| DATE/SITE |
AIRCRAFT & REGN |
CIRCUMSTANCES |
DEATH & INJURY |
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/290805.htm |
| 02 Aug. Rockland, Maine |
Beech 1900D of Colgan Air |
Pilot of Flt 4972 reported a quite severe elevator restriction on & after take-off |
Nil |
N136MJ missing rivets at RH elevator hinge-point (cause or symptom?) |
| 16 Aug. Tanzania |
LET 410 of ZANAIR |
Observed to be off the side of runway 23 at midfield and somewhat damaged |
Unk |
Hydraulic fail. 28 LET 410 hull losses since 2000 (14 in Africa; 5/14 in 2004) |
| 16 Aug. 1130L Rhode Island |
737 of SWA |
SWA flight landed T.F. Green Airport in Warwick R.I. with a blown tire. |
Nil/75 pax |
ex Orlando, Fla. (and blew the tire departing its stop-over in Philadelphia) |
| 17 Aug. ~2020L Chicago O'Hare |
767 of AA Flt: AAL92 |
Re-Landed after 15 mins with engine problems (bleed air valve stuck) |
Nil / 196 pax +12 |
Chicago to Dublin flight deptd again at 2153L |
| 18 Aug. 1030L Khabarovsk, Russia |
MI-8 of 11th Air Defense Army |
Helo crashed after pilot ordered 11 parachutists to jump, save themselves |
3 crew injured |
Tail-rotor gear-box failure. MI-8's are now grounded after a 2nd fatal crash |
| 19 Aug. 0950L Stansted A/P UK |
737-800 of Helios ZU400 |
Larnaca to Luton flight diverted Stansted with a flap extension problem |
Nil / 177 pax |
Similar Helios problem at Birmingham UK on previous Saturday (same a/c?) |
| 19 Aug. 1930L Brest NW France |
737-300 of Astreus AEU952 |
Mahon to Leeds Bradford landed Brest after suffering depressurization |
Nil / 140 pax |
Emergency descent after pax oxy masks dropped at FL360 (36,000ft) |
| 20 Aug. Almaty Kazakhstan |
IL62 (being dismantled) |
Fuel vapors in tank ignited and a/c blew up while being piece-mealed |
1 fatal / 2 inj |
Took fire-crews over an hour to extinguish the fire at Almaty Airport |
| 20 Aug. Valgorge, France (Ardeche Region ) |
S2 Grumman Tracker Fire-bomber |
Second 50 y.o. Grumman Tracker crash resulted from an engine failure during a spraying run on a forest fire |
2 fatal / 2 o/b |
2nd French Tracker crash in a month. CL415 also killed its two pilots on 01 Aug on the French Island of Corsica |
| 20 Aug. 1355Z Chicago, Midway |
757-300 of ATA Flt: AMT4625 |
N557TZ hit perimeter blast fence near runway threshold during taxi-out |
Nil / 158 pax +8 |
Significant wing and fence damage (at corner of 55th & Cicero) |
| 20 Aug. 2118Z LAX Intl. Calif. |
747-400 of JAL Flt: 61 |
Aircraft wing-tip hit boarding bridge during its departure taxi for Tokyo |
Nil / 342 pax o/b |
Winglet damaged and a/c taken out of service (swung to avoid a container) |
| 20 Aug. 1554L Detroit Metro A/P |
757-200 of NWA Flt: 210 |
Four tires blew out on landing (on first day of a mechanics' strike at NWA) |
Nil / 222 pax |
Arr from Seattle. R/way closed to clear debris. Deplaned pax on taxiway |
| 20 Aug. 1804L Honolulu |
757-200 of NWA Flt: 95 |
Flt bound Kahului on Maui divtd after eng throttled back due oil pressure loss |
Nil / 230 pax |
ETOPS Flt 95 ex Seattle landed Honolulu Intl shortly after 1800hrs |
| 21 Aug. Heraklion, Crete |
MD-82 of Alexandair |
136 pax refused to embark for Paris because of safety fears (including an earlier emergency landing in Milan It). |
136 no go's / 136 |
Also cited 2 tech delays, that it was being flown by a 21 y.o. pilot & Athens CAA had granted a/c a temp "permit" |
| 21 Aug. Durban Sth Africa |
Islander Reg: ZS-PCJ |
Tourist a/c crashed into house after RH engine failure on take-off r/way 05 |
