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Monday, August 25, 2003

Accidents and Incidents

DATE/SITE
AIRCRAFT & REGN
CIRCUMSTANCES
DEATH & INJURY
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/250803.htm
01 Aug 1510L Atlanta Ga. 717-200 of AirTran Flt: 460 N970AT collided with a baggage cart during power-back at Hartsfield A/P Nil / 118 on board Sustained substantial damage (trailing edge of aileron & wing buckled).
07 Aug Winnipeg Manitoba A320-211 of Air Canada C-FPWD ACA6034 reptd green sys hydfail & divtd Winnipeg with no nosewheel steering. Nil Calgary-Toronto. Rt aileron actuator & rt servo dump pump replaced.
07 Aug 1449L Greeley Colo. DC-9-81 of Midwest N814ME Severe turb 5mls N of Gill VOR during Wx Radar cell avoidance. 5 inj / 113 o/b FL330 hit embedded Cb. 2 F/A seriously inj and three pax minor inj.
08 Aug St Augustine Fla. E2 Hawkeye military (naval) Grumman 87 blew rt main tire ldg r/way13 and exited dept end east side. Nil Operating from St Augustine. Minor damage.
08 Aug 2245L Atlanta Ga 737-700 of Delta Flt: DAL209 F/A fell (hitting head) during a turb encounter on arrival desc Atlanta. 1 inj No other injuries reported
09 Aug 2200L SFO-Honolulu 757-200 of United Flt: UAL75 During a taxiway jolting on dept, F/A fell and injured her back. 1 inj F/A fell against a piece of sidewall trim.
10 Aug (evening) 747 of Evergreen Emerg landing at Zurich Kloten. Nil Precautionary shutdown of #3 engine.
11 Aug 2048L Glen Burnie Md. 737-700 of SWA Flt: SWA313 Struck by blown baggage cart while taxiing at BWI Airport Glen Burnie Nil Unk damage to N664WN on taxiing-out to dept r/way 22 for Jackson Miss.
11 Aug 1909L Tampa Fl 767 of Delta Flt: DAL1119 Enc mod turb at 9000ft on climb-out fm Atlanta Ga. 3 inj 1 pax + one infant injured (one hospitalized on arrival Tampa).
12 Aug 2310L Monterrey Mexico 727-200 of Aviacsa A/c slid off the runway on landing 29 in heavy rain and became bogged. Nil / 155 pax Minor damage to XA-SIJ (ex Tijuana).
13 Aug 1617L Gulf of Mexico Bell206-L3 of Petroleum Helos Caught skid while landing on oil-rig & toppled into water. 3 fatal / 2 inj / 5 o/b Helo reg:41128 ex PHI in Lafayette was to terminate in Intracoastal City.
15 Aug John Wayne A/P 737-5H4 of SWA Flt: 786 N506SW returned SNA with smoke in the cabin. Nil No further details.
15 Aug Geneva 737-33V of EasyJet Switzerland HB-III encountered a severe hail-shower shortly after takeoff. Nil See imagery URL above for photos of major damage sustained (write-off?).
15 Aug Cancun Mexico Lear 45 (TBC) A/c made a gear-up landing and airfield was closed. Nil Type recently grounded by a 13 Aug jackscrew AD (see imagery at URL)
15 Aug Heathrow 767 of BA Flt: BA047 Emerg declared for smoke in cockpit and electrical malfunctions. Nil / 117 pax 30min into flt to Dar Es Salaam (landed overweight on 09R at 2000Z).
16 Aug Munich-LAX 747 of Lufthansa Flt: 452 NZ national arrested by FBI for inflight unlawful interference. Nil Capt PA reqstd pax subdue 35yo man attempting access to cockpit.
16 Aug 1530L Gerald Ford Int'l Michigan 737 of United Flt: UA1444 A/c experienced multiple systems failures enroute & landed Grand Rapids (not on FAA or NTSB site). Nil / 106 o/b Chicago (O'Hare) for Rochester NY. Pax oxy deployed and cabin lights shut off. No further details.
17 Aug Cairns Qld 737-800 of QANTAS QF800 ingested "birds" on t/off and left engine failed. Nil / 126 o/b Later reptd to have been a dense flock of fruit bats.
17 Aug Honolulu A340 of Air Canada Landed back 45m after blowing two tires on t/off Honolulu (for Sydney) Nil / 176 o/b 8R (t/off) and 8L(landing) runways were closed for insp. No further details.
17 Aug Sao Paulo Brazil ERJ 170 of Embraer Flt Test S/N004 prototype made inadvertent gear-up landing at company airfield Nil Eng nacelles & aft fuselage damaged. Six a/c active in certification program.
17 Aug 1747L Groton Conn. Learjet 25 of Miami Aviation N25FM birdstrike abort overran runway 5 end-zone stopway. Nil / 7 o/b A/c ex Middletown, Ohio. minor damage.
17 Aug Manchester UK 757 Air Scandic (op Finnair) Re-landed for a suspected blown tire on left main gear. Nil / 231 False alarm (sticky oleo made loud noise after lift-off).
18 Aug 1127L North Atlantic & Keflavik Iceland 747-400 of Air Canada flt:783 C-GAGN A/c declared Mayday & diverted 1054kms to Keflavik after fire broke out and heavy smoke filled cabin. Nil / 269 pax & 13 crew Malfunctioning recirculation fan. Landed 1238, 71 mins after incident started (midway Frankfurt-Toronto).
18 Aug 2015BST Duxford UK Bristol Blenheim restored bomber A/c clipped earthbank near threshold, wiped gear and slid to halt. Nil / 2 o/b A/c wings and fuselage buckled in ensuing slide. Last of type.
19 Aug Stansted, UK L-1011 of Air Luxor Slow nose high approach led to landing tailstrike. Nil STN closed for unk period. A/c awaits repair at compass base.
19 Aug DO328jet SYX2274 #1 eng took birds on t/off. Nil Skyways a/c returned Omaha Neb.
20 Aug 0315 Muskegon Mich. B1900 of Skyways Airlines SYX1411 hit a deer on landing runway 6. Nil A/c reported "disabled."
20 Aug 0325L 757 of US Airlines F/A fell & punctured lung. 1 inj USA 642 enrt Phila. to Las Vegas.
21 Aug Kamchatka Pen Mi-8 of Russian Air Ministry Missing on flt Petropavlovsk to Severo Kurilsk (Kurile Islands). Likely down Kamchatka Peninsula. 17 missing Missing include Governor of Sakhalin. Defense Force exercise diverted to search a large area of coast & ocean.
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries. 2 DISCLAIMER: The information is preliminary, possibly incomplete, and may be supplemented by new findings of fact as the inquiry progresses. 3A/P=Airport. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson, director of aircraft, engineering & technical operations, International Aviation Safety Association (IASA).

 
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