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Accidents & Incidents

Accidents & Incidents (10/07)

Thursday, 18 October 2007

Date	Aircraft Type	Narrative	Casualties	Remarks
Airline and Corporate
7 July day Fiumicino Rome	767-300 of Delta Air Lines	Multiple bird strike on take off. Both engines were struck by seagulls. Some of the right engine fan blades had large chunks taken out. Left engine had many fan blades damaged at a point midway along the blade leading edge	Nil	Damage to cockpit window, right engine nose cowl, bird remnants on right outboard leading edge slat and right main undercarriage. The main gear struts were deflated.
8 July ~1300L Muncho Lake British Columbia	DHC-6 Twin Otter Reg: C-FAWC	Aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from the gravel airstrip, resulting in the death of one elderly passenger	1 dead & 3 injured/ 5 onboard	Muncho Lake to Vancouver Intl A/P
14 July night Tucuman International (SANT) Argentina	MD88 of Argentine Austral Flight AU2492	Pilot aborted takeoff upon receiving indications of a possible aileron control problem.	Nil/~100 onboard	MD-88 stopped within runway length. Tucuman to Buenos Aires flight
3 August day Palma Majorca	757 of First Choice Flight FCA2255	Aircraft turned back to Palma after 20 minutes with smoke in the cabin	Nil	Palma Majorca to Manchester UK. Window heater short circuiting.
3 August 2210L Montreal Canada	777-200 of BA Flight: BA094	Rejected takeoff and returned to the gate for unknown reasons	Nil	Took off 50 minutes later
9 August day Juanda Airport, East Java Indonesia	737 of Adam Air 737 of Batavia Air	An Adam Air airplane “cut in front of” a Batavia Air plane already on the runway and about to take off.	Nil	Assuming Adam Air 737 landed over the top of Batavia (about to roll). NTSC is investigating. Adam Air pilot suspended
14 August 2215L Southampton UK	EMB195 of FlyBe	Reported smoke in the cockpit and cabin while inbound - but landed uneventfully	Nil/117 onboard	Arriving from Murcia (SE Spain)
14 August morning Bluegrass Airport Kentucky	SAAB 340 of NW Airlink Flight 2903	Was on its way from Detroit to Lexington when the pilots reported a functional failure of its wing flaps.	Nil/28 onboard	Detroit to Lexington
15 August 2320L Recife Brazil	A319 of TAM Flight JJ3118	Flight cancelled after passengers were overpowered by fuel fumes while taxing out	Nil/130	Headed Fortaleeza Brazil. Pax were put in hotels after rebelling over the smell.
16 August 1257L Los Angeles California	A320 of NWA Reg: N348NW 737 of West Jet Flight WJA900 Reg: C-FUWS	Two aircraft missed colliding by 37 feet (wingtip of A320 to the nose of the B737) as NWA180 departed runway 24L and the 737 crossed the hold-short line. AMASS failed to warn ATC.	Nil	Due to confusion by ATC’s ground controller. Runway incursion occurred involving West Jet (WJA) 900, B737 crossing 24L and Northwest Airlines (NWA) flight 180 on takeoff roll
18 August day London City Airport on the Thames	Avro RJ100 of Swiss Reg: HB-IYU	Heavy landing at London City resulting in significant damage to its undercarriage and its airframe’s structural integrity.	Nil	Arrivin from Geneva in heavy winds. Tail under-fuselage scraped through & several airframe components are cracked
18 August South Africa	Beech A36 of Wings of Eagles	15,000hr ferry veteran Lori Love has disappeared in the tractless wastelands between Accra Ghana and Capetown SA	1 missing	Tampa-based Aircraft ferry company was delivering Beech to a Capetown client. Love has been ferrying since 1978
19 August day Beijing China	MD-11 of Finnair Reg: OH-LGD	Flight AY52 was boarded by Chinese police to take into custody 10 rioting Spanish passengers. Fracas caused by inoperable air conditioning …	10 Spanish no-flies	…& woman beating up a flight attendant. Delay of nine hours was due to a hydraulic malfunction.
20 August 0929Z Frankfurt Germany	767-323 of American Airlines Reg: N369AA	American Flight 84, sustained smoke in the airplane's cabin while taxiing to parking at the Frankfurt Am Main Airport. While en route, the flight crew received overheat status messages accompanied by popped circuit breakers. When on the ground at Frankfurt (FRA), while taxiing to the gate, the crew started the airplane's auxiliary power unit (APU). Shortly after starting the APU, smoke began to appear in the cabin.	Nil/158 pax + 10 crew	The flight crew proceeded immediately to the gate and expedited getting the passengers off the airplane. "Ruptured" wires were found adjacent to a wire clamp in the airplane's aft cargo compartment. The sheathing around the wire bundles, the adjacent cargo compartment bulkhead walls and compartment insulated padding were charred and partially consumed.
20 August 1415Z Benton Harbor Michigan	Cessna Citation 650 Reg: N287MC	Aircraft struck a deer on the takeoff roll and taxied back to the hangar	Nil/2 pax + 2 crew	Extent of damage unknown
20 August 0929Z Frankfurt Germany	767-323 of American Airlines N369AA	Crew saw overheat status messages and popped CB’s en route but after landing electrical smoke filled cabin on APU start	170 uninjured	Expedited to the gate and disembarked passengers. Arriving from Chicago Illinois.
22 August 0015Z Houston Texas	MU-2B Reg: N6KF	After APU start, while removing chocks, the lineman was struck on head by a propeller	1 serious injury	Houston Hobby Airport
22 August 1902L Miami Florida	757-200 of American Airlines	Flt 688 departed DFW (Dallas Ft Worth) at 1545L and later diverted into Miami with hydraulic problems	Nil/112 persons onboard	Dallas to San Juan Puerto Rico
22 August ~0950L Chicago Midway	717 of Airtran Flight 221	After the plane landed, there was a report of a possible fire on the craft, possibly from an electrical problem.	Nil/60 pax	Odor dissipated after doors were opened
22 August day Pemba Tanzania	Partenavia P68B Reg: 5H-TZO	Aircraft overran the Karume runway by 30m on landing. Pax walked out uninjured	Nil/5 onboard	Op by Tropical Air of Zanzibar. Substantial damage to the light twin
22 August 0035L Curitiba Brazil	EMB110 Reg: PT-SDB	Bandeirante crashed three minutes after take off. Aircraft was later found to have gone down near the BR-277 highway.	2 pilots killed	Operator: Two Taxi Aéreo. Domestic flight to Jundiai, Brazil, crashed in the military reserve. PT6A-34 engines
23 August day Spokane Washington	757 of United Airlines	Aircraft diverted in en route with a disabled engine	Nil/180 pax + 6 crew	Seattle to Chicago
23 August 2359Z Knoxville Tennessee	737 of Continental Flt: COA1820	Aircraft struck the jetway at Mcghee Tyson Airport, Knoxville	nil	Minor damage
23 August night Khartoum Sudan	A300-622R of Sudan Airways	TF-ELC was shifted by high winds & struck another aircraft (a 707) grounding both	Nil	Substantial damage to both parked aircraft.
