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Monday, September 17, 2007

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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