NATCHITOCHES — A grand opening is set for 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Natchitoches Regional Airport for a new flight school being opened by Flight Academy of New Orleans.
City and airport officials are excited about the opportunities the flight school will bring to the community.
“According to an economic study done more than four years ago, the Natchitoches Regional Airport brings $13,797,000 of direct and indirect benefit to our city,” Airport Manager Larry Cooper said. “This flight school offers significant opportunities to utilize one of our most important assets and provide growth for Natchitoches aviation.”
The school will be in the hangar formerly occupied by Northwestern State University.
Founded in 2003, FANO will train professionals for all types of pilot jobs, including corporate jets and airlines and for business or personal use.
The school will also offer elective courses using prior learning assessment to students from Northwestern State University.
FANO has an existing flight school campus at the Lakefront Airport in New Orleans.
Source: http://www.shreveporttimes.com
July 28, 2012
Report critical of city in Woodward: West Woodward Airport (KWWR), Oklahoma
WOODWARD — A letter from Edward Chambers, compliance program manager of the airports division of FAA Southwest Region to Woodward’s Mayor is critical of the city in regard to the West Woodward Airport.
An FAA report by Chambers claims the city inappropriately transferred title to airport land to the Woodward Municipal Authority for industrial development purposes over the years.
The report said on Jan. 6, 1989 the FAA released 4 tracts of land totalling around 135 acres the east side of the airport for development of an industrial park.
Chambers wrote that the deed of release contained a supplemental agreement that the parcels would be sold or leased for fair market value based on appraisal and sale proceeds or lease revenue would be used on airport capital or operating costs.
The report claims that appeared to not happen as the parcels were transferred to the WMA and in turned leased to industrial manufacturing entities and the airport “is not receiving the lease revenue.”
The report claims this has happened on several occasions.
The report also mentions that a juvenile detention facility is located on land released in 1989 as well as another building and “it was reported to us that the airport receives no revenue from these two facilities,” Chambers said.
In the report, Chambers recommends the city transfer title to several parcels of land back to the airport and assign the leases to the airport and for those parcels sold to a non-city entity, the fair market value of the land at the time of the sale based on historic appraisal should be deposited in the airport account. The leases on the parcels should then be assigned from the municipal authority to the airport, according the report.
The report also asks the city to take steps to improve and market the non-aeronautical use property such as clearing brush, demolishing abandoned buildings and improving access to the area.
“Property in this area can and should be leased at fair market value rental rates for commercial property as a continuing source of income for the airport.”
Chambers also estimates in the report that roughly $77,000 worth of asphalt appears to have been removed from a stockpile at the airport with “little, if any, compensation to the airport.”
Chambers is also asking the city to remove a travel trailer and cargo trailer off airport property and for the city to remove a gun range from airport land.
Source: http://enidnews.com/state/x44818049/Report-critical-of-city-in-Woodward
An FAA report by Chambers claims the city inappropriately transferred title to airport land to the Woodward Municipal Authority for industrial development purposes over the years.
The report said on Jan. 6, 1989 the FAA released 4 tracts of land totalling around 135 acres the east side of the airport for development of an industrial park.
Chambers wrote that the deed of release contained a supplemental agreement that the parcels would be sold or leased for fair market value based on appraisal and sale proceeds or lease revenue would be used on airport capital or operating costs.
The report claims that appeared to not happen as the parcels were transferred to the WMA and in turned leased to industrial manufacturing entities and the airport “is not receiving the lease revenue.”
The report claims this has happened on several occasions.
The report also mentions that a juvenile detention facility is located on land released in 1989 as well as another building and “it was reported to us that the airport receives no revenue from these two facilities,” Chambers said.
In the report, Chambers recommends the city transfer title to several parcels of land back to the airport and assign the leases to the airport and for those parcels sold to a non-city entity, the fair market value of the land at the time of the sale based on historic appraisal should be deposited in the airport account. The leases on the parcels should then be assigned from the municipal authority to the airport, according the report.
The report also asks the city to take steps to improve and market the non-aeronautical use property such as clearing brush, demolishing abandoned buildings and improving access to the area.
“Property in this area can and should be leased at fair market value rental rates for commercial property as a continuing source of income for the airport.”
Chambers also estimates in the report that roughly $77,000 worth of asphalt appears to have been removed from a stockpile at the airport with “little, if any, compensation to the airport.”
Chambers is also asking the city to remove a travel trailer and cargo trailer off airport property and for the city to remove a gun range from airport land.
Source: http://enidnews.com/state/x44818049/Report-critical-of-city-in-Woodward
Ontario sisters find piece of WWII U.S. bomber plane at lake
SARNIA, Ont. -- A group of local girls have stumbled upon a significant piece of Second World War history that’s resurfaced from the depths of Lake Huron.
Amy Cooper, 13, and sister Lisa, 12, were swimming with friends at the Sarnia Riding Club beach Sunday when they stumbled upon a piece of twisted metal buried in the sandy floor of the lake several feet from shore.
“My concern was that someone was going to get hurt so we decided to try to dig it out,” Amy said. “There was only a foot showing and once we realized it was longer than that, it was more difficult to get out.”
Lisa, who first spotted the treasure under water, thought it was a licence plate until she saw the identification tags.
“I read it and I thought, ‘Oh, it’s an airplane piece.’ But the other girls didn’t believe me at first,” she said.
As it turns out, the hunk of metal came from a P-47 Thunderbolt, one of the main fighter-bombers used by U.S. Army Air Forces in the Second World War.
Each single-piston engine bomber was loaded with eight .50-calibre machine guns, which proved to be mighty during ground attacks in the European and Pacific theatres.
Several units of U.S. airmen trained on the planes at the Selfridge Army Air Field, near Mount Clemens, Mich., including members of the now famous Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots in the U.S. Army.
Read more here: http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2012/07/27/ontario-sisters-find-piece-of-wwii-us-bomber-plane-at-lake
Amy Cooper, 13, and sister Lisa, 12, were swimming with friends at the Sarnia Riding Club beach Sunday when they stumbled upon a piece of twisted metal buried in the sandy floor of the lake several feet from shore.
“My concern was that someone was going to get hurt so we decided to try to dig it out,” Amy said. “There was only a foot showing and once we realized it was longer than that, it was more difficult to get out.”
Lisa, who first spotted the treasure under water, thought it was a licence plate until she saw the identification tags.
“I read it and I thought, ‘Oh, it’s an airplane piece.’ But the other girls didn’t believe me at first,” she said.
As it turns out, the hunk of metal came from a P-47 Thunderbolt, one of the main fighter-bombers used by U.S. Army Air Forces in the Second World War.
Each single-piston engine bomber was loaded with eight .50-calibre machine guns, which proved to be mighty during ground attacks in the European and Pacific theatres.
Several units of U.S. airmen trained on the planes at the Selfridge Army Air Field, near Mount Clemens, Mich., including members of the now famous Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots in the U.S. Army.
Read more here: http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2012/07/27/ontario-sisters-find-piece-of-wwii-us-bomber-plane-at-lake
Type Rating student from Austria: From a dream to 19 years experience in aviation
http://www.balticaa.com
Baltic Aviation Academy interviews Jurgen Auer, an Airbus A320 Type Rating student from Austria with 19 years experience in aviation. Jurgen tells his story from decision making to Type rating course in Baltic Aviation Academy and emphasizes the main tips of how to choose the best aviation school.
Baltic Aviation Academy interviews Jurgen Auer, an Airbus A320 Type Rating student from Austria with 19 years experience in aviation. Jurgen tells his story from decision making to Type rating course in Baltic Aviation Academy and emphasizes the main tips of how to choose the best aviation school.
South Carolina: Pilot to co-pilot, father to son, men share deep bond
Scott, left, and Rob Creveling were lucky enough to share the cockpit on Rob's first commercial flight with U.S. Airways.
FLORENCE, S.C. -- Many people would be nervous on their first day as a commercial airline pilot, but in late June, Rob Creveling had the fortune of co-piloting for someone he really trusted – his dad.
Scott Creveling, 60, has been a pilot for U.S. Airways for 29 years after serving in the Navy, and in all his years, he has only heard of one father/son duo getting to fly together and none on a first day.
“It’s been really the highlight of my flying career is being able to fly with him; that was awesome,” Scott Creveling said. “We give the Lord credit for that, for kind of working everything out because it was not the kind of thing you could really orchestrate on your own.”
For one thing Rob, 33, didn’t always plan on being a pilot. He started lessons in high school thinking flying could be a fun hobby, but he got serious about it at the University of South Carolina. He then spent some time flying forestry planes and the USC athletics plane – where he hauled the likes of Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier – before joining the Air Force.
Last December while he was flying refueling jets over Iraq and Afghanistan, he started applying for commercial airlines, putting in as many applications as possible because airlines have done so little hiring for the past five years.
The first one to offer him an interview and a job when he returned to the states was U.S. Airways. He didn’t get his hopes up at first because all the new hires were being assigned to Embraer 190 planes, and not in Charlotte where his dad was based. That is until his class, which mostly got 737s leaving from Charlotte.
Read more here: http://www2.scnow.com
Myrtle Beach’s Vision Airlines passengers in limbo as flight delays stretch, one more than a day
MYRTLE BEACH -- A flight out of Myrtle Beach became a precious commodity for some travelers Saturday.
Flights on Vision Airlines to Louisville, Ky., and Indianapolis were delayed for hours or days. In the case of Indianapolis fliers, the delay has already lasted more than a day. Scheduled to depart at 4:40 p.m. Friday, the flight to Indianapolis had yet to leave Saturday evening, leaving its passengers stranded an extra day on the Grand Strand. The airline’s website estimated it wouldn’t depart until 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The flight to Louisville had been scheduled to take off at 11 a.m. Saturday, but the airline’s website estimated Saturday night that the flight would not leave until 11:05 p.m Saturday.
Mary Ryan, whose daughter and young children had been planning on flying to Louisville Saturday, said, “It’s been a nightmare.”
Ryan said nobody in her family had been able to get in touch with anybody at the airline on Saturday, and they weren’t sure when the flight might leave. “They're not telling anybody anything,” Ryan said.
Customer service hours for the charter airline, which provides service from Myrtle Beach to six cities in the Midwest, are open only Monday through Friday, and calls to numbers at the airline’s headquarters went unanswered Saturday.
After nearly six hours at the airport, Ryan’s group left and returned to their home in North Carolina without knowing when they should show back up. Vision’s policies state that in delays of more than an hour, customers should be provided a time to be back at the gate, in case they choose to leave.
Meanwhile, a representative at Myrtle Beach International Airport said that the phone’s been ringing off the hook.
Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com
Flights on Vision Airlines to Louisville, Ky., and Indianapolis were delayed for hours or days. In the case of Indianapolis fliers, the delay has already lasted more than a day. Scheduled to depart at 4:40 p.m. Friday, the flight to Indianapolis had yet to leave Saturday evening, leaving its passengers stranded an extra day on the Grand Strand. The airline’s website estimated it wouldn’t depart until 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The flight to Louisville had been scheduled to take off at 11 a.m. Saturday, but the airline’s website estimated Saturday night that the flight would not leave until 11:05 p.m Saturday.
Mary Ryan, whose daughter and young children had been planning on flying to Louisville Saturday, said, “It’s been a nightmare.”
Ryan said nobody in her family had been able to get in touch with anybody at the airline on Saturday, and they weren’t sure when the flight might leave. “They're not telling anybody anything,” Ryan said.
Customer service hours for the charter airline, which provides service from Myrtle Beach to six cities in the Midwest, are open only Monday through Friday, and calls to numbers at the airline’s headquarters went unanswered Saturday.
After nearly six hours at the airport, Ryan’s group left and returned to their home in North Carolina without knowing when they should show back up. Vision’s policies state that in delays of more than an hour, customers should be provided a time to be back at the gate, in case they choose to leave.
Meanwhile, a representative at Myrtle Beach International Airport said that the phone’s been ringing off the hook.
Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com
UK: Immigrants sent home on almost empty jets
The UK Border Agency is spending millions of pounds hiring charter flights to deport illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers... then lets the planes take off with hundreds of empty seats.
At times these hugely expensive charter flights leave the UK with just 10 per cent of seats occupied by people being returned to their homeland.
As the planes jet out with row upon row of empty seats they leave behind hundreds who exploit legal loopholes to stay.
UKBA figures reveal the cost of charter flights to deport people back to their home country is about £5,000 each.
The total cost of air deportations – including tickets for regular flights – has risen 40 per cent in the past five years. It now stands at £133million per year. The figure is so high because so many planes leave more than half empty. UKBA officials say the numbers being flown back are so low partly because the majority of people facing deportation put in a successful 11th- hour appeal which allows them to prolong their stay in the UK.
Incredibly some of the planes fly with just a few dozen people being sent back because the UK has “deals” with the host country so that not too many people arrive at the same time.
On a February flight to Pakistan 194 people were put on a list to be sent back. At take-off there were just 46 men and four women on the flight. A total of 144 people had used the legal loophole to allow them to be left behind.
UKBA, which admits some flights have twice as many escort guards as deportees, says it plans for last‑minute drop‑outs and insists it tries to ensure its planes all fly with a full complement of people being expelled by topping up with people held on a reserve list.
In February a flight to Sri Lanka took off with just 52 deportees on board after 101 made successful 11th-hour applications to stay.
Two recent flights to Ghana had a total of 45 deportees. Eighty five were erased from the passenger list, nearly twice the number eventually flown home. In the past year the UKBA has chartered 37 flights at a cost to the taxpayer of almost £9million. This is around £250,000 per plane.
A total of 17 have returned people to Afghanistan, nine to Nigeria, four to Sri Lanka, three to Pakistan, two to Ghana and one each to Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Somebody who is being deported has to be given 72 hours notice, which gives them ample time to appeal.
The UKBA said: “It is right those with no right to be here should go home and these flights still represent a cost effective way of removing in volume. The increased expenditure on charter flights reflects the general rise in the cost of air travel and the fact that our charters operate almost exclusively to long-haul destinations.”
The TaxPayers’ Alliance said: “The UK Border Agency should do more to keep costs down.
“If 11th-hour appeals are so common, they should overbook even more than they do already.
“It’s absurd international agreements about how many people can arrive at the same time are stopping us from deporting those who have no right to be here and incurring extra costs for British taxpayers.”
Source: http://www.express.co.uk
At times these hugely expensive charter flights leave the UK with just 10 per cent of seats occupied by people being returned to their homeland.
As the planes jet out with row upon row of empty seats they leave behind hundreds who exploit legal loopholes to stay.
UKBA figures reveal the cost of charter flights to deport people back to their home country is about £5,000 each.
The total cost of air deportations – including tickets for regular flights – has risen 40 per cent in the past five years. It now stands at £133million per year. The figure is so high because so many planes leave more than half empty. UKBA officials say the numbers being flown back are so low partly because the majority of people facing deportation put in a successful 11th- hour appeal which allows them to prolong their stay in the UK.
Incredibly some of the planes fly with just a few dozen people being sent back because the UK has “deals” with the host country so that not too many people arrive at the same time.
On a February flight to Pakistan 194 people were put on a list to be sent back. At take-off there were just 46 men and four women on the flight. A total of 144 people had used the legal loophole to allow them to be left behind.
UKBA, which admits some flights have twice as many escort guards as deportees, says it plans for last‑minute drop‑outs and insists it tries to ensure its planes all fly with a full complement of people being expelled by topping up with people held on a reserve list.
In February a flight to Sri Lanka took off with just 52 deportees on board after 101 made successful 11th-hour applications to stay.
Two recent flights to Ghana had a total of 45 deportees. Eighty five were erased from the passenger list, nearly twice the number eventually flown home. In the past year the UKBA has chartered 37 flights at a cost to the taxpayer of almost £9million. This is around £250,000 per plane.
A total of 17 have returned people to Afghanistan, nine to Nigeria, four to Sri Lanka, three to Pakistan, two to Ghana and one each to Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Somebody who is being deported has to be given 72 hours notice, which gives them ample time to appeal.
The UKBA said: “It is right those with no right to be here should go home and these flights still represent a cost effective way of removing in volume. The increased expenditure on charter flights reflects the general rise in the cost of air travel and the fact that our charters operate almost exclusively to long-haul destinations.”
The TaxPayers’ Alliance said: “The UK Border Agency should do more to keep costs down.
“If 11th-hour appeals are so common, they should overbook even more than they do already.
“It’s absurd international agreements about how many people can arrive at the same time are stopping us from deporting those who have no right to be here and incurring extra costs for British taxpayers.”
Source: http://www.express.co.uk
Quebec City - Young cadet takes on army after flight accident
QUEBEC CITY – An air cadet injured in a glider accident has been battling the Department of National Defence since 2006.
The department refuses to compensate Pascale Bouchard-Cannon, 22, after a flight accident in which she fractured two vertebrae, leaving her with permanent after effects.
The event took place when she was 16 at the Valcartier base, near Quebec City. The young woman is now asking for $788,000 in compensation.
Bouchard-Cannon’s glider crashed just as she was landing after her 11th flight of the day in September 2006. The wind’s direction suddenly changed, but the control tower did not tell the young woman. The plane’s wing hit a tree before crashing.
‘‘I look like an 80-year-old lady, I’m [like] a granny with a hunched back... Since the accident, things are worse. I tried a lot of medication, physiotherapists, Chinese medicine, Cortisone for five years,’’ Bouchard-Cannon said, adding she can’t sit nor stand for too long and needs to crack her back all the time.
Three internal DND reports leave few doubts about the cause of the accident.
‘‘The glider (...) had an accident because there was not enough space on the runway for a safe landing ... the plaintiff also received contradictory information from the control tower during the accident...,’’ a November 2007 DND report said.
But the department refuses to pay and its lawyers ‘‘are multiplying procedure’’ to ‘‘tire the family."
"‘Since the conclusions are in the Defense’s favour, it’s doing everything so [the conclusions] don’t end up in court,’’ Bouchard-Cannon’s father said.
The government’s lawyers have refused to negotiate an agreement, according to the young woman’s lawyer, François Marchand. ‘‘What’s shocking is that they are contesting the events. That’s dramatic.
Imagine a 16-year-old girl who has to fight against the big machine of the Defense,’’ Marchand said.
The court of appeal sided with Bouchard-Cannon early in July when it allowed her to use the accident reports as evidence, but she will have to face another year-and-a-half of procedures.
The DND declined to comment on the case.
Story and photo: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/28/young-cadet-takes-on-army-after-grave-accident
The department refuses to compensate Pascale Bouchard-Cannon, 22, after a flight accident in which she fractured two vertebrae, leaving her with permanent after effects.
The event took place when she was 16 at the Valcartier base, near Quebec City. The young woman is now asking for $788,000 in compensation.
Bouchard-Cannon’s glider crashed just as she was landing after her 11th flight of the day in September 2006. The wind’s direction suddenly changed, but the control tower did not tell the young woman. The plane’s wing hit a tree before crashing.
‘‘I look like an 80-year-old lady, I’m [like] a granny with a hunched back... Since the accident, things are worse. I tried a lot of medication, physiotherapists, Chinese medicine, Cortisone for five years,’’ Bouchard-Cannon said, adding she can’t sit nor stand for too long and needs to crack her back all the time.
Three internal DND reports leave few doubts about the cause of the accident.
‘‘The glider (...) had an accident because there was not enough space on the runway for a safe landing ... the plaintiff also received contradictory information from the control tower during the accident...,’’ a November 2007 DND report said.
But the department refuses to pay and its lawyers ‘‘are multiplying procedure’’ to ‘‘tire the family."
"‘Since the conclusions are in the Defense’s favour, it’s doing everything so [the conclusions] don’t end up in court,’’ Bouchard-Cannon’s father said.
The government’s lawyers have refused to negotiate an agreement, according to the young woman’s lawyer, François Marchand. ‘‘What’s shocking is that they are contesting the events. That’s dramatic.
Imagine a 16-year-old girl who has to fight against the big machine of the Defense,’’ Marchand said.
The court of appeal sided with Bouchard-Cannon early in July when it allowed her to use the accident reports as evidence, but she will have to face another year-and-a-half of procedures.
The DND declined to comment on the case.
Story and photo: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/28/young-cadet-takes-on-army-after-grave-accident
Two Saturday Flights Divert To Lambert-St Louis International Airport (KSTL), St Louis, Missouri
Engine trouble forced a Delta Airlines charter flight carrying more than 100 military troops to Indianapolis from Fort Hood, Texas, to make an unplanned landing in St. Louis.
The airline calls it a precautionary landing at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport at 4:10 Saturday morning.
Airport spokesman Jeff Lea says the airport deployed emergency equipment, but the plane landed without incident.
Then at about noon Saturday, a Delta flight from Atlanta made an emergency landing in St. Louis after a passenger smelled smoke in the cabin. Again, no one was injured.
For both flights, Delta sent replacement planes to finish the travelers’ trips.
Source: http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/07/28/two-saturday-flights-divert-to-st-louis/
The airline calls it a precautionary landing at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport at 4:10 Saturday morning.
Airport spokesman Jeff Lea says the airport deployed emergency equipment, but the plane landed without incident.
