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Monday, October 10, 2005

Accidents and Incidents

DATE/SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/101005.htm
26 Sep ~1830L San Andres, Colom. Gulfstream1 Reg: YV-1020 Fighters destroyed a/c while it was being loaded with 2 tons of cocaine Nil G-159 and runway was destroyed by two A37 Dragonflies & a helo gunship
28 Sept. 2330Z Laredo,Texas EMB145 of American Eagle While at gate a ground equipment hose detached from EGF838 & injured one 1 inj g/crew Minor damage to N621AE
28 Sept. 0810L Chicago Midway 737-800 of ATA Flt: TZ4397 Gate pushback, a/c's outer wing was damaged when it hit another ATA a/c Nil / 60 pax +6 Denver bound
28 Sept. 2230L NAS Sigonella Italy P3C of USN Sixth Fleet Engine failed so Orion patrol aircraft declared emerg - landed NAS Sigonella Nil / 10 o/b Cagliari, Sardinia, to NAS Sigonella, Catania, Eastern Sicily
30 Sept. ~1320L Fairbanks, Alaska Citation 550 Reg: N77ND Good forced ldg after flaming out both in a heavy icing conditions experiment Nil / 4 o/b Univ. of N. Dakota Atmospheric Science Dept. down 75mls N Fairbanks
01 Oct. morning Gander, Newfdld 767-200 of Continental Newark to Paris flight diverted in with low oil pressure on one engine Nil / 178 pax Flight CO54's troublesome engine was left at idle. Angry pax filed a petition.
01 Oct. Miami, Fla. A300-600 of AA Flt: AA903 Ret'd after 40 mins with blue system hyd reservoir temp o'heat warning Nil Bound Caracas, Venezuela
01 Oct. ~1205L Hanover, Pa. EMB145 of TransState Flt 3553 emerg landing at Lehigh Valley Intl A/P (smoke in the cabin) Nil / 49 pax Oprg ex LaGuardia, N.Y., to Pittsburgh, Pa. for US Airways Express
01 Oct. 0156L Nairobi Intl, SA 747-236B of Air Atlanta Cargo TF-ARJ returned with eng problem & inner left MLG failed to deploy fully Nil Nairobi to Amsterdam. A/c drifted left off runway - somewhat lopsidedly
01 Oct. 1247L Oakland, Calif. 767 of Delta Flt: DL1807 Diverted to Oakland A/P after smoke & fumes filled cabin soon after takeoff Nil / 240 pax San Francisco to Atlanta, Ga.
02 Oct. 1514L Greenville, S.C. DC9 of Air Tran Airways A/c declared emerg for an engine fire & landed Greenville-Spartanburg Intl Nil / 111 pax Richmond, Va., for Atlanta, Ga. Fire warning was spurious.
02 Oct. Rome-Fiumicino A320 of Lufthansa Made an emergency landing with smoke in the cockpit at Fiumicino A/P Nil Tripoli to Frankfurt flight
02 Oct. Amsterdam Nethld 747-481F of Nippon Cargo Reg JAO1KZ landed with only three of its four main-gears extended ... Nil ... but landing roll-out was uneventful
02 Oct. ~1410L Albuquerque, N.M. 737 of SWA A/c made an emergency return to the Sunport after smell of smoke in cabin Nil / 122 pax Headed Kansas City but turned around only a few minutes out.
03 Oct. 0915L Sibu, Malaysia 737-400 of MAS Flt: MH2802 Businessman was ordered off a/c for refusing to cease talking on a cellphone 1 noncom For Kota, Kinabulu. Returned to ramp to liberate the Great Communicator
03 Oct. evening Bangalore, India Airbus A320 of Sri Lankan Flt UL320 diverted into Bangalore Intl following an enroute engine failure Nil / 101 pax o/b Colombo to Muscat
03 Oct. ~0900L Minneapolis, Mn. DC-9 of NWA Flt: 1467 A/c aborted takeoff after flames were seen coming from an engine Nil / 64 pax o/b Minor damage. A/c towed to ramp. Fuel seen dripping from the engine
03 Oct. day Isiro, DR Congo AN-26B of Galaxie Air Crashed on approach some 1,500 m short of runway near Isiro A/P DRC 7 dead / 3 pax +4 Eastern Congo (Orientale Province). DRC a/c are notorious for dilapidation
03 Oct. ~1500L Deland, Fla. Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 of VerticalAir Nose pitched up, stalled and spun on t/off - from a height of about 70 feet 8 inj / 11 o/b Overloaded with aft C of G? April 24, VerticalAir collided with a skydiver
04 Oct. ~2020L Uniondale, S. Africa BO105 of Air Mercy Service Wreck found at first light. First crash in 39 years of the aeromedical service 4 dead / 1 pax +3 Medevac of car-crash victim from Haarlem to George, South Africa
04 Oct. Boston Logan A/P MD82 of AA and CRJ of American Eagle MD82 abruptly aborted t/off when ATC mistakenly cleared a CRJ of American Eagle to cross in front of it Nil / 18 + 131 o/b both Pilot and ATC error. A/c came closer than 330m. 16th such incident since Oct 2004 & 2nd in just over a week
04 Oct. Aru A/P NE Congo AN-12 of Wimbi Dira Airways 9Q-CWC landed short at Aru airport and collapsed its undercarriage 2 dead / 11 inj Arr fm Kisangani. One escaping pax ran into the rotating port inboard prop
05 Oct. night Seattle, Wash. MD83 of Alaskan Airlines FAA o'night check found a tailplane jackscrew with inadequate lubrication Nil Follows accusations by 3 mechs of other Alaskan "lubeless jackscrews"
05 Oct. 1145L Montego Bay, Jam. 757 of AA Flt: AA1152 Re-landed 5 mins after t/off for Miami after port engine ingested three birds Nil / 146 pax o/b Mechs deployed from San Juan to Sangster's Airport Jamaica for repairs
05 Oct. 0656L Christchurch, NZ 767-300 of Qantas Forced to turn back, about a half hour out, with a fuel filter fault warning Nil / 193 pax Bound for Sydney (and relaunched later)
06 Oct. 0340L East Midlands, UK A300 of Channel Express Fire crews called out to extinguish a fire in the a/c's brakes after landing Nil Arriving Nottingham East Midlands A/P from from Cologne, Germany
06 Oct. 0938L Cologne-Bonn A300 of Mahan Air Iranian sched flt made emerg landing with two blown stbd side MLG tires Nil / 136 pax Tehran to Dusseldorf, Germany. Landed Cologne-Bonn, Germany
06 Oct. Northern Liberia MI-8 of UN Mission Monrovia Helo crashed into a swamp near the Northern Liberia town of Voinjama 4 inj / 4 crew Humanitarian food delivery mission prior to Oct. 11 elections
06 Oct. ~0545L Winnipeg, Canada C208B cargo of Fedex contractor Morningstar Morningstar 8060 tried to return after reporting being iced up after takeoff. Crashed 3mls fm appch end r/way 31 1 fatal Crashed in Osborne Village area. Op by Morningstar Air Express Edmonton. Carrying flu virus flasks (incinerated)
06 Oct. Manchester, UK A330 of Air Transat F/A broke leg and arm after falling from the rear door of the departing a/c 1 inj Ground-crew had surreptitiously removed the a/c steps
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries. 2 DISCLAIMER: These assessments are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but rather are intended to provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson - International Aviation Safety Association (IASA).
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