 October 1545Z
Warrenton, Virginia | Boeing A75N1
Reg: N66004 | Aircraft struck powerlines on departure from a grass strip, crashed and burned | 2 minor injuries | Flying Circus Aerodrome |
7 Octobter 0300Z
Girdwood Alaska | Glastar EXP
Reg: N55XP | On landing the aircraft flipped over onto its back | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
7 October 1830Z
Arroyo Grande, California | A-1 Husky
Reg: N9620Z | Aircraft on landing, struck a fence and crashed | 1 minor injury | Substantial damage |
7 October 2030Z
Lexington, South Carolina | Beech 35 Bonanza
Reg: N4575D | Aircraft on takeoff, engine failed and made an emergency landing
| Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
7 October 1440Z
Grant, Michigan | Avid Flyer EXP
Reg: N22328 | Aircraft engine failed and force landed in a cranberry field | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
7 October 2300Z
Millersburg, Indiana | KR-2 EXP
Reg: N26LT | Aircraft engine failed and aircraft landed in a field. | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
7 October 2030Z
King Salmon Alaska | DHC-2 Mk1 Beaver
Reg: N24BR | Aircraft crashed on landing, 50 miles from King Salmon | 1 minor injury/3 | Substantial damage |
7 October 1007Z
Castroville, Texas | Cessna 150
Reg: N11467 | Aircraft while inbound to land, crashed short of the field, the two persons on board were fatally injured. | 2 fatal/2 on board | Destroyed |
7 October 0715Z
Festus Missouri | Cessna 210
Reg: N100GK | Aircraft on landing, hit a deer, Festus Missouri | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
7 October 2030Z
Westfield, Massachusetts | Pitts S2B
Reg: N501DR | While taxiing on the ramp, struck the tail of a parked aircraft | Nil/1 | Unknown damage |
7 October 0000
Fan Rock, West Virginia | PA-28 Cherokee
Reg: N362 | Aircraft on landing, ran off the runway | Nil | Unknown damage |
7 October 0350Z
Jasper, Georgia | Mooney Mk20
Reg: N72KS | Aircraft ran off the runway on landing | Nil/4 | Unknown damage |
8 October 2130Z
Palmyra Pennsylvania | Cessna 150
Reg: N6252K | Aircraft on landing veered off the runway | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
8 October 1342Z
Albuquerque, New Mexico | Aerostar S-66A balloon of Skyspan Adventures
Reg: N7179Z | Balloon struck a powerline and crashed 5 miles North of the airport. Pilot was trying to land the balloon and had thrown out a tether line, which ground crews had attached to a truck. | 1 dead + 2 seriously injured/ 4 onboard | The tether line snapped, flipping the gondola and causing the woman to fall out just as balloon began to rise again. |
8 October 0447Z
Aniak, Alaska | M5 Strata Rocket
Reg: N62029 | Aircraft engine failed doing touch and goes, and crashed short of the runway | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
9 October 1000Z
Albuquerque, New Mexico | Raven S-60A Balloon N2803L | Hot air balloon landed hard, Albuquerque, New Mexico | 3 minor injuries | unknown damage |
9 October 0000
Colquitt, Georgia | Bellanca 7GCBC
Reg: N62970 | Aircraft crashed into a wooded area under unknown circumstances | 1 dead/1 onboard | Subject of an alert notice, wreckage located near Colquitt, Georgia |
9 October 1430Z
Rio Rancho, New Mexico | Cameron Balloon Z105
Reg: N1024B | Hot air balloon, on landing, hit a house and bounced into a gully. | 3 serious + one minor injury | Substantial damage |
9 October 1430Z
Rio Rancho, New Mexico | Hot Air Balloon Aerostar RX8 | Reg: N5315M, hot air balloon, on landing, went into a gully, one person on board sustained serious injuries | 1 serious injury | Minor damage |
9 October 1430Z
Rio Rancho, New Mexico | Hot Air Balloon 72K-TET | Hot air balloon on landing, struck a block wall, there were two persons on board, one sustained serious injuries. | 1 serious injury | Minor damage |
9 October 1415Z
Alamo Nevada | Mooney Mk20
Reg: N9612M | Aircraft made a gear up landing in the desert, 5 miles from Alamo, Nevada | Nil/1 | Minor damage |
10 October 1713Z
Prescott Arizona | Cessna 172
Reg: N9897G | Aircraft lost power, force landed on a road, struck a fence and flipped over | 1 minor injury | Substantial damage |
10 October 1552Z
Dothan Alabama | Cessna 210 Centurion
Reg: N994RA | Aircraft reported engine problem and force landed in a cotton field short of the runway | Nil/2 | unknown damage |
10 October
Tyler, Texas | VANS RV9-A | On landing aircraft slid off the runway | Nil/2 | Minor damage |
| 10 October 1444 Wytheville, Virginia | PA-28 Cherokee
Reg: N5235W | Aircraft on landing, veered off the end of the runway and went over an embankment | 3 minor injuries | Unknown damage |
10 October 1700Z
Afton, Wyoming | Flight Design GMBH CTSW | N245CT landed hard, ran off the runway and flipped over, Afton, Wyoming | 2 serious injuries | Substantial damage |
10 October 1650Z
Townsend Montana | PA-22 Tri-Pacer
Reg: N1139C | Aircraft ground looped on landing, Townsend, Montana | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
10 October 2315Z
Chanute Kansas | EXP- Pietenpol
Reg: N4400N | Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, north of the airport at
Chanute | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
10 October 2254Z
Olathe Kansas | Beech55 Baron
Reg: N4624A | During touch and go the left main gear collapsed | Nil/4 | Substantial damage |
11 October 1125Z
Kiln Mississippi | Eurocopter EC130
Reg: N997PT | Rotorcraft rolled over on takeoff | Nil/1 | Unknown damage |
11 October 0058Z
Franklin, Kentucky | T-18 Thorpe
Reg: N515HS | Aircraft on landing, struck the prop and flipped over | 2 minor injuries/2 | Substantial damage |
11 October 2042Z
Chamblee, Georgia | PA-46 Malibu
Reg: N383SA | Aircraft on landing, nose gear collapsed skidded off the runway into the grass | Nil/3 | Unknown damage |
11 October 0300Z
Glendale Arizona | Cessna 172
Reg: N9914F | Aircraft on landing, gear collapsed, prop struck the ground and veered off the runway | Nil/2 | Minor damage |
11 October 2155Z
Spanish Fork Utah | Diamond DA20-C1
Reg: N465US | Aircraft lost engine power and force landed | Nil/1 | Near Utah Lake, Spanish Fork, Utah. Substantial damage |
11 October 2145Z
Columbia Louisiana | Air Tractor AT-602
Reg: N8521L | Aircraft on landing, wing struck ground and cartwheeled | Nil/1 | Aerial application 8 miles from Columbia Louisiana |
12 October 1834Z
Mcallen, Texas | Cessna 172
Reg: N65591 | Aircraft on landing, stalled and flipped over on the runway | Nil/1 | Minor damage |
12 October ~1900L
Thunder Bay | Cessna 210 floatplane | Thousand Lakes Airways plane crashed on Kearns Lake, northeast of Thunder Bay. | 1 dead | Parajumpers found pilot’s body in submerged plane |
13 October 0000
Vancouver BC | Cessna 172 of Parallel Seaplanes | Crashed Saturday on west coast of Vancouver Island in Canada’s western British Columbia province | 3 dead/3 | Group had traveled from Lake Cowichan to the fishing village of Bamfield and were on the return trip |
13 October
Vienna Austria | PA28 Cherokee | Crashed into the Danube river northwest of Vienna after touching the rope of a cable-ferry connecting the two shores | 4 dead/4 onboard | Including a 44-year-old woman and her two children aged 10 and 13. |
13 October 0050Z
Gainesville Indiana | Cessna 172
Reg: N9543H | Aircraft while exiting the ramp, struck a metal stanchion, Gainesville Indiana | Nil/2 | Minor damage |
13 October 1430Z
Lonoke Arizona | PA-30/39 Twin Comanche N8635Y | Aircraft on landing, struck the prop, Lonoke Arizona | Nil/1 | Minor damage |
13 October 1546Z
San Antonio Texas | RV-8
