Had a great time at KOSH yesterday! While there I
stumbled upon this rig presumably heading to SEA-TAC soon.
Now here are your stories for today...
Be safe out there!
Tom
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68 passengers escape death as Enugu Air crash lands in Benin
Suyi Ayodele
No fewer than 68 passengers escaped death as an Enugu Airlines plane crash-landed at the Benin Airport on Thursday. 
Tribune Online gathered that the aircraft with registration number 5N-ENR had 68 passengers on board apart from the crew members.
A source at the Benin Airport who pleaded anonymity said that the aircraft was on an Enugu-Benin-Lagos commercial flight when the incident happened.
The source further volunteered that the aircraft overshot the runway and entered the nearby bush.
“The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAN) immediately swung into action, and all the passengers were evacuated. No casualty was recorded,” the source disclosed.
The source could not disclose the actual number of crew members aboard the aircraft at the time of the incident
https://tribuneonlineng.com/breaking-68-passengers-escape-death-as-enugu-air-crash-lands-in-benin/
Pilot and passenger suffer minor injuries in crash at Anchorage floatplane base
By Anchorage Daily News
The pilot and passenger of a wheel-equipped Cessna 180 suffered minor injuries after the plane crash-landed after taking off from Lake Hood in Anchorage on Wednesday, authorities say.
The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m., according to a spokesperson for Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, which owns and operates the Lake Hood Seaplane Base.
The plane was substantially damaged and both occupants received medical treatment at the scene, airport officials said. One was transported to the hospital for additional treatment.
The plane was flying to Merrill Field from Lake Hood, according to Clint Johnson, chief of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska regional office. The pilot reported a loss of engine power and said he tried to make it back to Lake Hood, Johnson said.
It wasn’t immediately clear what type of flight was involved, such as personal or air taxi, he said.
Airport police and fire crews responded to the scene, along with the Anchorage Fire Department, according to an airport statement.
The incident did not affect commercial air carrier operations at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, officials there said.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/aviation/2026/07/22/pilot-and-passenger-suffer-minor-injuries-in-crash-at-anchorage-floatplane-base/
NTSB Final Report: Cessna 320C The Pilot Selected The Landing Gear Down And Obs
The Pilot Selected The Landing Gear Down And Observed That The Gear-Down Indicator Light Did Not Illuminate
Location: Bartow, Florida Accident Number: ERA26LA113
Date & Time: February 9, 2026, 16:21 Local Registration: N3034T
Aircraft: Cessna 320C Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Defining Event: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power) Injuries: 1 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Flight test
Analysis: During a post-maintenance flight following the completion of an annual inspection, the pilot/mechanic reported that the preflight inspection, engine run-up, and landing gear retraction after takeoff revealed no anomalies. While on approach to land, the pilot selected the landing gear down and observed that the gear-down indicator light did not illuminate. He cycled the landing gear and subsequently performed a low approach; air traffic control personnel reported that the landing gear appeared to be extended. The pilot remained in the traffic pattern and attempted a manual gear extension, but the indication anomaly persisted. He again cycled the landing gear and verified circuit breaker continuity with no change noted.
After a second low approach, the pilot elected to land. During the landing roll, as the airplane decelerated and the pilot initiated a right turn to exit the runway, the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane’s left wing and left horizontal stabilizer contacted the runway surface, resulting in substantial damage.
The pilot/mechanic stated that during the annual inspection, there were no adjustments made to the landing gear rigging and the gear was cycled several times with no anomalies noted. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the left main gear intermediate pushpull tube was deformed, and the side brace lock link was misrigged. The left hydraulic brake hose was misrouted and not clamped in position. Both main gear side brace lock link springs were corroded and the right main gear downlock tension was below the manufacture’s minimum limits. According to the airplane’s maintenance manual, the landing gear operational and rigging checks are to be performed every 12 months or 100 hours. Based on this information, the inspection of the landing gear that was completed by the maintenance personnel likely was not sufficient to detect and correct these discrepancies before they resulted in the accident.
Probable Cause and Findings: The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be -- Maintenance personnel’s failure to perform an adequate inspection of the airplane’s landing gear, which resulted in a collapse of the left main landing gear during landing.
FMI: www.ntsb.gov
Today in History
12 Years ago today: On 23 July 2014 TransAsia Airways flight 222, an ATR 72-500, crashed while on approach to Magong Airport, Taiwan, killing 48 occupants; 10 survived the accident.
| Date: | Wednesday 23 July 2014 |
| Time: | 19:06 |
| Type: | ATR 72-500 (72-212A) |
| Owner/operator: | TransAsia Airways |
| Registration: | B-22810 |
| MSN: | 642 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 27039 hours |
| Cycles: | 40387 flights |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW127F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 58 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 0,8 km NE of Magong Airport (MZG) - Taiwan |
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH/RCKH) |
| Destination airport: | Magong Airport (MZG/RCQC) |
| Investigating agency: | ASC |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:
TransAsia Airways flight 222, an ATR 72-500, crashed while on approach to Magong Airport, Taiwan, killing 48 occupants; 10 survived the accident.
