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Monday, April 16, 2007

Accidents And Incidents

DATE/SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT WWW.IASA.COM.AU/160907.HTM
29 Mar 0630L La Paragua Venez AN-2 reg: YV-1953C Cargo plane stalled and crashed on takeoff due to severe overloading 1 inj/1 onboard loaded with food and headed for a mining site near La Paragua. Substantial damage
01 Apr (TBC) Gatwick UK 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Landed skew-whiff scraping engs 3 & 4, but crew failed to realize/report it nil Pod-scrape missed by engineers but pilots for the next flight sighted bits hanging off engs 3 & 4
01 Apr Lexington Kentucky Various Failure of r/way lights at Bluegrass A/P caused the diversion of 10 flts nil Bluegrass Airport Kentucky was the scene of the fatal takeoff of Comair 5191 on an unlit runway in Aug 06
02 Apr Shannon Ireland 707 of John Travolta JT denies that he ended up in Shannon due to an emergency landing nil (palpable fiction) N707JT needed fuel and on departure developed a sick starter motor - so Travolta swapped mounts
02 Apr Heathrow UK A340-600 of Virgin Atlantic Captain unceremoniously bundled off VS003 for having alcohol breath was blood-tested negative for alcohol nil Ascribed to an oral by-product of the Atkins Diet. Takes 3 days of carbohydrate starvation to start burning ketone bodies (=> ketotic breath)
02 Apr night Luanda Angola A340-300 of TAP Flt:TP258 returned to Luanda after take-off for an unknown "technical" nil/ 249 pax +13 crew Luanda to Lisbon. Minor damage
03 Apr ~1600Z Chamblee Georgia USA Beechjet 400 reg: N407CW Gulfstream G1159 reg: N309EL rolled into N407CW inflicting major damage. G1159 rec'd minor damage nil Gulfstream was "parked" when it rolled away - at Dekalb Peachtree airport Chamblee Georgia
03 Apr 1335L Ohakea AFB NZ KingAir of RNZAF Forced to land without nosegear after two hours of attempted extension nil/2 onboard Minor damage
04 Apr 1710Z Edith Georgia PA32 reg:N8439H While enroute the acft reported engine trouble & force-landed on a roadway nil/2 onboard Sylvania Georgia to Ft Myers Florida. A/c was destroyed
04 Apr 1533Z Knoxville Tn Citation 560 reg: N5263 Diverted after unsafe gear indicn, & landed with right maingear retracted nil/6 pax + 2 crew skidded off runway. Minor damage. Portsmouth NH for Rockwood Tennessee
04 Apr 2110Z Chattanooga Tn Raytheon Premier 1 Reg: N200LB blew both maingear tires upon landing on a wet runway nil/1 minor damage
04 Apr 1337Z Trappe Maryland PA-30 reg: N555EM Twin Comanche crashed in a field 6 mls N of Cambridge A/P near Trappe 3 dead / 3 onboard White Plains NY to Southern Pines North Carolina
04 Apr ~0715L Scranton Intl CRJ of Atlantic SE Crew detected multiple hydraulic problems airborne and landed back nil/43 onboard Bound from Wilkes Barre/Scranton for Orlando Florida via Atlanta Ga (see two recent CRJ SAIBS)
05 Apr ~1315L Yeager W.Va. SAAB 340B of US Awys Acft landed back at Yeager A/P after about 15 minutes with a faulty engine nil/23 onboard the 34 seat SAAB 340B has GE engines
05 Apr 2150L Des Moines Iowa CRJ of Delta Flt 4399 Acft carried out a no-flap landing after arriving from Atlanta with.... nil/40 pax onboard ...hydraulic flap and brake problems that are becoming typical of the CRJ (see two recent SAIBS)
05 Apr 0850L Dabolim Goa Harrier of Indian Navy Trainer crashed off the coast soon after departing Dabolim Airbase 1 rescued + 1 missing A Sea Harrier was written off at Dabolim on 17 Dec 04 in a crash. Another was lost on 25 May 2001
05 Apr ~1500L Belize City, Belize BN Islander of Belize Def Force-landed in marshes 5 mls North of Gales Point. Rescued by Puma helo 8 uninjured/ 8 aboard Enrt from Punta Gorda to Philip Goldson Intl A/P, Belize City. A/c was heavily damaged
06 Apr Las Vegas 757 of NWA Flt:NW1190 Flt was cancelled after the captain had some nasty words to say to the pax nil/180 onboard Las Vegas to Detroit flight was cancelled after some pax fled due to the obscenities being flung around.
06 Apr 1600L Orlando Florida MD80 of Allegiant Air Flight 707 was recalled after a 4pm departure for being "overweight" nil/130 onboard Headed Des Moines Iowa but landed back in Sanford Intl A/P Orlando at 1650L. A strange development?
07 Apr ~1700L Tampa Florida 767-300 of Delta Flt 513 Hydraulic lift being used to clean a plane at Airside E failed & fell 10 workers injured A/c departure delayed. Injured were transported to Bay Area hospitals. Attributed to a hydraulic failure.
07 Apr ~1515L San Pablo City RP Agusta AW139 helo Reg RP-C1495 crashed on a house after one engine malfunctioned nil/6 pax + 2 crew San Pablo City Laguna Philippines. 3 occupants of house went to hospital for check-ups.
07 Apr ~2200L Hanoi Vietnam 777-200 of Air Vietnam Arrival in Hanoi was the start of a four hour mouse hunt aboard 1 dead rodent ex Danang bound Tokyo. Pax went to hotel. Rodent sighted on the inbound leg. Acft deptd at 0400L
08 Apr 1025L Lampung Indonesia 737-400 of AdamAir Returned to departure point with a nosewheel "not locked up" problem nil/125 pax + 8 crew ....10 mins after departure from Raden Intl A/P Branti, South Lampung
08 Apr ~1705L Raleigh Durham EMB190 of JetBlue Flight rejected takeoff because a window was unsecured and opened nil/ 95 pax onboard Pax were each given a $50 flight voucher for fright compensation after the sudden stop.
09 Apr ~0700L New Delhi India A310 of Air India A/c blocked runway 28 for hours after a gear collapse on landing nil/169 onboard Flt AI-349 Shanghai to Bangkok. Heavy lift equipment shipped in from Mumbai to move the A310.
09 Apr 1214L Varanasi India 737 of Jet Airways 2 fire-trucks took 7 minutes to douse a engine fire after pax had disembarked nil Carrying Union Minister of State Shriprakash Jaiswal (faulty fuel cut-off?)
09 Apr day New Delhi International Airport India 767-300 of Air India G-CDPT (leased 767) emergency returned to Indira Ghandi International with a serious technical snag nil /65 passengers Dubai UAE to New Delhi flight AI736 had a port engine fault
09 Apr night Dublin Ireland 767-300 of Delta Flt 80 Acft diverted into Dublin with an engine shut down nil JFK (NY) to Schiphol (Amsterdam)
09 Apr ~1700L Perth Australia Super KingAir 200 Main-gear collapsed on landing after holding for over 2 hours for burn-off nil/ 10 onboard VH-SGT of Network Aviation had gear problems from time of departure at 1440L

1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by aviation safety agencies of various nations.

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 J. Sampson, International Aviation Safety Association (IASA).
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