| DATE/SITE |
AIRCRAFT & REGN |
CIRCUMSTANCES |
DEATH & INJURY |
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/130904.htm |
| 17 Aug. 2340MDT Neihart, Montana |
Beech99 of Alpine Flt: 5071 |
N199GL impacted 175ft below summit of Big Baldy Mt in VFR conditions. |
2 fatal / 2 o/b |
Cargo flight - Billings for Kalispell, Mont. |
| 18 Aug. Aberdeen Scotland |
Jetstream 32 of Eastern Airways |
Suitcase fell from the hold of G-BYRA at 12,000ft (pod door light illuminated) |
Nil / 5 + 3 crew |
T3 4713 Leeds Bradford to Aberdeen (see imagery). An open and shut case. |
| 18 Aug. 1814L Jackson, Wyoming |
Citation 750 of NetJets |
Air taxi a/c's right main gear collapsed during landing roll-out. |
Nil / 2 +2 crew |
Reg: N961QS |
| 24 Aug. Via Gatwick UK |
737 of Astreus + Continental 767 |
38yo U.S. pax fm Sierra Leone died in New Jersey hospital of Lassa fever. |
1 pax died later |
FAA's just announced a new "Center of Excellence for Cabin Air Quality" |
| 25 Aug. morning London City A/P |
DO328 of Cirrus Airways |
#2 engine failed at 500ft after t/off from London City A/P so a/c returned. |
|
Landed runway 28 with 3 o/b. |
| 26 Aug. morning Beira Mozambique |
EMB120 of TransAirway |
Aircraft was seriously damaged in a landing accident (gear collapsed). |
Nil / 28 + 3crew |
Op'd by LAM Awys. Prior accident to Transairway at Maputo on 24 Aug. |
| 26 Aug. Las Cruces Intl. New Mexico |
C32A (B757) of U.S. President's VIP Fleet |
President's arrival in an a/c exceeding the airport's LCN left a half-mile of deep tire ruts that cost >$1M to repair |
Only to taxpayers |
LCN = Load Classification Number (Pres entourage had been advised that the C32A would damage the runway). |
| 27 Aug. 1100GMT Khartoum, Sudan |
C130 charter of Libyan military |
4 out of 78 Eritrean deportees hijacked a/c after it dept'd from Kufrah Libya. |
Nil |
Hijackers surrendered after landing in Khartoum, taking off with little fuel and landing again. |
| 28 Aug. noon Gisenyi, Rwanda |
Caravelle of Gabon Awys |
36 y.o. 3D-KIK crashed and burnt out near the control tower - after problems |
|
Last flying Caravel(le). Nil casualties after eventful final landing. In imagery. |
| 29 Aug. Athens, Greece |
MD-90 of SAS (Scandinavian ) |
A/c forced to burn off fuel and return after the gear would not retract fully. |
Nil / 180 pax |
Bound for Copenhagen, Denmark, with returning Olympic competitors. |
| 30 Aug. night Surgut, Russia |
TU154 of Kogalymavia |
Aircraft landed at destination after one of its three engines failed enroute. |
Nil / 166 pax |
(Volgograd-Surgut) Prior emerg ldg with eng failure on Aug 21st at Surgut. |
| 30 Aug. Paris (CDG A/P) |
777-300ER of Air France |
Paris-Tokyo flight. GE90-115B engine flamed out on the runway and the flight was cancelled. |
Nil / 246 pax |
GE90-115B has a problematic record for a new engine on the 777-300ER (a couple of IFSDs and one JAL shutdown due fuel leak). |
| 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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