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Monday, October 1, 2007

Accidents & Incidents

Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks
16 Aug 2334Z Dublin Ireland MD83 of Aviajet Reg: G-FLTM Flt 344E 5NM from touchdown on RWY 34 the aircraft began to deviate left of the approach course. The aircraft continued to descend below the Minimum Descent Altitude until overshot by ATC. AAIU found that lighting from a 16-storey building situated at Santry Cross appeared, at night, to resemble the red and white lights of a runway approach light system. Flight FLT344E had mistaken the .. Nil/>65 ... roof lighting of the 16-storey building for the red and white lights of a runway approach system. The building is equipped with four fixed red obstacle lights situated on the roof. One recommendation for avoiding such visual lighting illusions and seductions on approach is that the EGPWS 'Obstacle' mode should be activated - it's a free update.
03 Sep evening Al Udaid AFB A320 of GulfAir Flt: GF 567 Made emerg landing at an Air Force Base in Qatar (near Doha) after eng troubles Nil Dubai to Bahrain
08 Sep Stuttgart Germany 737 of TuiFly 737 returned to land at Stuttgart after a tire blew during its latter takeoff run Nil/114 pax + 5 crew Stuttgart to Palermo. Minor damage
10 Sep 1829L Hobbs New Mexico Cessna 402B-1076 Reg: N402BF of Aero Charters & Transports Cargo aircraft's left main landing gear collapsed on touchdown. Pilot had unsafe indication, cycled gear, did a flyby and ATC stated gear appeared to be "down".. but MLG actuator rod had fractured. nil Departed Roswell International Air Center at 0800. Substantial damage to left wing forward and rear spars, the left horizontal stabilizer, the left propeller and left engine nacelle.
10 Sep Hamburg Germany A321-211 of Finnair Reg: OH-LZE Flt AY873 made emerg landing at Hamburg following abnormal eng vibrations enroute & an engine shutdown Nil/156 pax + 7 crew Helsinki Finland to Paris (Charles de Gaulle)
14 Sep 1929L Guadalajara Mex 737-200 of Magni-charters Flt 582 XA-MAC was badly damaged during a gear-up landing at Guadalajara runway 28. Touched down with the landing gear in transit after an ALT flap extension Nil/6 crew +103 pax Serial no 21014. Domestic non-scheduled passenger flight arriving from Cancun, Mexico. Both engines contacted the runway and caught fire. See tinyurl.com/39z6yp for imagery
17 Sep 1815L Birmingham UK ATR72 of Aurigny Arrived from the Channel Isles with an apparent electrical problem and made an unscheduled landing at Birmingham Nil/57 onboard ...after smoke was reported coming from the cockpit of the Guernsey to Manchester flight.
17 Sep night Tel Aviv, Israel 777-200 of BA Flight: BA165 Aborted takeoff after a fire warning and then G-VIIW was delayed at Tel Aviv for a week by a severe mechanical failure nil AN-124 Russlan brought in an engine under flight number XX-1013 (plus 60 personnel and 4 pallets of spare parts)
18 Sep 1425L Colorado Springs Colorado CRJ-700ER of Comair Flt 6560 Pax bailed out of the regional jet as a precaution, after the pilots detected smoke in the cockpit while taxiing out. Nil/60 pax +4 crew Colorado Springs, CO to Cincinnati, OH
18 Sep 0030Z Newark NJ 727-223 of CargoJet Reg: C-FCJF 727 struck a forklift while being marshaled into the ramp area nil Damage reported to the left wing fuel access panel
18 Sep 0145L Scappoose Oregon C23 Sherpa Reg: N1415B Aircraft crashed on approach to land 2 seriously injured/2 Substantial damage
19 Sep 0014Z Chattanooga Tn Beech 90 Reg: N10TM On final to land, the King Air's engines failed and the aircraft crashed into a parking lot 1/2 mile from the airport 4 inj (1 serious)/4 Destroyed. Failure to refuel was discovered about 20 mins into the flight. Arriving from Birmingham Alabama.
20 Sep 2315Z McGrath Alaska SC-7 Skyvan Reg: N2088Z Aircraft crashed on take-off, other circumstances unknown, McGrath Alaska 1 serious injury Substantial Damage
20 Sep 2030Z Sonoma Calif Cessna 340 Reg: C-FTPA Receiving advisories from Oakland Center, and reported DVO (Gnoss Field airport) in sight, but landed 7nm NE at OQ3 (Sonoma Valley Airport) and ran off the end of its runway. Nil/2 onboard Serial 340A1257 was substantially damaged
20 Sep day Botswana De Beers airship High-tech Zeppelin crashed in the central region of the Southern African nation near Gabarone in unknown circumstances Unknown injuries Airship was being utilized as a geophysical exploration vehicle for diamond deposit search in the Kalahari
20 Sep day Kyushu Japan 737-800 of China Airlines Engineers found a 70-centimeter (28-inch) fracture in the fuselage near the jet's tail about 30 minutes before ... Nil/49 pax ... the plane's scheduled departure for a return trip to Taipei, Taiwan
