| Date |
Aircraft Type |
Narrative |
Death/Injury |
Remarks |
| 12 Dec Isle of Nevis, Eastern Caribbean |
Global 500 reg: N50DS |
Landed short of the runway at Vance W. Armory Airport in the Caribbean islands on December 12 and sustained damage after hitting an airport perimeter fence |
nil |
Owner is Tampa, Fla.-based First Southeast Aviation |
| 14 Dec Pittsburgh International Airport, Pennsylvania |
727-200 of Astar Air Cargo (Miami-based) |
A 15 feet long and 17 inches wide wing flap section fell into a Robinson Township house front yard after takeoff. |
nil |
Freighter was headed for Rochester New York |
| 28 Dec 1700Z Ankeny Iowa |
Beech E90 reg: N199TT |
While taxiing from the ramp to the runway, aircraft slid into a snowbank and struck its prop |
nil/5 onboard |
minor damage |
| 04 Jan 0940L Los Roques Islands Venezuela |
LET410-UVP-E of Transaven Reg: YV2081 |
Aircraft crashed into sea about 6 miles from the Gran Roque Island airfield. Reports indicate that both engines failed when the aircraft was flying at an altitude of 3,000 feet about 64 miles north of Caracas. |
14 dead/14 onboard |
Update: Life vest from sunken aircraft confirms suspected crash position. Body found on shore in the area was confirmed as being from the aircraft (the copilot). |
| 07 Jan 2032Z Toronto Canada |
737-800 of American Flight: AAL719 |
Crew declared an emergency on departure due to an aft cargo door open indication and requested a return. |
nil |
The aircraft proceeded downwind, with a long final for runway 24L, landing at 2057Z without further incident. Headed for Miami Florida |
| 08 Jan Warren County Kentucky |
PA46 Piper Malibu |
Crashed while landing at the Bowling Green-Warren County Airport |
3 uninjured/3 onboard |
Plane crash landed 25-hundred feet short of the runway with a major engine malfunction. |
| 08 Jan day NE Colombia |
Cessna TU206G of Heligolfo HK-2788 |
Plane-wreck was located on a slope close to the Frontino Moor, which at 4km high is the highest point of the Antioquia Department. Crashed on 3 Jan while flying between the town of Murindo and Medellin, the provincial capital |
6 dead/6 onboard |
Contact was lost when plane was over the town of Urrao, some 500 kilometers (310 miles) northwest of Bogota, shortly after 5:00 p.m. local time |
| 09 Jan 1420L Frankfurt Germany |
A340-311 of Air Lanka Reg: 4R-ADF Flight: UL554 |
On pushback from gate B46 a corner of the airbridge came into contact with the forward fuselage. The airbridge left a 20-30 cm gash over a length of 14 meters. |
nil/290 pax |
...along the belly. Frankfurt to Colombo aircraft suffered substantial damage |
| 09 Jan afternoon Lincoln Nebraska |
737-200 of Ameristar Jet Charter of Dallas |
University of Texas' charter jet ran 50 feet off the east edge of the pavement about 100 yards from the terminal gate before stopping in the mud. |
nil/31 passengers + 7 crew |
UT Women's basketball team was headed to a game against the University of Nebraska-Lincoln when the braking hydraulics failed. |
| 09 Jan 1849L Halifax Nova Scotia |
Dash 8 of Air Canada Jazz |
Landed back at Halifax Robert L. Stanfield International Airport after 10 mins with a non-specified emergency |
nil |
Halifax to Fredericton |
| 09 Jan 0154Z Bowling Green Kentucky |
PA-46 Malibu Reg: N295S |
Aircraft reported an engine problem and force landed short of the runway at Bowling Green |
nil/3 onboard |
Substantial damage |
| 09 Jan 2240Z Denton Texas |
Cessna 414, Chancellor N999JL |
On landing roll, aircraft's right main gear collapsed. |
nil |
minor damage |
| 10 Jan 2230Z Stephenville Western Newfoundland |
757 of Omni Air Flight: OAE768 |
Military Jet Charter bound for the Middle East with a load of US troops was forced to land by a smoke-filled cockpit while over the Indian Ocean. |
nil/101 troops |
Bangor, Maine, to Shannon, Ireland. Pax were transferred to an Omni Air DC-10. Image at: tinyurl.com/2tm8sa |
| 10 Jan 0830L Calgary, Alberta |
A319 of Air Canada Flight: ACA190 |
Pilot apologized to injured passengers for a "computer malfunction" that generated sudden abrupt L/R rolls (65nm SW of Cranbrook). Landed 34 Calgary at 1529Z |
8 pax + 2 crew inj/88 onboard |
Victoria, British Columbia, for Toronto. Aircraft diverted to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Another 30 to 40 people have bumps & bruises. Event duration 15 secs |
