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Monday, June 25, 2007

Accidents And Incidents

DATE/SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT WWW.IASA.COM.AU/250607.HTM
04 Mar day Copenhagen Denm MD80 of SAS Returned after about 10 minutes with heavy electrical fumes in the cockpit nil Acft was back on the ground in record time, according to a passenger
28 May ~1000L Antalya Turkey 737-300 of Air Corendon Flt H9-538 lost pressr at 32,000ft & pax rubber jungle of masks deployed during emerg descent nil enroute to Paris (Roissy). Switchology?
03 Jun ~1315L Denver Colorado 757-251 of NWA N523US Flt 1221 encountered turbulence between 7000 and 11,000ft on desc into Denver injuring one one serious injury/173 o/b F/A fractured left leg. A convective SIGMET was in force, issued at 1255L
06 Jun 1447L Kolkatta India 737-800 of SpiceJet SG527 Pilot reported losing pilot's flight displays just after take-off and returned via a radar appch nil/132 onboard Computer failure (possibly the Stall Management Yaw Damper computer)
07 Jun ~1700L New Smyrna Bch Fl PA-34-200 reg: N15156 Forced landing following prop separation after deptg Daytona Beach Intl on a training flight 2 minor + 1 uninjured/3 New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport. Substantial damage
08 Jun day Douala Cameroon 737-300 of Bellview Airline Flt B3-260 overran the runway whilst landing in severe weather (heavy wind and rain) nil unknown damage. Lagos, Nigeria to Libreville, Gabon. Had held for 60 minutes
10 Jun 1320L Blairsville Georgia Beech 95 reg: N731SK Skidded off the East end of runway into a dirt berm on landing after a runway undershoot nil/1 onboard extensively damaged
10 Jun 1412L Santa Barbara Calif Falcon 900 reg: N914DD Overran dept end runway 25 by 300ft on takeoff roll when nose refused to unstick at rotate 15 uninjured NLG torn off. Kerry Acquisitions LLC of Concorde Mass. FWD c of g error
10 Jun day Miami Florida 767-300 of AA Flt: AA68 Aircraft and catering truck collided causing extensive damage to the airliner and truck nil/~200 pax bound Madrid
10 Jun ~2030L St John Canada 737-700 of Air Astreus Flt 5W-092 Pilots powered down the electrics & returned with an electrical smell in the cabin nil St John's Newfdld to London-Gatwick UK (possible galley oven fault)
10 Jun night Bismarck NDakota A319 of United Acft diverted into Bismarck enroute after a cockpit windshield cracked at about 2020L nil/120 pax + 5 crew Seattle to Chicago flight pax were rescued by another UAL aircraft
10 Jun ~0930L New Delhi India 747-400 of Air India Flt 120 ATC detected smoke and flames from #3 eng as a/c powered up for t/off so flight aborted nil/360 pax London-Delhi-Mumbai
11 Jun morning New Delhi 747-400 of Air India Flight AI-102 requested an emergency landing after reporting a failure of the #3 engine nil/360 Pax London-Delhi-Mumbai
11 Jun ~1407L Melbourne Australia Rockwell Aero Commander Cabin window detached and plunged into a football game from around 3000ft altitude nil Emerg hatch weighed several kilograms. Acft returned to Essendon Airport
11 Jun 0825L Manchester UK MD83 of Onur Air OHY380 Reg: T-OAU Left engine failed noisily on takeoff for Dalaman and r/way 23L was kept sterile until debris could be recovered. Acft landed runway 23R nil/144 onboard TC-OAU set alight some brush alongside the runway. Manchester operated on a lone parallel runway for some six hours
11 Jun 1951L Hamburg Germany A319 of Germanwings Returned for an emergency landing at Fuhlsbutte Airport after blowing tires on takeoff nil/118 pax + 5 crew was headed London-Gatwick
12 Jun 2250Z Daggett California Cessna 340 Reg: N340WS While enroute acft lost engine power and made a forced landing on a road near Daggett 1 minor injury substantial damage
12 Jun ~2200L Hamilton Canada 757-200 of FlyGlobespan Aircraft returned quickly after takeoff after the port engine of Flight Y2-152 failed noisily nil 2nd such Flyglobespan incident in 2 weeks at Hamilton (same aircraft)
13 Jun 1745Z Tuluksak Alaska PA-31 Reg: N200AK Navajo Chieftain gear collapsed during a single-engine landing on 2500ft of gravel nil/9 onboard Subst damage. Schedule run for Frontier Flying between Aniak, Kalskag & Bethel
13 Jun 1940Z Waterford Michigan Cessna 210 reg: N624MT Acft reported total electrical & hydraulic failure and then landed gear up (unable to extend) nil unknown damage
13 Jun 1430L New Delhi India 737-800 of Spicejet Flight SG852 landed on the wrong (closed) runway at Indira Ghandi Airport nil/171 pax Arriving Indira Ghandi A/P from Jammu
14 Jun 1840Z Hailey Indiana Cessna 210 Reg: N33AG On landing roll-out the aircraft left the runway side and entered the west side safety area nil substantial damage
14 Jun 0127Z Seattle Washington Cessna 414 reg: N36892 During a heavy landing the aircraft sustained damage to its nose-gear area nil/2 onboard substantial damage
15 Jun 2125L Valencia Spain 737-800 of Ryanair Flt FR8326 was cancelled after 3 hours following the ramming of a jetbridge during taxi nil/150 onboard wing-tip damage. Headed Stansted UK
15 Jun 0850L Chennai India (VOMM) BAe ATP ATP of First Flight Courier Service porpoised badly, nosewheel folded & then acft caught fire on the runway soon after landing at Chennai nil Extent of fire damage unknown. R/way 25 blocked, so short runway 12/30 was pressed into use. Arriving from Delhi
16 Jun ~1640L Blantyre Malawi Cessna 206 Reg: 7Q-YNS Wreck found in am, NE of Chelinda camp destination. Crashed due to mountain turb 6 dead / 6 onboard On sightseeing tour of Malawi's Nyika Plateau in the northern Rumphi district
17 Jun night Berlin Germany 737-700 of Lauda Air Flt OS302 divtd into Tegel A/P Berlin after about 60 mins with smoke in the cockpit nil Enroute Kastrup A/P Copenhagen to Schwechat A/P Vienna, Austria
17 Jun 1050L Dusseldorf Germany 767-300 of BA Flight: BA937 G-BZHA rejected take-off at highspeed due to an engine malfunction and taxied back to ramp nil Headed Heathrow UK, got underway again 4 hrs later
18 Jun morning Blenheim NZ Beech 1900 of Eagle Airways Flt NZ2300 performed a gear-up landing after exp gear trouble on flight Timaru to Wellington nil/17 onboard ZK-EAK. See image tinyurl.com/2zucos and a video at tinyurl.com/ 225d3p
18 Jun day Northern Mongolia MI-8 fire-fighter helo Helicopter was carrying firefighters to a blaze when it went down in bad weather in a forest 14 dead +4 inj/22 onbd Survivors had to walk several kilometers to a rescue helo. One pilot survived.

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

2 DISCLAIMER: Assessments are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but rather to provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation.