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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT WWW.IASA.COM.AU/260307.HTM
01 Mar day Sierra Leone	757-200 of Astreus Flight 5W-072	Aircraft was forced to turn back and land at Freetown Intl after an engine failure	nil	Headed to London UK
04 Mar 2112Z Fayetteville AR	Beech 200 reg: N1194C	On landing the gear collapsed (at Drake Field, Fayetteville Arkansas)	nil/ 1 onboard	Arriving from Little Rock Arkansas
06 Mar 2131Z Wichita Kansas	Gulfstream V reg: N401HF	Crew reported a loud popping noise during flight and diverted in without incident	nil/2 onboard	Cleveland Ohio for Camarillo California. Minor damage
06 Mar 2327Z San Diego Ca	MD83 of American N964TW	Flight AAL575 manually lowered gear doors for landing and taxied to the gate	nil	Damage reported to the open gear door skid-plates. Arriving from Chicago Illinois
07 Mar 1402Z Memphis TN	Cessna 414A reg: N414AN	Chancellor reported a blown tire and on taxi the right maingear partly collapsed	nil/2 crew	arriving Memphis. Minor damage
09 Mar 2242Z Rochester NY	Beech 58 Baron reg: N3059N	On landing, a/c veered of the side of the runway & struck a snowbank	nil/ one onboard	lightly damaged
10 Mar 0150Z Munster Indiana	Beech 58 Baron reg: N332HA	Crashed onto Calumet Avenue Munster shortly after takeoff. Engine failure?	2 dead/ 2 onboard	Flight originated Lansing Illinois
10 Mar ~0755L Tulsa Oklahoma	CRJ-200 of Comair	Flight returned immediately after takeoff with smoke in the cockpit	nil/43 onboard	Tulsa to Cincinnati flight
11 Mar 1156Z Ft Lauderdale FL	Learjet 35 reg: VP-CLT	Aircraft aborted its Ft Lauderdale takeoff and went off the runway onto the grass	nil/ one onboard	Headed Toronto Canada. Undamaged.
12 Mar 2123Z Portland Oregon	DHC-8-400 of Horizon Air	APU on Reg: N409QX exploded at the gate and passengers were deplaned	nil	aircraft damage substantial. Headed Boise Idaho
12 Mar Ft Rucker Alabama	UH-60 of US Army	Ft Rucker Helo instructor was killed after training crash near Opp at Skelly A/Field	1 dead & 3 inj/4 onboard	3 Army aviation cadets treated for minor injuries & released. 61yo pilot died on Mon
12 Mar ~1730L Las Vegas Nevada	A320 of Air Canada Flight 547	Flt 547 came to halt on t/off about 1/2way down the 14,510ft runway at McCarran Intl Airport after blowing multiple tires. Pax headed Calgary overnighted in hotels	nil/140 pax +6 crew onboard	Remained on runway with engines damaged by tire debris for more than 17 hours. Left gear is badly damaged. Earlier the jet had brake heat problems (which recurred?)
14 Mar ~1300L Tauranga NZ	Beech 1900D of NZ Airlink	Successful emergency landing after circling without a gear down indication	nil/15 pax	microswitch failure
14 Mar 0235Z Paris Idaho	PA-30 Twin Comanche N7169Y	A/c reported engine loss and diverted, crashing 1 ml South of Bear Lake Airport	1 x minor injury	Headed Rawlins Wyoming
14 Mar 0240Z Baton Rouge La	727-222 of Clipper Connection	Clipper Connection 906 ran off taxiway with RH maingear on taxi-in to the ramp	nil	N346PA damage unknown. PanAm Clipper Connection (aka Boston-Maine Awys)
14 Mar ~0700L Islamabad Pakistan	G-159 freighter	Gulfstream 1 arriving from Muscat Oman made gear-up landing, obstructing runway	nil/3 onboard	South African rego. Caused PIA flt PK-366 from Karachi to divert to Lahore
15 Mar 2312Z Heathrow UK	777-200 of BA Flight BA083	Turned back & landed at 2312Z after an electrical odor was detected onboard	nil	Reg: G-VIIW Heathrow to Abuja Nigeria. Same aircraft left again 2 hours later.
15 Mar ~1215L Salvador, Bahia State, NE Brazil	Aero Commander (TBC) of Bahia Air Taxi	Crashed on hilltops in good weather on a ranch at Sao Sebastio do Passe, about 40mls from Salvador, capital of Bahia State. Possibly ran out of fuel.	4 dead / 4 onboard	Bank cash hauler from Petrolina, Pernambuco State to Salvador. Over US$2.5M in unmarked cash was looted by >120 villagers during a running gun-battle with police
15 Mar 2113L Chicago O'Hare	767 of United Flt 843- Sao Paulo	Landed back soon after 10pm after taking some birds down the port engine on t/off	nil/178 onboard	Home video shows a short wienie roast in #1 as the birds were being processed.
15 Mar 2129Z Conway Arizona	Citation 500 reg: N771HR	On landing the aircraft slid off the slick runway into the mud with nil damage	nil	arriving from Wichita Falls Texas
15 Mar 1825L New Delhi India	737 of Air Sahara Flt S2-6147	Flight returned with a hydraulic failure (flaps), departing again an hour later	nil	Ahmedabad - Indore via Delhi
15 Mar Moscow Russia	TU204 of DaLavia Airline	Twin-eng a/c returned Domodedovo A/P after a port engine failure passing 2400m	nil /142 onboard	enroute to Khabarovsk, Siberia in the Russian Far East
16 Mar 0708L Stavanger Norway	767-341ER of LOT Polish A'Line	Flight LO-002 diverted enroute into Stavanger Norway with its port engine out	nil	Orlando FL to Warsaw Poland. Reg: SP-LPE (Ex Varig 767)
16 Mar Portland Oregon	CRJ of US Air Flight: 3715	Diverted in enroute after a smoke detector warning went off in a rear bathroom	nil/53 onboard	Bangor Maine to Philadelphia Pa
17 Mar Manchester UK	MD80 of SAS	Declared a Mayday for a cockpit full of smoke and returned to Manchester	nil	vectored 24R Manchester for an immediate landing
17 Mar day Talil AirBase Iraq	C130 of RAAF	A/c returned Talil after cabin filled with heavy smoke at 5000ft on departure climb	nil/31 onboard	Carrying OZ PM John Howard. He was removed by another a/c 20 mins later.
17 Mar 1045L Samara Intl Russia	TU-134A of UTair Flight: RA-65021	Flt P2-471 touched down ~400m short in heavy fog and inverted after losing the port maingear & shedding a wing.	7 dead/ 50 injured / 57	arriving from Surgut with deteriorating visibility of <500m in="">
18 Mar ~0640L West Palm Bch FL	A320 of Jet Blue Flight 830	Aircraft turned back about 18 minutes into its flt after losing an engine cowling	nil/150 pax + 6 crew	Headed JFK. Known problem with A320 cowling latches. Pax boarded 1030 JFK flt

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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