6 inj / 6 o/b |
A lucky Austrian family of 5. A/c believed to be on go-round at the time |
| 21 Aug. ~0100L Kansai, Japan |
A330-300 of Qantas QF70 |
Emerg landing Osaka with cargo hold smoke indication |
9 inj / 194 pax |
Flawed sensors. ATC reported smoke visual so pax were evac'd on runway |
| 21 Aug. Chios, Greece |
737-300 of Aegean Flt: 277 |
Flight headed Athens was forced to turn back to Chios Island's airport |
Nil / 100 pax |
An electrical malfunction (with some bearing upon engine operation) |
| 21 Aug. ~2230L Larnaca, Cyprus |
SAAB340 of Air Moldova |
Declared emerg on dept at 2125L with instrumentation problems & relanded |
Nil / 22 pax |
Headed for the Moldovan capital Chisinau |
| 21 Aug. night Cape Town, SA |
MD-82 of 1Time |
Johannesburg bound flight turned back after a loss of engine power |
Nil |
Foreign object damage to compressor blades (runway FOD suspected) |
| 22 Aug. Chandigarh, India |
A320 of Indian Airlines Flight: IC-863 |
After a return and an inability to fix its non-retraction, DGCA granted a gear-down permit to revenue fly it to Delhi |
Nil |
Carrying governor of Tamil Nadu State, Mr. Surjit Singh Barnala (retraction involves pulling strings) |
| 22 Aug. (TBC) Alice Springs |
BAe146 of Nat Jet (?) -TBC |
A reported tailstrike on landing at Alice Springs, Northern Territory |
Nil |
Details awaiting ATSB coverage of the incident |
| 22 Aug. Moscow |
All IL96-300 aircraft |
Russian regulator has grounded the IL96-300 due to problems with brakes |
Nil |
After earlier incident involving Pres. Putin. 19 incidents (into service 1993) |
| 22 Aug. Gatwick A/P, UK |
757-200 of Excel Reg: TF-ARD |
Aircraft sighted on ground showing signs of a nasty hail confrontation |
Unk |
Destroyed radome, opaque cockpit windows, leading edges pockmarked |
| 23 Aug. 1512L Pucallpa, Peru |
737-200 of TANS Peru, Flt: 204 |
Crashed gear up in marshland during its final appch in very heavy weather |
41 dead / 100 o/b |
OB-1809P. Possible wind-shear or low-level stall during maneuvering |
| 24 Aug. 1755L Athens, Greece |
737-300 of Olympic, Flt: 147 |
Re-landed after 1.75 hours due being unable to get its gear fully retracted |
Nil / 124 o/b |
5th Greek a/c to make an "emergency" landing since the 14 Aug. Helios crash |
| 24 Aug. Billings, Montana |
A320 of NWA Flt: 1271 |
Minneapolis to Bozeman Mt flight diverted in to Billings (hyd problem) |
Nil / 136 pax |
Pax reported hearing unusual loud noises for 30 mins prior to approach |
| 24 Aug. 1130L Baltimore A/P Md. |
757-200 of NWA |
2 under-inflated n/wheel tires found at BWIA airport during a mech's strike |
Nil |
Sked for dept to Minneapolis St Paul. Suggested possible industrial sabotage |
| 25 Aug. 0715L Sydney, Australia |
737-400 of Qantas QF501 |
Noisy compressor stall & lengthy flame-trail excited Sydney residents |
Nil / 94 pax |
VH-TJX on landing approach moved a 1,000 handsets off their phone-cradles |
| 25 Aug. 1952Z Seattle-Tacoma Intl. |
777 of United 737 of Alaskan |
Struck a 737-900 of Alaskan during pushback, damaging both planes |
Nil / 217 pax +14 |
N223UA later departed to Tokyo after an inspection. N317AS tailfin is bent |
| 1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries. 2 DISCLAIMER: These assessments are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but rather are intended to provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson - International Aviation Safety Association (IASA). |
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