Aviation Today :: Accidents and Incidents

Date	Aircraft Type	Narrative	Death/Injury	Remarks
18 Aug 0019Z Siasconsett MA	SR-20 Cirrus Reg: N869CD	Aircraft reported pulling its chute and then crashed near Siasconsett, MA	1 serious/1 uninjured	Substantial damage
20 Aug 0929Z Frankfurt Germany	767-323 of American N369AA	Crew saw overheat status msgs and popped CB's enroute but after landing electrical smoke filled cabin on APU start	170 uninjured	Expedited to the gate and disembarked passengers. Arriving from Chicago Illinois.
20 Aug 1415Z Benton Harbor Mi	Cessna Citation 650 Reg: N287MC	Aircraft struck a deer on the takeoff roll and taxied back to the hangar	Nil/2 pax + 2 crew	Extent of damage unknown
22 Aug 0015Z Houston Texas	MU-2B Reg: N6KF	After APU start while removing chocks the lineman was struck on head by a prop	1 serious injury	Houston Hobby Airport
23 Aug 2359Z Knoxville Tn	737 of Continental Flt: COA1820	Aircraft struck the jetway at Mcghee Tyson A/P Knoxville Tennessee	nil	Minor damage
23 Aug night Khartoum Sudan	A300-622R of Sudan Awys	TF-ELC was shifted by high winds & struck another a/c (a 707) grounding both	Nil	Substantial damage to both parked aircraft.
23 Aug 2043L Westhampton NY	Learjet 60 Reg: N9CU	On landing, a/c veered off LH side of 9000ft r/way 09 (4300ft in) by over 400ft after landing with a suspect intermittent anti-skid system selected ON	Nil/6 pax +2 crew	Substantial damage (both maingear wiped off and LH wing damaged). Thrust reversers were locked out and didn't deploy. Arr from Tampa Florida
23 Aug 1245Z New York JFK	737 of Continental Flt: COAQ705	Flt 705 was struck by a belt-loader on the cargo door - whilst parked	nil	Minor damage
24 Aug 0130Z Columbus Georgia	MD90 of Delta Flt: DAL242	Aircraft's right wingtip struck the nose radome of DAL 724 during taxi-out	nil	Minor damage
24 Aug 0834Z Dulles Virginia	737 of SWA Flt: 779SW	Aircraft was stuck under the left wing by a garbage truck on the ramp	Nil	Minor damage
24 Aug 0705L Budapest Hungary	A321-131 of Lufthansa D-AIRK	Flt LH3449 encountered a flock of birds on takeoff and aborted at high speed	nil	Substantial damage to acft. Budapest to Frankfurt flight
25 Aug 1400Z New York JFK	737 of Transportes Aereos	A tug struck the nose-gear during pushback from its gate	nil	Extent of damage unknown
25 Aug 0406Z Colorado Springs Colorado	CRJ200 of Skywest Flight: SKW6346 Reg: N926SW	On finals struck large birds causing damage to the engine cowls and nose cone	Nil	Minor damage
25 Aug 1215Z Newark NJ	767 of Airborne Express ABX1876	Left engine struck a belt-loader whilst being marshaled into the ramp area.	Nil	Extent of damage unknown
26 Aug 1701Z Boston Mass	777-223 of American N777AN	Flt 109's L engine struck and become lodged under jetway on appch to its gate	nil	Engine was freed and acft deplaned pax normally. Minor damage.
26 Aug 1944L Frankfurt Germany	747-236B of MAS Cargo TF-ATX	#2 engine flamed out on takeoff runway 18 and the aircraft aborted at high speed	nil	Minor damage/ engine change
27 Aug 2030Z Los Angeles Ca	737 of Alaskan Reg: N564AS	During pushback of Flt6 the L wingtip hit the vert stabilizer of Alaska Flt 117 (737)	Nil	Minor damage
28 Aug day Krakow Poland	737-8AS of Ryanair Reg: EI-DHC	Pilots initiated an evacuation after a nose-gear tire burst on landing	nil	London (Stansted) to Krakow
29 Aug 1520L Kathmandu Nepal	A320 of Indian Airlines Flt IC747	On landing the port main gear caught fire but as soon doused by the local fire-crew	nil	Kolkata to Kathmandu. Minor damage
31 Aug 1015L Heathrow UK	767-300ER of Royal Brunei	Northern runway was closed causing 19 short-haul cancellations and delays of 2 hours after a/c landed with an eng failure	Nil/202 pax	Acft returned urgently soon after takeoff
01 Sep ~1900L Doha Airport	A320 of GulfAir Flt 567	Landed Doha Intl A/P Qatar after loss of main fuel pump (no stby pumps on A320)	Nil/134 pax	Pax picked up by a GF 767 after about an hour & returned to Bahrein
03 Sep day Roswell New Mexico	Lockheed L-1011 of (Ex) ATA Reg: N189AT	Caught fire at the Roswell Industrial Air Center while an Aircraft Recycling Corporation worker was attempting to dismantle the aircraft for scrap metal	Nil	One of a batch of Mk50's and 100's being dismantled for parts. Fuel had been allowed to pool beneath the acft.
