| DATE/SITE |
AIRCRAFT & REGN |
CIRCUMSTANCES |
DEATH & INJURY |
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT WWW.IASA.COM.AU/230407.HTM |
| 28 Mar 1145L Kahului Hawaii |
Eurocopter AS350BA |
Mauiscape's N4010K made a hard landing r/way 2 after a loss of t/rotor control |
nil/7 onboard |
Fractured mounting tang in pitch-change bell-crank relevant to N354NT on 08 Mar (NTSB) |
| 01 Apr afternoon Brussels |
A300B4-203F of DHL Air Freight |
OO-DLI returned to Brussels Belgium after separation of maingear tire on T/O |
nil |
minor damage |
| 01 Apr 0645L Milwaukee Wi |
CRJ of Air Wisconsin |
Flt AW3714 experienced a nosedown runaway trim after dept 19R Milwaukee |
nil/43 onboard |
N419AW Hoz Stab Elec Control Unit (HSECU) replaced and trim switches were lubricated |
| 07 Apr 2333Z Cleveland Ohio |
737 of SWA Flt: SWA313 |
De-icing vehicle struck and became wedged under port horizontal stabilizer |
nil/ 51 pax |
minor damage. Pax were placed on another aircraft |
| 08 Apr 1500Z Cleveland Ohio |
EMB-145LR of American Eagle |
Aircraft was struck hard on the right wing by a de-icing truck during de-icing |
nil/ 45 pax |
unknown damage to N661JA. Second de-icing truck damage incident at Cleveland in two days |
| 09 Apr 1157L Luna NM |
Cirrus SR22 Reg: N953CD |
Pilot lost his attitude indicator in heavy weather and pulled the ballistic chute |
1 minor injury /2 o/bd |
Tucson Arizona to Englewood Colorado. Write-off, after coming to rest inverted in trees. |
| 09 Apr ~0700L New Delhi India |
A310-304 of Air India VT-EJJ |
Flt AI349 nosegear collapsed on landing and pax were evacuated |
nil/169 pax +7 crew |
2nd nosegear collapse of an a310 within 4 weeks. Last was at Dubai on 12 Mar (Biman Airlines) |
| 09 Apr ~1130L Anjouan Comores Islands |
LET 410UVP of Comores Aviation Flt KR611 |
D6-CAK aborted its takeoff for unknown reasons and overran the runway by 100 meters |
one pax injured/ 13 pax +2 crew |
Damaged beyond repair. Runway in Anjouan (FMCV) is 1330 meters in length |
| 09 Apr 1620L Mt Suisho Japan |
Bell 412 of Akagi Helicopter |
Toppled downslope after tail-rotor impacted a snowbank during lift-off hover |
2 killed 8 injured /10 o/b |
Conveying construction firm officials on a site inspection of the 2986m high mountain. |
| 09 Apr 2240L Naples Italy |
A321 of Alitalia I-BIXK |
Groundlooped after total brake failure upon landing at Capodichino Airport |
nil/ 182 onboard |
Runway 24. Major damage to RH eng due to ingestion in the overrun under max reverse. |
| 10 Apr day Ras Al Khaimah UAE |
Antonov AN-225 Mriya |
Dual nose-gear collapsed due to a hydraulic failure while a/c was being loaded causing nose, fuselage and wing damage |
nil |
Reg: UR-82060. Substantial damage to 2nd of only two six-engined behemoths manufactured. Other a/c is also unairworthy (may be parted out) |
| 10 Apr day Ankara Turkey |
737-800 of Pegasus Airlines |
Pilots landed Ankara after male pax hijacked a/c claiming that he had a bomb |
nil/178 pax + 6 crew |
Reg: TC-APU fm Diyabarkir A/P Turkey to Istanbul Sabiha-Gokcen A/P (SAW/LTFJ) |
| 10 Apr Crossville Tn |
C130 of Tennessee Natnl Guard |
Made emerg landing with a cockpit panel fire (pilot ext'd it after ldg with a h'held) |
nil 13 pax + 5 crew |
From Nashville's 118th Airlift wing. Plane stranded until its panel wiring gets repaired. |
| 10 Apr 2104Z Nassau Bahamas |
PA46 Malibu Reg: N444JH |
Crashed into sea under unknown circumstances 22 nms from Nassau, Bahamas |
