| Date |
Aircraft Type |
Narrative |
Death/Injury |
Remarks |
| 15 Dec Thailand |
737-400 of NOK Airlines |
TCAS intervened to avoid a mid-air between an MD-82 of 1-2-Go (Bangkok to Chang Mai) and the NOK Air 737 (Chiang Rai to Bangkok) |
nil |
1-2-GO jet strayed from allocated Flight Level (FL320) and invaded the 737's level of FL330. Incident blamed on an unobserved autopilot baro hold disconnect. |
| 06 Jan day Amman Jordan |
Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II of Jordanian Air Force |
Fighter nose-dived into a farm in the town of Ein al-Basha, 20 kilometers (14 miles) north of Amman |
2 dead/2 onboard |
Last Monday, two Jordanian pilots aboard an air force helicopter were killed when it crashed in an unspecified location during routine training. |
| 07 Jan night Persian Gulf |
F/A18E/F Super Hornets of the USN |
A single seat and a two-seat F/A18 crashed in what was assumed to be a formation collision scenario involving the USS Harry Truman's carrier air wing CVW-3 |
3 ejectees rescued |
Strike fighter squadrons VFA-11 and VFA-32 are operating the F/A-18F, VFA-105 with the F/A-18E, and VFA-37 with the earlier F/A-18 Hornet. |
| 10 Jan day St Johns Newfoundland |
AS-350 |
Chopper crashed during training after a power loss. It crash-landed Thursday in a wooded area of St. John's, about 100 meters from one of the busiest roads in the province. |
2 injured/2 onboard |
The aircraft, an AS-350, is owned by Universal Helicopters, a Newfoundland and Labrador company with a fleet of 18 choppers and 50 employees. Image at tinyurl.com/28lcfp |
| 12 Jan 1035L Palm Beach International Fl |
Cessna 152 CitationX Jet Reg: N200AP |
Near midair collision just after rotate when Citation took off without clearance after a "line-up and hold" instruction |
nil |
Cesssna 152 had just completed a touch and go. Citation is registered to Lifestyle Aviation of Coburg, Ore. |
| 12 Jan 1735Z Port Clinton Ohio |
Cessna 340 Regn:N2637Y |
Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, after calling "downwind for (runway) 27". The four persons on board were fatally injured, located 6 miles from Port Clinton, OH |
4 dead/4 onboard |
Damage: Destroyed. (Erie-Ottawa Regional Airport). A Federal Aviation Administration inspector witnessed the plane crash sequence. |
| 13 Jan day Macedonia |
MI-17 of Macedonian Army |
MI-17 military helicopter from the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia crashed in dense fog killing all onboard. |
11 dead/11 onboard |
The helicopter came down near a village 25 kms south east of the capital Skopje. It was transporting soldiers home from the European Union-led peacekeeping operation in Bosnia |
| 15 Jan ~0730L Springfield Illinois |
CRJ200 of Northwest |
A Memphis-bound flight made two U-turns. For the same malady. Flight originally took off from Springfield around 6:40 Tuesday morning. Within an hour the flight was back in Springfield after a light indicated a possible fire onboard. Pilots and firefighters inspected the plane, but did not find a fire. Around 9:30 in the morning, the plane took off with only the crew of four onboard. |
nil |
Twenty minutes later the plane returned again after pilots reported "smoke in the cockpit." |
| 15 Jan 2340Z Bethel Alaska |
Cessna 208 Super CargoMaster Of Grant Aviation |
On landing the nose gear of N454SF collapsed when it hit a snow-filled area between a runway and taxiway. See image at tinyurl.com/3arsfx |
Nil/6 onboard |
Minor damage to medevac flight. Aboard were the pilot, two paramedics, an infant patient and the patient's parents, all of whom were taken to a clinic to be examined |
| 15 Jan ~noon Johannesburg South Africa |
Pilatus PC7 trainer |
The Air Force (SAAF) has grounded its fleet of Pilatus Astra PC-7 MkII aircraft following the death of a pilot in a plane crash on Tuesday. Pilot was en route to Air Force Base Langebaanweg for routine maintenance. |
One dead/1 onboard |
The aircraft went down outside Bredasdorp shortly after take-off from the Air Force's Test Flight and Development Centre at noon on Tuesday. |
| 15 Jan 0630Z Kenosha Wisconsin |
SDS330 Sherpa Reg: N330AC |
After landing the aircraft went off the runway side |
Nil/2 onboard |
Unknown damage |
| 16 Jan 2125Z Aniak Alaska |
Cessna 207 Skywagon Reg: N1701U |
Aircraft on special VFR clearance into Aniak Airport (ANI), crashed on a frozen river north of the airport, Aniak |
