| DATE/SITE |
AIRCRAFT & REGN |
CIRCUMSTANCES |
DEATH & INJURY |
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/211105.htm |
| 03 Oct. 1100L Dulles, Virginia |
EMB170 of United Express |
Climbed abruptly from 3000ft to 3500ft in response to a TCAS alert |
1 ser inj/ 45 o/b |
Reg: N650RW. Resolution advisory for a head-on with traffic 500ft below |
| 06 Oct. 0340L East Midlands A/P |
A300 of Channel Express |
Fire crews were called out to extinguish a brake fire after landing |
Nil |
Arriving from Cologne, Germany |
| 19 Oct. 1845Z Houston, Texas |
HS125 Reg: N564BR |
Pilot dragged the right wing on the asphalt when landing in light winds |
Nil/10 o/b |
Minor damage (Houston Hobby A/P). Owner: Kaleidoscope Aviation Corp |
| 25 Oct. ~1200Z Wildwood, N.J. |
Caribou DHC4 Reg: N56NC |
Caribou struck by a "parked" Piper PA25 N6220Z in the tie-down area |
Nil |
Parked a/c moved by high winds. Minor damage |
| 28 Oct. late night Olympia, Wash. |
Agusta A109 Mk2 of Airlift NW |
Crashed on takeoff fm Providence-St. Peter Hospital's roof helipad |
1 inj / 4 o/b |
A Sept. 29 crash of another Airlift NW A-109 in Puget Sound killed 3 crew |
| 28 Oct. 1720L Cheongju, Seoul |
ATR72-200 of Hansung Airline |
Flt HA303 deflated 2 LH tires on arrival at Jeju International Airport |
Nil/64 pax |
Regulator checking on reports that HA is wearing out tires way beyond limits |
| 29 Oct. 1130Z Nashville, Tenn. |
King Air 200 Reg: N5LE |
A/c went off the far end after landing too far in -- in foggy conditions |
Nil |
Arriving from Smyrna, Tennessee. Operator Executive Air Express Inc |
| 29 Oct. 0917L Boston Logan A/P |
EMB145 of US Airways Express |
Plane lost cabin pressure shortly after t/off, descended and returned Logan |
Nil / 37 pax +3 |
Plane taken out of service for checks. Flt 31-55 was bound Savannah, Ga. |
| 01 Nov. 1445Z Laredo, Texas |
DC9 of SkyTrain N989XA |
L wing hit a large metal container while parking in non-movement area |
Nil/2 o/b |
Minor damage to port wing |
| 01 Nov. Auckland, NZ |
767 of Air NZ Reg: ZK-NCO |
NZ76 from Hong Kong circled A/P whilst damaged nosewheel inspected |
Nil/156 o/b |
Landed uneventfully after 30 mins. Faulty nose-gear downlock sensor |
| 02 Nov. 1606L Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
TU154 of Aeroflot Don |
Diverted and landed Rostov-on-Don Southern Russia with an engine fire |
Nil/69 pax |
Sochi to Moscow flight |
| 02 Nov. Vancouver B.C. |
A340-300 of China Eastern |
Returned soon after take-off (and a fuel dump) with an engine problem |
Nil/273 pax +16 |
Headed Shanghai |
| 02 Nov. 1058L Malmo, Sweden |
737-800 of Ryanair |
737 diverted in to Malmo/Sturup with an engine failure |
Nil/111 pax |
Tampere,Finland, to Stansted UK flight |
| 02 Nov. 1630L Mumbai, India |
ATR42 of Air Deccan |
A/c returned from point 150 kms out with port engine failure |
Nil/39 pax |
Flt DN-323 Mumbai to Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India |
| 02 Nov. 0755L Sioux Falls, S.D. |
A340 of UPS Flt: UPS491 |
Following a bird strike, port engine vibration caused a return to land. |
Nil/3 o/b |