Then at about noon Saturday, a Delta flight from Atlanta made an emergency landing in St. Louis after a passenger smelled smoke in the cabin. Again, no one was injured.
For both flights, Delta sent replacement planes to finish the travelers’ trips.
Source: http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/07/28/two-saturday-flights-divert-to-st-louis/
Copters irritate neighbors - Joint Base Lewis-McChord
A spokesman at Joint Base Lewis-McChord said Friday that the base was
remiss in not informing residents of a major change in air routes that
has resulted in dozens of public complaints about helicopter noise this
month.
More than 50 residents living south of the base have lodged complaints since the first week of July, when helicopters began flying outside Lewis-McChord for the first time to reach training areas.
Neighbors say the aircraft are flying too often, too low and too late, rattling windows as well as nerves and interrupting sleep.
“We should have done a lot better in notifying our communities that we are going to begin flying these new routes, especially because they were off the installation,” said Joe Piek, the base spokesman.
As a result of the complaints, the base commander is deciding whether to adjust the air routes or increase the altitude of the helicopters that fly them. It’s uncertain when he will make that decision.
A base official said the heavy traffic is expected to drop off in a month anyway as aviators finish getting familiar with the new routes.
Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com
More than 50 residents living south of the base have lodged complaints since the first week of July, when helicopters began flying outside Lewis-McChord for the first time to reach training areas.
Neighbors say the aircraft are flying too often, too low and too late, rattling windows as well as nerves and interrupting sleep.
“We should have done a lot better in notifying our communities that we are going to begin flying these new routes, especially because they were off the installation,” said Joe Piek, the base spokesman.
As a result of the complaints, the base commander is deciding whether to adjust the air routes or increase the altitude of the helicopters that fly them. It’s uncertain when he will make that decision.
A base official said the heavy traffic is expected to drop off in a month anyway as aviators finish getting familiar with the new routes.
Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com
Beech A36TC, N6672X: Accident occurred July 28, 2012 in Fayetteville, North Carolina
NTSB Identification: ERA12LA489
4 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, July 28, 2012 in Fayetteville, NC
Aircraft: BEECH A36TC, registration: N6672X
Injuries: 3 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On July 28, 2012, at approximately 1230 eastern daylight time, a Beech A36TC, N6672X, was substantially following a total loss of engine power during approach to Fayetteville Regional Airport (FAY), Fayetteville, North Carolina. The certificated private pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight, which departed Billy Mitchell Airport (HSE) Hatteras, North Carolina, about 1100 EDT. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
The pilot stated that, prior to departing from HSE, he observed that the right wing fuel tank was leaking at the sump. He removed the fuel tank cap, and observed that the tank was absent of fuel. He stated that the left wing tank contained approximately 33 gallons.
The pilot departed HSE and flew north along the coast for approximately fifteen minutes before turning on course to FAY. He stated that, approximately 15 miles from the airport, the left fuel tank gauge indicated about 1/8 full, but shortly after, the gauge "shot up" to a 3/4 full indication. While on final approach for landing, at an altitude of approximately 200 feet, the engine experienced a total loss of power. The pilot switched the fuel tank selector to the right tank, and performed a forced landing to a field short of the runway.
Postaccident examination by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed substantial damage to the right wing. The left fuel tank gauge indicated 1/8 full, while the right fuel tank gauge indicated 1/4 full. The fuel tanks were visually inspected, and no fuel was observed in either tank. The inspector reported there was no fuel staining observed on either wing, and that when actuated the right fuel sump operated normally.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N6672X
A small fixed-wing, single engine aircraft made an unplanned landing at the Fayetteville Regional Airport Saturday after experiencing aircraft issues, officials said.
Toney Coleman, the airport's assistant director, said the pilot came in just short of runway 28. The plane was slightly damaged, with right wing damage, during the landing.
The pilot was not injured and the plane was towed from the runway, Coleman said.
The cause of the emergency landing is being investigated, he said.
http://www.fayobserver.com
4 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, July 28, 2012 in Fayetteville, NC
Aircraft: BEECH A36TC, registration: N6672X
Injuries: 3 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On July 28, 2012, at approximately 1230 eastern daylight time, a Beech A36TC, N6672X, was substantially following a total loss of engine power during approach to Fayetteville Regional Airport (FAY), Fayetteville, North Carolina. The certificated private pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight, which departed Billy Mitchell Airport (HSE) Hatteras, North Carolina, about 1100 EDT. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
The pilot stated that, prior to departing from HSE, he observed that the right wing fuel tank was leaking at the sump. He removed the fuel tank cap, and observed that the tank was absent of fuel. He stated that the left wing tank contained approximately 33 gallons.
The pilot departed HSE and flew north along the coast for approximately fifteen minutes before turning on course to FAY. He stated that, approximately 15 miles from the airport, the left fuel tank gauge indicated about 1/8 full, but shortly after, the gauge "shot up" to a 3/4 full indication. While on final approach for landing, at an altitude of approximately 200 feet, the engine experienced a total loss of power. The pilot switched the fuel tank selector to the right tank, and performed a forced landing to a field short of the runway.
Postaccident examination by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed substantial damage to the right wing. The left fuel tank gauge indicated 1/8 full, while the right fuel tank gauge indicated 1/4 full. The fuel tanks were visually inspected, and no fuel was observed in either tank. The inspector reported there was no fuel staining observed on either wing, and that when actuated the right fuel sump operated normally.
FAA IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 6672X Make/Model: BE36 Description: 36 Bonanza
Date: 07/28/2012 Time: 1630
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: FAYETTEVILLE State: NC Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND WAS FORCED TO LAND IN THE WOODS. FAYETTEVILLE, NC
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: GREENSBORO, NC (SO05) Entry date: 07/30/2012
http://registry.faa.gov/N6672X
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N6672X
A small fixed-wing, single engine aircraft made an unplanned landing at the Fayetteville Regional Airport Saturday after experiencing aircraft issues, officials said.
Toney Coleman, the airport's assistant director, said the pilot came in just short of runway 28. The plane was slightly damaged, with right wing damage, during the landing.
The pilot was not injured and the plane was towed from the runway, Coleman said.
The cause of the emergency landing is being investigated, he said.
http://www.fayobserver.com
FCC Fines Alaska Man for Interfering with Air Traffic Using CB Radio
On July 17, the FCC announced that it had issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order (NAL)
in the amount of $12,500 to Glenn S. Yamada, of Kenai, Alaska. Yamada
is accused of “apparently willfully and repeatedly violat[ing] Section
301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 95.409(a) and 95.411(a)(1) and (b) of the FCC Rules by operating his CB radio “without requisite Commission authorization.”
In January 2012, the FCC received a complaint regarding interference to an authorized user in the aeronautical band -- a safety of life service -- on 21.964 MHz. According to the FCC, the complaint “Concerned a male subject talking and interfering with the control and monitoring of air traffic over the North Atlantic.” The FCC’s High Frequency Direction Finding Center (HFDFC) monitored the frequency over the next few days, and on January 31, “observed a subject matching the details of the compliant transmitting on the frequency 21.965 MHz.” The HFDFC noted that the subject was using the call “1600 Alaska,” that the actual operating frequency was 27.025 (CB channel 6) and that the transmissions were coming from Kenai.
An agent from the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau in Anchorage used direction finding techniques to locate the source of the interference. He found the source to be coming from Yamada’s residence and found that the interfering signal to 21.964 MHz was determined to be on 21.965 MHz, which correlates to CB channel 6 on 27.025 MHz; apparently, faulty equipment on CB Channel 6 produced a spurious signal on frequency 21.965 MHz, the source of the interference to frequency 21.964 MHz. A review of the FCC’s Universal Licensing System revealed that Yamada had no individual license to operate a CB radio station.
Read more here: http://www.arrl.org
eHam.net: http://www.eham.net/articles/28642
In January 2012, the FCC received a complaint regarding interference to an authorized user in the aeronautical band -- a safety of life service -- on 21.964 MHz. According to the FCC, the complaint “Concerned a male subject talking and interfering with the control and monitoring of air traffic over the North Atlantic.” The FCC’s High Frequency Direction Finding Center (HFDFC) monitored the frequency over the next few days, and on January 31, “observed a subject matching the details of the compliant transmitting on the frequency 21.965 MHz.” The HFDFC noted that the subject was using the call “1600 Alaska,” that the actual operating frequency was 27.025 (CB channel 6) and that the transmissions were coming from Kenai.
An agent from the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau in Anchorage used direction finding techniques to locate the source of the interference. He found the source to be coming from Yamada’s residence and found that the interfering signal to 21.964 MHz was determined to be on 21.965 MHz, which correlates to CB channel 6 on 27.025 MHz; apparently, faulty equipment on CB Channel 6 produced a spurious signal on frequency 21.965 MHz, the source of the interference to frequency 21.964 MHz. A review of the FCC’s Universal Licensing System revealed that Yamada had no individual license to operate a CB radio station.
Read more here: http://www.arrl.org
eHam.net: http://www.eham.net/articles/28642
East Hampton residents say new airport control tower has worsened noise problem - East Hampton Airport (KHTO), New York
Hamptons, we have a problem.
A new, taxpayer-funded air-traffic control tower at East Hampton Airport — which was supposed to cut down on the deafening roar from hovering helicopters — is actually increasing the noise level, residents charge.
“The town presented this whole expensive project as a way to help with the noise, but it’s only getting worse,” nearby resident Frank Dalene said about the tower, which began operating in June.
The old system allowed all of the hovering pilots to get on the same radio frequency and land on a first-come, first-served basis.
But with the new system — run by retired FAA air-traffic controllers
on contract with the town government — choppers are hovering more
because they have to obey safety rules.
“It’s just bureaucracy,” said a pilot. “There are more delays in the air, so that’s going to affect noise for people in the area.”
Local residents are furious with the $500,000-per-year tower, saying it’s destroying their prized serenity.
A new, taxpayer-funded air-traffic control tower at East Hampton Airport — which was supposed to cut down on the deafening roar from hovering helicopters — is actually increasing the noise level, residents charge.
“The town presented this whole expensive project as a way to help with the noise, but it’s only getting worse,” nearby resident Frank Dalene said about the tower, which began operating in June.
The old system allowed all of the hovering pilots to get on the same radio frequency and land on a first-come, first-served basis.
“It’s just bureaucracy,” said a pilot. “There are more delays in the air, so that’s going to affect noise for people in the area.”
Local residents are furious with the $500,000-per-year tower, saying it’s destroying their prized serenity.
Air India flight makes emergency landing
Kochi, July 28 (PTI) An Air India flight landed tonight at the airport after the pilot detected problem in its nose wheel, airline sources said.
