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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGISTRATION	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATHS & INJURIES	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2
21 Feb Lake Johnston WA	Conquest of Skippers Avn	Late t/off abort followed by nosewheel collapse.	Nil / 6 on board	Engine, wing and gear damage.
27 Feb Calgary Canada	747-475 of Air Canada Reg: C-FGHZ	ACA851 strong electrical burning smell in cockpit.	Nil	Flt cont'd to destination with right utility bus unpowered. Maint failed to find any fault.A/c ret to service.
05 Mar 1517 Seattle-Tacoma	737-490 of Alaskan Reg: N706AS	Flt 724 tailstrike on t/off and returned to SEA.	Nil	Minor damage - wind gusting to 31kts.
05 Mar Tel Aviv	747-200C of Cargo Airlines	Nose-gear suddenly collapsed on ramp.	Nil	Unknown cause, substantial damage.
06 Mar Townsville Qld	737 of Virgin Blue Reg: VH-CZQ	Major pelican strike holed nose radome.	Nil	new radome required.
07 Mar Heathrow-San Francisco	747-400 of BA	BA287 lost inbound spoiler section on landing SFO.	Nil	No further details.
08 Mar Kingston NC	F27-500RF of FEDEX	N712FE Rt MLG collapsed on ldg and a/c departed runway.	Nil	Pilot earlier declared unsafe gear to New Bern ATC (and diverted).
09 Mar Ocana Colombia	Cessna 402	Pilot declared emergency soon after t/off & a/c disappeared.	5 fatal / 5 on board	Another C402 down (see previous table, ASW, March 10, p. 8).
09 Mar The Sudan	DC-3 of RossAir Reg: 5Y-RDS	Hit intense thermal on final, landed short in trees and huts.	Nil	All gear torn off and props twisted, engines shock-loaded.
09 Mar Barbados-LHR	Concorde of BA Charter flight	Twice aborted t/off with eng reheat problem (Bridgetown).	Nil / 73 pax	A/c remained in Barbados for repair and pax offered accommodations.
09 Mar Milan-Heathrow	A319 of BA	Two-year-old toddler deplaned by captain due to tantrum.	Nil / 100 pax	Refused to wear seat belt, became frightened and uncooperative.
11 Mar 0950L Barcelona	A320 of MyTravel Flt: MYT203	Kestrel 203 declared Mayday, "unable to maintain height" following engine failure.	Nil	Landed Barcelona, no further details.
11 Mar Kelowna Int B.C.	737 of WestJet	Returned Kelowna after t/off- unspec. mechanical problem	Nil	No further details.
12 Mar 1523L Auckland NZ to Singapore	747-412 of SIA Flt: SQ286 Reg: 9V-SMT	A/c rotated prematurely below Vmu (min unstick spd) for its 385,000lbs brakes release wt, exceeding body angle 12.5deg. Forced to land heavily overweight after tailstrike caused APU fire indicn. Overshot first heavy appch.	Nil / 388 on board	Last 8m of under-fuselage ripped open, APU doors gone, pipes dangling. Suspect loadsheet error, pilot inexperience on type and incorrectly deduced operational data (V1/V2). 30 flights disrupted as runway closed for debris. Imagery: http://www.iasa.com.au/SIAscrape.htm.
12 Mar Hong Kong	747-400P of MAS Flt: MH72	Attempted cockpit invasion by disturbed person was foiled by pax and crew about an hour out of Kuala Lumpur.	Nil	Interloper handcuffed, bound and guarded in-flight until hand-over to HK police. MAS has a strict cockpit door lock policy.
13 Mar 1840EST Burlington VT	DO328jet of Delta Express Flt: 6134	422FJ blew 2 left main tires landing r/way 33.	Nil / 27 on board	No further details.
13 Mar Maroochydore Queensland	Lear45 of Singapore Training College	Severe Control problems experienced during ILS approach.	Nil	Possible loose elevator control actuator.
15 Mar	C501 Citation	Reg: 70FJ crashed on appch.	3 fatal / 3 ob	Hailey Indiana / marginal weather.
16 Mar Indianapolis In	757 of UAL FltUA239	Dulles-San Francisco flt made unsched ldg due smk/fumes.	Nil / 71 on board	No further details.
17 Mar Auckland-LAX	777 of UAL Flt: 842 Reg: N219UA	Flt diverted 192mins /1100nm to Kona Hawaii after #2 P&W eng shutdown for #3 bearing failure oil loss.	Nil / 269 on board	Beats BA-held 777 s/eng (GE90-85b) record of 101 mins into Terceira on 12 Jan 03 and SAS 767's 150 min into Moscow (Narita-Copenhagen leg).
17 Mar 1100 Anchorage, Alk	MD-11 of EVA Cargo Air	Taxiing MD-11 struck Alaskan MD-80 on pushback.	Nil	Both a/c substantially damaged. Weather low visibility with snow.
17 Mar 0545 Cedar City Utah	EMB120 of Skywest Flt: 3622	Slid off East side runway 20 on t/off (t/off aborted).	Nil / 12 pax	Minor damage (winds calm with fog and snow).
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by National Transportation Safety Boards. 2 DISCLAIMER: The information obtained from these National Reports is preliminary, possibly incomplete, and may be supplemented by new findings of fact as the inquiry progresses. These assessments, based on a reading of initial reports, are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but rather are intended to provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation. 3A/P=Airport. - Data compiled from National Aviation Authority's documents. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson, Director of Aircraft, Engineering & Technical Operations, International Aviation Safety Association.(IASA)

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