1 serious & one unknown |
Substantial damage |
| 16 Jan 1410L Newark Liberty Airport, New Jersey |
737 of Continental Flight 536 EMB145 of Continental Express Flight 2614 |
Airmiss of 600ft vertically and 1.25ml horizontal was generated by a controller at New York Terminal Radar Approach (TRACON) center on Long Island passing Flt2614 the wrong freq (that for nearby Teterboro TWR) |
nil |
Operational error is being disputed by NATCA (who are questioning the FAA's arrival procedures for Newark). The last close call at Newark (an airmiss of 300ft) was in December. |
| 16 Jan 1930Z Paris (CDG) |
Airbus A300B4-622R cargo of Air Icelandic |
Air France charter cargo aircraft was off runway 26L in the mud after landing on wet runway in a strong x'wind |
nil |
TF-ELW using an AF flight number (image at: tinyurl.com/28pho7 and tinyurl.com/3dfnhc |
| 16 Jan 1930L Key West Florida |
F-16 USAF F-16 Homestead Air Reserve Base |
Pilot ejected successfully and was soon rescued by a Navy helicopter |
One ejectee |
The plane went into waters west of Key West. Pilot is assigned to the 482nd Fighter Wing, based in Homestead |
| 16 Jan ~2000L Corpus Christi Texas |
MH53 Sea Dragon |
Mine-hunter helo crashed in a field in dense fog about four miles south of Corpus Christi after hitting HT power-lines |
3 killed + one critical |
Helo assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 of Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command. |
| 16 Jan 0443Z Tulsa, Oklahoma |
AC50 Commander 500 Regn:N712AT |
Pilot reported gyro problems, circled airport and crashed, Tulsa, OK |
1 dead/1 onboard |
Damage: Destroyed |
| 16 Jan 0022Z Cleveland, Ohio |
Beech 58 Baron Regn:N3217L |
Aircraft crashed into Lake Erie under unknown circumstances immediately after departure from Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, OH |
One fatal/one aboard |
Damage: Destroyed. Owned by EverAir, LLC of Niagara Falls, New York |
| 16 Jan Lubumbashi DR Congo |
G-159 Gulfstream 1 Reg: ZS-JIS |
Seen parked ungloriously off the RH side of runway 07 well into the bushes after an obviously unhappy happenstance |
unknown |
Said to look "pretty beaten up" |
| 17 Jan 0940L Berlin Germany |
A300-600 of Lufthansa |
Aborted takeoff at about 140mph as the aircraft started to "slew" (Tegel Airport) |
nil |
Flight 179 to Frankfurt damaged the lights on 26L/08R (runway closed 2 hrs) |
| 17 Jan 1925Z ANCHORAGE Alaska |
Cessna 402 Regn: UNK |
On landing runway 02R aircraft nose gear collapsed, Anchorage, AK. |
Two unk/2 onboard |
Damage: Unknown |
| 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 GE engine AD is at: tinyurl.com/3xwzs2 |
18 minor injuries/136 passengers & 16 crew |
Reportedly no emergency had been declared. Apparently an unexpected unavailability of extra thrust due to "waxed" fuel in FADEC fuel pressure reference lines - courtesy of very cold enroute trans-polar temps. Pilot ignorance of the eventual unavailability of power may have been due to the prolonged idle descent of ATC's new CDA (Continuous Descent Approach) |
| 17 Jan 1453Z Big Fork, Minnesota |
B300 Super King Air Regn:N964LB |
Aircraft went off right side of the runway on landing, Bigfork, MN. |
Nil/3 onboard |
Damage: Unknown |
| 17 Jan Minneapolis St Paul Minnesota |
CRJ of Pinnacle/Northwest Airlines Flight 2884 |
Flight was forced to divert back to MSP by smoke in the cabin |
|
Headed Sioux City Iowa |
| 18 Jan 1827Z San Antonio Texas |
PA-46 Malibu Reg: N169CA |
Bexar County-based plane that left Waco Regional Airport for San Antonio crashed 10 miles southeast of its destination. Plane crashed into a barn about a half-mile from the San Antonio area's East Central High School. |
1 dead/1 onboard |
Weather at the time was foggy with light rainfall. Plane is owned by PD Leasing, LLC, of San Antonio. The plane came to Waco from San Antonio International Airport on Tuesday and was on its return flight Friday when it crashed. |
| 19 Jan ~noon Johannesburg |
Fokker F28 Mk4000 of Interair |
Returned Jo'Burg after about 30 minutes with an engine failure |
nil |
Callsign Inline303 |
| 19 Jan early morn Huambo Angola |
Beech 200 of Gira Globo Reg: D2-FFK |
Investigators were at the site outside Huambo, some 450 km (280 miles) southeast of the capital Luanda, a day after a twin-propeller plane plunged into the Mbave mountain. |
12 dead/12 onboard |