Reg: N628RV | Aircraft on takeoff roll, crashed into a vehicle at the approach end of the run-way, at Boerne | Nil/2 + 1 unknown | Substantial damage |
13 October 2134Z
Pearland Texas | PA-25 Pawnee
Reg: N9733P | Aircraft crashed into a field under unknown circumstances | 1 minor injury/1 onboard | Substantial damage |
13 October 1459Z
Muskegon Michigan | Mooney Mk 20
Reg: N1261X | Aircraft on departure, lost power and crashed 1/2 mile off the end of the runway | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
13 October 0000
Cumberland Maryland | Aero Commander 560F
Reg: N637OU | Aircraft crashed shortly after departure into a barn in a wooded area, the four persons on board were fatally injured. | 4 dead/4 onboard | Wreckage located 4 miles from the airport at Cumberland Maryland |
13 October 0000
Nassau Bahamas | Lancair 4
Reg: N95HS | Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, alert notice was issued 10/13 and search suspended when aircraft life raft was located. | 1 presumed fatally injured | 46 miles from Nassau, Bahamas |
14 October 2030Z
Bigfork Montana | RV9 EXP
Reg: N475WT | Aircraft experienced fuel problems and crashed on final, Bigfork, Montana | Nil/3 | Substantial damage |
14 October 2200Z
Olathe Kansas | Rockwell International NA26
Reg: N65BT | Aircraft under unknown circumstances, sustained substantial damage | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
15 October 1245Z
Hampstead New Hampshire | FireFly 7
Reg: N7408G | Hot air balloon landed hard in a field | 2 serious injuries/5 on board | None |
15 Oct 0300Z
Hillsboro, Oregon | Cessna 150
Reg: N45720 | Aircraft on landing, prop struck the runway | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
15 October 1902Z
Marion Virginia | LW3 EXP
Reg: N503AG | Aircraft landed hard and flipped over, Marion Virginia | Nil/1 | Minor damage |
16 October 2115Z
Hurricane, Utah | DM582 Buckeye
Reg: N785CP | Aircraft crashed while doing pattern work | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
16 October 1900Z
Richland New York | Unregistered ultralight | Crashed in a wooded area under unknown Circumstances. The one person on board was fatally injured, Richland township. | 1 dead | Destroyed |
17 October 2130Z
Canon City Colorado | Cessna 210
Reg: N215MD | Aircraft on landing, lost engine power short of the runway and nose gear collapsed | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
17 October evening
West Australian Goldfields | Cessna 210
Reg: VH-WXC | Cargo-plane crashed on Wednesday evening on its way back to Kalgoorlie after making a cargo delivery to Warburton. | 1 dead/1 | Goldfields Air Services. Crash site is about 250 kilometers south of Warburton |
| 17 October 2200Z Bakersfield, California | Vans RV6
Reg: N926DG | Aircraft encountered severe turbulence, pilot struck head on the instrument panel landed without incident | 1 minor injury | Substantial damage |
17 October 1903Z
Glenpool Oklahoma | Beech 36 Bonanza
Reg: N978TL | Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, the five persons on board were fatally injured, Glenpool Oklahoma. It clipped a transmission line before it went down | 5 dead/5 onboard | Destroyed as severe thunderstorms were moving through the area. It came down in a vacant lot in the Coal Creek Landing housing addition. |
17 October 1515Z
Wautoma Wisconsin | Bell 47G-2A
Reg: N73223 | Rotorcraft crashed in a field under unknown circumstances | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
18 October 1545L
Rangeley Lake Maine | Cessna 172 floatplane | Floatplane flipped over while landing on the lake. | 2 uninjured | Plane is owned by Oquossoc Marine, located on the lake. |
18 October ~1800L
West Montgomery County Texas | Auriga homebuilt | Engine trouble put smoke in the cockpit, so pilot tried to put it down in a hayfield but clipped a fence post, which spun the plane around … | 3 uninjured | ….and then it caught fire. Destroyed |
18 October 2251Z
Montgomery County Texas | 350HP
Reg: N901RC | Aircraft caught fire, landed off airport, Montgomery County Texas | Nil/1 | Unknown damage class |
18 October 1730Z
Lebanon Maine | C206
Reg: N8777Q | Engine lost power, aircraft landed in field, Lebanon Maine | Nil/1 | Minor damage |
18 October 1710Z
Dickenson North Dakota | Bell 206B
Reg: N51689 | Aircraft encountered crosswind during buffalo herding and crashed, Dickenson North Dakota | 1 serious injury | destroyed |
19 October 1415Z
New Iberia Louisiana | R22 Helo
Reg: N92HS | Aircraft reported an engine failure, landed off airport property, New Iberia Louisiana | Nil/2 | destroyed |
19 October 1955Z
O’Neill Nebraska | Cessna 152
Reg: N48862 | Aircraft lost power and landed one mile from O’Neill, Nebraska | Nil/1 | Minor damage |
19 October 1806Z
Seal Beach California | E300 Extra
Reg: N51E | Aircraft engine failed, and pilot force landed on the beach, Seal Beach, California | Nil/2 | Minor damage |
19 October 2135Z
Morrison Missouri | Robinson R44 Astro
Reg: N3246H | N3246h, a Robinson R44 rotorcraft, while landing, rolled onto its side, Morrison, Missouri | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
19 October 1730Z
Cedar Springs, Michigan | Cessna 182
Reg: N1413S | Aircraft on takeoff, lost control and crashed | Nil/3 | Destroyed |
19 October
Richmond BC | Piper Seneca | Crashed into the ninth floor of a condominium on Friday afternoon. | 1 dead | 82 year old pilot was on a short flight from Vancouver International Airport to nearby Pitt Meadows, when witnesses saw the plane flying erratically. |
19 October 1500Z
Hendersonville North Carolina | Cessna 182 Skylane
Reg: N1437S | Aircraft on takeoff, struck the trees and crashed, Hendersonville North Carolina | Nil/3 | Unknown damage class |
20 October 0101Z
Denver Colorado | Mooney Mk20
Reg: N94JB | Aircraft on landing, struck a light and a sign with its wing, Denver Colorado | Nil/1 | Unknown damage class |
20 October 1500Z
Unadilla Georgia | Ryan ST3K
Reg: N780SR | Aircraft force landed in a hay field when the prop came apart, Unadilla Georgia | Nil/3 | Unknown damage class |
20 October 1710Z
Santa Fe, New Mexico | Navion
Reg: N5104K | Shortly after takeoff, engine failed and acft force landed in a field, Sante Fe, New Mexico | 1 minor injury | Substantial damage |
20 October 1915Z
Flora Mississippi | Cessna 150
Reg: N61576 | Aircraft on climbout, engine failed, and aircraft landed in a cornfield, Flora, MS | Nil/2 | Substantial damage, training crash |
20 October 2020Z
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska | Bell 206
Reg: N345TV | Rotorcraft, lost engine power while spray cleaning powerline insulators and crashed | 2 serious/2 onboard | Substantial damage |
20 October 2327Z
Knik, Alaska | F-19 Sportsman Taylorcraft | Aircraft aborted takeoff and crashed | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
20 October 1700Z
Guntersville, Alabama | Steen Skybolt
Reg: N1UU | Aircraft, on landing roll, left main gear collapsed, | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
21 October
Russia | Unregistered MD600N | Crashed near the village of Mundybash in the Kemerovo region in central Siberia | 4 dead/4 | Numerous small GA aircraft in Russia remain unregistered |
21 October 2100Z
Cleveland Georgia | Robinson R44 Astro
Reg: N223Z | N223Z, a Robinson R44 rotorcraft, crashed under unknown circumstances,
Cleveland, Georgia | Nil/1 | Substantial damage |
21 October 1547
Beaver Falls Pennsylvania | Cessna 182 Skylane