The pilot of the Delhi-Kochi-Thiruvananthapuram flight, carrying 60 passengers from Delhi, informed airport authorities that there was some problem with the nose wheel and asked permission for emergency landing.
The flight landed safely at 8.30 PM, the sources said.
Passengers to Thiruvananthapuam would be taken by road, they said.
http://www.ptinews.com
The pilot of the Delhi-Kochi-Thiruvananthapuram flight, carrying 60 passengers from Delhi, informed airport authorities that there was some problem with the nose wheel and asked permission for emergency landing.
The flight landed safely at 8.30 PM, the sources said.
Passengers to Thiruvananthapuam would be taken by road, they said.
http://www.ptinews.com
2 Atlanta-bound planes delayed after false alarm - Westchester County Airport (KHPN), White Plains, New York
ARMONK, N.Y. — Authorities say no explosives were found on board two planes at a suburban New York airport after a phone tip prompted a search.
A Westchester County Airport spokesman says a caller told officials he overheard two men talking about explosives aboard a flight to Atlanta on Friday at 7 p.m. As a precaution, police searched two Atlanta-bound planes with bomb-sniffing dogs and re-screened all luggage.
No explosives were found.
The flights were delayed for about two hours and took off at about 9:30 p.m. Police are investigating the phone tip.
Source: http://www.ajc.com
A Westchester County Airport spokesman says a caller told officials he overheard two men talking about explosives aboard a flight to Atlanta on Friday at 7 p.m. As a precaution, police searched two Atlanta-bound planes with bomb-sniffing dogs and re-screened all luggage.
No explosives were found.
The flights were delayed for about two hours and took off at about 9:30 p.m. Police are investigating the phone tip.
Source: http://www.ajc.com
Federal Aviation Administration tells city of Woodward to remove gun range near West Woodward Airport (KWWR), Oklahoma
Woodward officials ordered to remove gun range from airport property
WOODWARD — A Federal Aviation Administration compliance manager has written a pointed letter to the mayor of Woodward directing the city to remove an unauthorized gun range from West Woodward Airport property and cease illegally diverting airport revenue.
The outdoor trap shooting range is in the line of approach to one runway, about a half mile from where the runway starts. It is also in the air traffic pattern of another runway, the FAA said in its land use inspection report.
FAA officials said they wrote a letter to the gun range’s sponsor in 1989 objecting to a city proposal to locate the gun range on airport land.
“Apparently, the city did it anyway,” the report said. “This use cannot be excused.”
Airport manager Rory Hicks said airplanes are typically flying anywhere from 20 feet to 800 feet above the ground when they pass directly over the gun range, depending on whether they are coming in for landings or in air traffic patterns.
Hicks said he didn’t normally give the gun range a lot of thought when landing, but “occasionally I would look down and think, ‘What if?’”
“There’s always the possibility of something happening,” he said.
“Years back, I worked construction, and I had a quail hunter shoot my flood lights out of the motor grader I was operating. I never dreamed that would have happened either, but it did. There is always something that can happen, especially in aviation.”
The airport doesn’t have airline service, but it’s not unusual for more than 100 aircraft fly in and out of the airport in a month, including a number of executive jets and oil company jets, Hicks said. The airport is busy because of booms in wind energy and oil industries, he said. About 50 aircraft were on the field Friday afternoon.
City Manager Alan Riffel said the gun range has been there about 20 years and is seldom used.
“Obviously, we’ll comply with the directions of the FAA,” Riffel said, adding he had not yet seen the FAA letter and report.
Inspection report
The inspection report was highly critical of the City of Woodward for taking airport land that the federal government had released to it and “inappropriately” transferring that property to the Woodward Municipal Authority for a nominal amount. The authority then resold or leased the properties “for less than fair market value” to various businesses as part of the city’s economic development efforts, the report indicated.
“Nonaviation city use of airport property at less than fair market value is illegal airport revenue diversion,” Edward Chambers, FAA compliance program manager, wrote in his letter to Woodward Mayor Roscoe Hill.
Agreements between the city and federal government require that proceeds from lease of airport property be used for “airport purposes,” he stated.
It does not appear the airport has been receiving the lease revenue, the report said.
The report raised concerns about the way the city handled transactions that resulted in the sale of land to an underwear manufacturing plant and lease of land to a chemical company and a petroleum pipe storage yard. It also said the airport receives no revenue from a juvenile detention facility and portable structure manufacturing business on airport land released by the federal government in 1989.
An airport hangar was scrapped, and part of a stockpile of milled asphalt from a runway project was sold or given away without the airport receiving any of the salvage proceeds it should have gotten, the report indicates.
“It appears that about half to two-thirds of the stockpile has been removed from the airport with little, if any, compensation to the airport,” the report said. “One estimate of the missing asphalt put the amount at 3,850 tons or roughly $77,000 worth of material.”
The city manager told The Oklahoman he doesn’t believe nearly that much asphalt material was taken.
The missing asphalt was the subject of an investigation by the Woodward County district attorney’s office earlier this year, but so far no charges have been filed.
During the course of that investigation, Assistant City Manager Douglas Haines reportedly told an investigator that under Haines’ authorization and without contacting airport officials, the city had sold asphalt millings from the airport to three different entities, including Cattleman’s Choice Feedyard Inc., of Fargo, and the city had received $428.82 from the feed yard.
Haines told the investigator he discontinued sales after an Airport Board official told him he couldn’t give away or sell the millings without jeopardizing federal grant funds, according to the investigative report that was released to The Oklahoman.
First Assistant District Attorney A. J. Laubhan told The Oklahoman on Friday that he has not yet seen the FAA report but plans to review it to see whether any state crimes have been committed.
If there are any crimes, they may be federal crimes since a federal agency is involved, he said.
If so, it would be up to federal prosecutors to determine whether charges are warranted.
City’s instructions
Meanwhile, the FAA is asking the City of Woodward to take corrective action.
“Relocation of the gun range should be accomplished within 90 days of receipt of this letter,” the report says.
Within 45 days, the city is being asked to:
•Credit the airport fund with the full fair market value of the removed milled asphalt and salvage value of the scrapped hangar.
•Return title to the airport of airport property from other city departments and entities.
•Make rental income for leases of airport property payable to the airport account.
•Ensure leases for airport property for non-aeronautical uses are for at least fair market value.
•Get a travel trailer and a cargo trailer removed from airport property.
Hicks, the airport manager, said there has been controversy in Woodward for several years over whether the airport should have been receiving the money from the lease and sale of airport property.
“I’m really hoping that this will be resolved and the airport will get what it is due,” he said.
Land use at the West Woodward Airport was examined by the FAA under an inspection program that was instituted in response to a 1999 General Accounting Office report titled, “Unauthorized Land Use Highlights Need for Improved Oversight and Enforcement.”
Data from the Woodward inspection, along with data collected from inspections of other airports found to be out of compliance, is to be presented in an Annual Airport Improvement Program Report to Congress.
Read more: http://newsok.com
WOODWARD — A Federal Aviation Administration compliance manager has written a pointed letter to the mayor of Woodward directing the city to remove an unauthorized gun range from West Woodward Airport property and cease illegally diverting airport revenue.
The outdoor trap shooting range is in the line of approach to one runway, about a half mile from where the runway starts. It is also in the air traffic pattern of another runway, the FAA said in its land use inspection report.
FAA officials said they wrote a letter to the gun range’s sponsor in 1989 objecting to a city proposal to locate the gun range on airport land.
“Apparently, the city did it anyway,” the report said. “This use cannot be excused.”
Airport manager Rory Hicks said airplanes are typically flying anywhere from 20 feet to 800 feet above the ground when they pass directly over the gun range, depending on whether they are coming in for landings or in air traffic patterns.
Hicks said he didn’t normally give the gun range a lot of thought when landing, but “occasionally I would look down and think, ‘What if?’”
“There’s always the possibility of something happening,” he said.
“Years back, I worked construction, and I had a quail hunter shoot my flood lights out of the motor grader I was operating. I never dreamed that would have happened either, but it did. There is always something that can happen, especially in aviation.”
The airport doesn’t have airline service, but it’s not unusual for more than 100 aircraft fly in and out of the airport in a month, including a number of executive jets and oil company jets, Hicks said. The airport is busy because of booms in wind energy and oil industries, he said. About 50 aircraft were on the field Friday afternoon.
City Manager Alan Riffel said the gun range has been there about 20 years and is seldom used.
“Obviously, we’ll comply with the directions of the FAA,” Riffel said, adding he had not yet seen the FAA letter and report.
Inspection report
The inspection report was highly critical of the City of Woodward for taking airport land that the federal government had released to it and “inappropriately” transferring that property to the Woodward Municipal Authority for a nominal amount. The authority then resold or leased the properties “for less than fair market value” to various businesses as part of the city’s economic development efforts, the report indicated.
“Nonaviation city use of airport property at less than fair market value is illegal airport revenue diversion,” Edward Chambers, FAA compliance program manager, wrote in his letter to Woodward Mayor Roscoe Hill.
Agreements between the city and federal government require that proceeds from lease of airport property be used for “airport purposes,” he stated.
It does not appear the airport has been receiving the lease revenue, the report said.
The report raised concerns about the way the city handled transactions that resulted in the sale of land to an underwear manufacturing plant and lease of land to a chemical company and a petroleum pipe storage yard. It also said the airport receives no revenue from a juvenile detention facility and portable structure manufacturing business on airport land released by the federal government in 1989.
An airport hangar was scrapped, and part of a stockpile of milled asphalt from a runway project was sold or given away without the airport receiving any of the salvage proceeds it should have gotten, the report indicates.
“It appears that about half to two-thirds of the stockpile has been removed from the airport with little, if any, compensation to the airport,” the report said. “One estimate of the missing asphalt put the amount at 3,850 tons or roughly $77,000 worth of material.”
The city manager told The Oklahoman he doesn’t believe nearly that much asphalt material was taken.
The missing asphalt was the subject of an investigation by the Woodward County district attorney’s office earlier this year, but so far no charges have been filed.
During the course of that investigation, Assistant City Manager Douglas Haines reportedly told an investigator that under Haines’ authorization and without contacting airport officials, the city had sold asphalt millings from the airport to three different entities, including Cattleman’s Choice Feedyard Inc., of Fargo, and the city had received $428.82 from the feed yard.
Haines told the investigator he discontinued sales after an Airport Board official told him he couldn’t give away or sell the millings without jeopardizing federal grant funds, according to the investigative report that was released to The Oklahoman.
First Assistant District Attorney A. J. Laubhan told The Oklahoman on Friday that he has not yet seen the FAA report but plans to review it to see whether any state crimes have been committed.
If there are any crimes, they may be federal crimes since a federal agency is involved, he said.
If so, it would be up to federal prosecutors to determine whether charges are warranted.
City’s instructions
Meanwhile, the FAA is asking the City of Woodward to take corrective action.
“Relocation of the gun range should be accomplished within 90 days of receipt of this letter,” the report says.
Within 45 days, the city is being asked to:
•Credit the airport fund with the full fair market value of the removed milled asphalt and salvage value of the scrapped hangar.
•Return title to the airport of airport property from other city departments and entities.
•Make rental income for leases of airport property payable to the airport account.
•Ensure leases for airport property for non-aeronautical uses are for at least fair market value.
•Get a travel trailer and a cargo trailer removed from airport property.
Hicks, the airport manager, said there has been controversy in Woodward for several years over whether the airport should have been receiving the money from the lease and sale of airport property.
“I’m really hoping that this will be resolved and the airport will get what it is due,” he said.
Land use at the West Woodward Airport was examined by the FAA under an inspection program that was instituted in response to a 1999 General Accounting Office report titled, “Unauthorized Land Use Highlights Need for Improved Oversight and Enforcement.”
Data from the Woodward inspection, along with data collected from inspections of other airports found to be out of compliance, is to be presented in an Annual Airport Improvement Program Report to Congress.
Read more: http://newsok.com
Taxpayers, University Donors Pick Up Tab For Public Universities’ Private Planes Rides
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tax dollars and tuition keep the lights on at state universities, but taxpayer money also pays to own and maintain some high speed airplanes
10 Investigates’ Paul Aker found those airplanes loaded with university officials and their families taking trips from New York to Boca Raton.
School officials said that the planes help them raise money, but some question whether the turbo-prop aircraft are necessary.
At Miami University in Oxford, the road to the big city is a long one. But for a privileged few it is not a road at all, it is a runway.
Miami spokeswoman Claire Wagner said that the university owned King Air TurboProp airplane allows for efficient use of time.
“To my knowledge, the flights are always about university business,” Wagner said.
Ohio University also owns a turbo-prop, which costs about $1,650 per hour.
Watchdog 10 found Ohio University and Miami University are the only ones that own turbo-props for dozens of employee trips.
In 2010, Ohio University's plane went up 166 times.
University chief administrators and their family members are among the privileged few with tickets to ride. Often, the trips are for “development,” which university officials said means fundraising.
Each university says those trips university officials take for fundraising are paid for by money given by university donors.
Those fundraising trips included plenty to New York City, a frequent stop for Miami University President David Hodge and his wife, Valerie, a university ambassador.
Miami University President David Hodges’ 25- year-old daughter, Meriem, also went on trips to New York and Chicago.
On one trip, only the Hodges traveled. Miami officials said those were fundraising trips. A Miami University spokeswoman also said that Meriem was valuable because she has a good rapport with younger university supporters.
Though university officials said that the plane use was for important school purposes, not everyone is so sure.
Henry Eckhart is with a government watchdog group. He said that the money does not seem well spent.
“The whole concept of a state university owning their own turbo-prop causes me real doubt,” Eckhart said.
Ohio University President Roderick McDavis, paid $429,000 per year, took trips to Naples and Fort Meyers, Fl. He knows the area well and owns a home there.
Other trips on the Ohio University plane included trips to sports events.
There was also a trip to this Tennessee bar called the “Wild Horse Saloon.” The flight was for a fundraiser called the “Bobcat Bash.”
It said that in past years the travel cost taxpayers about $250,000 a year. But it just started a program to rent out the plane that university officials said that they believed would off-set all of those costs. Beyond that, the university said that all of the travel is for official business.
Eckhart said the travel seems unnecessary.
“That sounds like a social bash,” Eckhart said. “If he's getting paid a very competitive salary, why should he have an aircraft at his disposal too?”
University officials said that the cost to operate aircraft is the same no matter how many people fly, making it no more expensive for family members to come along.
Story, video and comments: http://www.10tv.com
Van's RV-6, N766HS and Van's RV-4, N122JA: Accident occurred July 27, 2012 in Valentine, Nebraska
NTSB Identification: CEN12LA488A
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, July 27, 2012 in Valentine, NE
Aircraft: Joseph C. Andrews, Jr. VAN RV-4, registration: N122JA
Injuries: 1 Serious,1 Minor.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On July 27, 2012, about 1400 central daylight time, a Vans RV-6, N766HA, landed on top of a Vans RV-3, N122JA, at Miller Field (KVTN), Valentine, Nebraska. The pilot of N122JA was seriously injured. The pilot of N766HA received minor injuries. Both airplanes were substantially damaged. Both airplanes were registered to and operated by their respective pilots under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as personal flights. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plans had been filed. The cross country flights originated from Jackson Municipal Airport (KMJQ) Jackson, Minnesota, at an undetermined time.
Preliminary information indicated this was a flight of four airplanes. The first airplane landed and exited the runway. The second airplane (N122JA) landed, but was on the runway. The third airplane (N766HS) landed on top of N122JA. The fourth airplane went around and circled the airport until the runway was cleared, and then landed.
NTSB Identification: CEN12LA488B
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, July 27, 2012 in Valentine, NE
Aircraft: Harold H. Smith RV-6, registration: N766HS
Injuries: 1 Serious,1 Minor.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On July 27, 2012, about 1400 central daylight time, a Vans RV-6, N766HA, landed on top of a Vans RV-3, N122JA, at Miller Field (KVTN), Valentine, Nebraska. The pilot of N122JA was seriously injured. The pilot of N766HA received minor injuries. Both airplanes were substantially damaged. Both airplanes were registered to and operated by their respective pilots under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as personal flights. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plans had been filed. The cross country flights originated from Jackson Municipal Airport (KMJQ) Jackson, Minnesota, at an undetermined time.
Preliminary information indicated this was a flight of four airplanes. The first airplane landed and exited the runway. The second airplane (N122JA) landed, but was on the runway. The third airplane (N766HS) landed on top of N122JA. The fourth airplane went around and circled the airport until the runway was cleared, and then landed.
http://registry.faa.gov/N766HS
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N766HS.html
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into what caused a pilot to land his small plane on top of another plane at the Valentine municipal airport in north-central Nebraska.
An FAA spokeswoman based in Kansas City says no one was killed in the Friday afternoon crash, but one person suffered minor injuries.
Neither the FAA nor local officials would identify the person hurt in the crash.
Elizabeth Cory with the FAA says the federal agency is investigating.
Source: http://www.1011now.com
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into what caused a pilot to land his small plane on top of another plane at the Valentine, Nebraska municipal airport Friday afternoon.
FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory said no one was killed in the crash, but one person suffered minor injuries.
Source: http://www.wowt.com
VALENTINE, Neb. — The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into what caused a pilot to land his small plane on top of another plane at the Valentine municipal airport in north-central Nebraska.
An FAA spokeswoman based in Kansas City says no one was killed in the Friday afternoon crash, but one person suffered minor injuries.
Neither the FAA nor local officials would identify the person hurt in the crash.
Elizabeth Cory with the FAA says the federal agency is investigating.
Sources:
http://journalstar.com
http://www.kcautv.com
http://www.therepublic.com
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, July 27, 2012 in Valentine, NE
Aircraft: Joseph C. Andrews, Jr. VAN RV-4, registration: N122JA
Injuries: 1 Serious,1 Minor.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On July 27, 2012, about 1400 central daylight time, a Vans RV-6, N766HA, landed on top of a Vans RV-3, N122JA, at Miller Field (KVTN), Valentine, Nebraska. The pilot of N122JA was seriously injured. The pilot of N766HA received minor injuries. Both airplanes were substantially damaged. Both airplanes were registered to and operated by their respective pilots under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as personal flights. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plans had been filed. The cross country flights originated from Jackson Municipal Airport (KMJQ) Jackson, Minnesota, at an undetermined time.
Preliminary information indicated this was a flight of four airplanes. The first airplane landed and exited the runway. The second airplane (N122JA) landed, but was on the runway. The third airplane (N766HS) landed on top of N122JA. The fourth airplane went around and circled the airport until the runway was cleared, and then landed.
NTSB Identification: CEN12LA488B
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, July 27, 2012 in Valentine, NE
Aircraft: Harold H. Smith RV-6, registration: N766HS
Injuries: 1 Serious,1 Minor.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On July 27, 2012, about 1400 central daylight time, a Vans RV-6, N766HA, landed on top of a Vans RV-3, N122JA, at Miller Field (KVTN), Valentine, Nebraska. The pilot of N122JA was seriously injured. The pilot of N766HA received minor injuries. Both airplanes were substantially damaged. Both airplanes were registered to and operated by their respective pilots under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as personal flights. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plans had been filed. The cross country flights originated from Jackson Municipal Airport (KMJQ) Jackson, Minnesota, at an undetermined time.
Preliminary information indicated this was a flight of four airplanes. The first airplane landed and exited the runway. The second airplane (N122JA) landed, but was on the runway. The third airplane (N766HS) landed on top of N122JA. The fourth airplane went around and circled the airport until the runway was cleared, and then landed.
FAA IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 766HS Make/Model: EXP Description: EXP- RV6
Date: 07/27/2012 Time: 1900
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Minor Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: VALENTINE State: NE Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. VALENTINE, NE
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 1 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: LINCOLN, NE (CE09) Entry date: 07/30/2012
http://registry.faa.gov/N766HS
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N766HS.html
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into what caused a pilot to land his small plane on top of another plane at the Valentine municipal airport in north-central Nebraska.
An FAA spokeswoman based in Kansas City says no one was killed in the Friday afternoon crash, but one person suffered minor injuries.
Neither the FAA nor local officials would identify the person hurt in the crash.
Elizabeth Cory with the FAA says the federal agency is investigating.
Source: http://www.1011now.com
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into what caused a pilot to land his small plane on top of another plane at the Valentine, Nebraska municipal airport Friday afternoon.
FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory said no one was killed in the crash, but one person suffered minor injuries.
Source: http://www.wowt.com
VALENTINE, Neb. — The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into what caused a pilot to land his small plane on top of another plane at the Valentine municipal airport in north-central Nebraska.
An FAA spokeswoman based in Kansas City says no one was killed in the Friday afternoon crash, but one person suffered minor injuries.
Neither the FAA nor local officials would identify the person hurt in the crash.
Elizabeth Cory with the FAA says the federal agency is investigating.
Sources:
http://journalstar.com
http://www.kcautv.com
http://www.therepublic.com
'Olympic plane' forced to land in Cambridge due to electrical fault
Plane lands after electrical fault
Credit: Matthew Cole
The scene at Cambridge Airport
Plane lands after electrical fault
Credit: Matthew Cole
An airplane working at the Olympics has landed without its wheels at Cambridge Airport.
