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Monday, March 19, 2007

Accidents And Incidents

DATE/SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT WWW.IASA.COM.AU/190307.HTM
31 Jan 1540L Molokai Hawaii Dash8-200 of IslandAir Dead-heading pilot asked to check flap retraction when a/c struck turbulence 1 injured Honolulu to Kahului positioning flt. Compression fracture of L-1 vertebra during 10 second wild ride
21 Feb day Heathrow UK A340-642 of Virgin Atlantic G-VFOX landed no flap with a threshold speed of 180kts due to hydraulic failure nil dry runway landing @MLW (normal) = 4100ft. Times 1.65 for flapless => ldg dist req of 6800ft
03 Mar 1630Z Heathrow UK 767-300 of Royal Brunei V8-RBH rejected its takeoff & exited at a high-speed taxiway with a fire in port gear nil/200 onboard NTSB File DCA07WA029. Analyzed as an overheating/dragging port MLG brake
04 Mar 1525L Port Orange Fl Beech 95-C55 reg:N100FG Inflight control loss following a LH eng failure just after takeoff from runway 23 1 dead/1 onboard op by NW Jersey Airways Inc. Departing Spruce Creek Airport. Written off
05 Mar 1950L LAX A/P 757 of American AA283 A/c landed back in LAX 100mins after its 1810L departure due to cabin smoke nil most pax transferred to a 2100 hrs flight to Honolulu
05 Mar night Portland Or 737-924 of Continental Multiple ingested birds for RH engine (#2) on final approach to Portland Oregon nil Flight CO553/Reg: N30401
05 Mar day Cancun Mexico A330-200 of Novair JAF208 On landing approach the aircraft experienced multiple birdstrikes to its radome nil/214 pax onboard on ops for JetFly (Varadero Cuba to Brussels via Cancun)
06 Mar day Wadi-al-Dawasir Saudi Arabia Dauphin of Saudi Natnl Guard The aircraft crashed in the South of the Country on 06 March, according to an Interior Ministry spokesperson 8 dead / 8 onboard Wadi-al-Dawasir is a city in the South of the Kingdom near the Yemeni border. Helo was probably engaged in a counter-insurgency surveillance operation. Type tbc
06 Mar 1800L Frankfurt Germany 747-400 of Lufthansa Flight 600 Iranian News Agency claims two bombs found aboard Flt 600 for Tehran after an on-taxi callback to the ramp at Rhein Main Airport (after a phone- call) nil No statement to contrary yet by German Federal Police. See tinyurl.com/2hjqwo [MNA news-site report]. Mehr news agency claims one bomb was found in a cabin door and one in an engine nacelle.
06 Mar afternoon Kauai Hawaii AS350-B2 of Heli-USA reg: N354NT A-Star helo crashed after reporting hydraulic failure. Pilot had more than 10,000 hours on the type. New safety rules in Aug 4 dead & 3 inj /7 onbd FAA/NTSB is investigating whether inflatable pontoons were used for the running landing, causing the helicopter to nose over (or self-inflated afterwards)
06 Mar ~1340L JFK A/P NY 757-200 of United Flt 25 Flight returned with an unserviceable #2 engine soon after t/off and flight was Cx. nil pax accommodated on other flts to Los Angeles throughout the day
06 Mar day Boston Logan Maine USA 757 of Delta Flight DL1637 TCAS collision alert sounded during appch to 33L. Conflict was with a Chautauqua CRJ on appch to the new runway 32 nil 757 aborted its appch & climbed to 3000ft on Rx of the RA alert. The FAA says a/c were 200 to 300 ft apart vertically and 3600ft horizontally
07 Mar 1013L Milan Italy MD80 of Alitalia Flt AZ1453 returned to Malpensa Intl A/P after an engine failure soon after takeoff nil Reg: I-DAVJ from Milan Malpensa to Venice Italy