Reg: N2886F | Aircraft force landed in a field due to an engine problem, Beaver Falls Pennsylvania | Nil/1 | Unknown damage class |
21 October 2100Z
Lamar South Carolina | J-3 Cub
Reg: N30372 | Aircraft experienced engine problems and force landed in a golf course, Lamar, South Carolina | Nil/2 | Minor damage |
21 October 1652Z
Kokomo, Indiana | MBB BK117
Reg: N112LL | While maneuvering at the fuel pump area, the rotor blades contacted the vent pipe. | Nil/3 onboard | Minor damage |
21October 2204Z
Farmingdale New York | Cessna C152 N4672M and Piper PA32 N43450 | Aircraft, while on downwind collided midair at 1100 feet; both aircraft landed without further incident. | Nil | Cessna received substantial damage and the Piper received minor damage |
22 October 1722Z
Lebanon, Pennsylvania | Summit II Exp
Reg: N1024G | Aircraft crashed into powerlines under unknown circumstances | Nil/2 | Unknown damage class |
22 October 1749L
Windhoek South Africa | Beechcraft A36
Reg: V5-KLB | Crashed after taking off from Windhoek’s Eros Airport shortly before 1800.It was headed for Midgard Lodge, about 70 kilometers northeast of Windhoek | 2 dead/2 | Plane came down amongst thorn bushes close to the Trade Centre shopping complex on the eastern side of the main road leading out of Windhoek to Rehoboth. |
23 October 2204Z
Wenatchee Washington | Cessna 421, Golden Eagle
Reg: N575AC | Aircraft inadvertently landed gear up | Nil/1 | Minor damage |
23 October 2230Z
Crescent City, Florida | Kitfox
Reg: N61AC | Aircraft crashed shortly after departure, 5 miles from the airport. | Nil/1 onboard | Destroyed |
23 October 1448Z
Fort Myers Florida | Taylorcraft L-2
Reg: N52730 | Aircraft crashed into a parking lot when its engine failed, Fort Myers, Florida | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
23 October 1455L
Venezuela | Cessna 182 Skylane
Reg: YV2405 | Crashed off Sacosal beach on the Peninsula of Araya, Sucre state, Venezuela. Imagery at tinyurl.com/33dlv2 | 2 dead & one injured/3 | Headed for the airport Gral “Santiago Mariño” (SVMG), Porlamar, Venezuela. |
23 October ~2215L
Browerville Minnesota | PA-44 Piper Seminole
Reg: N327ND | University of North Dakota airplane carrying two persons (an instructor and pupil) disappeared en route. Crash site is about 20 miles northwest of Little Falls. | 2 dead/2 on board | Disappeared on a routine flight from St. Paul (Minnesota) to Grand Forks. Wreckage found near Turtle Creek Township northwest of Browerville around 4:10 p.m. Wednesday |
24 October 1705Z
Wheatland, Wyoming | AA-5 Traveler
Reg: N5859L | Aircraft on landing, nose gear collapsed and the prop struck the ground. | Nil/1 on board | Substantial damage |
24 October 1845Z
Catarina, Texas | Robinson R44
Reg: N744RG | Rotorcraft, landed hard and rolled over, Catarina, Texas | Nil/4 | Substantial damage |
24 October 2130Z
Long Beach California | Robinson R22
Reg: N7188S | Rotorcraft, landed hard, Long Beach California | Nil/2 | Substantial damage (training hazard) |
24 October 1319Z
Stuart, Florida | 415 Ercoupe
Reg: N94320 | Aircraft experienced an engine problem and crashed into the river | Nil/2 | destroyed |
24 October 0000
Birchwood, Anchorage, Alaska | PA-18 Super Cub
Reg: N3236P | Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances | Nil/1 onboard | Substantial damage |
24 October 1540Z
Castlewarden, Kildare, Ireland | Aerospatiale SA313B
Reg: N577AG | An Aerospatiale SA313B rotorcraft, crashed onto a field under unknown circumstances | 1 serious injury | Destroyed |
25 October ~1030L
Blenheim, New Zealand | Cessna 172 of Air Manawatu. | Crashed some 150m from the end of the runway after a 20 knot downwind landing at the Omaka Aerodrome | 2 minor injuries | It failed to come to a stop and clipped a fence between the airfield and the road. Write-off |
25 October 1740Z
