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Small plane crashes, forcing shut down of westbound Highway 44 near the Corpus Christi International Airport
By: Veronica Flores-Herrera
8:55PM UPDATE:
Two people are reported to be critically injured
as a result of the plane crash.
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ORIGINAL:
A crash landing has forced part of Highway 44 to shut down near the Corpus Christi International Airport.
The plane crashed along westbound Highway 44 near Clarkwood Road just before 7:30 p.m.
According to Senior Officer Tony Contreras with the Corpus Christi Police Department's Public Information Office, a small single engine plane crashed.
It's not known how many people were on the plane or their conditions.
Drivers are being asked to avoid the area if possible and find an alternate route.
Two dead after plane crash in New Market
Matt Hollingsworth
NEW MARKET, Tenn. (WATE) — Two people are dead after a plane crash in New Market.
The Federal Aviation Administration shared with
6 News that a Beechcraft 58 crashed in a field in New Market around 1:10 p.m. on Monday, April 13. There were two people on board, and the New Market Fire Department confirmed they were both killed. The department also asked people to stay clear of the area.
The plane took off from Downtown Island Airport in Knoxville, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said.
The New Market Fire Department was first on the scene off of Burchell Road. They started by working to contain a small brush fire before working to cool down the plane so the investigation into the crash could begin. Captain Sammy Solomon said both occupants were dead by the time they got there, and there was “no saving them.” He added that you could not really tell that it was a plane.
“This is the first [plane crash] that I could remember that’s ever happened in the New Market covering area. So I mean, it’s a shock. As I said, first time I’ve seen an airplane crash like this in our area,” said Solomon.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said that it received a call about the crash around 1:10 p.m. Deputies went to the scene along with a New Market Fire Department crew, the Jefferson County EMS and EMA.
JCSO said they found that a small plane had crashed into a field. Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Division are on the scene awaiting investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA, JCSO said.
Sheriff Jeff Coffey told 6 News that the remains of those on the plane will be sent to the Knox County Regional Forensic Center. He added that the two killed have not yet been identified and are not expected to be identified until the Forensic Center has examined the bodies.
“We are aware of that accident and are gathering information about it,” NTSB said.
Solomon thanked the groups that responded to the crash and added, “Our thoughts are with the families affected by this tragedy.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/two-dead-plane-crash-market-182928572.html
Levy County small plane crash kills 2 near Williston Regional Airport
WILLISTON, Fla. (WCJB) - Emergency crews
responded to a deadly small plane crash in Levy County on Monday afternoon.
Levy County Sheriff’s deputies say two people were killed when a plane crashed near the intersection of Northeast 30th Street and 114 Avenue. The crash site was located several miles from the Williston Regional Airport. Witnesses say the crash happened around 3:30 p.m. on Monday.
Officials described the plane as a single-engine AT-6D “Texan,” which was used by the U.S. military in the 1930s through the 1950s.
Authorities asked people to avoid the area. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate the crash.
The plane may have been a restored training aircraft used by the U.S. military from World War II to Vietnam. TV20 is working to confirm the tail number and the identities of the people who died, and the owner of the aircraft.
Small plane’s nose gear collapses during takeoff from North Perry Airport; no injuries
By Rubén Rosario
PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. (WSVN) - The nose gear
of a small plane collapsed at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines.
7Skyforce captured the Cessna 82R on a runway surrounded by Pembroke Pines Police and Fire Rescue vehicles, just after 12:30 p.m. on Monday.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the aircraft’s nose gear collapsed during departure.
Fortunately, officials said, the two people on board were not hurt.
The FAA is investigating the incident.
Small plane’s nose gear collapses during takeoff from North Perry Airport; no injuries
NTSB Final Report: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta
Flight Instructor Taxied The Helicopter From One Side Of The Airport To The Other During An Instructional Flight With A Student
Location: Olympia, Washington Accident Number: WPR24LA139
Date & Time: May 3, 2024, 16:00 Local Registration: N4082J
Aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Defining Event: Loss of control in flight Injuries: 1 Minor, 1 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Instructional
Analysis: The flight instructor taxied the helicopter from one side of the airport to the other during an instructional flight with a student while the helicopter’s loading was near (about 12 lbs over) its maximum gross weight. As the helicopter approached the intended hover practice area, the instructor began a descending, left pedal turn to align the helicopter into the wind. During the descending turn and while about 10 ft above ground level (agl), the instructor began to add collective to arrest the helicopter’s descent; however, the helicopter continued to descend and impacted the ground with the toe of its right skid, leading to a dynamic rollover.
No evidence of pre-accident mechanical malfunction or failure was revealed during a postaccident examination of the helicopter. Thus, given the helicopter’s high gross weight and left turn during the descent (both of which require more antitorque thrust and reduce the amount of engine power available to produce lift), it is likely that the instructor’s action to raise the collective was delayed, which resulted in an inadequate amount of time and altitude for the increased collective to be able to arrest the helicopter’s descent before impact with the ground.
Probable Cause and Findings: The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be -- The flight instructor’s delayed action to arrest the descending, left pedal turn while maneuvering for a low-altitude hover with the helicopter near the maximum gross weight limitation, which resulted in an impact with the ground and a dynamic rollover.
FMI: www.ntsb.gov
Today in History
50 Years ago today: On 14 April 1976 An YPF Hawker Siddeley HS-748 crashed near Cutral-Có,Argentina, following a failure of the right-hand wing, killing all 34 occupants.
| Date: | Wednesday 14 April 1976 |
| Time: | 16:25 |
| Type: | Avro 748-105 Srs. 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales |
| Registration: | LV-HHB |
| MSN: | 1540 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 25753 hours |
| Cycles: | 24130 flights |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 514 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 34 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 35 km N of Cutral-Có , NE - Argentina |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Rincón de Los Sauces Airport, NE (RDS/SAHS) |
| Destination airport: | Cutral Airport, NE (CUT/SAZW) |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:
An YPF Hawker Siddeley HS-748 crashed near Cutral-Có,Argentina, following a failure of the right-hand wing, killing all 34 occupants.
The Avro 748 aircraft, named "Ciudad de Corrientes", was making a staff-transfer flight for the Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (YPF) State Enterprise. It began in Cutral-Có at 14:00 and the aircraft landed 40 minutes later on a Company landing strip in Rincón de Los Sauces. The aircraft took off at 15:55 for Cutral-Có again with 31 passengers and 3 crew.
At 16:23 the crew contacted Cutral-Có and asked for information on the local state of the weather and estimated landing at 16:33. At an altitude of about 4000 feet the starboard wing failed, followed by separation of the starboard tailplane. The remainder of the plane corkscrewed and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE; "The accident was the result of detachment of the right hand wing in normal flight, through structural failure of the wing in the area between stringers 3 and 12 and in the area of the engine outer rib.
Within the area indicated, one may identify among the origins of the fatigue the reinforcing plate, and especially, the holes in it for rivets.
The cause of these fatigue cracks, since the material of which they were made was satisfactory, must be attributed to stress concentration in the area concerned due to geometry of the design, these cracks becoming critical sooner than had been estimated. The cracks remained undetected and became critical because the manufacturer's inspection programme for the area concerned was insufficiently precise and made it possible for the operator not to detect and correct them in time."