23 August 2043L Westhampton New York	Learjet 60 Reg: N9CU	On landing, aircraft veered off left hand side of 9000ft runway 09 (4300ft in) by over 400ft after landing with a suspect intermittent anti-skid system selected ON	Nil/6 pax +2 crew	Substantial damage (both maingear wiped off and left wing damaged). Thrust reversers were locked out and didn’t deploy. Arriving from Tampa Florida
23 August 1245Z New York JFK	737 of Continental Flight: COAQ705	Struck by a belt-loader on the cargo door while parked	nil	Minor damage
23 August 0915L Lisbon Portugal	A310 of White Airways Flight: Wht874	Returned with hydraulic failure to Portela airport Lisbon & became stuck on runway	Nil/227 pax + 7 crew	Operator is OMNI – Aviação e Tecnologia
23 August morning Milwaukee Wisconsin	CRJ of Skywest Flight 2878	Aircraft had an engine failure shortly after departing Milwaukee and returned	nil	Operated by Midwest Connect. Milwaukee to Newark
23 August ~1530L Pasto-Narino airport, Pasto, Chachagüí Colombia	An26 of Servicios Aéreos del Vaupés (Salva)	On emergency landing, aircraft ran beyond the end of the runway, rolled down a steep embankment and broke apart. Fortunately, no fire erupted. About 20 persons on board suffered injuries	>20 injured/ 53 aboard	Aircraft was carrying 50 soldiers from Cali to Villagarzon when unspecified problems occurred during flight. Pasto-Antonio Nariño Airport (PSO). Image at: tinyurl.com/2lkuev
24 August ~0400L St Johns Newfoundland	767-300 of Delta Flight: DL1	767 diverted in with engine problems. DL9877 YYT-LGW later picked up its passengers	Nil>160 onboard	enroute to London from New York. Flight was mid Atlantic & returned to St John's with an oil leak
24 August 0820L University Park Pennsylvania	Cessna C208B of Fedex	Pilot declared an emergency 20 minutes out reporting that he was approaching University Park Airport with smoke…	Nil/one onboard	… in his cockpit and hazardous materials on board. Cargo flight had departed Pittsburgh
24 August 2122L Asheville North Carolina	CRJ200 of Atlantic Southeast Airlines	Flt ASQ280 turned back and landed after 31 minutes (being unable to retract its gear)	Nil/49 onboard	Nose-gear failed to retract en route to Atlanta Georgia
24 August 0130Z Columbus Georgia	MD90 of Delta Flight: DAL242	Aircraft’s right wingtip struck the nose radome of DAL 724 during taxi-out	Nil	Minor damage
24 August 0834Z Dulles Virginia	737 of SWA Flight: 779SW	Aircraft was stuck under the left wing by a garbage truck on the ramp	Nil	Minor damage
24 August 0705L Budapest Hungary	A321-131 of Lufthansa D-AIRK	Flt LH3449 encountered a flock of birds on takeoff and aborted at high speed	Nil	Substantial damage to aircraft. Budapest to Frankfurt flight
25 August 1400Z New York JFK	737 of Transportes Aereos	A tug struck the nose-gear during pushback from its gate	Nil	Extent of damage unknown
25 August 0406Z Colorado Springs Colorado	CRJ200 of Skywest Flight: SKW6346 Reg: N926SW	On finals struck large birds causing damage to the engine cowls and nose cone	Nil	Minor damage
25 August 1215Z Newark New Jersey	767 of Airborne Express ABX1876	Left engine struck a belt-loader while being marshaled into the ramp area.	Nil	Extent of damage unknown
25 August 1635Z Heathrow UK	A340-600 of Virgin Flight: VS301	#1 engine shut down over Northern Germany. Image at tinyurl.com/2jovy9	Nil	Delhi to Heathrow
25 August ~1300L Osaka, Itami, Japan	DHC8-400 of Japan Air Commuter (JAC)	JAC Flight 3546 made a forced landing at Osaka Airport in Itami after the pilot shut down its faulty left engine.	nil	An affiliate of JAL, bound for Fukuoka from Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport in Nagano Prefecture
26 August 1701Z Boston Massachusetts	777-223 of American N777AN	Flt 109’s L engine struck and become lodged under jetway on approach to its gate	Nil	Engine was freed and aircraft deplaned pax normally. Minor damage.
26 August 1944L Frankfurt Germany	747-236B of MAS Cargo TF-ATX	#2 engine flamed out on takeoff runway 18 and the aircraft aborted at high speed	nil	Minor damage/ engine change
26 August 0916L El Paso Texas	737 of SWA Flight 23	Departed 0855L but returned after a birdstrike with pressurization problems	nil	Bound for Dallas Texas. No further details
26 August ~1508L Indianapolis Indiana	EMB170 of Delta	Aircraft diverted into Indianapolis with a report of smoke in the cockpit	nil	Dallas-Fort Worth to JFK
26 August ~1600L DRC Congo	AN32 passenger/ freighter of Agfretco Air. Other sources say “Great Lake Business Company” is the owner/operator	Developed engine problems and crashed 3kms from the runway soon after taking off from Kongolo for Goma 500k NE. Aircraft was carrying 9 tons of tin ores (cassiterite)	13 dead + 2 injured/15	Kongolo city is 650 kilometers from Lubumbashi - the centre of the Katanga province. Crashed during its turnback. GLBC is used to transport arms and ammunition in violation of the UN arms embargo (from UN list of violators at tinyurl.com/2ne7x8)
27 August afternoon Mitu Airport Colombia	An-32B of Selva Colombia Reg: HK-4117	An-32 had arrived from Villavicencio (VVC) carrying drums of fuel. A fire started in the nr.1 engine after the drums had been offloaded.	Nil	A larger fuselage fire erupted, destroying the plane. 2nd Selva Colombia aircraft loss in five days
27 August ~1600L Vancouver Canada	A340-300 of China Eastern	Seen off the edge of taxiway H on the grass verge with outboard tires deflated (or sunken in very significantly). Corner-cutting?	Nil	Stuck in mud from 1600 to 2200. Finally freed after deplanement of cargo and pax and a defuel. Moved to the south Air Canada hangar for inspections.
27 August 2030Z Los Angeles California	737 of Alaskan Reg:N564AS	During pushback of Flt6 the L wingtip hit the vertical stabilizer of Alaska Flt 117 (737)	Nil	Minor damage
28 August day Krakow Poland	737-8AS of Ryanair Reg: EI-DHC	Pilots initiated an evacuation after a nose-gear tire burst on landing	Nil	London (Stansted) to Krakow
29 August 1520L Kathmandu Nepal	A320 of Indian Airlines Flight IC747	On landing the port main gear caught fire butw as soon doused by the local fire-crew	Nil	Kolkata to Kathmandu. Minor damage
31 August 1015L Heathrow UK	767-300ER of Royal Brunei	Northern runway was closed, causing 19 short-haul cancellations and delays of 2 hours after aircraft landed with an engine failure	Nil/202 pax	Aircraft returned urgently soon after takeoff
1 September ~1900L Doha Airport	A320 of GulfAir Flight 567	Landed Doha Intl Airport Qatar after loss of main fuel pump (no standby pumps on A320)	Nil/134 pax	Pax picked up by a GF 767 after about an hour & returned to Bahrein
3 September day Roswell New Mexico	Lockheed L-1011 of (Ex) ATA Reg:N189AT	Caught fire at the Roswell Industrial Air Center while an Aircraft Recycling Corporation worker was attempting to dismantle the aircraft for scrap metal	Nil	One of a batch of Mk50’s and 100’s being dismantled for parts. Fuel had been allowed to pool beneath the Aircraft.
5 September 0920L Cross City Florida	Cessna C208B Reg: N02PA	Aircraft experienced engine failure and crashed 5 miles from Cross City Airport	1 uninjured	Substantial damage
5 September ~0620L Murtala Muhammed International	Beech 200 of Mobil Oil	Pilot alerted the control tower at MMA airport of a cabin pressure problem	Nil/14 onboard	While en route Lagos from Eket in the oil-producing Niger Delta region.
5 September ~1100L Owerri Nigeria	737 of ChangChangi Airlines	Returned three minutes after takeoff following loss of the port engine. 2nd incident involved a DC-10 30F N602 GC cargo aircraft of Gemini Air Cargo but …	Nil/108 onboard	.. chartered by DHL, which returned because its landing gear failed to retract shortly after it took off from MMA airport Lagos at about 2.53 pm local time.
5 September ~1700L Murtala Muhammed International	ATR 42 of the local Overland Airways	In the third Nigerian incident, an ATR42 made an air return shortly after takeoff from the MMA at about 5pm. …	Nil/22 onboard	…on its way from the domestic wing of MMA airpor Lagos to the central city of Ilorin. Undisclosed technical failure.
6 September 1625Z Oakland California	Bombardier CL600 Of Horizon N290RB	During push-back from the gate the tug jack-knifed under the aircraft nose	Nil	Minor skin and nose wheel damage
6 September ~1925L Halifax Nova Scotia	737NG of West Jet Flight 80	Between Sudbury and Quebec City at 39,000ft, the pilot made a sudden announcement about imminent turbulence	8 injured	A nurse on board provided first aid to the injured. Three Calgary-to-Halifax flight passengers were hospitalized.
6 September morning Johannesburg South Africa	Dornier 328 Jet of Anglo American	Winglet of a corporate Grumman G3 jet sliced a hole in the right wing of the Dornier jet. Damage is quite severe.	Nil	Originated Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg). G3 was Reg: ZS-TEX
6 September afternoon Belfast City Airport	Bae146 of FlyBe	An emergency was declared on approach after an unknown technical failure	Nil/4 crew onboard	Positioning ferry flight arriving from Southampton UK
07 September ~1200L Goma Airport Congo	Antonov AN-12BP of TransaviaService	4L-SAS crash-landed at Goma, sliding into a petrified lava flow beyond the runway and caught fire	8 dead/5crew + 3 pax	Operated for Galaxy Kavatsi Corporation. Certificate of Airworthiness had expired in March and had not been renewed.
8 September ~1525L South Bangalore India	P68C Vulcanair (recirocatingp engines)	Aircraft plunged into Lake Gowdanapalya one minute after declaring an emergency for engine failure.	3 dead/3 onboard	En route Cochin. Attributed to a seized engine due refuel with AVTUR. Owned by Alukkas, the jeweler of Kerala
8 September ~2100L Des Moines, Iowa	A320 of United Flight: UA1477	An electrical component shorted, causing fumes in the cockpit and pilots made an emergency landing in Des Moines.	Nil/111 on board	Headed to Phoenix from Chicago. A plane from Denver picked up passengers and took them to Phoenix
8 September day Krosno Poland	AN-2 of Krosno Aeroclub	Aircraft caught fire in flight and all on board baled out successfully	Nil/8 onboard	Probably an exhaust collector fire. Parachutists continued fighting the fire at the crash-site
8 September 0930L Johannesburg South Africa	A340-600 of SAA Flight: SA237	Advised ATC during the approach that they had lost castoring control of their nosewheel.	Nil	Arriving from Heathrow UK, aircraft shut down on runway and was towed in.
9 September 1803Z Sitka Alaska	Beech 200 Reg: N983C	The aircraft’s nose-gear collapsed on landing	Nil/2 crew + 2 pax	Air ambulance flight
9 September ~1600L Aalborg northern Jutland Denmark	Dash8-Q400 of SAS Reg:LN-RDK Flight: SK1209	Aircraft caught fire after unsafe indicating RH maingear collapsed on landing and Aircraft left the runway’s right side.	11inj /73 pax + 3 crew	Possible write-off (11 pax taken to hospital but allegedly uninjured). SAS has had multiple probs with the Q400
10 September night Amritsar India	757 of Turkmenistan Airlines	Left wing hit a concrete pillar while taxiing at Raja Sansi International Airport	Nil/164 pax + 20 crew	Headed Birmingham UK. Pillar is part of a new tower under construction.
10 September afternoon Salekhard Siberia	MI-8 of Rosneft Air Services	Oil-patch helicopter went missing about 1300 miles northeast of Moscow in a remote arctic region during poor weather	6 crew missing	Searches around oil city of Salekhard were curtailed by bad weather
12 September 0136L Vilnius Airport Lithuania (arriving from Copenhagen)	Dash8-Q400 of SAS Reg:LN-RDS Flight: SK2748	Second Dash8-Q400 crash due to gear failure in four days. SAS and its Wideroe subsidiary have grounded their fleet of 27 Dash 8-400’s.	Nil/52 onboard	Aviation regulators in Denmark, Sweden and Norway have also ruled that SAS's Dash 8-400 planes must not fly until they can be inspected.
12 September 0313L Washington Dulles Airport	Learjet 35 Reg: N66NJ	The tower controller instructed N66NJ to taxi into position and hold, then cleared it for takeoff on a closed unlit runway. Runway 19R, which is 11,501 feet long and 150 feet wide, was closed for surveying and the runway lights had been turned off. The closure was advertised on the automatic terminal information service and the tower controller placed an X on the tower's ground radar display as a reminder of the closure.	Nil	The closure was also annotated on the tower status display. At the time of the incident, there was one tower controller in the cab; the second controller assigned to the shift was on break. The departure controller at Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control noticed the radar target depart from runway 19R and asked the tower controller if the runway was open, and was told no.
18 September Samana Dominican Repulic	A330-200 of XL Airways, Flight XLF030	Landed with its APU unserviceable and then found that the resident GPU was long-term unserviceable. Aircraft was…	Nil	…thus unable to start and Paris bound passengers were stranded for two days.
18 September 0505Z West Siberia	MI-8 Hip Helo operated by the Novosibirsk Air Repair Plant.	Helicopter came down in the Tomsk Region while en route to the Sobolinoye oil deposit. Six people died following a crash of another Mi-8 in the Magadan Region in Russia's Far East on 15 Sep. Yet another Mi-8 with six crew members on board disappeared on 09 Sep in West Siberia's Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, and has yet to be found.	11 inj/17 onboard	An Mi-8 crashed in the same region in early July, but all passengers and crew survived. In early July a pilot was killed and another injured when an Mi-8 Russian border guard helicopter crashed near the Estonian border. Crashes of Mi-8’s, first introduced to the Soviet Air Force in the late 1960s, are a relatively common occurrence in Russia
19 September ~1400L Glasgow UK	777-300ER, Reg:A6-EBP, Flight EK26	Pilot ran one main gear onto the grass and became bogged during taxi-out; see tinyurl.com/277ost	Nil/237 onboard	Headed Dubai. Passengers were accommodated overnight in hotels while gear damage was assessed
20 September day Perth Australia	737-300 of QANTAS	A ground handling truck smacked into the rear of the QF aircraft on the ramp	Nil	Bound for Sydney. Lengthy delay while damage levels were assessed.
21 September Johannesburg South Africa	747-400 of SAA Flight: SA237	Had to be towed in after landing after losing n/wheel hydraulics en route.	Nil	Arriving from Heathrow UK
23 September 1045L Srinagar India	737 of Jetlite. Flight: S2-165	Lost nosewheel control on landing and left the runway to the side (towed in)	Nil/53 pax	Headed New Delhi (Indira Ghandi)
23 September 1708Z Trenton, New Jersey	Cessna 560 Reg: N393QS	Aircraft struck a bird while on approach, landed without incident	Nil/1 onboard	Damage reported to the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer
23 September Beijing China	747 of China Southern Flight:CZ331	Returned urgently after aircraft slewed violently from side to side and engine emitted white smoke (2 hours after takeoff).	Nil/~200 onboard	Headed Dubai and Lagos, Nigeria. Pax transferred to an Emirates flight.
24 September 2320Z New York JFK	Citation 650 Reg: N364CW	Aircraft while taxiing to the ramp, struck a light pole at Kennedy Airport	Nil	Minor damage
24 September Lubumbashi DR Congo	LET410 of Karibu Airways Reg:9Q-CVL	Engine failure soon after takeoff from Malemba Nkulu forcing pilots to land off airport	1 dead/2crew + 3 pax	Aircraft destroyed, copilot killed. Karibu had been grounded by Congo authorities after a fatal accident in June.
24 September 1700L Manizales Colombia	DHC8-200 of AIRES Flight 4C-8077 Reg:HK4509	Clobbered the wing of Fokker F50-300, registered HK-4467, flight AV9931, company AVIANCA, also bound Bogota	Nil/91 aboard both	Manizales to Bogota. Both airlines’ pax were overnighted
25 September 1300L Tucuman Argentina	MD83 of Austral Flight: AU2492	Pilots complained about the airport being ringed by very thick black smoke caused by sugar-cane plantation burn-offs	Nil	Arriving at a remote airport from Santiago del Estero Argentina to face a severe unforecast visibility hazard
25 September day Dayton Ohio	EMB140, Flight F8-6082 Reg:N848MJ	Advised on approach that they had burst a tire on departure Atlanta, Georgia.	Nil/53 onboard	Freedom Airlines operating for Delta Connection. Landed safely after a half-hour delay. See aerial imagery at tinyurl.com/2mbzgs
26 September 1730L Toronto Canada	767-300 of Air Canada Flight AC84	767 returned to land and runway was closed after being advised by another pilot of a massive loss of fuel on takeoff.	Nil	Headed Tel Aviv. Runway needed a washdown
26 September 0305Z San Juan, Puerto Rico	727 of Amerijet Flight AJT8215	After landing, left main gear went off the runway and struck several runway lights	Nil	Aircraft damage unknown
26 September ~0700L New Delhi India	737-800 of SpiceJet Flight: SG501	Pilots returned to Indira Ghandi after the windshield started cracking progressively	Nil/53 pax	Headed Bangalore. Flew the sortie after a change of windscreen.
27 September 1900L East Midlands UK	737-300 of BMIBaby	Flew a lengthy hold with only the nosewheel extended - but eventually landed safely after manual extension	Nil	Thought to be Flight WW5478, landing from Amsterdam
27 September 1925Z Atlanta Georgia	757-200 of Delta Flight DAL969	After landing, the flight-crew discovered that a right main tire had blown, causing tire-shard damage to the wing’s ….	Nil	….undersurface
27 September 2242Z Meadview, Arizona	EC-130 Eurocopter Reg: N808MH	EC 130 B4 rotorcraft, struck an eagle and force landed at the airport	4 inj/7 onboard	Some rotor damage
27 September 1850Z Cordova Alaska	DHC-2 Mk1 Beaver Reg: N1675B	Aircraft while taxiing, reported the tail wheel had fallen off	Nil	Air taxi. Unknown damage
27 September 1900L Edinburgh UK	ERJ145 of British Midland Flight: BD408	Flight was a abandoned after gear would not retract fully on departure	Nil/23 onboard	Headed Leeds/Bradford UK
27 September day Port Columbus Ohio	MD82 of American Airlines Flight: AAL884	Precautionary landing due to flight attendants saying the side panel area near row 24A was "very hot" and smelled "electrical."	Nil	St Louis to Washington (DCA)
27 September day Whyalla South Australia	MetroLiner of Regional Express	En route to Olympic Dam the pilot noted a warning light indicating the port engine was overheating.	Nil/17 onboard	Problem was not resolved and the pilot was forced to shut the engine down and divert to Whyalla Airport.
27 September 0740L Entebbe Uganda	Reims F406 of Fugro Airborne Surveys	Crashed beside the runway on takeoff for a mineral survey flight for the Ugandan Government	2 dead/2 onboard	South African-registered plane, was destined for Masindi to carry out mineral surveys.
28 September 1715Z Teterboro New Jersey	Falcon 900 Reg: N9TH	While taxiing for departure, left wingtip struck an airport steamroller	Nil	Unknown damage
28 September ~1340L St Louis Missouri	MD82 of American Airlines Flight:AA1400 Reg:N454AA	Fire in #1 (left) engine soon after takeoff possibly due to ingesting a turkey vulture/ buzzard. Aircraft returned to land ASAP	Nil/142 onboard	St Louis (Lambert Airport) to Chicago (ORD). Pax deplaned via airstairs. See video at tinyurl.com/35fvpz
28 September afternoon Indianapolis Maryland	MD88 of Delta Flight: DL1253	Aircraft N987DL made an emergency stop after its left engine compressor blew out and the engine caught fire	Nil/132 pax + 5 crew	Headed Atlanta (Hartfield Jackson A/P). Engine pieces from the uncontained failure were collected from the runway
28 September 1715Z Teterboro New Jersey	Falcon 900 Reg: N9TH	While taxiing for departure, left wingtip struck an airport steamroller	Nil	unknown damage
29 September 1432Z Honolulu Hawaii	737-210c of Aloha Airlines Reg:N834AL	Aloha airlines flight 956, on departure blew a main gear tire,	Nil	Landed without incident
29 September 0200L Chennai India	737 of Air India Flight: AI424	Flight abandoned and took a >2 hr delay after a rat was sighted near food trays	Nil/130 pax onboard	Headed Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Rats chew wiring (almost infallibly)
29 September ~1110L Philadelphia Pennsylvania	737-700 of Airtran Airways Flt TRS47	N149AT returned 10 minutes after a bird-strike on takeoff. Image at tinyurl.com/3dutvn	1 injured/ 143 on board	Turkey buzzard strike caused inner armored layer to shred slivers and they wounded the copilot’s face
29 September 1432Z Honolulu Hawaii	737-210c of Aloha Airlines Reg: N834AL	Flight 956, on departure blew a main gear tire	Nil	Landed without incident
30 September 1923Z SugarLand Texas	1124 WestWind Reg: N209CA	Aircraft on landing rollout, skidded off the runway	Nil/2 onboard	Unknown damage. Visibility 3/4nm in mist with broken cloud at 500ft AGL
30 September Blenheim NZ	All Beech 1900D’s of Eagle Air	Air New Zealand grounded over 60 flights to check 17 planes after a gear safety "issue" was found during routine inspection of an Eagle Air Beech 1900D	Nil	Air NZ subsidiary. See history at tinyurl.com/36yc74. In June a 1900D of Eagle made a belly landing at Blenheim when its gear failed to extend.
30 September 0615L Tegucigalpa Honduras	Let-410UVP Flight ZF810	Returned with a propeller control malfunction and the engine caught fire after landing	Nil	Atlantic Airlines of Honduras headed for San Pedro Sula (Honduras)
30 September Boston Logan Airport	CRJ100 of Delta Flight: COM5292	Coming into the gate, the left wing tip hit the outside mirror of a fuel truck	Nil/50 pax + 3 crew	At Terminal A. Minor damage to aircraft and the Maasport fuel-truck.
1 October night Auckland NZ	A340-200 0f Aerolineas Argentinas	Flight returned to Auckland after 30 minutes and its 170 passengers were flown to Sydney on Air New Zealand flights.	Nil	Left side wing flap failure (probable asymmetry freeze)
General Aviation & Helo
16 August 1945L Fairbanks Alaska	Cessna 207 Reg: N73463	En route to Fairbanks, pilot noticed that the engine oil pressure went to zero. But as the other engine gauges appeared to be normal, instead of seeking a spot to land, he continued the flight.	1 uninjured	About 45 minutes to an hour later, the engine seized, and the pilot attempted to land on an oilfield access road. The airplane went off the access road, and collided with a ditch, sustaining substantial damage to the wings and fuselage
16 August 1730L Ketchikan Alaska	de Havilland DHC-2, Reg: N345KA	Sightseeing flight for cruise ship passengers collided with tree-covered terrain, about 20 miles north of Ketchikan. Passenger related the airplane started its takeoff run directly into the strong winds, and shortly after becoming airborne made a steep turn to the left.	5 fatal, 4 serious injuries	The passenger indicated that as the airplane turned left, it abruptly descended, and collided with a tall stand of trees along the shoreline of the bay.
16 August 1830L New Bern, North Carolina	Piper PA-44-180 Reg: N30521	ATP took control of the airplane to demonstrate a maneuver, and noticed that there was very little resistance from the stabilator. He then checked all trim settings, trimmed the airplane for climb, and continued to fly the traffic pattern for runway 22.	Nil	There was still little resistance from the stabilator, but the ATP was able to land the airplane without incident. Examination of the airplane by maintenance personnel revealed that the "cable assembly - stabilator control, aft, lower," (part No. 62701-153) was fractured.
18 August 0019Z Siasconsett Massachusetts	SR-20 Cirrus Reg: N869CD	Aircraft reported pulling its chute and then crashed near Siasconsett	1 serious/1 uninjured	Substantial damage
18 August 1530L Winamac Indiana	Terpstra Exec162F Reg: N428JT	Substantial damage on impact with terrain following the reported in-flight separation of the helicopter's stabilizer	1 dead	Amateur built and flown by a non rotary-rated pilot
18 August 1035L Clearwater Florida	Beech B36TC Reg: N6750C	Pilot claimed that after rotating, and when about 50 feet in the air, the flight controls became mushy, and he did not have any elevator or rudder control. It was a hot humid day and the aircraft was possibly overweight for the conditions.	1 Serious, 2 Minor.	Eyewitnesses all stated that they saw the airplane lift off in the vicinity of the fuel farm, which is about 1100 feet from the beginning of the runway, and as the airplane climbed they noticed that its wings began to rock increasingly, and the airplane began to porpoise and then simply ceased flying
19 August 0928L Wellington, Florida	Niva Thorp T-18, Reg: N6GN	Collided with the ground shortly after takeoff from the Willington Aero Club Airport in Wellington, Florida.	2 fatal	Witnesses reported that shortly after take-off, the engine of N6GN lost power, the airplane rolled to the left, and impacted the ground in a nose down attitude.
20 August ~1700L Dayton Wyoming	Cessna 182R Reg: N6109N	Civil Air Patrol’s CAPS flight 4940, was destroyed when it impacted terrain 20 miles west of Dayton, Wyoming …	3 fatal	… at an .elevation of 7600ft AMSL during a search for a hiker (later found)
22 August 1230L Mullinville Kansas	Bell 206-L4 Reg: N1813	Helicopter sustained substantial damage during a hard landing following an impact with power lines while maneuvering	2 Serious, 1 Minor	During its approach to an auto accident on a section of the highway, the helicopter's tail rotor contacted power lines that crossed the highway.
22 August night Hobby Airport Texas	Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 Reg: N6KF	Lineman inadvertently walked into the turning propeller for the number 1 engine while undergoing ground operations prior to the night flight.	1 seriously injured	Chock removal and GPU unplugging
22 August 1245L Anaco Venezuela	Cessna U206G Reg: YV-1562	Crashed under unknown circumstances near Anaco, Venezuela in visual meteorological conditions	2 fatal	Flight originated from Barcelona, the same day, about 1215.
23 August 1330L Markham Virginia	Sukhoi SU-31 Reg: N131BW	Pilot passed out due to heavy fuel odor in the cockpit and impacted in fog	1 serious injury	15 miles SE of Winchester airport
24 August evening Surrey B.C. Canada	Hot air balloon of Fantasy Balloons Charters based in Langley, B.C	All but two pax baled out after hot-air balloon envelope and basket caught fire. Balloon self-launched (after moorings burnt) to >400ft and then plummeted …	2 dead/ 12 injured	… into Hazelmere RV trailer park as gas bottles exploded and balloon burnt up. Three 40ft trailer-homes were also destroyed.
24 August 1330L Cheboygan Michigan	SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad Reg: N96DF	Aircraft is presumed to have impacted with Lake Huron. Flight originated from the Mackinac Island Airport	2 fatal	Parts confirmed to have come from N96DF washed ashore near Cheboygan, Michigan.
24 August 2012L Colorado City Texas	Cessna A188B Reg: N9561G	Pilot of the agricultural airplane was struck by the aircraft's propeller at Colorado City Airport	1 dead	Witnesses heard the strike, heard the engine stall and found the pilot lying on the ground
24 August 1227L Whetstone Arizona	Raytheon Co Cobra UAV, Reg: N605RN	Collided with terrain in an uncontrolled descent, near Whetstone, Arizona after a switchology switch-flick error by a trainee UAV controller	Nil	Student changed the UAV’s software address after the automatic landing sequence had been initiated, causing an autopilot unlock.
25 August 0000 Skwentna Alaska	Cessna 180 Reg: N1560C	Classic tailwheel swing on takeoff led to an overturn and burn-out	2 uninjured	Destroyed by post-crash fire
25 August 1330L Kenai Alaska	Cessna 150G Reg: N2981S	Float-equipped airplane sustained substantial damage when it ran aground and nosed over during an aborted takeoff at the Kenai Municipal Seaplane Lake, Kenai, Alaska.	2 uninjured	Flaps had been inadvertently left in the 40 degrees extended position during the takeoff roll….. killing acceleration
25 August 0000 Cambridge Maryland	McNicholas S-12 Reg: N8157Q	Taxied to the runway to check the new brake linings at speed and inadvertently got airborne with the elevator control lock in	1 serious injury	Pitched straight up to 30 ft, stalled and crashed.
25 August 1645L Vannes France	Piper PA-39 Reg: N13PF	Destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Vannes-Meucon Airport, Vannes, France. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.	2 fatal	Flight was on departure and impacted midfield alongside runway 04. Owned by Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc.
26 August 0000 Center Hill Florida	Cessna P206 Reg: N904DZ	Flight originated from the Herlong Airport in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 26, 2007 at about 0430. Wreckage was located by the Civil Air Patrol in Sumter County, Florida, about 120 miles south southwest of Herlong Airport	1 dead	Jacksonville Sheriff's Department received a telephone call about the pilot's well-being. Caller stated that the pilot had threatened suicide by crashing his airplane.
27 August 1610L Watrous New Mexico	Elliott Cirrus VK30 Reg: N60GE	Destroyed when it impacted terrain. Wreckage path, from initial impact point to final resting point, was strewn with parts exposed to fire.	2 fatal	However several pieces were also found scattered prior to the initial impact point that had been exposed to fire. Airplane was powered by a turbocharged IO-550 engine, driving a 6-foot long drive shaft that turned a pusher propeller.
28 August ~1300L Newton Kansas	Piper PA-31P Reg: N7325L	During the takeoff climb, approximately 300-400 feet above ground level, the right engine lost power. The pilot feathered the right engine and attempted to return to EWK.	1 uninjured	Subsequently, the airplane "could not maintain altitude" and the pilot elected to execute a forced landing to a field with the gear retracted.
30 August 1235L Cameron Park California	Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 Reg: N1098F	Collided with terrain immediately after takeoff, at Cameron Air Park. Temperature at the scene of the accident around 1300 hours was 107 degrees Fahrenheit.	2 Fatal, 2 Serious	In addition to the high ambient temperature, there were 4 adults on board, airplane was (over)loaded with 271 pounds of additional baggage/cargo, and at least 60 gallons of fuel.
31 August 1315L Tucumcari New Mexico	Beech 35-B33 Reg: N2133B	Sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain during a forced landing following a partial loss of engine power during initial takeoff climb from the Tucumcari Municipal Airport	2 Seriously injured	Airplane was not equipped with shoulder harness restraints.
31 August 1746L Kernville, California	Lancair Company LC41-550FG Reg: N2520P	Destroyed following a loss of control and impact with terrain while maneuvering to land at the Kern Valley Airport (L05), Kernville. Airplane made a left 180-degree turn after a go-round	6 Fatal	Abeam the approach end of Runway 35 it began a left turn, followed by its nose dropping straight down and then impacting terrain
1 September 1748L Modesto California	Piper PA-22-150 Reg: N13WA	Destroyed by fire after landing at the Modesto City Airport. Pilot reported to the NTSB investigator that within minutes following takeoff on the two flights that preceded the accident flight, he had experienced smoke in the cockpit, and thereafter, he promptly landed.	1 serious, 1 minor injury	Accident occurred during the next flight following repairs to his airplane. The pilot reported that within minutes after takeoff, he observed smoke in the cabin and saw flames near his feet. He returned to the airport and landed. The passenger exited the airplane before it rolled to a stop, and the pilot followed shortly thereafter.
1 September day Radom City Poland	2 x Zlin Z-50’s of the Zelazny Group	Two small planes collided during an aerobatic display at an air show in central Poland on Saturday, killing both pilots, authorities said.	2 dead	Imagery of the two small red planes slamming into each other and bursting into fragments at the Radom Air Show is at tinyurl.com/yvq6gh
1 September 1033L Elizabethton Tennessee	Beech A36, Reg: N326DK	Aircraft was observed to get airborne 2/3rds down the runway and climb very slowly until contacting upsloping terrain	5 fatal	Possibly overloaded. Burnt out wreckage was located at midnight the next day
2 September 1511L Union Star Missouri	Cessna 172M Reg: N1502V	Collided with terrain following a loss of control while maneuvering around a relatives residence	1 dead	Destroyed by impact and post impact fire. Flight originated from St. Joseph, Missouri, at 1330
2 September 1358L Borger Texas	Beech B35 Reg: N118TT	Executed a forced landing after a loss of engine power while on approach to Hutchinson, County Airport (KBGD) near Borger	2 seriously injured	came to rest in a nose down vertical position against a private residence carport
2 September 0930L Daytona Beach, Florida	Piper PA-28-181 Reg: N465MA	PA-28 went around from 100ft when a yellow airplane taxied out onto the active. Unknown aircraft climbed out and collided with the underbelly of N465MA	Nil	Yellow airplane continued its departure, and has not yet been identified or located
2 September 1055L Farmingdale New York	North American SNJ-2 Reg: N52033	Pilot of #5 became distracted momentarily and taxied into #4 instead of following it	2 uninjured	Removed helmet to put in his ear-plugs and then looked up and thought he was following #4 (actually #3)
2 September 1105L Hazelton, Pennsylvania	Cessna 150J Reg: N60867	Flew low and slow over the runway areas looking for a lost windsock that had detached	1 dead	Stalled in an uncoordinated low-level steep turn, hit the ground and burnt
3 September 1358L Lake-in-Hills Illinois	Yakovlev Yak 52 Reg: N212YA	Collided with terrain shortly after taking off from runway 26 (3,058 feet by 50 feet) at the Lake-in-the-Hills Airport. Witnesses reported seeing the plane lift off the runway, level off and the landing gear retract as the airplane began a left descending turn.	2 fatal/2 onboard	The airplane contacted marshy terrain in a conservation area. Purpose of the flight was for the private pilot to receive a biennial flight review. Both the ATP/CFI and the private pilot were fatally injured.
3 September 2106L Kelley's Island Ohio	Cessna 172C Reg: N1301Y	Collided with the water in Lake Erie approximately one-quarter mile off the east end of Kelley's Island, Ohio.	2 Fatal, 1 Serious	The airplane had just departed on runway 09 (2,203 feet by 50 feet) at the Kelley's Island Municipal Airport
3 September 1534L Verona, Kentucky	Schrack Starduster Too Reg: N5462	Destroyed during collision with trees and a post-crash fire after its engine failed on takeoff from Ryan Field (7KY2), Verona	1 fatal, 1 serious	Pilot opted to takeoff even though the engine sounded "rough," and was "popping" and "sputtering."
3 September ~1200L Yerrington Nevada	Bellanca 8KCAB-180 Reg: N240R	pilot failed to return, and a search for the aircraft commenced immediately. There were no known emergency radio transmissions from the airplane, nor were any ELT transmissions received.	1 fatal	Steve Fosset’s Flying M Hunting Club Inc. Pilot was on a reconnaissance flight to look at some of the regional dry lakebeds for a world land-speed record attempt
4 September 1405L Boston Massachusetts	Cessna 172R Reg: N445AF	Landed on runway 33R, and made a left turn onto taxiway "N." Air traffic control instructed the pilot to expedite his crossing of runway 33L, and to pull-up along the left side of a stopped Boeing 767-300	Nil/2 onboard	767 started to taxi, and made a right turn onto taxiway "K". During the turn, the Cessna was flipped onto its left wing, due to the jet blast and sustained substantial damage to the left wing spar.
5 September 0533L Cross City Florida	Cessna 208B Reg: N702PA	Impacted into trees during a forced landing following loss of engine power near Cross City. In cruise flight at 11,000 feet agl, 29 miles east of Cross City Airport in Florida, with no warning or spool down time, the engine failed.	1 uninjured	The engine's gauges instantly went to zero. Attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful so pilot impacted the trees at just above stall speed, sustaining substantial damage
5 September 0830L Thompson Utah	Cessna 172M Reg: N8945V	Impacted terrain while maneuvering about 20 nautical miles north northeast of Thompson, Utah. While spotting for elk, pilot located some elk and maneuvered the airplane to put the elk on the passenger's side (right side) of the airplane. This resulted in the airplane flying up a canyon.	2 uninjured	As the terrain rose, the pilot realized the airplane would not be able to climb over the ridge at the head of the canyon. He turned to the left and attempted to exit the canyon; however, the airplane impacted the terrain and nosed over.
6 September 2032Z Syria Virginia	Piper PA-28-140, Reg: N6493W	Aircraft was on a visual flight plan and was destroyed when it impacted trees at night about 4 nautical miles west of Syria. Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)	3 fatal/3 onboard	Accident occurred during the hours of night. After a search by multiple local, state, and federal agencies, the wreckage was discovered on September 7, 2007, on the northeast side of Fork Mountain at 2,848 foot elevation
6 September 1800L Bernardsville, New Jersey	Piper PA-23-250 Reg: N62BA	Substantially damaged during an in-flight fire. Pilot observed a flame emanating from the right side of the engine, so he pitched the nose of the airplane down, increasing the airspeed, and subsequently extinguished the fire almost immediately.	Nil/1	Examination of the right engine by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed that the number 3 cylinder was separated from the engine case.
7 September 1630L Anchorage Alaska	Cessna 185 Reg: N1758R	Collided with the water and beach of Lake Spenard, during an emergency landing after takeoff from the Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage. during initial climb after takeoff from the southeast waterlane at Lake Hood, pilot noticed that the engine rpm was decreasing, and the manifold pressure was increasing.	1 uninjured	Airplane attained about 400 feet agl, but would not continue to climb. During the impact, the floats were crushed upward, and the wings were displaced downward. Engine later attained full rated rpm on the test stand.
7 September 1226L Virginia Beach, Virginia	North American SNJ-2 Reg: N52033	For the final maneuver of the 5-ship demonstration, each of the first four airplanes were to perform a "pop up break". #5 failed to pop up and flew into the ground.	1 dead	Medical incapacitation (heart attack, CO [carbon monoxide] poisoning?)
7 September 1608L Corona California	Piper PA-46-350P Reg: N6070X	Piper Malibu sustained substantial damage during a forced landing following a loss of engine power on initial takeoff climb from Corona Municipal Airport. As the airplane climbed through 500 feet, the engine "sputtered" and subsequently "quit."	1 uninjured	Pilot executed a forced landing to a construction site. The airplane touched down in rough terrain, and the landing gear sheared off.
8 September 1030L Mansfield Massachusetts	Cessna 172M Reg: N19952	Aircraft stalled and entered incipient spin due to a panicky turn as the pilot and his heavily laden airplane approached trees …	2 fatal & 2 serious	…at the strip’s end (runway 32)
8 September 1410Z Buhl Germany	Robinson R-22 Beta German Reg: D-HZAK	While in cruise flight executing a level right turn, helicopter sustained tail boom and stabilizer failure, departed controlled flight, and impacted onto a highway	2 fatal	Flight originated at the Karlsruhe-Baden airport.. Structural failure
8 September 0000 Port Townsend Washington	Stinson 108-2 Reg: N228C	Pilot touched down on the runway centerline and almost immediately thereafter, the pilot experienced a loss of control. The airplane veered to the right (slight crosswind) and she attempted to abort the landing by adding full power.	1 minor injury	The airplane momentarily began to depart, but subsequently banked left and the left wing contacted the ground. Substantial damage.
8 September 1505L Ellensburg Washington	Hughes 369D Reg: N31HM	While netting sheep, the pilot nosed the aircraft into a slope, light on skids, to disembark his gunners. One walked up into the upslope rotor disc and was killed …	1 Fatal, 2 Uninjured.	… as he approached the netted bighorn sheep corralled to the right front of the helicopter
11 September 2228L Joshua Tree California	Grumman American AA-5 Reg: N119G	Departed Big Bear Airport (L35), Big Bear, California, at 2100, with a planned destination of Roy Williams Airport (L80), Joshua Tree. Last reported GPS position was at an altitude of 3,020 feet, with a crash site elevation of 2,973 feet	1 fatal	GPS coordinates data for the accident flight was extracted from a Garmin 296 handheld at the accident site. Indicated a continuous descent during a period of power outage at the Joshua Tree airport. Flew into dark ground at night?
11 September ~1000L Nokomis Florida	Bell 206B Reg: N261BH	Photography flight flew into the water off Sarasota while pacing a speedboat over calm to very flat seas (no depth perception). Debris from the helicopter hit the boat	2 fatal, 1 seriously injured	Operated by Southland Helicopters. Helicopter was being used to take photos of a racing boat for a boating magazine. A photographic model jumped into the water to keep the two survivors afloat.
11 September 0652L Port-au-Prince Haiti	Cessna 208B Reg: HH-CAW	Forced landing following loss of engine power shortly after takeoff from Port-au-Prince	5 minor injuries, 5 serious injuries/10	Bound for Cap Haitian, Haiti
11 September 1740L Reno Nevada	Rose Peregrine Reg: N13NG	Experimental racing bi-plane was seen to smoke and its propelle stopped about 80 feet after takeoff	1 dead	Pilot attempt to turn to land on a crossing runway, but during the turn, the aircraft descended into the terrain.
12 September 1415L Englewood Colorado	Cessna 180 Reg: N4719B	Lost engine power on approach to runway 35R at Centennial Airport (APA), Englewood and attempted a forced landing	1 serious injury	Departed controlled flight and impacted terrain approximately 1 mile south of the runway threshold
12 September 1830L Hosston, Louisiana.	Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 Reg: N313BG	Turbine-powered Helo was destroyed when it collided with terrain while in cruise flight near Hosston, Louisiana. Last recorded fuel stop was at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was approximately 180 miles sotheast of the accident site.	2 fatal/2 onboard	Operated by Van Nevel Helicopters Inc., of Century, Florida. The 1,620-nautical mile cross-country flight originated from Century, Florida, and was destined for Boulder City Municipal Airport (61B), near Boulder City, Nevada.
12 September 1438L Fort Stockton, Texas	Robinson R22 Beta Reg: N993KC	Hard autorotative landing from around 50ft AGL after a drive-belt failure. See N877HF accident (below)	2 seriously injured	During a predator control mission about 10 miles northwest of Fort Stockton, Texas
12 September 1845L Alsea Oregon	Piper PA-28-140 Reg: N6735J	Witnesses in the area reported that they observed the aircraft maneuvering in the valley at altitudes between 1,000 feet above ground level (agl) to about 50 feet above the tree top level.	2 fatal/2 onboard	No one saw the aircraft hit the ground in a clear cut area behind a dense stand of trees which blocked the wreckage from a road. Wreck was “chanced upon” later.
13 September 1620L Whitfield Alabama	Piper PA32R-301 Reg: N109PA	Wreckage was discovered the next day in heavily wooded terrain after ATC lost contact while pilot was negotiating heavy weather	1 dead	Inflight break-up. (at the time of the accident a line of thunderstorms crossed the airplane's route of flight, and in the vicinity of the crash site.)
13 September 1000L Burlington Washington	Beech A-36 Reg: N1811Q	Crashed whilst executing a 2nd GPS approach to runway 10 at Bayview-Skagit Regional Airport in very marginal conditions	3 fatal/3 onboard	During the approaches, the ceiling was 100 feet overcast, the visibility was one-quarter mile, and the temperature /dew point spread was zero degrees (12 degrees/12 degrees Celsius).
14 September 1115L El Monte California	Robinson R22 Reg: N877HF	Hard autorotation landing after a drive-belt failed (main rotor struck the tail-boom)	2 uninjured	Universal Air Academy. Drive-belts both exhibited scratch-marks and gouges. Alternator belt went missing
15 September 1353L Erie Colorado	Evektor AeroTechnic AS Sportstar N616EV	Student pilot and instructor died when aircraft entered autorotation (incipient spin) during a 180 degree course reversal …	2 fatal/2	…during touch and go practice on runway 15. Owned by Skyraider Aviation Inc
15 September 0810L Utopia Texas	Monocoupe 110SP Reg: NC110SP	1931 vintage plane crashed during low-level aerobatics over a friend’s home	1 dead	Suspected disorientation leading to high-speed vertical impact
15 September 1445L Dallas Georgia	Bellanca 17-30A Reg: N8260R	Force-landed following an engine failure in the cruise descent (change of attitude to nose-down evidently allowed trapped fuel-tank water to enter the engine)	1 dead	Investigator’s water-paste detected water in the fuel-tanks (some fuel had been drained to exclude water after it was detected preflight)
16 September 1720Z Banbury UK	Piper PA-32-301 Reg: G-BMDC	Piper Saratoga hit the ground soon after takeoff at Banbury UK in unknown circumstances	1 dead	Destroyed
16 September 1700UTC Airolo Switzerland	Piper PA-28-181 Reg: HB-PGC	Impacted mountainous terrain during cruise flight in instrument conditions	2 dead & 2 serious injuries/4	En route Firenze Peretola Italy to Zurich Switzerland
16 September 1610L Lanarkshire Scotland	AS350B2 helo Reg: G-CBHL	Crashed in woodland very near the pilot's family home in Jerviswood, Lanark, killing everyone on board.	4 dead	A six-seater jet and the Squirrel helicopter are owned by 39yo famed rally driver Colin McRae
17 September 1130L Milton Florida	Piper PA-30 Reg: N8751Y	Collided with a fence following a double engine failure caused by empty main tanks and insufficient trip fuel. After exiting the wreck, the main tanks appeared to be empty	1 uninjured	Write-off (registered to USA Credit Corp). John Bell Williams Airport Raymond Mississippi to Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, Destin, Florida
21 September 1510L McGrath Alaska	Cessna 206 Reg: N8030Z	Floatplane’s engine quit with a loud bang and aircraft crashed in trees	2 uninjured	Galena Alaska to Moose Pass. Cylinder had been changed about 65 hours prior
21 September 1430L Fairbanks Alaska	Piper PA-18 Reg: N4468Z	Tundra-tire equipped aircraft collided with the ground during a forced landing	1 minor injury/1	In rain … after engine failure caused by carburetor icing
21 September 1010L Clayton North Carolina	North American Navion Reg: N8844H	Crashed into 40 foot power lines and a restaurant after emerging from cloud with an engine failure	1 dead/1 onboard	Image at tinyurl.com/3d3zk8
21 September 1305L New Smyrna Beach Florida	Temco GC-1B Swift Reg: N2455B	Globe Swift experienced a loss of power straight after takeoff runway 11 and pilot tried a forced landing parallel to runway 2	1 dead (16,520-hour pilot)	Cart-wheeled and impacted trees. Main fuel tank line vent found to be completely obstructed by a mud-dauber’s nest
22 September 1420L Whittier Alaska	Cessna 180 Reg: N46209	Anchorage-based floatplane hit trees and crashed after takeoff from lake	1 fatal, 1 serious/2	Stalled trying to avoid trees on a hill in its path. From Lake Hood Seaplane Base
24 September 1835Z Graham Texas	Cessna 172 Reg: N62365	Aircraft landed hard and rebounded off the runway into the trees	nil/1 onboard	Porpoised; substantial damage
24 September 1639Z Moriarty New Mexico	Cessna 210 Reg: N732XE	Aircraft while practicing approaches, crashed off the runway	1 dead/ 1 serious /2 onboard	winds 17kts gusting 25kts
25 September 2245Z Chandler Arizona	PA-28 Cherokee Reg: N6716J	Aircraft landed hard on arrival Stellar Airpark, Chandler Arizona	Nil/2 onboard	Substantial damage
25 September 1812Z Fairfield Pennsylvania	Taylorcraft BC-12D Reg: N39263	Aircraft force landed in a rural area under unknown circumstances, East Fairfield, Pennsylvania	Unknown/1 onboard	Substantial damage
25 September 2303Z Englewood Colorado	Cessna 310 Reg: N200JD	Aircraft reported a gear problem, and on landing the partially extended nose gear collapsed	Nil/2 onboard	Minor damage
25 September 1540Z Truth or Consequences New Mexico	Mooney Mk20 Reg: N9403V	Aircraft while taxiing, nose gear and right gear collapsed	Nil/2 onboard	Unknown damage
26 September 1435Z Defiance, Ohio	PA-32 Cherokee Six Reg: N8341G	Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, the one person on board was fatally injured,	1 dead	Destroyed
26 September 0000 Detroit Lakes Minnesota	PA-12 Super Cruiser Reg: N2560M	Aircraft located upside down in a lake with the circumstances unknown	Nil	Substantial damage
28 September 1521Z McKinney Texas	Cessna 172 Reg: N364GW	Aircraft on landing, porpoised, struck the prop and went off the runway	Nil/1 onboard	Wind light and weather clear. Substantial damage
29 September 0120Z Waterloo Indiana	Beech 36 Bonanza Reg: N55GW	Crashed in a field under unknown circumstances in VFR conditions	1 serious injury	Substantial damage
29 September 0345Z Bethel Alaska	Cessna 172 Reg: N758TG	Aircraft crashed on landing 44nms from Bethel	1 serious injury/3 o/b	Substantial damage
29 September 1940Z Truesdale Missouri	AA-5 Traveler Reg: N9583L	On landing the pilot lost control and aircraft hit trees		substantial damage
29 September 1600Z Silver City, New Mexico	Robinson R22 helo Reg: N74557	Rotorcraft stalled and struck the ground, 40 miles from Silver City, NM	Nil/2 on board	Substantial damage
29 September 1656Z Turlock California	J-5 Cub Cruiser Reg: N38234	Aircraft, while being hand-propped, became airborne without the pilot and crashed into a field	1 minor injury	Write-off
30 September 2000Z Franklin Virginia	Beech 33 Debonair Reg: N52359	Aircraft experienced engine problems on departure and crashed into the trees	2 minor injury/2	Write-off
30 September 0125Z Bakersfield California	Cessna 182 Reg: N3580Y	Aircraft aborted takeoff, lost control and went off the runway side	nil/5 onboard	Winds light, weather not a factor. Substantial damage
30 September 1430Z Hiram Georgia	Cessna 150 Reg: N6724G	Force-landed in a field due to fuel exhaustion	nil/2 onboard	Minor damage
30 September 1800Z Moab Utah	Shorts SC-7 SkyVan Reg: N26LH	During skydiving event, skydiver’s chute did not open after jump from aircraft …	1 dead	… resulting in fatal injuries to the skydiver
30 September 1510Z Indiana, Pennsylvania	PA-28 Cherokee Reg: N1839T	Aircraft veered off the runway and went down a ravine	1 minor injury	Write-off
30 September 2315Z Houston Texas	Schweizer 269D rotorcraft Reg: N8374F	Hovering Houston Police Department Schweizer 269D rotorcraft, experienced a failure and landed hard	Nil	Minor damage
30 September 2130Z Jackson Center Ohio	R-44 Astro helo Reg: N8353K	Rotorcraft landed hard and rolled over	Nil/1 onboard	Destroyed
30 September 1600Z Taos New Mexico	PA-28 Cherokee Reg: N38765	Aircraft on departure had smoke in the cockpit, attempted to return and crashed 1 mile from the airport, at Taos	Nil/2 onboard	Destroyed
01 Octobe 0000 King Salmon Alaska	Helio Courier H-295 Reg:N292BA of Branham Adventures	Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances near Katmai Park National Reserve	4 dead/ 4 onboard	Returning to Royal Wolf Lodge when it crashed into trees near Nonvianuk Lake, 6 miles from the lodge (200nms SW of Anchorage)
Military including UAV’s & Warbirds)
19 July 0900L Longmont Colorado	Beech C-45H Reg: N9562Z	A vintage military plane that crashed in July suffered engine failure after at least some of the oil had drained out through 2 open valves. A mechanic found two pools of oil where the twin-engine Beech C-45H had been parked before taking off from Platte Valley Airpark and a trail of oil leading to the runway, a NTSB report said.	1 serious /1 minor injuries	Owner was the Commemorative Air Force of Midland, Texas. Cause was pilots’ failure to close the rocker box recovery system drain valves, resulting in a total loss of lubricating oil and subsequent oil starvation to both engines. The oil drain valves are opened and collection containers are attached to the plane after flights to prevent hydraulic lock and allow the oil to drain.