05 Sep 0920L Cross City Florida	Cessna C208B Reg: N02PA	Aircraft experienced engine failure and crashed 5 miles from Cross City Airport	1 uninjured	Substantial damage
05 Sep ~0620L Murtala Muhammed Intl	Beech 200 of Mobil Oil	Pilot alerted the control tower at MMA A/P of a cabin pressure problem	Nil/14 onboard	While en route Lagos from Eket in the oil-producing Niger Delta region.
05 Sep ~1100L Owerri Nigeria	737 of ChangChangi	Returned three minutes after takeoff following loss of the port engine. 2nd incident involved a DC-10 30F N602 GC cargo aircraft of Gemini Air Cargo but ...	Nil/108 onboard	.. chartered by DHL, which returned because its landing gear failed to retract shortly after it took off from MMA A/P Lagos at about 2.53 pm local time.
05 Sep ~1700L Murtala Muhammed Intl	ATR 42 of the local Overland Airways	In the third Nigerian incident, an ATR42 made an air return shortly after takeoff from the MMA at about 5pm.	Nil/22 onboard	...on its way from the domestic wing of MMA A/P Lagos to the central city of Ilorin. Undisclosed technical failure.
06 Sep 1625Z Oakland Calif	Bombardier CL600 Of Horizon N290RB	During push-back from the gate the tug jack-knifed under the a/c nose	nil	Minor skin and n/wheel damage
06 Sep ~1925L Halifax Nova Scotia	737NG of WestJet Flight 80	Between Sudbury and Quebec City at 39,000ft, the pilot made a sudden announcement about imminent turbulence	8 injured	A nurse on board provided first aid to the injured. Three Calgary-to-Halifax flight passengers were hospitalized.
06 Sep morning Johannesburg SA	Dornier 328 Jet of Anglo American	Winglet of a corporate Grumman G3 jet sliced a hole in the right wing of the Dornier jet. Damage is quite severe.	nil	OR Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg). G3 was Reg: ZS-TEX
06 Sep afternoon Belfast City A/P	Bae146 of FlyBe	An emergency was declared on approach after an unknown tech failure	Nil/4 crew onboard	Positioning ferry flight arriving from Southampton UK
07 Sep ~1200L Goma A/P Congo	Antonov AN-12BP of TransaviaService	4L-SAS crash-landed at Goma, sliding into a petrified lava flow beyond the runway and caught fire	8 dead/5crew + 3 pax	Op for Galaxy Kavatsi Corporation. Certificate of Airworthiness had expired in March and had not been renewed.
08 Sep ~1525L South Bangalore India	P68C Vulcanair (recip engines)	Acft plunged into Lake Gowdanapalya one minute after declaring an emergency for engine failure.	3 dead/3 onboard	Enroute Cochin. Attributed to a seized engine due refuel with AVTUR. Owned by Alukkas, the jeweler of Kerala
08 Sep ~2100L Des Moines, Iowa	A320 of United Flt: UA1477	An electrical component shorted, causing fumes in the cockpit and pilots made an emergency landing in Des Moines.	Nil/111 on board	headed to Phoenix from Chicago. A plane from Denver picked up passengers and took them to Phoenix
08 Sep day Krosno Poland	AN-2 of Krosno Aeroclub	Acft caught fire in flight and all on board baled out successfully	nil/8 onboard	Probably an exhaust collector fire. Parachutists continued fighting the fire at the crash-site
09 Sep 1803Z Sitka Alaska	Beech 200 Reg: N983C	The aircraft's nose-gear collapsed on landing	Nil/2 crew + 2 pax	Air Ambulance flight
09 Sep day Edinburgh Scotland	A310 of the Belgian AirForce	Air Force A310 landed with its #1 engine on fire, but self-extinguished it soon after	nil	Imagery at tinyurl.com/2o5mg9
09 Sep ~1600L Aalborg northern Jutland Denmark	Dash8-Q400 of SAS Reg: LN-RDK Flt: SK1209	Acft caught fire after unsafe indicating RH maingear collapsed on landing and acft left the runway's right side.	11inj /73 pax + 3 crew	Possible write-off (11 pax taken to hospital but allegedly uninjured). SAS has had multiple probs with the Q400
10 Sep night Amritsar India	757 of Turkmenistan Airlines	Left wing hit a concrete pillar while taxiing at Raja Sansi International Airport	Nil/164 pax + 20 crew	Headed Birmingham UK. Pillar is part of a new tower under construction.
10 Sep afternoon Salekhard Siberia	MI-8 of Rosneft	Oil-patch helo went missing about 1300mls NE of Moscow in a remote arctic region during poor weather	6 crew missing	Searches around oil city of Salekhard were curtailed by bad weather
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 provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation.

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