Basketball Players Flying Late

What: ExpressJet Flight 152 en route to Tampa
Where: 41-passenger plane
When: Jan 6 2008 - ten minutes into the flight at 4:15 p.m.
Who: Passengers included Louisville's basketball team
Why: The flight had the equivalent of a "check engine" light go off in the instrument panel. The Louisville's basketball team which was on board deplaned safely after an emergency landing. The passengers were rescheduled for transportation later Tuesday for its Wednesday game; the rescheduled flight took off from Standiford Field at about 9:05 p.m. scheduled to arrive in Tampa after 11 p.m.

Aussie Emergency Landing

What: nine-seater plane, a charter of Shine Aviation Service
Where: Geraldton Airport
When: Jan 7 8:30 am
Who: 9 passengers aboard.
Why: Flight reported that a warning light predicted the landing gear might fail on landing. The emergency landing occurred when landing gear became stuck and its wheels failed to come down. The pilot used up excess fuel before landing without incident.

Cebu Pacific's ATR Emergency Landing in Philippines

What: Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 893 ATR-72-500 propeller-plane, bound for Caticlan, Aklan
Where: NAIA 1’s Runway 06 Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila
When: 7:21 am Wednesday morning
Who: 53 passengers and four crew w
Why: the pilot reported a problem in the right engine. Alarm lights in the instrument panel were blinking. The carrier provided flight vouchers for Caticlan via Kalibo. The passengers were bound for Caticlan, gateway airport of the country's most popular tourist destination Boracay island. The carrier stated officially that "The engine of the 11-month-old ATR 72-500 aircraft will be checked by an international maintenance crew from Cebu Pacific"

Brazil Helicopter Crash

What: AgustaWestland A109C Helicopter en route from the coastal resort town of Parati to Itupeva
Where: (near Sao Paulo) in Brazil's northeastern state of Ceara.
When: Monday 01/05
Who: Pilot and copilot were hospitalized. One businessman (Gilberto Ramalho) was the only fatality, 5 in all were injured.
Why: The pilot was about to land at Ramalho's famiy farm in Itupeva when the helicopter exploded. On board were the pilot, copilot, a business couple, their teenage daughter and her friend. Three passengers got out quickly--the pilot and copilot were severely burned. The security camera at Ramalho's farm recorded the impact.

Crop duster Lost in Mississippi

What: Yellow and blue crop duster en route from Greenville, Ala., to Cleveland, Miss
Where: wooded area in the Bogue Chitto community, Mississippi
When: Friday
Who: Monty Hudson
Why: Hudson and his brother (in a separate plane) were traveling
from Greenville and encountered bad weather. The plane dropped off radar in Alabama Friday--Hudson died Friday--and was missing until Monday. WHen the wreckage was found in Neshoba County, it was hanging nose down in pine trees at 5:30 p.m. two miles northeast of Bogue Chitto off Road 765. Apparently the plane had caught on fire after crashing.

Quebec Piper Crash

What: single-engine 1968 Piper Cherokee en route after refueling in Quebec City en route to Saint John, N.B.
Where: near Buckland*, 90 kilometres southeast of Quebec City.
When: Tuesday
Who: pilot Jesse Barrie, and two surviving passengers: Dan Weiher and Stephanie Shipley. There were two fatalities: Pilot Jesse Barrie and passenger Jeffrey McClymont
Why: No cause has been determined.

After Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre at CFB Trenton, Ont received a 911 call from the female survivor of the crash,rescue searchers parachuted in and the two survivors were found; they were still alive, though not outfitted for the winter weather conditions. They are described as being "frozen" when they were airlifted by helicopter at 10:30 a.m to Quebec city.

*Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland

LANCAIR crash in Kansas

What: LANCAIR IV P Fixed Wing Single-Engine
Where: IOLA, KS Allen County Airport
When: 01/07/2009
Who: The pilot Mark Sherman, was the only one aboard
Why: Prior to landing, the pilot had to circle as another plane was on the runway. His plane lost power, landed 200 feet NE of the runway and skidded 50 yards until the wheels and tailsection broke off. Sherman who suffered a cracked vertebra was taken to Allen County Hospital and then transferred to Wichita hospital .