Ramona, California | Bell 206B
Reg: N412KK | Rotorcraft, crashed under unknown circumstances into an orchard | Nil/4 onboard | 3 miles from Ramona, California |
25 October 0234Z
Fresno, California | PA28 Cherokee
Reg: N6791J | Aircraft struck the top of a pole and crashed short of the runway. Three teenagers near the crash site charged towards the plane and helped pull passengers out as fuel leaked on the ground. | 3 seriously injured/3 | Substantial damage (near Chandler Airport in Fresno) |
25 October 1930Z
Napa, California | EXP Searey
Reg: N195LS | Aircraft crashed into Lake Berryessa under unknown circumstances, | 2 serious/2 onboard | Substantial damage |
25 October 2010Z
Owosso Michigan | CH-701 Stol
Reg: N702BW | Aircraft, on takeoff, crashed under unknown circumstances | 1 unknown injury | Substantial damage |
25 October 0030Z
Pilot Point, Alaska | PA-18 Super Cub
Reg: N1602A | Aircraft crashed on landing, 24 miles from Pilot Point, Alaska | 1 serious injury | Substantial damage |
26 October night
Columbia River Valley | Piper Malibu | Pilot radioed air traffic control just before the crash to report an engine failure at 21,000 feet. Pilot tried to glide to a landing in Invermere after first trying unsuccessfully to make it to Fairmont. ATC lost contact with the plane when it descended below 13,000 | 3 dead/3 | Enroute to Springbank, Alberta, from Salem, Oregon. Satellite systems pinpointed the crash site in a mountain valley, adjacent to the Columbia River Valley with surrounding mountains that are 8-9,000 feet high. |
26 October 0205Z
Cedar City, Utah | PA-28 Cherokee
Reg: N3971X | Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, the two persons on board were fatally injured. May have encountered severe visibility problems due to bushfire smoke. | 2 dead/2 | 20 miles from Cedar City, Utah. Flying from Bountiful to Colorado City, Ariz. |
26 October 2000Z
Salida Colorado | Schempp Hirth Ventus B/16
Reg: N36LB | N36LB crashed soon after being released from tow plane, the one person on board was fatally injured. CAP search planes spotted the wreckage at about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and ground crews reached the site at 9:20 p.m | 1 dead/1 | Wreckage located on Methodist Mountain, six miles from Salida. Eleven CAP aircraft from Colorado and New Mexico had been searching for Kissel since Saturday morning |
26 October 2045Z
Pensacola Florida | L8 Observer
Reg: N2099K | Aircraft on takeoff, went off the runway and struck trees, Pensacola | Nil/2 | Substantial damage |
26 October 1903Z
Camarillo California | Beech36 Bonanza
Reg: N16F | Aircraft on takeoff, stalled and landed gear up, Camarillo | Nil/2 | Minor damage |
26 October
Napa County California | 1999 SeaRey Experimental Sports | Took off from Yolo County Airport in order to practice touch and go landings on the lake. During one landing, the plane flipped over and landed in the water upside down | 2 survived/2 with minor injuries | Treaded water for 30 mins in Napa County’s Lake Berryessa before rescue |
27 October 1330L
Norfolk UK | Citabria | Substantially undamaged in a crash landing on the airfield | 2 uninjured | Old Buckenham airfield, near Attleborough |
27 October ~1700L
Eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand | Cessna 150 | Crashed around 5pm near Ruatahuna, north west of Lake Waikaremoana in the Urewera National Park. | 1 dead + one injured | Female 21 yo flight instructor died |
27 October 1130L
Ohakune, New Zealand | Cessna 172 | Crashed on landing in gusty conditions in remote farmland. Carrying pig and deer-hunters. | 4 survived with minor injuries | Tangahoe, near the Whanganui River. Survivors called for help via their cell-phones. |
27 October 1730Z