Charter arriving from Luanda Angola. The crash site was located in Bailundo, 150 kilometers (93 miles) north of Huambo. See map at tinyurl.com/2ev57o |
| 19 Jan N'DJAMENA, Chad |
MI-24 of the Chadian Army |
Rebel Alliance for National Resistance (ANR), one of several groups of insurgents operating along the Sudanese border, said in a statement it had destroyed a Russian-made MI-24 helicopter near the village of Beda this week using a SAM-7 short-range, ground-to-air missile. |
2 dead |
Note use of SAM-7 MANPADS missile in a relatively unsophisticated brush war (Eastern Chad is home to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the four-year-old conflict in Darfur) |
| 19 Jan 0015Z Newark New Jersey |
747F of Kalitta Air Flight: 9713 |
On departure from JFK Airport 747 struck runway lights and disrupted pavement; continued its flight and landed without incident. Flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were unavailable for review because Kalitta dispatched the 747 to Europe before the agency had made its request to download the information. |
nil |
Minor damage to freighter N713CK. Inspection after the landing revealed a blown tire and damage to the landing gear and the horizontal stabilizer. 13 runway lights destroyed and damage to the pavement on JFK's Runway 31L. The crew of Flight 9713 continued the 7:15pm takeoff, landing at Newark at 7:35pm |
| 19 Jan day Rio de Janeiro |
767-300 of United Flight: 874 |
Flight turned back with smoke in the cabin that was probably associated with an accompanying RH engine malfunction (and then blew two tires on landing) |
nil |
International Airport of Galeao to Washington (Dulles). A number of passengers rebelled and decided to take alternative flights. |
| 20 Jan 1820L Ketchikan Alaska |
737 of Alaskan Flight: AS64 |
Mech emergency for stuck flap was declared after departure from Petersburg during its planned Anchorage to Seattle journey |
nil |
The jet by-passed a stop at Wrangell and headed for a longer strip at Ketchikan, also a scheduled stop. |
| 20 Jan day Brisbane Qld |
A320 of Jetstar |
Diverted into Brisbane with a #2 engine fault (loss of thrust) |
nil |
Bound from Sydney for Hervey bay Queensland |
| 20 Jan 1545Z Dallas Texas |
767 of American Flight: AAL996 |
Crew reported a blown tire with minor wing damage |
nil |
On landing |
| 21 Jan Derry Ireland |
ATR42 of Aer Arann Flight: RE202 |
Flight to Dublin made an emergency landing in Derry Monday after an engine fault was discovered shortly after take-off from Carrickfin airport in Donegal. |
Nil/36 passengers & 3 crew |
Pilot decided, as a precaution, to divert to City of Derry Airport. |
| 21 Jan 0941Z Denver Colorado |
757 of United Flt: UAL1028 |
Three flight attendants & 7 pax sustained minor injuries due to turbulence at FL370, 15 miles from Los Angeles |
3 F/A's & 7 pax injured/187 onboard |
Diverted to Denver, Co |
| 21 Jan 1535L Los Angeles, California |
Cessna 150 Reg: N4008V Cessna 175N Reg:N737EJ |
Two planes collided at 3.35pm (1035 AEDT Monday) near the small Corona Municipal airport and a freeway in Riverside County, about 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles |
4 dead + one in car on ground |
The crash left wreckage strewn along a commercial strip near the Riverside Freeway |
| 21 Jan day Boise Idaho |
757-200 of United Flight: UAL605 |
Jet with brak(e)ing problems made a safe landing at the Boise airport Monday |
nil |
Emergency declared for braking problems about 30 minutes before the landing |
| 23 Jan Poland |
CASA 295 of the Polish Air Force's 13th Transport Sqn Regn: #019 |
Spanish-built CASA transporter crashed a few hundred kilometers northwest of Warsaw. The Spanish-built Casa transporter was approaching the West Pomeranian town of Miroslawiec - the site of a Polish air force base - when it went down in bushland close to the runway, igniting a fire. (near Stettin) |
Around 20 dead/16 pax and 4 crew |
The 14 passengers had attended the 15th annual Flight Safety Conference, held in Warsaw on Wednesday. Headed Krakow Img: tinyurl.com/34pmwt |
| 23 Jan afternoon Manchester UK |
767-300 of First Choice |
Landed in an emergency (PAN Call) "without nosewheel steering" |
nil |
Rumored to have been because of the captain's incapacitation. |
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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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