| 10 Jan 1516Z Thompson Manitoba |
Beech 99 of Perimeter Avn |
PAG407 requested a return soon after takeoff and ATC noted a port engine cowling missing (detached on rotate) |
nil |
Cowling not secured after being opened by pilot to check the engine oil level |
| 10 Jan 2110Z Cayman islands |
A319-144 of Air Canada Flt:ACA785 |
Shortly after take-off, the flight crew received an avionics smoke warning. The flight crew elected to return to Owen Roberts International Airport. |
nil |
Avionics cooling fan seizure |
| 11 Jan 1610Z Goose Bay, in the province of Newfoundland |
767-209 of Air Mexico Flight: AMX006 |
Aircraft diverted into Goose Bay with smoke in the cabin |
nil |
Paris (Charles de Gaulle Airport) to Benito Juarez Airport Mexico City. Landed 1651Z |
| 11 Jan 1010L Atlanta Georgia (Hartsfield-Jackson International A/P) |
757 of Delta and an ASA Regional Jet |
Without clearance from ATC, ASA flight 876 to Greensboro, N.C. crossed runway 27-right just as Delta flight 261 roared down that same runway, taking off for Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The larger Delta jet was too far into its takeoff to stop |
nil/130 + 44 |
The two aircraft were reportedly 2 to 3 seconds (1250ft) from a collision. Atlantic Southeast Airlines pilot failed to abide by his clearance. ASA is a Delta Connection carrier and is owned by SkyWest Inc. |
| 11 Jan day Windhoek Namibia |
Cessna 210 of Atlantic Aviation reg: V5-GWH |
Aircraft crashed after takeoff while heading for a lodge in a game park (Namibia's Etosha Pans game reserve) in northern Namibia. Couldn't outclimb the terrain off the end of the 1000m long runway 09 at the prevailing temperature |
6 dead/6 onboard |
5 Israeli employees of Lazare Kaplan International (New York gem distributor) were killed. Crashed into a house in Olympia, a southern suburb of Windhoek. High all-up-weight and high temperatures plus an aft CofG. |
| 11 Jan 0558Z Calgary Alberta |
727-2Q6 of Cargojet Airways Flight: CJT572 |
In U.S. airspace south of Calgary crew advised of a fire indicator light (unspecified location) and requested to divert to CYYC. About 13 minutes later at 0558z the flight crew declared an emergency. |
nil |
En route from Vancouver to Hamilton. The aircraft landed safely on Runway 34 at 0617z. Suspect cargo Smoke Light sensor was faulty |
| 11 Jan 2159Z CFB Trenton, Ontario, Canada |
CC130 of Canadian National Defence |
Declared an emergency when the aircraft was 66NM north of Trenton. The #3 engine had been shut down and the aircraft was flying with the landing gear extended. |
nil |
Flight CFC2313 Thule AB Greenland to CFB Trenton. The aircraft landed without incident at 2231Z. |
| 11 Jan 1650L JFK Airport New York |
EMB145 of Chautauqua Airlines flight CHQ6394 |
Pilots apparently missed their taxiway turn-off and ended up deeply bogged on the grass verge |
nil |
Delta Connection flight arriving from Buffalo New York |
| 12 Jan 1252L Port Clinton Ohio |
Cessna 340 Reg: N2673Y |
Crashed during approach 6 miles from Port Clinton, OH under unknown circumstances |
4 dead/4 onboard |
destroyed (Erie-Ottawa Regional Airport) |
| 12 Jan 0230L Chicago (O'Hare International A/P) |
Gulfstream II reg: N747NB |
GII left wing hit the right wing of a parked, unoccupied Cessna 208, a single-engine plane. |
nil |
Owned by Long Charter Air LLC, of Georgia. Jet was carrying presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama |
| 12 Jan 1430L Paris (CDG) France |
777-200ER of Air France flight AF526 |
8 tons of kerosene were dumped above the Jura, between Zurich (Switz) and Montbeliard (France), at 35.000 feet |
nil |
...due to a technical fault thought to be engine-related. Paris (CDG) to Dubai (UAE) flight landed back at 1550L |
| 13 Jan 0900L Calgary Alberta |
A320 of Air Canada |
Aircraft forced into an emergency descent due to depressurization problems. |
nil/24 pax + 6 crew |
Vancouver to Calgary. Masks were not deployed. |
| 13 Jan 1415L Chambery France |
757-23A of Flystar reg: G-OJIB Flight: 5W351 |
Suffered some damage on the ground at Chambery. (the boarding steps apparently were driven into the wing) |
nil |
Charter. Astraeus finally got their passengers back on G-STRY (757-28A) |
| 13 Jan 1745L Madrid Spain |
A320 of Vueling flight VY6954 |
Pilot declared an emergency for an overheat light in the port maingear well |
nil |
....landing uneventfully 30 minutes later |