The plane, described as a twin engined turboprop airplane, had been working as an Olympic television relay aircraft when it suffered electrical problems.
Plane Plane lands after electrical fault Credit: Matthew Cole
A spokesman for Cambridge Airport said it had been a standard landing until the wheels folded up as it approached the runway.
The plane was not badly damaged and no one was injured.
It's hoped the plane will be moved within three hours so the airport can resume normal operations.
Story and photos: http://www.itv.com
Cambridge airport was closed after an aircraft involved with televised coverage of the Olympic Games made an emergency landing on its runway.
The communications aircraft, which was helping with the broadcast of the 2012 Games, was flying over the Olympic site in east London when it got into trouble.
An electrical problem was reported and the plane diverted to Cambridge to make an emergency landing.
On landing, its undercarriage collapsed, but neither passengers or crew were injured.
Terry Holloway, support executive for airport owners Marshall Group, said: "The passengers and crew are safely out of the aircraft, but the aircraft was badly damaged on landing on our runway."
He said the airport would remain closed for several hours, at least, while experts inspected the damaged plane.
An investigation will also be carried by the Civil Aviation Authority in due course.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Airport-closed-as-plane-makes-28072012.htm
Hawker-Beechcraft Model 200, Brazilian registration PR-DOC: Accident occurred July 28, 2012 in Juiz de Fora, Brazil
NTSB Identification: ERA12WA488
14 CFR Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
Accident occurred Saturday, July 28, 2012 in Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Aircraft: BEECH 200, registration: PR-DOC
Injuries: 8 Fatal.
On July 28, 2012, about 1000 universal coordinated time, a Hawker-Beechcraft Model 200, Brazilian registration PR-DOC, was destroyed when it impacted trees, structures, and electrical power lines 450 meters prior to the landing threshold of runway 03 at Francisco Alvares De Assis Airport (SBJF), Juiz De Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The foreign certificated pilots and 6 passengers received fatal injuries. The flight departed Pampulha-Carlos Drumond De Andrade Airport Airport (SBBH), Belo Horizonte, Brazil; destined for SBJF. The airplane was conducting a non-precision instrument approach procedure in dense fog at the time of the accident.
This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center (CENIPA) of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:
Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center
Investigation Division
CENIPA
SHIS - QI 05-VI Comar
Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600
Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8800
Fax: (55-61) 3365-1004
dipaa.spai@cenipa.aer.mil.br
This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.
http://aeroportodecanela.blogspot.ca/2010_05_01_archive.html
Aircraft involved; Beechcraft B200 Super King Air PR-DOC s/n BY-051 Owner; Vilma Alimentos (Brazilian Food Company)
Crash Photo; http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI6027744-EI8139,00-MG+aviao+cai+em+Juiz+de+Fora+e+mata+pelo+menos+sete+pessoas.html
http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2012/07/aeronave-cai-proximo-ao-aeroporto-de-juiz-de-fora-em-mg.html
The eight occupants of a twin-engine plane died when the aircraft crashed while landing in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, firefighters said Saturday.
Firefighters in the state of Minas Gerais originally found seven mutilated bodies in the wooded area where the accident occurred, and had to continue their search for almost two hours until they found the charred remains of the eighth and last victim.
The accident occurred around 7:30 a.m. near Serrinha Airport in Juiz de Fora at a time of fairly unfavorable weather conditions due to low visibility in the thick fog.
Among the victims were the president of the Vilma Alimentos company, Domingos Costa, who was also an adviser to the traditional Brazilian soccer club Cruzeiro, as well as the vice president of sales and marketing of the same firm, Cezar Tavares.
The plane's pilot and copilot also died, as did the four other passengers, also employees of Vilma Alimentos but whose identities were not provided by the company.
According to the Fire Department bulletin, the plane that crashed was a Beech King Air B-200 twin-engine turboprob with a capacity for 10 passengers that was on a flight from Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais, to Juiz de Fora, the second largest city in the state.
The aircraft, property of Vilma Alimentos, hit a country inn and several trees before going down and exploding in a forest reserve on a farm near the airport.
Members of the company's management were arriving on the plane to participate in a conference organized by the Minas Gerais State Federation of Industries in Juiz de Fora.
Google Translator; A twin-engine plane crashed on Saturday morning (28) in Juiz de Fora, in the Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais. Infraero said the aircraft took off from Pampulha Airport at 7:07 a.m. with eight people. According to the Fire Department at 11:30 am, eight bodies had been located.
The aircraft were the president of Vilma Alimentos, Domingos Costa and Cesar Tavares vice president, according to the company. The advisory did not pass information about the other victims and said the executives were going to a company event in the city. According to Infraero, the aircraft belonged to Vilma Alimentos.
The plane crashed in an inaccessible area near the airport. According to the Military Police, the aircraft exploded on touching the ground. Firefighters reported that at the time of the accident there was haze in the region.
Thank you, Rob "BizJets"
14 CFR Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
Accident occurred Saturday, July 28, 2012 in Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Aircraft: BEECH 200, registration: PR-DOC
Injuries: 8 Fatal.
On July 28, 2012, about 1000 universal coordinated time, a Hawker-Beechcraft Model 200, Brazilian registration PR-DOC, was destroyed when it impacted trees, structures, and electrical power lines 450 meters prior to the landing threshold of runway 03 at Francisco Alvares De Assis Airport (SBJF), Juiz De Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The foreign certificated pilots and 6 passengers received fatal injuries. The flight departed Pampulha-Carlos Drumond De Andrade Airport Airport (SBBH), Belo Horizonte, Brazil; destined for SBJF. The airplane was conducting a non-precision instrument approach procedure in dense fog at the time of the accident.
This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center (CENIPA) of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:
Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center
Investigation Division
CENIPA
SHIS - QI 05-VI Comar
Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600
Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8800
Fax: (55-61) 3365-1004
dipaa.spai@cenipa.aer.mil.br
This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.
http://aeroportodecanela.blogspot.ca/2010_05_01_archive.html
Aircraft involved; Beechcraft B200 Super King Air PR-DOC s/n BY-051 Owner; Vilma Alimentos (Brazilian Food Company)
Crash Photo; http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI6027744-EI8139,00-MG+aviao+cai+em+Juiz+de+Fora+e+mata+pelo+menos+sete+pessoas.html
http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2012/07/aeronave-cai-proximo-ao-aeroporto-de-juiz-de-fora-em-mg.html
The eight occupants of a twin-engine plane died when the aircraft crashed while landing in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, firefighters said Saturday.
Firefighters in the state of Minas Gerais originally found seven mutilated bodies in the wooded area where the accident occurred, and had to continue their search for almost two hours until they found the charred remains of the eighth and last victim.
The accident occurred around 7:30 a.m. near Serrinha Airport in Juiz de Fora at a time of fairly unfavorable weather conditions due to low visibility in the thick fog.
Among the victims were the president of the Vilma Alimentos company, Domingos Costa, who was also an adviser to the traditional Brazilian soccer club Cruzeiro, as well as the vice president of sales and marketing of the same firm, Cezar Tavares.
The plane's pilot and copilot also died, as did the four other passengers, also employees of Vilma Alimentos but whose identities were not provided by the company.
According to the Fire Department bulletin, the plane that crashed was a Beech King Air B-200 twin-engine turboprob with a capacity for 10 passengers that was on a flight from Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais, to Juiz de Fora, the second largest city in the state.
The aircraft, property of Vilma Alimentos, hit a country inn and several trees before going down and exploding in a forest reserve on a farm near the airport.
Members of the company's management were arriving on the plane to participate in a conference organized by the Minas Gerais State Federation of Industries in Juiz de Fora.
Google Translator; A twin-engine plane crashed on Saturday morning (28) in Juiz de Fora, in the Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais. Infraero said the aircraft took off from Pampulha Airport at 7:07 a.m. with eight people. According to the Fire Department at 11:30 am, eight bodies had been located.
The aircraft were the president of Vilma Alimentos, Domingos Costa and Cesar Tavares vice president, according to the company. The advisory did not pass information about the other victims and said the executives were going to a company event in the city. According to Infraero, the aircraft belonged to Vilma Alimentos.
The plane crashed in an inaccessible area near the airport. According to the Military Police, the aircraft exploded on touching the ground. Firefighters reported that at the time of the accident there was haze in the region.
Thank you, Rob "BizJets"
Human remains found at site of WWII RAF Spitfire crash - Westruther near Greenlaw in Berwickshire
Police and university experts at the crash site near Greenlaw
Photo: Lothian and Borders police
• Spitfire crashed at Borders site in 1943
• Specialists helping police with search
POLICE have been searching for human remains at a site where a Second World War fighter plane crashed in the Borders 69 years ago.
Officers spent yesterday combing an area at Westruther near Greenlaw, Berwickshire, where an RAF Spitfire crashed in 1943. A number of bones had already been found buried nearby.
The team is being assisted by anthropologists from Dundee University’s Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, who joined the search after pathologists confirmed that the bones were human.
An RAF Spitfire crashed in the Borders on the afternoon of 16 January, 1943, killing its 20-year-old pilot, Sergeant Malcolm Robertson of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
At the time, investigators said there was only one person on board the aircraft, which was on a training flight from Drem air base, East Lothian, where 602 Squadron was based.
Sgt Robertson’s remains were believed to have been interred at Craigton Cemetery in Glasgow.
But bones were discovered recently by a local group which specialises in the excavation and recovery of Second World War aircraft, when they were working at the site.
Detective Superintendent Lesley Boal of Lothian and Borders Police said: “We will not be able to confirm identity until specialist forensic testing has been carried out.
“Our primary objective is to safely and securely undertake a dignified recovery of any other human remains present at the previously excavated site.
“While we are unable to confirm identification at the moment, the next of kin of the deceased pilot have been contacted and we will continue to keep them updated.
“An initial report has been submitted to the Scottish fatalities investigation team of the Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service, and we continue to liaise with the Ministry of Defence.”.
Related:
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk
http://www.scotsman.com/news
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news
Researcher: New air traffic control system is hackable
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Researcher: Hackers could trick new air traffic control systems into seeing fake aircraft
- The new system will be rolled out in the United States by 2014
- The FAA says it conducts onging assessments of vulnerabilites
(CNN) -- Air traffic control technology is getting a major upgrade in the United States that is scheduled to be completed in 2014, but the new systems are susceptible to potentially dangerous manipulation, according to a security researcher.
The actual flaws might seem mild compared to everyone's worst fears and common Hollywood plot lines. Planes cannot be forced from the sky or dangerously redirected. But the researcher says the system can be tricked into seeing aircraft that are not actually there. Messages sent using the system are not encrypted or authenticated, meaning anyone with the basic technology and know-how could identify a plane and see its location.