Joe Foss Field airport, Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| 02 Nov. 1657L Osaka, Japan |
777-200 of JAL Flt: JL1870 |
Emerg diversion Itami A/P following a left engine hydraulic system failure |
Nil/181 o/b |
Engine shut down 15 mins out of Osaka. Kagoshima to Tokyo (Haneda) |
| 03 Nov. 2325Z Colorado Springs |
757 of UPS Flt: UPS28 |
Struck a goose at FL360, desc FL280 due cracked windshield & continued |
Nil/4 o/b |
Louisville, Ky., for Sacramento, Calif. No emergency declared. |
| 03 Nov. SCQ Galicia Spain |
MD-88 of Iberia Reg: EC-EZA |
Port wing destroyed by fuel-truck collision with stationary a/c on ramp |
Nil |
Santiago de Compostela A/P. A/c was "Ciudad de Segovia" |
| 03 Nov. 1220L Kathmandu, Nepal |
SAAB 340 of Yeti 9N-AHM |
Landed Tribhuvan A/P after a port MLG wheel dropped away after t/off |
Nil/21 pax +3 |
Headed Pokhara, Nepal. Minor damage |
| 03 Nov. Heathrow UK |
747-400 of Virgin Atlantic |
C-VWOW engine #1 podstrike while landing r/way 27R at Heathrow |
Nil |
Flt: VS4 from NY (JFK) hit turbulence from a crosswind over the hangars |
| 04 Nov. 0845L Dong Xuyen Vietnam |
PZL M-28-05 AJE-003-09 |
Crashed into a field near Dong Xuyen village near Hanoi's Gia Lam district |
3 fatal/3 o/b |
Operator: VNAF (medium twin utility transport) |
| 04 Nov. 1842L Calgary, Alberta |
A319 of Air Canada |
A319 lost its #1 (port) engine after t/off due to flying into a flock of geese |
1 goose cooked |
First stage fan blades chewed. Departed r/way 10 & landed back on r/way 16. |
| 04 Nov. ~1300L Austin, Texas |
Citation II of unknown |
Emergency landing Austin Bergstrom airport after hitting a bird on t/off |
Nil |
Holed wing causing fuel leak. Problem is rubbish dump on extended centerline |
| 05 Nov. 1845Z Bermuda |
A320 of USAir Flt: USA1476 |
Encountered severe turbulence in vicinity of Bermuda, injuring a pax |
1 serious injury |
Barbados for Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 05 Nov. 0440Z Miami, Fla. |
747-200F of Tradewinds Intl |
Flt TDX151 lost an engine cowling on dept & continued to Bogota, Colombia |
Nil |
No point scowling over a cowling |
| 05 Nov. 0958L Houston Hobby A/P |
Citation 1 of HCEA. N505K |
Told to expedite due SWA 737 flt 422 inbd with eng oil problem -& crashed |
2 fatal/2 o/b |
Maint test flight appears to have lost an engine (or had a flt controls failure) |
| 05 Nov. Lagos, Nigeria |
777-200 of KLM |
Intl airlines banned flts into Lagos soon after a KLM a/c was damaged |
Nil |
KLM 777 engaged a hole on the main runway and damaged its MLG |
| 05 Nov. Anchorage, Alaska |
MD-11F of EVA Air |
Crew mistakenly took off from a taxiway parallel to assigned r/way 32 |
Nil |
Headed Taipei, Taiwan, from Ted Stevens Intl Airport, Anchorage |
| 06 Nov. 1238Z Heathrow UK |
777-200 of American |
N781AN struck on elevator and port wingtip by passing A340, Reg: TC-JDK |
Nil/243 pax |
In hold area. Turkish A340 speedtaped missing winglet and departed. |
| 06 Nov. 0935L New Delhi |
A330 of Gulf Air Flt: 132 |
Declared an emerg and re-landed after an engine failure on climb-out |
Nil/ 230 o/b |
Bound Abu Dhabi UAE |
| 06 Nov. 1132L Kathmandu, Nepal |
