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Monday, September 8, 2003

Accidents and Incidents

DATE/SITE
AIRCRAFT & REGN
CIRCUMSTANCES
DEATH & INJURY
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/070903.htm
13 Aug 1505L Raleigh Durham NC CL600-2B19 of Comair Flt:5374 Reg: N451CA FL270 crew heard loud thump, a/c yawed, A/P disconnected and all 6 flt inst and nav screens went blank. Nil / 23 on board Crew went on oxy due smk and power was restored. Black soot found on wire bundles and relays of avionics bay.
15 Aug 03 Goose Bay Lab 757-258 of Continental COA27 shut down #1 at 1515Z FL360 and divtd to Goose Bay landing 1551Z. Nil Enrt Birmingham UK to Newark NJ. RB-211 surging/vibn (metal in jetpipe)
17 Aug Barrow, Alaska Reims 406 of Hageland Avn N6591L reptd overdue and debris sighted in water 30nm SW Barrow. 2 fatal / 2 on board Enrt Barrow - Wainwright AK . Radar data suggests low-flying accident.
17 Aug Tel Aviv C130 of Israeli Air Force #4 prop sliced through fuselage on landing at Sde Dov Airport. 7 pax injured No further details.
17 Aug 0316L Honolulu Hawaii for Sydney Aust. A340-300 of Air Canada C-FYKX Flt 33 blew 2 centrr-gear tires on t/off and lost n/w steering on return roll-out with EICAS LGCIU 1 & 2 lit. (See p. 5 box for add'l details.) Nil / 185 on board Wisdom of an overweight ldg with a gear problem? (Unaware of blown tires but had LG EICAS faults.)
17 Aug evening Paris Orly A330-300 of Air Algerie Lost a wheel of its nose LG on touchdown and was damaged. Nil Arriving from Oran, Algeria.
19 Aug 2030L Gardemoen Oslo EMB RJ145 of CitiExpress G-EMBH made emerg landing with fire in galley (ext before landing). Nil Flight originated Manchester UK.
21 Aug Kinmen Shang-Yi MD-82 of FEAT Reg: B28011 A/c overran after landing (on arrival from Taipei's Sung Shan Airport). Nil / 153 pax FEAT: Far Eastern Air Transport. Weather was rain and strong winds.
22 Aug Copenhagen MD80 of Spanair A/c fell off jacks in hangar during maint. Damage exceeds 4mEuro. Nil Suspected high jacking. SAS has transferred a parked MD80 to Spanair.
23 Aug 1625L Innsbruck Austria BAe146 of Lufthansa Fire broke out in an o'head luggage bin and a/c divtd Innsbruck Austria. Nil / 84 pax LH5562 enrt Milan fm Munich. Fire extinguished with h/held extinguisher.
24 Aug 0120L Denver, Colo. Beech 1900 of LakesAir Flt GLA779 (Denver-Santa Fe) returned after door came open inflight. Nil Reg: N192GL
24 Aug Miami FL 757-223 of AA Left MLG truck beam failed on taxi Nil / 169 AA1163 left MLG collapsed partially.
24 Aug Port-de-Paix LET410 of Tropical Airways A/c crashed in Haiti cane-field after take-off and caught fire. 21fatal / 21 o/b Witness reports of door coming open and smoke from left engine.
25 Aug am hrs Thessaloniki 717-200 Flt: OA163 Second emerg landing in two days after seagulls sucked into engine. Nil / 72 pax T/off event. Thessaloniki (Macedonia) to Berlin (Tegel A/P)
25 Aug Chile P3 Orion of NASA Aircraft enroute to Antarctica was forced to land due to engine problems. Nil / 22 o/b Carlos Ibanez del Campo Airport is 2000 km (1243 nm) south of Santiago
26 Aug Milan Malpensa 737-500 of CSA Smoke appeared in cabin just prior to t/off and emerg evac carried out. Nil Pax evacuated a/c via chutes onto taxiway.
26 Aug 0957L Augusta Georgia ATR-72 of Atlantic SE Myrtle Bch-Atlanta Flt4139 landed Augusta with eng oil press problem Nil / 29 pax No further details.
27 Aug 1538L Nantucket Sound Massachusetts Beech 1900D of Colgan Air reg:N240CJ A/c on ferry flight to Albany NY crashed after reporting pitch control problems on departing Hyannis. 2 fatal / 2 pilots on board Operates for US Airways Express. Crashed 3 miles short of runway at Hyannis.
27 Aug 1430L Albany NY 757 of NWA Detroit-Boston Flt divtd Albany with Left hyd system out & asym reverse Nil / 113 pax A/c towed to the gate.
27 Aug Cessna 421 Crashed on long-range ferry flight. 1 fatal / 1 N2724M. Crashed11nm NE Calcutta enroute to Singapore.
27 Aug 1828Z Keflavik Iceland 777-200 of UA Flt: UAL925 Declared emerg due generator failure and diverted into Keflavik Nil Enroute Heathrow to Washington (Dulles) N789UA
28 Aug 1830 Vancouver BC A320 of Air Canada Flt ex Anchorage called in about 1hr out with hydraulic problems. Nil / 77 o/b A/c towed to the gate after landing.
29 Aug Terre Haute Ind CRJ of United Express Chicago-Birmingham Ala flt lost an eng at 28000ft and divtd Terre Haute Nil Incident occurred 30 minutes out of Chicago
29 Aug 0243Z Lajes Azores 767-333 of Delta flt:DAL16 Decl emerg 0243Z due smoke in cockpit and advised diverting Lajes
Enrt JFK- Charles de Gaulle (Paris). Landed Lajes just after 0400Z.
31 Aug 1510L Flamenco Beach PR Cessna Caravan of Isla Nena Air Pilot glided for ten mins to a successful ditching 50ft offshore after eng failure Nil / 10 o/b N786DM crash occurred during appch to Culebra Is A/P Puerto Rico
01 Sep 1100 Shannon Eire 767-200 of US Airways A/c diverted after an electrical fire and an emergency descent. Nil / 207 o/b Enrt Dublin to Philadelphia. Smoke clearance procedure carried out at 10,000 ft.
02 Sep 1136L JFK NY MD82 of American Reg: N454AA Flt 1048 ex Dallas Ft Worth diverted from Newark to Kennedy with gear fault and landed nosewheel up. Nil / 128 pax & 5 crew Foam sprayed on nose after a/c stopped - substantial damage to underside.
04 Sep 0320L Richmond VA Merlin 4 SA226 of AmeriFlight AMF329 landed hard r/way 16 and went off the runway side into the grass. Nil Taxied to the ramp with minor damage.
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. These assessments, based on a reading of initial reports, are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but rather are intended to provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation. 3A/P=Airport. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson, director of aircraft, engineering & technical operations, International Aviation Safety Association (IASA).

 

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