07 Mar 0634L Moscow Russia 737-300 of KD-AVIA Very soon after takeoff the port engine ingested a bird and the flight returned. nil/144 pax onboard Flt KD7541 from Domodedovo Intl A/p to Sharm-el-Sheikh Egypt. Port engine failure.
07 Mar day Beijing China TU-154B2 of Air Koryo Nth Korean Jet's LH gear caught fire on taxi-in ( see image at tinyurl.com/yojd7o ) nil Flt JS151 (Reg: P-561) later returned to Pyongyang after changing a few tires. Some interesting images
08 Mar day Dowa Malawi Piper Seneca of Sth Africa regn Crashed in fog 25 nms N of capital Lilongwe after reporting engine emergencies. 2 dead/2 onboard Killed was an Australian Mining Exec starting up a new Uranium Mine for Perth-based Paladin Co
08 Mar day Mogadishu A/P Somalia IL76MD of Belorussian, op for UPDF Plane landed at Mogadishu A/P on fire and billowing smoke. Took fire-tender an hour to reach the a/c as it had no fuel nil Arriving from Entebbe carrying 7 Ugandan peacekeeper troops & 5 crew. Operator is Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'eriya. A/c is badly damaged.
09 Mar 2359L Lagos Nigeria 757 of Ethiopian Airlines Emergency landing at Murtala Mohammed A/p after a unspecified technical fault nil enroute to Lome Togo from Addis Ababa
09 Mar ~2150L Victorville Ca CRJ-200 of Mesa Airlines Emerg landing at South Calif Logistics Airport (SCLA) with a burnt light ballast nil/41 pax Flight 2800 from Bob Hope A/P Burbank to Las Vegas overnighted Victorville
10 Mar 2320Z Kauai Hawaii MD369FF of Interisland Helicopters Helo crashed in trees after tail-rotor driveshaft or gearbox failure, killing one passenger and seriously injuring 3 one fatal/3 serious/5 onboard at Hanea Kauai. Operating fm Port Allen. Loud bang heard about 1pm & N911VC seen spinning down. 2nd fatal Kauai tour helo crash in three days
11 Mar 1604Z Headcorn Kent DHC-2 of Parachute Club DeHav Turbo Beaver swung and hit a static display a/c during an aborted takeoff 1 dead & 1 serious /8 Headcorn Parachuting Club. A third person had minor injuries.
11 Mar noon Milan Italy MD-11F of Alitalia EI-UPI Freighter sat on tail during unload (C of G change; no tail support jack installed) nil Malpensa A/P. Newly convted a/c back to the paintshop - whence it had emerged only 36 hours earlier.
12 Mar 0845L Tucson Az 757-200 of American AA1963 diverted into Tucson due to an acrid electrical smell in the cabin nil Reg N5FS headed Fort Lauderdale Florida was replaced by N5FA
12 Mar day Palangkaraya 737 of Batavia Airways Indonesian Jet aborted t/off amidst some panic in the cabin after #2 engine problems nil Headed to Jakarta some 540 miles to the NE of Palangkaraya on the Island of Borneo
12 Mar 0630L Dubai UAE A310 of Bimini Flight BG006 Nosewheel collapsed at speed on t/off 12L causing an abort & closing airport for 8hrs 14 injured/ 236 onboard Reg: S2-ADE. Landing Cathay 747-300 freighter from Frankfurt had just shed a tire. Debris hit?
13 Mar 1054L Kochi Japan Dash8-400 of All Nippon AW Landed on foam on maingear (only) after being unable to extend nose-gear nil/56 pax + 4 crew Flight NH1603 - Osaka Japan for Kochi Japan. A/c is one of 13 Q400's op by All Nippon Awys
13 Mar 1250L Boston Logan A319 of NWA Flt NW1059 Diverted into Boston Logan after the pilot had to shut down the LH (#1) engine nil/103 pax Manchester New Hampshire to Detroit Michigan

 

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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