Beechcraft Crashes in Utah, 9 dead.

What: Twin-engine, turbo prop, Beechcraft King Air A-100 returning Friday evening from Moab, carrying a medical team. Leavitt Group owned the plane.
Where: 2 miles from the Canyonlands Field airport.
When: 6 p.m. Friday
Who: Killing all 10 people on board, including pilot David White, the director of Red Canyon Aesthetics & Medical Spa, Dr. Lansing Ellsworth; David Goddard; Mandy Johnson; Marcie Tillery, 29; Valerie Imlay, 52; Keith Shumway, 29; Dallon Ellsworth, 24; Camie Vigil, 25, and Cecilee Goddard, 25.
Why: The plane "pancaked" and skidded along the ground. NTSB Aviation Accident Investigator is Josh Cawthra

Three Die In Utah Crash

What: Hughes 500D helicopter took off from the Carbon County Airport, heading toward Salt Lake on their way home from a fishing trip.
Where: a half-mile northwest of the airport.
When: 3:42 p.m. Saturday July 19
Who: Pilot James Innes, the former owner of Haldon Station in South Canterbury and his son, Andrew formerly of Australia; and the American George McDaniel from Idaho Falls.
Why: Cause under investigation--NTSB says a preliminary report will be released in five to six days. There could have been too much weight for the windy conditions. (When they stopped to refuel, Mr Innes took some of the heavy supplies from a second helicopter.)

The Innes family history: Mr Innes lost another son Dan in a chopper crash in Mexico in 1998 and his brother David in an air crash at Gore. Mr Innes was a pioneer in shooting and capture of feral deer from a helicopter in New Zealand in the 1980s. James Innes flew for Pathfinder Helicopter, caught all the wolves for Yellowstone (National Park); transplanted them from Alaska down to Yellowstone.

Desolation Canyon Crash

What: Cessna Cherokee 140
Where: Green River in Desolation Canyon
When: Sunday, July 13
Who: Duncan Bridewell and his brother, John Bridewell
Why: The plane was losing altitude, so the pilot attempted to land--but crashed into a bolder hidden by greenery.

After the crash, the two injured men were discovered by a party including Kimberly Sawtelle, an emergency medical tech (enployed by the Utah Olympic Park ski patrol) who had gone rafting. Sawtelle treated the victims (both men had broken ankles and other injuries. They floated downriver, made camp, and eventually a rafter with a satellite phone was able to notify air meds. Two helicopters arrived and airlifted out the victims. Sawtelle, formerly with the Rye Fire Department, is being hailed as a local hero.

Car Plane collision

What: small plane emergency landing; The left wing was sheared off and the front of the plane spun into the trailer.
Where: making an emergency landing on a road in eastern Utah on U.S. 191 near Vernal
When: Not Released
Who: pilot and his teenage son; treated and released
Why: engine trouble