2 fatal / 2 onboard |
Nassau to Ft Lauderdale Florida. |
| 10 Apr 1215Z Farmingdale NY |
Citation 560 Reg: N342QS |
Aircraft struck a parked maintenance van on taxi with its right wing |
nil/ 1 onboard |
minor damage to both vehicles |
| 11 Apr Lagos Nigeria |
737-33V of Virgin Nigeria |
5N-VND developed a hyd fault & returned to the ramp. Pax stampeded when pilot applied brakes harshly to avoid.... |
unknown No pax injured |
... a collision with another passenger jet (Murtala Mohammad A/P). A number of seriously injured pax were taken to hospital. |
| 11 Apr 1615Z Chicago Illinois |
SA-226TB Reg: N125WG |
On takeoff at Chicago Prospect Heights, the Merlin 3 slid off the runway side |
nil/ 4 pax + 1 crew |
Chicago to Shreveport Louisiana. Minor damage. Weather 3/4nm visbility in snow and mist |
| 12 Apr 0217Z Chicago Illinois |
Beech 1900D Flt: AMW655 |
#1 prop was struck & damaged while Big Sky AMW655 was being pushed back |
nil/ 11 pax + 2 crew |
substantial damage |
| 12 Apr 0045L Traverse City Mi |
CRJ-440LR of Pinnacle NW4712 |
Nosegear collapsed after a 100m overrun in darkness and reduced visibility (snow) |
nil/46 pax + 3 crew |
N8905F's nose and stbd maingear collapsed, causing substantial damage. Arr fm Minneapolis |
| 12 Apr 1702Z Greenville SC |
Shorts SD360 Reg: N136LR |
Aircraft landed, turned off the runway and the right maingear collapsed |
nil/ 2 crew |
Bartow Florida to Greenville. Minor damage |
| 12 Apr mid Indian Ocean |
747-400 of Garuda Airlines Indonesia |
A/c carrying 413 pilgrims to Jeddah was forced to turn around upon hearing Indian ATC advice of a missile test-firing |
nil/ 413 pax +11 crew |
Took off again 7 hours later.Another 747 bound for Riyadh was delayed. Indian authorities claim the Agni III missile test was correctly notamed. |
| 12 Apr 1611Z White Plains NY |
Gulfstream 200 Reg: N200YB |
On taxi the aircraft struck a runway light with its right wingtip at Westchester A/P |
nil/1 onboard |
unknown damage |
| 13 Apr Paris CDG Fr |
747-458 of El Al reg:4X-ELD |
After pushback the a/c began to taxi with the tow-motor still connected & overran |
nil/374 pax |
Paris to Tel Aviv. Substantial damage to underfuselage and engine #3 was destroyed. |
| 13 Apr Colombo Sri Lanka |
A340-300 of Sri Lankan Airlines |
London-bound aircraft made an emergency landing after the pilots decided to turn around due to an inflight vibration |
nil/265 onboard |
Passengers were put up in a hotel and the flight rescheduled |
| 13 Apr 1725L Teterboro NJ |
Do328Jet reg:N419FJ |
Veered off runway side after landing in windy conditions, coming to rest in mud |
nil/9 pax +3 crew |
Washington IAD to Teterboro. Minor Damage |
| 13 Apr Chicago O'Hare |
757 (military C32) AirForce 2 |
Aircraft struck and ingested a bird with the right engine upon landing O'Hare |
nil |
Carrying VP Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz |
| 13 Apr Lahore Pakistan |
737 of Shaheen Airlines |
Pilot turned acft around & returned Lahore after 4 pax fainted (due pressn loss) |
4 pax fainted |
Lahore to Quetta Baluchistan flight returned after 90 minutes outbound |
| 15 Apr morning Taji Airbase Iraq |
AS332 Super Puma x 2 |
UK helos collided in unknown circumstances near Taji North of Baghdad |
2 dead, one seriously inj'd |
Special Forces Ops in the hours of darkness.Royal Air Force operates 33 Pumas. |
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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