The twin engine Cessna 421 brought down power lines before crashing into a retention pond near the runway. About 50 Georgia Power customers are offline as a result.
Category: Air Accidents
1 dead, 5 injured after plane hits houses in California
One person was killed and five were injured when a small plane crashed into two homes Monday evening in Riverside shortly after taking off from a nearby airport, leaving fiery wreckage that nearly destroyed one of the homes, officials said. Four people were aboard the plane, and two of the victims were pulled from one of the burning homes, Riverside Fire Department Capt.
Small plane crashes into homes in Riverside CA
One person was killed and five were injured when a small plane crashed into two homes Monday evening in Riverside shortly after taking off from a nearby airport, leaving fiery wreckage that nearly destroyed one of the homes, officials said. Four people were aboard the plane, and two of the victims were pulled from one of the burning homes, Riverside Fire Department Capt.
The Latest: 1 dead, 5 hurt as plane hits homes in California
Authorities say at least one person is dead and five are injured after a small plane crashed into two homes and sparked a huge fire in Southern California. Riverside fire Capt.
Has my pilot had too much to drink? It depends where you fly
There are no standardized international rules on pilot alcohol consumption and testing. Instead, the International Civil Aviation Organization issues guidance and then countries set their own regulations, limits, testing regimes and punishments.
Pilot yelled ‘Mayday’ before shopping centre plane crash
A pilot repeatedly yelled “Mayday” but did not say what the emergency was before his plane crashed into the roof of an Australian shopping centre, killing himself and four American tourists, an accident investigator has said. A pilot repeatedly yelled “Mayday” but did not say what the emergency was before his plane crashed into the roof of an Australian shopping centre, killing himself and four American tourists, an accident investigator has said.
Bayonne plane crash ‘was like watching a film’
A family that lives across the street from where a small plane crashed on a city street on Sunday is still shaking from the experience. Tim Craig told New Jersey 101.5 it was a typical Sunday morning as his wife Laura put their son down for a nap, when she heard what she thought was a car crash outside.
A plane trying to take off from the ice runway on Alton Bay flipped on its top Sunday afternoon.
A plane trying to take off from the ice runway on Alton Bay flipped on its top Sunday afternoon.
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Today is Tuesday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2017. There are 320 days left in the year.
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NTSB releases preliminary report on Lake Erie plane crash
The pilot of a plane that crashed into Lake Erie last month received his certification to fly that type of aircraft just 21 days before the fatal crash, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report. The NTSB report issued Thursday night provides a timeline for the Dec. 29 crash, but does not indicate why the Cessna Citation 525 suddenly lost altitude and crashed just one minute after takeoff.
Plane Crash in Suwannee River Kills One
According to FAA documents, it appears that this particular plane may have not been “suitable for operation” and possibly was not legally registered to fly. The FAA has launched an investigation into the cause of the crash, and the identity of the sole occupant and victim of the crash has still not been released.
4 dead following plane crash in rugged Arizona mountains
Searchers in Arizona found the bodies of four members of a family Tuesday in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed on a flight from Scottsdale to Telluride, Colorado, officials said. Debris from the single-engine Cessna 210 was spotted north of Payson on the rugged Mogollon Rim, Gila County Sheriff Adam Shepherd said.
4 Iowans killed in plane crash
Authorities in southern Illinois have identified the four people who died after a single-engine plane crashed in a wooded area on New Year’s Eve. Johnson County Coroner David Rockwell says 34-year-old Curt Terpstra, 37-year-old Krista Green, 35-year-old Jordan Linder and his 26-year-old sister, Jasmine Linder, died in Saturday night’s crash.
4 dead in southern Illinois small plane crash
News selected on topics and regions – oil and gas, business, politics, IT, the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia Ranking of the Azerbaijani banking sector Authorities in southern Illinois say four people died New Year’s Eve after a single-engine plane crashed in a wooded area, AP reported. Johnson County Coroner David Rockwell says he pronounced the two men and two women dead at about 8:15 p.m. on Saturday at the scene of the crash.
Pilot, fiancee and her grandchildren killed in plane crash
Authorities in Jefferson County say a 63-year-old Sequim pharmacist was the pilot aboard a small plane that crashed last week, killing all four people on board. Jefferson County prosecuting attorney and coroner, Michael Haas, identified the victims as pilot Jon Bernhoft, his 61-year-old fiancee Carla Parke and her two grandchildren – a 9-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, both of Bellingham.
Small plane crash in Fla. kills Minnesota mother active in public education
A small airplane crashed while trying to land in central Florida, killing both people aboard, one of them a central Minnesota woman being remembered for her tireless dedication to public education in her community. Deb Solsrud, 51, of New London, died when the single-engine plane she was in crashed early Tuesday evening in the front yard of a home in Port Orange, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
Small plane crash in Fla. kills Minnesota mother active in public education
A small airplane crashed while trying to land in central Florida, killing both people aboard, one of them a central Minnesota woman being remembered for her tireless dedication to public education in her community. Deb Solsrud, 51, of New London, died when the single-engine plane she was in crashed early Tuesday evening in the front yard of a home in Port Orange, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
2 die when plane crashes into front yard in central Florida
Officials say two people are dead after a small plane on a flight from Tennessee crashed in the front yard of a home in central Florida. Volusia County Sheriff’s spokesman Andrew Gant tells local news outlets the plane crashed just before 6 p.m. Tuesday while approaching an airport in Port Orange.
Netanyahu offers condolences to Russia over plane crash
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the COP 21 United Nations conference on climate change at Le Bourget, on the outskirts of Paris, France, on November 30, 2015. The day after upbraiding the Russian ambassador over a UN Security Council vote, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday sent his sympathies to Moscow for a military plane crash in which 92 people are believed to have perished.