Kolb Crash in Ozarks

What: KOLB MARK III Fixed Wing Single-Engine (experimental class) registered to registered to Tate Isaac
Where: Ozark Arkansas near Batson Mountain
When: Date: 01/07/2009
Who: Pilot was the only one aboard. No injuries.
Why: On takeoff, the plane stalled and crashed. (Alternately this is being described as a hard landing.)

Mooney Crash Landing in Mojave

What: MOONEY M20C Fixed Wing Single-Engine
Where: MOJAVE, CA
When: 01/07/2009
Who: only the pilot was aboard.
Why: On landing, the landing gear collapsed.

Puerto Rico Plane Crash

What: LANCAIR IVP Fixed Wing Single-Engine Experimental class plane
Where: AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO
When: 01/07/2009
Who: Only the pilot was aboard
Why: On landing, the aircraft rolled, the nose gear collapsed.

Grumman Forced Landing in Goshen

What: 1978 Grumman Tiger en route from Howe, Indiana to Goshen, Indiana
Where: CR 150 East and the Elkhart/Kosciusko County Line Road Goshen Indiana
When: 01/05/2009 11:43 a.m.
Who: 2 people aboard. instructor William T. Reid and Pilot Chad L. Miller
Why: During cruise flight the prop broke off. Pilot Chad L. Miller had to make a forced landing in a field in Koscuisko County in Goshen IN, The pilot had been intending to practice "stop and go/touch and go" landings at the airport in Goshen.

Delta Airlines Emergency Landing

What: Delta Airlines Flight 1353 Mcdonnell Douglas Md88
Where: LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, NY
When: 01/06/2009 Time: 17:45
Who:
Why: While waiting at the gate, the plane was struck at the LI door. No injuries were reported, but the flight was cancelled.

Emergency Landing at Santa Monica Airport when Landing Gear Failed

What: twin-engine Beechcraft King air (BEECH 100) en route from San Jose International Airport at 5:27 p.m. to Santa Monica Airport of 6:29 p.m.
Where: Santa Monica CA
When: 01/07/2009
Who: Pilot and passenger were uninjured.
Why: On landing, the right main landing gear collapsed. The fuselage skidded across the runway before grinding to a stop.

Three River MI Lands on Frozen River

What: BE36 Bonanza en route from Brownsville, Texas to Three Rivers airport (Also reported as a single engine Cessna)
Where: on the frozen Saint Joseph river, east of Three Rivers MI
When: 01/06/2009 Tuesday afternoon.
Who: pilot, Fred Nelson Jr., his father, Fred Nelson Sr., and a dog. Both men and dog escaped injury.
Why: The pilot had been attempting to reach the Three Rivers airport. Icing on the wings forced the pilot to make a forced landing on a frozen river at Three Rivers where the river is half a mile wide and the ice is six inches thick

* UPDATE

Fatality near Pensacola Fl

Pictured: Piper
What: Piper PA-25 Pawnee
Where: PENSACOLA, FL Ferguson Field near Hwy 98.
When: 01/06/2009 16:45
Who: pilot
Why: The pilot was doing practice runs near Ferguson airport. During touch and go, the Pawnee crashed into a wooded area. The pilot was the only person on board and was fatally injured.

PHI Medical Evacuation Emergency Landing

What: PHI Bell 407 medical helicopter
Where: emergency landing about 11 miles south of Lafayette--a parking lot at U.S. 231 and Indiana 28 in Romney
When: Monday afternoon
Who: A pilot, nurse, paramedic and patient
Why: The PHI Bell 407 medical helicopter a patient when it was forced to land due to a mechanical problem Monday afternoon. An ambulance carried the patient to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Lafayette.

