| DATE/SITE |
AIRCRAFT & REGN |
CIRCUMSTANCES |
DEATH & INJURY |
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT WWW.IASA.COM.AU/020407.HTM |
| 11 Mar Sydney Australia |
A330-300 of QANTAS Reg:VH-EBA |
Report discloses that on arrival back from a C service in Singapore, the crew oxygen supply valve was found lockwired at "off" |
nil |
Serviced by Lufthansa Technik. QANTAS is now threatening legal action against the whistleblowers releasing the documents |
| 15 Mar ~1530L Sun Valley Idaho |
Q400 of Horizon Air Flt:2408 |
Aircraft aborted takeoff due to a compressor stall during the early takeoff roll |
nil/23 pax |
pax quickly re-routed via SkyWest services |
| 16 Mar 1840Z Titusville FL |
L39C Albatross Reg:N63295 |
Aircraft crashed at high speed in bushland. Failed to pull out of a loop at an airshow. |
1 dead/1 onboard |
Warbird of Best Jet Services LLC was destroyed (had entered cloud at top of loop) |
| 16 Mar 1343Z Westchester NY |
Gulfstream 200 reg:N729QS |
On landing, slid off the departure end of runway & became stuck in the mud & snow. |
Nil/ 4 onboard |
Closed down the airport for some hours at Westchester airport, White Plains, NY |
| 17 Mar 2027L Providenciales Turks & Caicos |
Hawker 400A reg: N466LX |
Shortly after touchdown on refuel stop the left gear collapsed spilling fuel & damaging port wing trailing edge and wingtip. |
nil |
op by Flight Options. Princess Julianna (St Marteen) to Palm Beach International FL. New with only 23 hours on the airframe. |
| 17 Mar 1830Z Beverley Ma |
Citation 500 Reg: N511AT |
Landed very hard at Beverley Airport and severely bent the right wing |
Nil/6 onboard |
Substantial damage |
| 18 Mar ~2300L Las Vegas Nev |
A320 of America West Flt 290 |
A/c lost the port engine soon after dept and returned to McCarran International A/P |
nil/150 pax + 5 crew |
pax boarded another a/c for their destination Minneapolis |
| 20 Mar ~1630L Memphis Tn |
A310 of FEDEX |
Freighter turned back to Memphis after pilots smelt smoke in the cockpit |
nil/2 onboard |
Headed Richmond Virginia |
| 21 Mar 1550L Newark NJ |
777-200 of Continental Flt CO84 |
RH GE90-94B suffered a contained failure on takeoff for Tel Aviv (which was rejected) |
nil/260 pax +16 crew |
Reg: N78017 was towed back to the gate. "Contained" left much debris on the r/way |
| 22 Mar afternoon Denver Co |
Brasilia of Great Lakes Aviation |
Declared emergency on approach Denverfor a tire blown on departure from Gillette |
nil/30 onboard |
Gillette Wyoming to Denver Colorado |
| 22 Mar day Evansville Indiana |
CRJ of Delta |
Diverted in due to an electrical smell and then clearly visible smoke in the cabin |
nil |
ex St Louis Missouri bound for Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 23 Mar Frankfurt Germany |
A380 of Airbus |
Maint tried to fix hydraulic hose with a part from an A340 with no luck (5000 psi system?), so HongKong dept flight delayed |
nil/439 pax |
Genuine A380 replacement part for Elevator Control was flown in from Toulouse on a bizjet. Headed Washington Dulles on 26 Mar |
| 23 Mar 0059Z Cincinnati Ohio |
757 of Delta Flight: DL787 |
Issued taxi instructions which did not include information that the flight was expected to follow another aircraft ..... |
2 flight attendants injured |
Crew observed the other aircraft on a collision course and stopped their aircraft quite abruptly |
| 23 Mar 2100L Stansted UK |
L188 Electra of Atlantic Airlines |