14 August day Fallujah Iraq	CH-47 Chinook of US Army	Crashed on a post-maintenance airtest near the al-Taqaddum air base outside Fallujah, 30 miles west of Baghdad,	5 dead/ 5 onboard	Assumed technical fault
15 August ~1800L Long Beach California	C-17 Globemaster III of USAF	Military airlifter diverted in with an inboard engine out	Nil	No further details
23 August night South Korean DMZ	Shadow 200 UAV of US Army	Drone went down Thursday night near the Camp Casey US army base at Dongducheon, 18 kilometers (11 miles) south of the Demilitarised Zone which bisects the peninsula,	Nil	It suffered "probable mechanical engine failures." A Shadow 200 last crashed at Dongducheon on October 16, one month after US troops deployed it for the first time in South Korea.
23 August 0635L 115 kms SW of Khurba airfield Khabarovsk Russia	Sukhoi SU-24 Strategic bomber of the Russian Air Force	Sukhoi bomber type is grounded while investigators check on crash cause. Russian F-111 swing-wing imitator had failure of onboard power supply system.	2 ejectees/2 onboard	Two Su-24 planes crashed in 2006 - one in the Amur region on 16 Jauaryn (both pilots ejected) and another in the Pskov region on 28 June (crew unhurt)
25 August morning Christchurch New Zealand	C17 Globemaster III of USAF	US serviceman was transported to a local hospital after falling 19’ from the top of a C-17 cargo plane Saturday.	1 broken leg	Part of Operation Deep Freeze, servicing Antarctic bases
29 August day Springbank Canada	Curtiss P40K Warhawk	"Tail-dragger" hit the ground, its tail coming up and the aircraft skidding forward coming to rest on its nose at a 45- to 90-degree angle to the ground.	1 minor	Warbird assessed rebuildable – after this air show incident
4 September day Belize, British Honduras	Bell 212 of Royal Air Force	All BATSUB helicopters were grounded after a Bell 212 crashed 4 Sep in an un-inhabited area south of the Maxboro housing community. It’s the first serious accident with a British military helicopter in Belize.	2 slightly injured	Eyewitnesses say the nose of the Bell helicopter dipped too far forward, and its blades touched the ground. That caused the helicopter to flail along the ground and burst into flames.
5 September Quetta, Pakistan	F7 of Pakistan Air Force	The Pilot of a Chinese-made F-7 fighter ejected safely shortly after takeoff from a base near the southwestern city of Quetta. The plane caught fire right after the crash and that was doused by fire tenders.	1 dead & 1 survived	Pakistan has lost a string of military planes in crashes, including at least five this year. The previous incident was on March 13 when an F-7 went down also near Quetta because of an unexplained technical malfunction. Another pilot was martyred in that crash.
5 September ~1600L York, North Yorkshire UK	Tucano Mk1 of Royal Air Force	A Tucano turboprop trainer force-landed at Rufforth, a glider field on the outskirts of York, when its engine failed	Nil/2 onboard	Tucano was from nearby RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Damage was limited to two burst tires due to the short strip.
8 September day Fukuoka Airport Japan	USAF F16 x 2	13 minutes after the pilot declared his need for an emergency landing, the jet (#85-1544, ex-181st FW) safely touched down at Fukuoka AP (16.45h) followed by his wingman who landed six minutes later (16.51h).	Nil	The F-16s were on their way from Hickam AFB, Hawaii, USA, to Osan AB, South Korea, when the engine thrust output from one of the F-16s dropped by half. USAF mechanics were scheduled to arrive Monday from Misawa AB, Aomori Prefecture
9 September day Edinburgh Scotland	A310 of the Belgian Air Force	A310 landed with its #1 engine on fire, but self-extinguished it soon after	Nil	Imagery at tinyurl.com/2o5mg9
11 September 0300L Hyderabad India	Kiran Mk 1 jet trainer	Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed in a training plane crash on Tuesday morning at Hakimpet Air Force Academy in Hyderabad	2 dead	Pilots have been identified as Squadron Leader Bhagat and a trainee pilot S C Pathi.
11 September afternoon Karlshamn in Southeastern Sweden	2 Swedish military Eurocopter BO-105-CB3 helicopters	Two military helicopters collided midair outside Tingsryd in southern Sweden and crashed to the ground. Both craft were German-made Bölkow Bo 105s, known in Sweden as Helikopter 9s.	4 dead	There were two crewmen in each helicopter. Aircraft belonged to the Linköping helicopter fleet but had taken off from the F17 airfield in Kallinge on Tuesday.
12 September 1437L Okęcie airport Warsaw Poland	F-16D Block 52M+	A Polish fighter that took off from Krzesiny airport in the outskirts of Poznań for a routine training flight made an emergency landing at Warsaw's Okęcie airport.	Nil	The pilot detected smoke in cockpit while practicing touch and go's at that airport and decided to land as soon as possible. The jet landed safely at 14.37h local time.
13 September day Hungary Budapest Airport	C130K of UK Royal Air Force	Plane had taken off from Romania destined for its Wiltshire base when part of its tailplane shifted and the crew lost control.	Nil	BBC reported that the crew “fought with the controls” in a forced descent from 25,000ft. According to the BBC, they only managed to regain control at about 4,000 feet.
13 September day Bamako Mali	C130 of USAF	Machine-gun fire hit this U.S. military airplane flying food to Malian troops fighting Touareg rebels in the far north of the country but no one was wounded and the plane landed safely. C-130 was hit late Tuesday or early Wednesday over Tin-Zawatine, a desert village on Mali's border with Algeria. Aircraft was carrying about 14,000 pounds of food from the Malian government to troops that were "pinned down" in Tin-Zawatine.	Nil	The U.S. provides military training and support to Mali, which is often called one of the most stable countries in West Africa but is battling Touareg rebels who say their semi-nomadic people, part of the Berber ethnic group, suffer discrimination at the hands of the Bambara-speaking majority.
13 September day Alabama USA	UH-60 Blackhawk of US Army	Struck power lines in foggy weather and plunged into a pasture, killing the Company Commander and two airmen. Helo was flying from Ft Campbell to Chattanooga	3 dead	Company C, 4th Battalion, 101st Avn Regt, 159th Combat Avn Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. Helo crashed 190mls SE of Ft Campbell, Kentucky
18 September day Aviano Airbase Italy	F16 Falcon of US Air Force	USAF pilot assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano AB, Italy ejected safely in unknown circumstances while on a routine high-altitude training mission.	1 ejectee	Aircraft crashed in a remote area northwest of Aviano AB. Maj. Timothy Palmer is undergoing medical evaluation but appears to be in good condition.
21 September day Western Turkey	T38A Talon of Turkish Air Force	Jet trainer aircraft crashed in the Aegean city of Izmir in western Turkey.	2 ejectees	Took off from Cigli, Turkey’s 2nd Main Jet Base and crashed in the mountainous area near Eglenhoca hamlet in vicinity of Karaburun town
25 September 1010L Moriarty, New Mexico	Cessna 210 of US Customs & Border Protection	Witnesses said the plane (N732XE) had been practicing take offs and landings just before the crash.	1 dead & 1 injured	The plane went off the runway side and caught fire on its last landing. Moriarty is about 35 miles east of Albuquerque.
25 September Warsaw Poland	AMX Trainer of NATO Forces	Two pilots (an Italian and a Pole) “escaped unscathed” Tuesday when the jet fighter crashed near Jasien after first experiencing engine trouble near Czempin in western Poland following a birdstrike. The pilots were participating in NATO’s Italian Dancer exercises in Poland.	2 ejected	AMX advanced trainer attack is a multi-mission attack fighter for combat roles and advanced training. The AMX jets have been jointly developed by Italy and Brazil. Eight Italian air force AMX planes flew to the Polish Powidz air base for the exercises.
28 September day Kingsville Texas	T45 Goshawk of USN	Crashed on King Ranch about 2 miles north of Kleberg County Airport, Sept. 27, while returning to NAS Kingsville	1 injured ejectee	Attached to Training Squadron 21. Student piloting the aircraft ejected safely.
All incident data retrieved from multiple sources (formal & informal) & should be used with relevant caution until verified by official publication.

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