The Fatality That Wasn't

Around here, we'd really like to have more crises like this.


What: small plane en route from the Ramona Airport
Where: emergency landing in a field
When: Monday
Who: John Hammerstrand
Why: The pilot reported engine trouble after take off but was never found by rescue parties. In fact, after the distress signal, he was considered missing during the two hour search. Until the man's wife reported that he called to report he'd had arrived safely after his plane experienced a power failure/

Congratulations to pilot John Hammerstrand for being alive.

Denver Crash Update

"Weather vaning where a strong crosswind pushes a plane's tail and turns the aircraft's nose into the wind, much like it turns a weather vane" is being considered as one of the causes of the Denver Crash. At the time, gusts of 37 mph were recorded. So far, the National Transportation Safety Board has cleared the plane's brakes and engines of fault. Other possible mechanical failure could still be a possibility. Other experts say a crosswind of that mph is not strong enough to have caused a problem unless ice on the runway was also a factor.
What: Continental Airlines Boeing 737 flight 1404 Denver to Houston Registration N18611
Where: Denver International Airport on runway 34 Right
When: 20 DEC 2008 18:18 local time
Who: 107 passengers 5 crew (at least 38 injured, nothing life-threatening) Ten passengers were taken to Denver Health. 15 passengers were taken to the Medical Center of Aurora. University Hospital in Aurora took in eight. Four passengers were taken to Swedish Hospital
Why: The plane suffered a runway excursion at runway 34R during takeoff, slid into a ditch and caught fire after the crash. The #1 engine separated from the wing and the undercarriage collapsed. There was a 31 knot (36 mph) crosswind.
Passengers debarked on emergency slides as the plane burned. 38 people were taken to 4 Denver hospitals with injuries ranging from broken bones to bumps and bruises. Fire burned the right side of the plane. Two patients at University of Colorado Hospital initially listed in fair condition were downgraded to critical condition with fractures.

By the time the passengers had evacuated, the fire had spread inside and started melting the luggage compartments.


Debris remained on the runway, with the plane about 200 yards away and its landing gear and left engine shorn off.

The plane's first flight was 1994-05-31.It has 2 CFMI CFM56-3C1 engines.
NTSB Preliminary Report: Identification: DCA09MA021
Scheduled 14 CFR Part 121: Air Carrier operation of CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC
Accident occurred Saturday, December 20, 2008 in Denver, CO
Aircraft: BOEING 737, registration: N18611
Injuries: 5 Serious, 27 Minor, 83 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

On December 20, 2008, at 1818 mountain standard time, Continental flight 1404, a Boeing 737-500 (registration N18611), equipped with CFM56-3B1 engines, departed the left side of runway 34R during takeoff from Denver International Airport (DEN). The scheduled, domestic passenger flight, operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 121, was enroute to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Houston, Texas. There were 37 injuries among the passengers and crew, and no fatalities. The airplane was substantially damaged and experienced post-crash fire. The weather observation in effect nearest the time of the accident was reported to be winds at 290 and 24 knots with gusts to 32 knots, visibility of 10 miles, a few clouds at 4000 feet and scattered clouds at 10,000 feet. The temperature was reported as -4 degrees Celsius.

Sante Fe NM Emergency Landing

What: plane en route Fort Collins, Colo., to Santa Fe
Where: 11 miles north of the Santa Fe Municipal Airport off Buckman Road near Canyon Diablo a few miles east of White Rock in an open area with a number of roads.
When: 4 p.m
Who: Two men from Greeley, Colo with minor injuries
Why: After the plane suffered engine failure, they landed in a field-

DELTA AIRLINES Engine Malfunction

What: DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 55 BOEING 777
Where: ATLANTA Georgia
When: 01/02/2009
Who: The number of passengers on board is not known at this time.
Why: Engine malfunctioned during take-off. The plane taxied to the gate. DAMAGE REPORTED TO RIGHT ENGINE FAN AND COWLING