Fokker 100 of Cosmic Air |
Emergency landing at Tribhuvan Intl A/P with hydraulic failure |
Nil |
Bound for Biratnagar, Nepal |
| 08 Nov. 1545Z Eureka, Calif. |
Cessna 421 Reg: N47CA |
Golden Eaglet ran off the runway to the right on takeoff |
Nil / 1 |
Minor damage |
| 08 Nov. ~1400L Sokoto, Nigeria |
747 of Kabo Air |
Plane was diverted to Kano Intl after 2 dicey attempts to land in reduced vis |
Nil |
Returning from Saudi (Umrah aka lesser Hajj) with a VIP load |
| 08 Nov. 0720L Manchester NH |
EMB-110P1 of Air Now |
A/c bound Bangor Maine crashed into a Walmart store soon after t/off |
1 inj |
UPS freight contractor Business Air Freight, Flt: RLR3352. N7801Q writeoff |
| 09 Nov. ~0710 Melbourne, Aust. |
737-7Q8 of Virgin Blue |
Flt DJ809 returned soon after take-off with fumes in the cockpit |
Nil |
No further details. Flight was Sydney bound. |
| 09 Nov. am hrs Windsor Locks, Ct |
737 of Delta Flt: DL1718 |
A/c struck birds on t/off, an engine was damaged so a/c relanded Bradley |
Nil/134 pax |
Headed for Cincinnati |
| 09 Nov 0835L Melbourne, Aust. |
737-7Q8 Reg: VH-VBI |
Experienced a rapid decompression at FL400 and carried out emerg desc |
Nil |
Sydney New South Wales to Melbourne Victoria |
| 09 Nov. 1400L Schiphol, Holland |
747 of Polar Air |
Freighter aborted t/off on 37L, blew tires & damaged runway lighting |
Nil |
Amsterdam runway taken out of service until jet could be moved |
| 09 Nov 0915L Stewart, N.Y. |
727 of FedEx Enrt from Boston |
Runway was cleared off for an emerg landing with severe fumes in cockpit |
Nil/3 |
Construction workers cleared the 11,818ft r/way of debris in six minutes |
| 09 Nov. 1520Z New York JFK |
767 of Delta Flt: DAL73 |
F/A received unknown injuries when a bio-hazard fluid splashed her face |
1 inj |
Unknown circumstances. Aircraft arriving from Istanbul, Turkey |
| 09 Nov. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. |
737 of US Airways |
NTSB reports plane came within a few seconds of landing on a Comair CRJ |
Nil |
CRJ was lined up. ATC tumbled to the conflict and sent the 737 around |
| 11 Nov. 0400L Kak-e-Shahidan Afghanistan |
IL76MD of Royal Airlines Flight: 1102 |
Cargo plane flying comms equipt from Bahrein to Bagram Airbase flew into a hill 30km north of Kabul |
8 dead / 8 o/b |
Reg: 4L-ZIL was on military charter Bahrein-Kabul-Bagram and onward to Sharjah UAE as RPK1102 |
| 12 Nov. 1015L Ottawa, Canada |
A320 of Air Canada |
Touched down at 1100L after an engine problem enroute to Halifax |
Nil / 98 pax & crew |
4th major Air Canada serviceability incident in 5 months (one was birdstrk) |
| 12 Nov. ~0600L Dublin, Ireland |
A330 of Lufthansa |
Precautionary shutdown of #1 engine in cruise due low oil press |
Nil |
#1 engine replaced |
| 13 Nov. night Manchester, N.H. |
737 of SWA Flt: SW530 |
Flt lost cabin pressure, masks came down & continued to Manchester |
Nil / 131 pax |
@14K feet. No fault found on arrival; more 737 pressurization switchology? |
| 14 Nov. Belfast City A/P Ir |
Dash 8 of Flybe |
Engine was shut down due to a prop overspeed and a/c returned to BHD |
Nil |