Computer scientist Andrei Costin, a Ph.D. student at Eurecom, gave a talk on the weaknesses of the new air traffic system at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. He did not mention any known hacks of the system, but did demonstrate the potential negative scenarios.
Old radar systems are being replaced with a new technology called Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast system, or ADS-B. The traditional radars work by sending a signal that triggers an aircraft's responder to send back its position. The new system uses the global satellite navigation system to continuously broadcast the locations of planes. The information is sent to other aircraft and ground stations; the ground station sends the location to air traffic controllers.
The new system will open up this flight information to a new player: the general public.
Read more here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/tech/web/air-traffic-control-security/index.html
Aircraft crash near Sandy River Airport (03S), Sandy, Oregon
Sandy Fire Department
No injuries were reported after a two-seat ultralight plane crash-landed near the Sandy River Airport on Friday.
A flight instructor and passenger escaped an ultralight plane unharmed Friday after the aircraft crash-landed near the Sandy River Airport.
The plane ran into engine trouble soon after takeoff at about 6:30 p.m., said Deputy Marcus Mendoza, a spokesman for the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
While attempting to land, the plane touched down in a pasture, crashed through a wire fence and came to a stop in the 42900 block of Southeast Oral Hull Road in Sandy.
The pilot, Jason "Wolf" Emonds, 41, of Portland, and his passenger, Ronald Barnes, 59, of La Pine were not injured.
Emonds is a flight instructor at Captain Drake's Family Aerial Adventures, a flight school on Southeast Oral Hull Road.
The crash is under FAA investigation.
Story, photo and comments: http://www.oregonlive.com
Aircraft crashes in the Forest of Dean - Spence Airfield, near English Bicknor - UK
Two people were injured, one of them seriously, following a plane crash in Gloucestershire this afternoon.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of a small plane that had crashed on landing at an airfield in Eastbach, English Bicknor at around 12.30pm. The Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham and the Trusts Hazardous Area Response Team were sent to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The Midlands Air Ambulance arrived and found a small plane that had crashed whilst attempting to land. The plane had subsequently set on fire.
“Fortunately, the man and the woman who were in the plane had managed to escape from the wreckage despite being injured.
“A man, believed to be in his 60’s was treated at the scene for a serious head injury and also suspected back injuries. His condition was stabilized and he was airlifted to Gloucester Royal Hospital for further treatment.
“A woman, believed to be in her 40’s, received treatment at the scene for a minor head injury and also neck pain. She was also treated at the scene and transferred by a GWAS ambulance to hospital for further treatment.
“Considering the damage to the plane the pair were extremely fortunate not to have suffered more serious or even fatal injuries.
“The Trusts HART Team were stood down before they arrived at the scene as it was established that their specialist skills were not required.”
An aircraft with a pilot and passenger on board crashed into a hedge and set alight in the Forest of Dean today.
The man and woman on the light aircraft were taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after attempting to land at Spence Airfield in Eastbach near English Bicknor.
The male pilot and the woman passenger had managed to escape the plane and flames by the time emergency services arrived.
Both are said to have suffered slight, but not life-threatening injuries.
It is unknown where the pair are from and their ages are yet to be released.
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service watch commander Gordon Lambert said: "As the plane came into land at the airfield, the wheels clipped a hedge at the end of the runway causing the plane to spin over and lose a wing.
"The plane landed upside down and immediately caught fire."
The pilot was flown to hospital by Air Ambulance.
A spokesman from the police said he was suffering from back injuries and cuts to the face.
The female was taken to the same hospital by road ambulance, believed to be also be suffering from cuts and possible head injuries.
Nine firefighters were called out just before 1pm on Friday before asking for back up. They were on scene for an hour.
Story: http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk
Mooney M20TN, N411JL: Accident occurred July 27, 2012 in Adrian, Michigan
NTSB Identification: CEN12LA487
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, July 27, 2012 in Adrian, MI
Aircraft: Mooney Airplane Company, Inc. M20TN, registration: N411JL
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On July 27, 2012, about 0846 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20TN, N411JL, experienced a severe nose pitch-up while climbing through flight level (FL) 190 to FL230. The private pilot, the sole occupant, initiated an emergency descent and during the attempted landing to runway 23 at the Lenawee County Airport (ADG), Adrian, Michigan, the airplane landed about 300 feet short of the runway. The nose gear collapsed and the main landing gear separated from the airplane which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by 4thWave, Inc., under the provisions of the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight departed from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, about 0732 on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan.
http://registry.faa.gov/N411JL
MADISON TWP., Mich. — A single-engine plane made an emergency landing around 9:15 a.m. Friday at the Lenawee County Airport.
Madison Township Police Chief Mike Shadbolt described the landing as a “hard” landing that damaged the plane.
The plane’s pilot was not injured, Shadbolt said. The pilot was from Virginia and was on his way to Virginia when he was forced to land, Shadbolt said.
The pilot was the only person in the plane, Shadbolt said.
Shadbolt referred further questions to the Federal Aviation Administration, which arrived at the scene to investigate the incident.
A call to a number provided by FAA personnel did not produce any further information Friday afternoon.
According to an FAA database, the plane is registered to 4th Wave Inc. of Alexandria, Va. Its website says it is a computer consulting firm.
The flight-tracking website flightaware.com said the plane took off from Fremont in western, lower Michigan
The pilot was continuing his journey to Virginia Friday afternoon, Shadbolt said.
Story and photo: http://www.lenconnect.com
Related:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N411JL
http://registry.faa.gov/N411JL
http://flightaware.com/photo
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo
http://www.flickr.com/photo
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, July 27, 2012 in Adrian, MI
Aircraft: Mooney Airplane Company, Inc. M20TN, registration: N411JL
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On July 27, 2012, about 0846 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20TN, N411JL, experienced a severe nose pitch-up while climbing through flight level (FL) 190 to FL230. The private pilot, the sole occupant, initiated an emergency descent and during the attempted landing to runway 23 at the Lenawee County Airport (ADG), Adrian, Michigan, the airplane landed about 300 feet short of the runway. The nose gear collapsed and the main landing gear separated from the airplane which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by 4thWave, Inc., under the provisions of the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight departed from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, about 0732 on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan.
FAA IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 411JL Make/Model: MO20 Description: M20S
Date: 07/27/2012 Time: 1200
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Minor Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: ADRIAN State: MI Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. ADRIAN, MI
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 1 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: DETROIT, MI (GL23) Entry date: 07/30/2012
http://registry.faa.gov/N411JL
Madison Township Police Chief Mike Shadbolt described the landing as a “hard” landing that damaged the plane.
The plane’s pilot was not injured, Shadbolt said. The pilot was from Virginia and was on his way to Virginia when he was forced to land, Shadbolt said.
The pilot was the only person in the plane, Shadbolt said.
Shadbolt referred further questions to the Federal Aviation Administration, which arrived at the scene to investigate the incident.
A call to a number provided by FAA personnel did not produce any further information Friday afternoon.
According to an FAA database, the plane is registered to 4th Wave Inc. of Alexandria, Va. Its website says it is a computer consulting firm.
The flight-tracking website flightaware.com said the plane took off from Fremont in western, lower Michigan
The pilot was continuing his journey to Virginia Friday afternoon, Shadbolt said.
Story and photo: http://www.lenconnect.com
Related:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N411JL
http://registry.faa.gov/N411JL
http://flightaware.com/photo
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo
http://www.flickr.com/photo
Thai Airways flight makes emergency landing
A Thai Airways flight from Hyderabad to Bangkok made an emergency landing minutes after it took off due to technical problem in one if its engines in the early hours of Saturday in Hyderabad.
The Airbus-330 with 257 passengers landed at 1.10 am. The pilots informed the airport control about the problem and sought permission to land immediately.
Airline sources said some passengers were sent to Mumbai and Delhi flights, from where they could be flown to Bangkok. Others were being provided accommodation in a hotel near the airport.
http://www.thehindu.com
The Airbus-330 with 257 passengers landed at 1.10 am. The pilots informed the airport control about the problem and sought permission to land immediately.
Airline sources said some passengers were sent to Mumbai and Delhi flights, from where they could be flown to Bangkok. Others were being provided accommodation in a hotel near the airport.
http://www.thehindu.com
July 27, 2012
Flight instructor and student pilot injured in plane crash - off the coast of Iba, Zambales - Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – A 2-seater Cessna plane crashed off the coast of Iba, Zambales on Friday, police said.
Initial police investigation showed that the plane’s engine malfunctioned immediately after take off, causing the plane to crash just 15 meters off the coast of Barangay Lipay-Dingin-Panibuatan in Iba.
Authorities said the plane’s Filipino pilot Capt. John Paul Garcia, 34; and Nepalese co-pilot Vivian Malindan, 19, were rescued by fishermen and were rushed to a nearby hospital.
Garcia, a flight instructor of the All Asia Aviation Academy, was training Malindan when the plane crashed.
Investigations are still ongoing.
Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com
A pilot and his student were injured after a two-seater Cessna plane they were flying crashed in the waters off Iba town in Zambales Friday.
Investigators are verifying information the crash stemmed from engine trouble, according to a report on radio dzBB early Saturday.
The injured were initially identified as pilot John Paul Garcia and his student Vivian.
Both passengers were rescued and brought to a nearby hospital for treatment.
An initial investigation showed the plane may have had engine trouble minutes after takeoff.
Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com
Initial police investigation showed that the plane’s engine malfunctioned immediately after take off, causing the plane to crash just 15 meters off the coast of Barangay Lipay-Dingin-Panibuatan in Iba.
Authorities said the plane’s Filipino pilot Capt. John Paul Garcia, 34; and Nepalese co-pilot Vivian Malindan, 19, were rescued by fishermen and were rushed to a nearby hospital.
Garcia, a flight instructor of the All Asia Aviation Academy, was training Malindan when the plane crashed.
Investigations are still ongoing.
Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com
A pilot and his student were injured after a two-seater Cessna plane they were flying crashed in the waters off Iba town in Zambales Friday.
Investigators are verifying information the crash stemmed from engine trouble, according to a report on radio dzBB early Saturday.
The injured were initially identified as pilot John Paul Garcia and his student Vivian.
Both passengers were rescued and brought to a nearby hospital for treatment.
An initial investigation showed the plane may have had engine trouble minutes after takeoff.
Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com
Aveos: Buyers not interested in engine maintenance center
It looks good for the components business. But hope is dimming that firms might acquire the engine-repair assets of Montreal aircraft-repair and maintenance firm Aveos Fleet Performance Inc., which filed for bankruptcy protection in March.
The MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) firm was spun off by Air Canada in 2007 and filed for bankruptcy protection in March, throwing 2,800 people out of work, 1,800 of them in Montreal. Air Canada accounted for more than 90 per cent of its workload.
Jonathan Solursh, of FTI Consulting Canada Inc., the monitor in the case, said in his latest report this week that “no offers or concrete expressions of interest in the acquisition of the EMC (engine maintenance centre) as a going concern has been received.”
“Given this unfortunate fact and the requests by interested parties for additional time, a deadline extension was granted … (to see what) could be done to change this outcome.”
Former Aveos union officials’ hopes were raised after Vancouver’s MTU Canada expressed interest in Aveos’s former engine-repair division and England’s AJ Walter Aviation had kicked the tires of the components business.
Solursh disclosed that he had held a meeting earlier this month with union officials, Quebec government representatives and “a potential purchaser who had indicated an interest in job creation.”
The news is more upbeat on the components business.
Solursh said that “on July 13, Aveos received (six) bids (for the components maintenance centre).”
Discussions are continuing “and while an agreement has not been concluded ...(Solursh said he was) optimistic that an agreement will be reached in the very near future for a transaction that can be recommended for approval.”
Various other offers have been made for specific items, like landing gear and the gas and battery shops, although nothing has come of them yet.
But it appears that no one has expressed even passing interest in the heavy maintenance business, the complete aircraft and systems overhaul business that was the largest part of Aveos.
Air Canada officially urged that preference be given to Canadian MROs to take over former Aveos assets.
But the airline disclosed this week that the bulk of maintenance for its fleet of 205 aircraft has been awarded to foreign firms.
In addition to Premier Aviation Overhaul Centre Inc. of Trois Rivières, which came out of nowhere in 2010 to become a major player suddenly in Canada’s MRO business, Air Canada has signed up Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services Inc., in Nashville, Tenn; AAR Corp., of Wood Dale, Ill.; Israel Aerospace Industries’ Bedek Aviation Group; and Singapore’s ST Aviation Services Co. Pte. Ltd.
Source: http://www.canada.com
The MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) firm was spun off by Air Canada in 2007 and filed for bankruptcy protection in March, throwing 2,800 people out of work, 1,800 of them in Montreal. Air Canada accounted for more than 90 per cent of its workload.
Jonathan Solursh, of FTI Consulting Canada Inc., the monitor in the case, said in his latest report this week that “no offers or concrete expressions of interest in the acquisition of the EMC (engine maintenance centre) as a going concern has been received.”
“Given this unfortunate fact and the requests by interested parties for additional time, a deadline extension was granted … (to see what) could be done to change this outcome.”
Former Aveos union officials’ hopes were raised after Vancouver’s MTU Canada expressed interest in Aveos’s former engine-repair division and England’s AJ Walter Aviation had kicked the tires of the components business.
Solursh disclosed that he had held a meeting earlier this month with union officials, Quebec government representatives and “a potential purchaser who had indicated an interest in job creation.”
The news is more upbeat on the components business.
Solursh said that “on July 13, Aveos received (six) bids (for the components maintenance centre).”
Discussions are continuing “and while an agreement has not been concluded ...(Solursh said he was) optimistic that an agreement will be reached in the very near future for a transaction that can be recommended for approval.”
Various other offers have been made for specific items, like landing gear and the gas and battery shops, although nothing has come of them yet.
But it appears that no one has expressed even passing interest in the heavy maintenance business, the complete aircraft and systems overhaul business that was the largest part of Aveos.
Air Canada officially urged that preference be given to Canadian MROs to take over former Aveos assets.
But the airline disclosed this week that the bulk of maintenance for its fleet of 205 aircraft has been awarded to foreign firms.
In addition to Premier Aviation Overhaul Centre Inc. of Trois Rivières, which came out of nowhere in 2010 to become a major player suddenly in Canada’s MRO business, Air Canada has signed up Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services Inc., in Nashville, Tenn; AAR Corp., of Wood Dale, Ill.; Israel Aerospace Industries’ Bedek Aviation Group; and Singapore’s ST Aviation Services Co. Pte. Ltd.
Source: http://www.canada.com
Diamond DA-40 Diamond Star, SP-KBI: Crash Site Photos - Jastarnia airport, Hel Peninsula, Poland
Plane crash in Jastarnia
July 26th, 2012 by Michal Fludra
Plane hanging on the trees. Single-engine aircraft crashed during the landing on the Jastarnia airport, Hel Penisula. One person was injured and transported to the hospital. There was 3 people on board - pilot, his wife and child.
Photo Gallery of crash site: http://www.demotix.com/news/1356357/plane-crash-jastarnia#slide-1
Diamond DA-40 Diamond Star, SP-KBI:
http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto
July 26th, 2012 by Michal Fludra
Plane hanging on the trees. Single-engine aircraft crashed during the landing on the Jastarnia airport, Hel Penisula. One person was injured and transported to the hospital. There was 3 people on board - pilot, his wife and child.
Photo Gallery of crash site: http://www.demotix.com/news/1356357/plane-crash-jastarnia#slide-1
Diamond DA-40 Diamond Star, SP-KBI:
http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto
Beech B-60 Duke, N880LY: Accident occurred July 26, 2012 in Sedona, Arizona
NTSB Identification: WPR12FA326
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, July 26, 2012 in Sedona, AZ
Aircraft: BEECH B60, registration: N880LY
Injuries: 3 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On July 26, 2012, about 0830 mountain standard time, a Beech B-60, N880LY, was substantially damaged during a runway overrun following takeoff roll at the Sedona Airport (SEZ), Sedona, Arizona. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the proposed personal cross-country flight, and no flight plan was filed. The destination was reported to be the Double Eagle II Airport (AEG), Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Multiple witnesses located at or near the airport, stated that they observed or heard the airplane experience abnormal engine anomalies, while others reported the airplane performed a normal takeoff roll on runway 21. The airplane continued down the runway, exited the departure end, and impacted a fence before it disappeared from view down a ravine.
Examination of the accident site by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) revealed that the airplane sustained substantial damage after it impacted sloping terrain and came to rest in a deep wash. The wreckage, which was mostly consumed by fire, was recovered to a secure location for further examination.
At 0835, the SEZ Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) reported winds calm, sky clear, visibility 10 miles, temperature 26 degrees Celsius (C), dew point 13 degrees C, and an altimeter setting of 30.16 inches of mercury. The density altitude at the time of the accident was calculated to be 7,100 feet.
Trish Porter comforts her daughter Shannon during a press conference at Albuquerque Academy Friday. Porter’s husband Olympian Pat Porter, and son Connor Porter, 15, died in a plane crash in Sedona, Ariz. Also on the plane was Connor Mantsch.
3:47 p.m. – Trish Porter has confirmed that her
husband, Pat, and 15-year-old son, Connor, were among the three killed
in an Arizona plane crash yesterday.
Her son’s friend and classmate at the Albuquerque Academy, 14-year-old Connor Mantsch, was also aboard the plane, Porter said at a news conference in Albuquerque this afternoon.
Pat Porter, 53, competed in the 10,000-meter run at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games.
11:16 a.m. – Trish Porter, wife of Pat Porter, an Albuquerque resident whose plane crashed near Sedona, Ariz., yesterday and killed all three passengers, will hold a news conference this afternoon.
The plane, a two-engine Beechcraft B-60, crashed yesterday morning after taking off from the Sedona Airport, killing all three passengers. The plane belonged to two-time Olympian Pat Porter, but officials still could not identify those who were on the plane this morning.
Authorities said yesterday that the passengers were a man and two children, but no names were released.
A spokeswoman for Trish Porter told the Journal this morning that she will hold a news conference on the crash at 3 p.m. today in Albuquerque.
Trish Porter is also an Olympian. She met Pat during a pre-Olympic training camp for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, July 26, 2012 in Sedona, AZ
Aircraft: BEECH B60, registration: N880LY
Injuries: 3 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On July 26, 2012, about 0830 mountain standard time, a Beech B-60, N880LY, was substantially damaged during a runway overrun following takeoff roll at the Sedona Airport (SEZ), Sedona, Arizona. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the proposed personal cross-country flight, and no flight plan was filed. The destination was reported to be the Double Eagle II Airport (AEG), Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Multiple witnesses located at or near the airport, stated that they observed or heard the airplane experience abnormal engine anomalies, while others reported the airplane performed a normal takeoff roll on runway 21. The airplane continued down the runway, exited the departure end, and impacted a fence before it disappeared from view down a ravine.
Examination of the accident site by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) revealed that the airplane sustained substantial damage after it impacted sloping terrain and came to rest in a deep wash. The wreckage, which was mostly consumed by fire, was recovered to a secure location for further examination.
At 0835, the SEZ Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) reported winds calm, sky clear, visibility 10 miles, temperature 26 degrees Celsius (C), dew point 13 degrees C, and an altimeter setting of 30.16 inches of mercury. The density altitude at the time of the accident was calculated to be 7,100 feet.
Trish Porter comforts her daughter Shannon during a press conference at Albuquerque Academy Friday. Porter’s husband Olympian Pat Porter, and son Connor Porter, 15, died in a plane crash in Sedona, Ariz. Also on the plane was Connor Mantsch.
Marla Brose/Journal
Her son’s friend and classmate at the Albuquerque Academy, 14-year-old Connor Mantsch, was also aboard the plane, Porter said at a news conference in Albuquerque this afternoon.
Pat Porter, 53, competed in the 10,000-meter run at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games.
11:16 a.m. – Trish Porter, wife of Pat Porter, an Albuquerque resident whose plane crashed near Sedona, Ariz., yesterday and killed all three passengers, will hold a news conference this afternoon.
The plane, a two-engine Beechcraft B-60, crashed yesterday morning after taking off from the Sedona Airport, killing all three passengers. The plane belonged to two-time Olympian Pat Porter, but officials still could not identify those who were on the plane this morning.
Authorities said yesterday that the passengers were a man and two children, but no names were released.
A spokeswoman for Trish Porter told the Journal this morning that she will hold a news conference on the crash at 3 p.m. today in Albuquerque.
Trish Porter is also an Olympian. She met Pat during a pre-Olympic training camp for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
- For more information on yesterday’s crash, read the A1 story from this morning’s Journal.
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FAA IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 880LY Make/Model: BE60 Description: 60 Duke
Date: 07/26/2012 Time: 1530
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: SEDONA State: AZ Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND CRASHED, THE THREE
PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, SEDONA, AZ
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 3
# Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 2 Fat: 2 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Take-off Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: SCOTTSDALE, AZ (WP07) Entry date: 07/27/2012
http://registry.faa.gov/N880LY
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