Flight GE222 had departed from Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH) at 17:43 on a scheduled domestic flight to Magong Airport, Penghu Islands, Taiwan. The flight had been delayed from 16:00 hours because of poor weather as a result of Typhoon Matmo that was passing through the area.
The flight arrived near the Penghu Islands at 18:11 and entered a holding pattern to the northeast. The Magong airport has a single runway 02/20. Runway 02 offers an ILS approach, while for runway 20 a VOR/DME approach is available.
At 18:27 the following weather information was passed on to the crew: runway 02: wind from 210 degrees at 5 knots, gusting to 11 knots; runway 20 wind from 190 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 15 knots. Visibility was 800 meters.
The crew then requested a runway 02 ILS approach and proceeded towards the south. At 18:43 a preceding UNI Air ATR-72-600, flight 647, requested a VOR approach to runway 20. This probably made the crew change their minds, since they subsequently also requested a VOR approach to runway 20. This was approved. The UNI Air flight landed at 18:56.
At 19:03 the controller cleared the flight to land on runway 20, reporting wind from 250 degrees at 19 knots.
At 19:05:44 the autopilot was disengaged an at about 19:05:58, the aircraft began to deviate to the left, descending below the glidepath. The flight had deviated about 340 m the left of the extended runway centreline when, at 19:06:11, the flight crew reported they were going around. About two seconds later the airplane contacted 5-6 m high trees, cutting a swath for about 100 meters. The airplane remained airborne for about 200 m until impacting a residential area.
According to the Magong Airport flight schedule, 55 out of 66 flights to Magong were cancelled on July 23.
Findings Related to Probable Causes
Flight Operations
1. The flight crew did not comply with the published runway 20 VOR non-precision instrument approach procedures at Magong Airport with respect to the minimum descent altitude (MDA). The captain, as the pilot flying, intentionally descended the aircraft below the published MDA of 330 feet in the instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) without obtaining the required visual references.
2. The aircraft maintained an altitude between 168 and 192 feet before and just after overflying the missed approach point (MAPt). Both pilots spent about 13 seconds attempting to visually locate the runway environment, rather than commencing a missed approach at or prior to the MAPt as required by the published procedures.
3. As the aircraft descended below the minimum descent altitude (MDA), it diverted to the left of the inbound instrument approach track and its rate of descent increased as a result of the flying pilot's control inputs and meteorological conditions. The aircraft's hazardous flight path was not detected and corrected by the crew in due time to avoid the collision with the terrain, suggesting that the crew lost situational awareness about the aircraft's position during the latter stages of the approach.
4. During the final approach, the heavy rain and associated thunderstorm activity intensified producing a maximum rainfall of 1.8 mm per minute. The runway visual range (RVR) subsequently reduced to approximately 500 meters. The degraded visibility significantly reduced the likelihood that the flight crew could have acquired the visual references to the runway environment during the approach.
5. Flight crew coordination, communication, and threat and error management were less than effective. That compromised the safety of the flight. The first officer did not comment about or challenge the fact that the captain had intentionally descended the aircraft below the published minimum descent altitude (MDA). Rather, the first officer collaborated with the captain's intentional descent below the MDA. In addition, the first officer did not detect the aircraft had deviated from the published inbound instrument approach track or identify that those factors increased the risk of a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) event.
6. None of the flight crew recognized the need for a missed approach until the aircraft reached the point (72 feet, 0.5 nautical mile beyond the missed approach point) where collision with the terrain became unavoidable.
7. The aircraft was under the control of the flight crew when it collided with foliage 850 meters northeast of the runway 20 threshold, two seconds after the go around decision had been made. The aircraft sustained significant damage and subsequently collided with buildings in a residential area. Due to the high impact forces and post-impact fire, the crew and most passengers perished.
8. According to the flight recorders data, non-compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) was a repeated practice during the occurrence flight. The crew's recurring non-compliance with SOPs constituted an operating culture in which high risk practices were routine and considered normal.
9. The non-compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) breached the obstacle clearances of the published procedure, bypassed the safety criteria and risk controls considered in the design of the published procedures, and increased the risk of a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) event.
Weather
10. Magong Airport was affected by the outer rainbands of Typhoon Matmo at the time of the occurrence. The meteorological conditions included thunderstorm activities of heavy rain, significant changes in visibility, and changes in wind direction and speed.