FlyBe BAe146 aircrew admitted to hospital after a fumes incident |
| 14 Nov. 0646L Catarman, Philippines |
BAe146 of Asian Spirit |
Plane skidded off rain-soaked runway into a padi-field on arrival Catarman |
Nil / 32 pax +6 |
Minor damage to gear and fuselage on arrival from Manila |
| 14 Nov. ~1045L Dublin, Ireland |
ATR42 of Aer Arran |
Landed r/way 28 with LH engine shutdown (frozen power lever?) |
Nil / 4 crew |
Returning from maintenance work in Sonderborg, Denmark |
| 15 Nov. p.m. hrs Akon Sthn, Sudan |
Twin Otter UN Charter |
Landed short in the rough, tearing the right-hand gear totally off |
Nil |
Probable write-off |
| 15 Nov. Auckland, NZ |
747-400 of Qantas QF25 |
Los Angeles-bound flt turned back after 4hrs due to a fuel leak |
Nil / 348 pax |
NZ PM Helen Clark was aboard [and missed an LA meeting]. Left next day |
| 15 Nov. 1340L Pittsburgh, Pa. |
Saab 340B of Colgan Air |
N242CJ damaged its L wingtip when it struck Colgan's Saab 340 N346CJ |
Nil/1 |
Minor damage (taxi/reposition is a two man job) |
| 15 Nov. Antioquia, Colombia |
C206 of Sade Charter |
Crashed 15kms after t/off from Olave Herrera A/P in Medellin [for Ituango] |
6 dead / 6 o/b |
In mountains between Girardota & Copacobana in NW Prov of Antioquia |
| 15 Nov. Damascus, Syria |
A320 of Gulfair Flt: GF901 |
4 Australian women detained due to gun parts discovered in a child's toy |
Nil |
Damascus to Bahrein. Iraqi-born women had a dismantled hand-gun |
| 15 Nov. night Hamilton, Canada |
Gulfstream 100 of Jetport Inc. |
Ran off the runway while landing in fog, mist and heavy rain |
Nil / 2 o/b |
Undamaged |
| 15 Nov. 1003L South Hampton, N.Y. |
C208 of ShoreLine Avn |
Seaplane N117SA crashed in Little Peconic Bay, Long Is. & partially sank |
Nil / 3 o/b |
Occupants rescued by fishermen. Caravan is a write off |
| 16 Oct. >2200L Johannesburg, S.A. |
A340-200 of SAA. Flt 274 |
Returned after dumping fuel for an emergency landing on runway 03 Left |
Nil |
Forward cargo-hold fire warning |
| 16 Nov. morning Kanoya AB, Japan |
YS-11A of JMSDF |
Had a 9.1mtr airmiss with civil helo while on appch to Kanoya Airbase |
Nil / 9 o/b |
In Kagoshima Prefecture 985km SW of Tokyo (Maritime Self Def Force a/c) |
| 16 Nov. 2328L Gaylord, Mich. |
AC50 Commander 500 |
N1153C crashed short of runway on instrument appch in icing conditions |
1 dead |
3/4 mile visibility in snow & mist (broken cloud at 600ft) with temp below freezing |
| 17 Nov. 1207L Savannah, Ga. |
King Air 100 of JRT Group Props |
Returned for a belly landing shortly after leaving Charlie Brown A/P |
Nil |
After circling since 1120L trying to extend the RH gear |
| 17 Nov. Vologda, NW Russia |
MI-2 of GAZProm Oil |
Found crashed on a copse near the village of Baklan close to the pipeline |
4 dead + 1 inj |
Inspecting Ukhta-Torzhok gas pipeline |
| 17 Nov. 0708L Ft. Myers, Fla. |
757 of UPS |
Cargo jet declared an emergency 10 mins out with a hydraulic failure |
Nil / 4 o/b |
RSW (Southwest Florida Intl A/P). Aircraft was towed to a hangar |
| 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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