Thursday, October 06, 2022

Mooney M20M/257 Bravo, N315KT: Incident occurred July 10, 2022 at William R. Fairchild International Airport (KCLM), Port Angeles, Washington

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Seattle, Washington

Aircraft landed gear up.  

Moonrise Flyers Inc


Date: 10-JUL-22
Time: 19:00:00Z
Regis#: N315KT
Aircraft Make: MOONEY
Aircraft Model: M20M
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Flight Crew: 1 No Injuries 
Pax:  0
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: MINOR
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation: 91
City: PORT ANGELES
State: WASHINGTON

Cessna A185F Skywagon, N217C: Fatal accident occurred October 05, 2022 near Chena Marina Airport (AK28), Fairbanks, Alaska

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Fairbanks, Alaska

Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.  


Date: 05-OCT-22
Time: 23:53:00Z
Regis#: N217C
Aircraft Make: CESSNA
Aircraft Model: 185
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: FATAL
Total Fatal: 1
Flight Crew: 1 Fatal
Pax: 0
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: DESTROYED
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: UNKNOWN (UNK)
Operation: 91
City: FAIRBANKS
State: ALASKA

Those who may have information that might be relevant to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation may contact them by email witness@ntsb.gov, and any friends and family who want to contact investigators about the accident should email assistance@ntsb.gov. You can also call the NTSB Response Operations Center at 844-373-9922 or 202-314-6290. 





A 75-year-old Fairbanks man died Wednesday after his floatplane flipped while taxiing after a take-off attempt, authorities say.

Jerald Stansel was the owner of a longtime Brooks Range wilderness guiding business, and led clients into what’s now Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve starting in the 1970s.

Stansel was piloting a float-equipped Cessna 185 at the Chena Marina airstrip in west Fairbanks on Wednesday afternoon when the crash occurred, according to Clint Johnson, Alaska chief for the National Transportation Safety Board.

Witnesses in the area said the plane flipped over forward while taxiing at slow speed, Alaska State Troopers said in an online report.

Troopers reported a plane upside down in the float pond at the marina, Johnson said.

“Our understanding is there was an attempted take-off that was aborted,” he said. “That’s where the plane rolled slightly to one side, nosed over and then became partially submerged.”

Stansel was extricated from the submerged plane and taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, troopers said.

An NTSB investigator flew to Fairbanks on Thursday.

Stansel ran his guiding business, Alaska Fish & Trails Unlimited, for 40 years, according to the company website. It was up for sale. Stansel, a Vietnam veteran, said he was ready to retire. He told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in December that he wanted to spend more time with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Beechcraft A36AT Bonanza, N902AT: Fatal accident occurred October 05, 2022 in Biddeford, York County, Maine

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Portland, Maine

Aircraft crashed during instrument approach.  

ABET


Date: 05-OCT-22
Time: 17:56:00Z
Regis#: N902AT
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: A36
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: FATAL
Total Fatal: 2
Flight Crew:  1 Fatal
Pax: 1 Fatal
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: DESTROYED
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: APPROACH (APR)
Operation: 91
City: BIDDEFORD
State: MAINE

Those who may have information that might be relevant to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation may contact them by email witness@ntsb.gov, and any friends and family who want to contact investigators about the accident should email assistance@ntsb.gov. You can also call the NTSB Response Operations Center at 844-373-9922 or 202-314-6290. 


CPM Construction Founder and CEO Eldon Morrison (left) and CPM Construction President Paul Koziell were killed in a plane crash in Arundel on October 5, 2022. 



ARUNDEL, Maine — The York County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that two men are dead after a plane crashed in Arundel Wednesday afternoon.

The Sheriff William King says 81-year-old Eldon Morrison of Yarmouth was flying the plane when it crashed. Paul Koziell, 55 from Scarborough, was also on board.

The Beechcraft A36AT Bonanza is owned by CPM Construction. It took off from Biddeford Airport Wednesday morning and flew to Presque Isle. The men were returning from Presque Isle that afternoon when the plane crashed. The men were killed upon impact.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation.