| DATE/SITE |
AIRCRAFT & REGN |
CIRCUMSTANCES |
DEATH & INJURY |
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/101005.htm |
| 26 Sep ~1830L San Andres, Colom. |
Gulfstream1 Reg: YV-1020 |
Fighters destroyed a/c while it was being loaded with 2 tons of cocaine |
Nil |
G-159 and runway was destroyed by two A37 Dragonflies & a helo gunship |
| 28 Sept. 2330Z Laredo,Texas |
EMB145 of American Eagle |
While at gate a ground equipment hose detached from EGF838 & injured one |
1 inj g/crew |
Minor damage to N621AE |
| 28 Sept. 0810L Chicago Midway |
737-800 of ATA Flt: TZ4397 |
Gate pushback, a/c's outer wing was damaged when it hit another ATA a/c |
Nil / 60 pax +6 |
Denver bound |
| 28 Sept. 2230L NAS Sigonella Italy |
P3C of USN Sixth Fleet |
Engine failed so Orion patrol aircraft declared emerg - landed NAS Sigonella |
Nil / 10 o/b |
Cagliari, Sardinia, to NAS Sigonella, Catania, Eastern Sicily |
| 30 Sept. ~1320L Fairbanks, Alaska |
Citation 550 Reg: N77ND |
Good forced ldg after flaming out both in a heavy icing conditions experiment |
Nil / 4 o/b |
Univ. of N. Dakota Atmospheric Science Dept. down 75mls N Fairbanks |
| 01 Oct. morning Gander, Newfdld |
767-200 of Continental |
Newark to Paris flight diverted in with low oil pressure on one engine |
Nil / 178 pax |
Flight CO54's troublesome engine was left at idle. Angry pax filed a petition. |
| 01 Oct. Miami, Fla. |
A300-600 of AA Flt: AA903 |
Ret'd after 40 mins with blue system hyd reservoir temp o'heat warning |
Nil |
Bound Caracas, Venezuela |
| 01 Oct. ~1205L Hanover, Pa. |
EMB145 of TransState |
Flt 3553 emerg landing at Lehigh Valley Intl A/P (smoke in the cabin) |
Nil / 49 pax |
Oprg ex LaGuardia, N.Y., to Pittsburgh, Pa. for US Airways Express |
| 01 Oct. 0156L Nairobi Intl, SA |
747-236B of Air Atlanta Cargo |
TF-ARJ returned with eng problem & inner left MLG failed to deploy fully |
Nil |
Nairobi to Amsterdam. A/c drifted left off runway - somewhat lopsidedly |
| 01 Oct. 1247L Oakland, Calif. |
767 of Delta Flt: DL1807 |
Diverted to Oakland A/P after smoke & fumes filled cabin soon after takeoff |
Nil / 240 pax |
San Francisco to Atlanta, Ga. |
| 02 Oct. 1514L Greenville, S.C. |
DC9 of Air Tran Airways |
A/c declared emerg for an engine fire & landed Greenville-Spartanburg Intl |
Nil / 111 pax |
Richmond, Va., for Atlanta, Ga. Fire warning was spurious. |
| 02 Oct. Rome-Fiumicino |
A320 of Lufthansa |
Made an emergency landing with smoke in the cockpit at Fiumicino A/P |
Nil |
Tripoli to Frankfurt flight |
| 02 Oct. Amsterdam Nethld |
747-481F of Nippon Cargo |
Reg JAO1KZ landed with only three of its four main-gears extended ... |
Nil |
... but landing roll-out was uneventful |
| 02 Oct. ~1410L Albuquerque, N.M. |
737 of SWA |
A/c made an emergency return to the Sunport after smell of smoke in cabin |
Nil / 122 pax |
Headed Kansas City but turned around only a few minutes out. |
| 03 Oct. 0915L Sibu, Malaysia |
737-400 of MAS Flt: MH2802 |
Businessman was ordered off a/c for refusing to cease talking on a cellphone |
1 noncom |
For Kota, Kinabulu. Returned to ramp to liberate the Great Communicator |
| 03 Oct. evening Bangalore, India |
Airbus A320 of Sri Lankan |
Flt UL320 diverted into Bangalore Intl following an enroute engine failure |
Nil / 101 pax o/b |
Colombo to Muscat |
| 03 Oct. ~0900L Minneapolis, Mn. |
