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Monday, April 23, 2007

Accidents And Incidents

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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