| 13 Jan 1815L Halifax NS |
Havilland DHC8-100 Dash 8, flight QK8874 |
Pilot turned around and returned 15 minutes after takeoff when he noticed that an engine cowl was missing |
nil |
Halifax to the regional airport of Charlottetown, on the island of Prince Edward (Canada) |
| 13 Jan 1740L Goiania (Brazil) |
Fokker F100/MK28 of OceanAir Flight: O6-6185 |
Pilot abandoned takeoff when he became aware of a gross hydraulic leak. Passengers were stranded aboard for hrs. |
nil |
Airport Santa Genoveva de Goiania to the international airport of Marechal Rondon de Cuiaba (Brazil) |
| 13 Jan 1245L Cambodia |
MD90 of Eva Air Flight: BR266 |
Turned back to Phnom Penh 15 minutes after departure |
nil/146 onboard |
...with a pressurization failure. Headed Taipei, Taiwan |
| 13 Jan night San Francisco, California |
757-200 of United reg: N508UA |
Aircraft was pushed back into a SkyWest CRJ700 reg: N705SK and both were badly damaged in their empennage areas. |
nil/56 pax + 4crew on N705SK |
Gates 79 & 80. 757 was empty (with no wing-walkers). See imagery at: tinyurl.com/3bsjfn and tinyurl.com/2wumjq |
| 14 Jan evening Perth, Western Australia |
767 of QANTAS reg: VH-OGD |
CF-6 engine failure on take-off/initial climb and so the 787 had an air-turnback to Perth on Monday evening. Crew saw 5 units of vibration and idled the engine. |
nil |
Debris from engine damaged the inboard aileron immediately behind. Engine and aileron to be changed. New engine taken to Perth from Sydney on a 747 freighter Tuesday. |
| 14 Jan ~0500L Lihue Hawaii |
Beech 1900C of Alpine Air Reg: N410UB |
Pilot missing after mail-plane crashed in the ocean at 1508Z during the 30 min flight to Lihue from Honolulu. Rescue crews have found a piece of the door, a piece of the nose, a shoe and mailbags. |
1 missing/1 onboard |
They also spotted an inflated life raft but it's unclear if it automatically opened upon impact. Plane was carrying 4200lbs of mail. Much mail has been recovered, but is an undeliverable soggy mass. |
| 14 Jan day Townsville Queensland |
PC12 of Police Air Wing Reg: VH-PSQ |
Engine seized in IMC and pilot glided back to the field from 4500' in very poor weather. Recovered with nil damage. |
nil |
ASETPA checklist (for approved single engine turbine powered aircraft) is at: tinyurl.com/2ondra |
| 14 Jan 1328Z Winnipeg Manitoba |
CRJ200 of Skywest Flight: SKW5808 |
Returned to Winnipeg at 1401Z with a flap failure. |
nil |
Winnipeg for Chicago. A new AD has been issued to address the CRJ's repeated flap failures |
| 14 Jan day Sept Isles, East Quebec, Canada |
Beech Super King Air 200 of Air M�catina Flight: MG300 |
Because of an electrical breakdown which caused a loss of communication and its ATC transponder, the crew carried out a return to Sept Isles |
nil |
However, it went around due to a tailwind and then departed for better weather at destination. [Sept Isles (CYZV) bound for La Romaine (CTT5)] |
| 15 Jan day Northern Egypt |
Beech C90B of the Egyptian government's Nuclear Materials Authority |
SU-ZAA went down suddenly in the Ahrash area during an approach to Port Said airport - for reasons unknown. However, suspected training accident. |
2 dead/2 onboard |
Aircraft was configured and used to detect radioactivity and to search for metals, including uranium, in the Gulf of Suez and the Egyptian desert. |
| 17 Jan 1242Z Heathrow UK |
777-236ER of British Airways Flight: BA038 Reg: G-YMMM |
Aircraft touched down > three hundred meters short (and right) of runway 27L threshold, tearing off a main-gear leg and disrupting both wing-roots. Flight was arriving from Beijing. Aircraft may be a write-off (substantial damage to left wing, engines and undercarriage). Images: tinyurl.com/3bxrll and tinyurl.com/28v5lg |
18 minor injuries/136 passengers & 16 crew |
Reportedly an emergency had been declared (for fuel?). Suspect a single engine loss while configured (gear/flap) at low IAS - i.e. unexpected flameout due to a low fuel state and a tank port becoming momentarily uncovered by fuel during a runway line-up maneuver. |
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1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by aviation safety agencies of various nations.
2 DISCLAIMER: Assessments are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation.
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