21 Sep day Moscow Russia IL86 of Atlant-Soyuz ATC credited with seeing and calling a major fuel leak just prior to a/c rolling Nil/345 pax ... for takeoff at Vnukovo A/P, enroute Cairo, Egypt
21 Sep 1752Z Munich, Germany, Bombardier Q400 of Augsburg Airways Lufthansa subsidiary Dash8 came to rest on its nose after the front wheels failed to deploy (third gear incident in two weeks involving this type of aircraft in Europe) Nil/64 pax + 4 crew 25 of 27 SAS DHC8-Q400's were found to have gear corrosion (possibly related to the bolt alloy and the chemical used in runway de-ice/snow removal in Europe)
21 Sep day Chattanooga TN CRJ-200 of Atlantic SouthEast Airlines N839AS visited CHA as flight 4311 to ATL and was tail-ended by a bag loader nil Imagery at tinyurl.com/ynv7yv Major airframe damage beneath tail.
21 Sep 1727Z Executive A/P Ft Lauderdale FL Super Twin Beech 18 Reg: N123MD of Monarch Air Aging freighter crashed on the verge, adjacent to main highway I-95, a 1/2 mile from the airport - after engine failure 1 serious Pilot was to be seen sitting upright in his seat with all cockpit surrounds gone. Imagery at tinyurl.com/2y6bwa
22 Sep day Mumbai India Jet Airways Passenger Coach Collided heavily with a reversing Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) oil tanker. Due to massive congestion of ferry coaches, oil tankers and cargo vehicles, collisions between vehicles are becoming commonplace at Indian airports. 10 minor injuries Happened near the fire station close to Apron 1 on the international side. All four major airports in the country -- Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai -- are witness to at least one such incident a month.
22 Sep 1700Z Jackson Ms MD-88 of Delta Reg: N936DL Delta airlines Flt 807, a Boeing McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft, on landing, struck a flock of large birds nil .....damaging nose radome, flaps, and landing gear
22 Sep 1019Z Rochester NY CRJ-200 of Comair Reg: N940CA Canadair CL-600 aircraft, while parked at the gate, the jetway smashed into the radome nil Minor damage
22 Sep 0427Z Salt Lake City UT CRJ-200 of SWA Reg: N464SW A Bombardier CL-600, while on final to runway, struck a bird ..... nil ... causing unknown damage.
23 Sep Trenton, NJ Cessna 560 of NetJets Flt: EJA339 on approach reported striking a bird, causing unknown damage nil No further info
23 Sep morning Srinagar India 737 of Jetlite Flt: S2-165 Flight skidded off the runway into a field on landing (and was pax evacuated) Nil/>120 pax Arriving from Delhi. Jetlite was Air Sahara (acquired by Jet Airways in June)
23 Sep day Madrid Spain A340-600 of Iberia Flt: IB6310 Onboard doctor treated a male pax who had been stung on board by a scorpion 1 stung Costa Rica to Madrid. Dead scorpion was found by crew beneath a seat.
24 Sep day Guam Micronesia MH60S Seahawk helo of USN U.S. navy MH60 helicopter crashed into Fena Lake on the Pacific island of Guam, killing one crew member. 1 dead/3 injured NAS Agana based. From Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSCS25)
24 Sep day Indonesia A320 of Batavia Air Diverted to the Sumatran city of Padang, several hundred km from its destination nil ....after pressurization failure and mask-drop. Enroute Medan. Ferried back to Jakarta without pax.
24 Sep Moscow Russia Domodedovo International A/P 737 of Aeroflot A 15 yr old boy survived over two hours flight in the landing gear compartment. He was hospitalized with severe frostbite to his feet and hands. 1 injured Flight was from Perm to Moscow. Andrei, fell from the plane frozen after it landed in Moscow.
25 Sep night Montreal Canada A320 of Air Canada Declared an emerg after a mech failure and wheels caught fire after landing Nil/121 pax + 5 crew Pax were evacuated as fire-crews controlled the fire
25 Sep morning Dayton Ohio ERJ-145 of Delta Connection Declared emerg for landing after blowing a tire on takeoff from Atlanta, Georgia Nil/53 onboard operated by Freedom Airlines
25 Sep night Toronto Canada 767-300 of Air Canada Flight became stuck on runway 33 after landing with an unknown emergency nil AC878 to Zurich from Montreal. Flight turned around over Quebec and went back to Pearson Intl (Toronto YYZ).
25 Sep morning Yucatan Mexico Gulfstream II Reg: N987SA Drugrunner forced down this morning in Yucatan, Mexico, about 20 nm from Merida (MID). G-II is registered to a company in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Unknown casualties tinyurl.com/2vrd4h (for imagery and the associate fate of BAC-111 Reg: XB-KBE). Enroute Colombia to Cancun with 6500lbs cocaine, intercepted by Mexican Airforce (EMB145MP).

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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