Full emergency for a 3 engine pitchlock situation (requiring full rudder approach) |
nil |
Acft was back in service the following night (synchrophaser change?) |
| 23 Mar ~1700L Mogadishu Somalia |
IL-76TD of TransAviaExport (under contract to UN relief Agencies) |
EW78849 believed shot down by missile & crashed during its emergency return to Mogadishu. Eyewitnesses cite a RHS missile hit as the 4 engined aircraft passed 1500ft on climb-out. |
11 killed /11 onboard |
Pilots reptd a RH eng on fire passing 10Kft on climb. Wing later seen to detach over the ocean. A/c had carried in engineers to repair the IL76 involved in an earlier 09 March missile/RPG hit on late finals to MOG |
| 23 Mar ~1350L Istanbul Turkey |
A300B4-203 of Ariana YA-BAD |
Afghan airliner (Flight FG719) overran 2286m runway 24/06 by 30m in bad weather |
nil/50 onboard |
Kabul to Istanbul. A/c folded its RH gear & was cut into pieces for removal. Write-off |
| 23 Mar afternoon Chicago (Gary) |
737-800 of SkyValue Flight 512 |
Aircraft went around late and diverted due to another aircraft being on close-in finals to the same landing runway |
nil |
Flew 50nms to South Bend to refuel before returning to Gary. According to a Fort Wayne paper, a collision was just avoided. |
| 23 Mar day Istanbul Turkey |
A319 of THY |
Turkish Airlines aircraft overran runway end on landing at Agri (Istanbul) |
nil |
minor damage. Istanbul's runways have slope and lots of built-up rubber deposits. |
| 24 Mar 2122L Gatwick UK |
737-800 of ThomsonFly |
G-CDZI landed runway 08R with an engine #1 unserviceability |
nil |
Flight TOM6058 (Palma de Mallorca Spain to Gatwick) |
| 24 Mar ~1630L Southend UK |
Beech 200 reg: G-BYCP |
Beech 200 had to land with an unsafe nose-gear which collapsed after touchdown |
nil/5 onboard |
minor damage. See multiple images at tinyurl.com/2gjxs3 |
| 24 Mar ~1300L Milwaukee Wisconsin |
MD87 reg: N871DP |
A/c reported by owner as stolen from Ft Worth Texas was forced down by USAF and FAA ATC whilst enroute to Russia |
nil/ 1+ ? onboard |
Judge slapped an injunction on the a/c until ownership disputes could be sorted. FAA interest is in the inadequate (single pilot?) crew |
| 25 Mar 0655L Tel Aviv Israel |
737 of El Al Flight: LY347 |
Pax were evacuated on taxi-out when the aircraft started filling with thick smoke |
nil/128 pax +6 crew |
headed to Zurich. Cleaning detergent had been left in the engines after a periodic flush |
| 25 Mar ~2110L Rifle Colorado |
Falcon 900 of XOJET N129KJ |
Skidded off the end of a wet runway at Garfield County Regional Airport |
nil/3 onboard pax nos unkn |
substantial damage. Tanks were ruptured and a very large amount of fuel spilt |
| 26 Mar 1920L Boston Logan |
Emb190 of JetBlue Flt: 1017 |
Emergency landing on 15R for an electrical problem on departure Logan |
nil |
Nosewheel steering was affected. Acft was towed off the runway to the gate. |
| 26 Mar Newark NJ |
757 of Continental Flt:CO22 |
Flt CO22 called for a return after takeoff due to a cockpit window opening on T/O |
nil/ 141 onboard |
after about 5 mins managed to force it closed and resumed heading for Dublin. |
| 26 Mar 1411L Newark NJ |
777-200 of Continental Flt 98 |
CDC was called out when F/A's noted acute illness among 80+ pax (flu-like symptoms) |
80+ sick/272 pax onboard |
CDC cleared pax from quarantine after 2hrs following diagnosis of a common flu strain |
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