DC-9 of NWA Flt: 1467 |
A/c aborted takeoff after flames were seen coming from an engine |
Nil / 64 pax o/b |
Minor damage. A/c towed to ramp. Fuel seen dripping from the engine |
| 03 Oct. day Isiro, DR Congo |
AN-26B of Galaxie Air |
Crashed on approach some 1,500 m short of runway near Isiro A/P DRC |
7 dead / 3 pax +4 |
Eastern Congo (Orientale Province). DRC a/c are notorious for dilapidation |
| 03 Oct. ~1500L Deland, Fla. |
Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 of VerticalAir |
Nose pitched up, stalled and spun on t/off - from a height of about 70 feet |
8 inj / 11 o/b |
Overloaded with aft C of G? April 24, VerticalAir collided with a skydiver |
| 04 Oct. ~2020L Uniondale, S. Africa |
BO105 of Air Mercy Service |
Wreck found at first light. First crash in 39 years of the aeromedical service |
4 dead / 1 pax +3 |
Medevac of car-crash victim from Haarlem to George, South Africa |
| 04 Oct. Boston Logan A/P |
MD82 of AA and CRJ of American Eagle |
MD82 abruptly aborted t/off when ATC mistakenly cleared a CRJ of American Eagle to cross in front of it |
Nil / 18 + 131 o/b both |
Pilot and ATC error. A/c came closer than 330m. 16th such incident since Oct 2004 & 2nd in just over a week |
| 04 Oct. Aru A/P NE Congo |
AN-12 of Wimbi Dira Airways |
9Q-CWC landed short at Aru airport and collapsed its undercarriage |
2 dead / 11 inj |
Arr fm Kisangani. One escaping pax ran into the rotating port inboard prop |
| 05 Oct. night Seattle, Wash. |
MD83 of Alaskan Airlines |
FAA o'night check found a tailplane jackscrew with inadequate lubrication |
Nil |
Follows accusations by 3 mechs of other Alaskan "lubeless jackscrews" |
| 05 Oct. 1145L Montego Bay, Jam. |
757 of AA Flt: AA1152 |
Re-landed 5 mins after t/off for Miami after port engine ingested three birds |
Nil / 146 pax o/b |
Mechs deployed from San Juan to Sangster's Airport Jamaica for repairs |
| 05 Oct. 0656L Christchurch, NZ |
767-300 of Qantas |
Forced to turn back, about a half hour out, with a fuel filter fault warning |
Nil / 193 pax |
Bound for Sydney (and relaunched later) |
| 06 Oct. 0340L East Midlands, UK |
A300 of Channel Express |
Fire crews called out to extinguish a fire in the a/c's brakes after landing |
Nil |
Arriving Nottingham East Midlands A/P from from Cologne, Germany |
| 06 Oct. 0938L Cologne-Bonn |
A300 of Mahan Air |
Iranian sched flt made emerg landing with two blown stbd side MLG tires |
Nil / 136 pax |
Tehran to Dusseldorf, Germany. Landed Cologne-Bonn, Germany |
| 06 Oct. Northern Liberia |
MI-8 of UN Mission Monrovia |
Helo crashed into a swamp near the Northern Liberia town of Voinjama |
4 inj / 4 crew |
Humanitarian food delivery mission prior to Oct. 11 elections |
| 06 Oct. ~0545L Winnipeg, Canada |
C208B cargo of Fedex contractor Morningstar |
Morningstar 8060 tried to return after reporting being iced up after takeoff. Crashed 3mls fm appch end r/way 31 |
1 fatal |
Crashed in Osborne Village area. Op by Morningstar Air Express Edmonton. Carrying flu virus flasks (incinerated) |
| 06 Oct. Manchester, UK |
A330 of Air Transat |
F/A broke leg and arm after falling from the rear door of the departing a/c |
1 inj |
Ground-crew had surreptitiously removed the a/c steps |
| 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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