San Carlos, California | Beech 35 Bonanza
Reg: N505B | Aircraft lost engine power and crashed into the bay, the two persons on board were rescued from the water, | 2 rescued | Substantial damage |
27 October ~1500L
Sakai Japan | Robinson R22 Beta II of Osaka Aviation Inc. | Crashed onto a railway track in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, and burst into flames (malfunctioning tail rotor) | 2 dead/2 | Departed Yao Airport at about 2:50 p.m. for a 15-minute demonstration flight for the passenger |
28 October 0012Z
Boynton Beach, Florida | Pa-28 Cherokee
Reg: N8155C | Aircraft lost power, hit a tree during its forced landing and crashed onto a golf course. | 2 dead/1 serious/3 onboard | Destroyed |
28 October ~1300L
Golden British Columbia | Cessna 172
Reg: C-GQZX | Crashed an hour after taking off from Golden around 1 p.m. local time on Sunday, in a creek-bed in a valley nearly 1,500 meters up a mountain side in the Rocky Mountains. | 2 dead & 1 toddler rescued | Toddler was found in the wreckage secure in a car-seat. Killed was Allan D. Williams, a well-known Yellowknife identity and Co-CEO. |
28 October 2340Z
Bermuda Dunes
California | Cessna 172
Reg: N21101 | Aircraft conducting touch and go landing, went off the departure end of the runway and flipped | 1 fatal/1 serious/2 onboard | Substantial damage |
28 October 2130Z
Sequim California | AA-5 Traveler
Reg: N27175 | Grumman Tiger crashed under unknown circumstances, the one person on board was fatally injured. | 1 fatal | Destroyed. Crash happened in an area called Diamond Point, between Sequim and Port Townsend. The Diamond Point airstrip is about 100 yards from the crash site |
29 October 2145Z
Columbus, Ohio | MD500e
Reg: N556CP | The rotorcraft, engine failed and the helicopter crashed near the river, Columbus | Nil/2 onboard | Substantial damage |
29 October ~2015L
Lantana A/P Florida | Piper Cherokee | Gave out a distress call to Palm Beach International Airport when it was about 4.5 miles south of Lantana Airport, saying it had engine trouble.. after departing Lantana Airport, carrying an instructor and two Indian students. | 2 dead & one injured/3 | Owner is listed as Day Trippin Airlines LLC of Olathe, Kansas. It was rented from Kemper Aviation at Lantana Airport. Crashed on Quail Ridge Golf-course after hitting trees during its return from Opa Locka. |
29 October 0005Z
Skamania Washington | Kitfox Lite 2
Reg: N46361 | Aircraft lost power, crashed into the Columbia River and sank, the two persons on board swam to shore | 2 survived | Assume destroyed/sunk |
29 October 1130L
San Carlos California | Beechcraft A35 | Crashed into the bay (ditched after engine failure) just south of the San Mateo Bridge | 2 survivors | Headed for Hayward. California Department of Fish & Game boat that happened to be in the area picked the 2 men (father and son) up |
29 October sunset
Brussels Belgium | Hijacked prototype helicopter | Gang crash-landed it soon after sunset in the high security Ittre Prison south of Brussels and rescued two high-ranking criminal inmates. After a 3rd prisoner jumped up and caught hold of the machine’s landing skid, causing it to spin out of control and crash, the pilot and 2 escapees shot their way out in a cop-car. | 2 escapees | It is the second time this year that a helicopter has been used to break out of a Belgian jail. The first such incident was in April at the Lantin prison in the French-speaking province of Wallonia. |
30 October 0244Z
Reading Pennsylvania | MBB BK117
Reg: N118NY | Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm BK117 rotorcraft, made a precautionary landing in a parking lot | Nil/4 onboard | …after striking a flock of birds, 8 miles from Reading |
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