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Accidents and Incidents

Air Safety Week,  April 10, 2006  

DATE/SITE: 13 March 1030 EST Alpena, Mich.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: SAAB340B of Mesaba Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES: N421XJ extensively damaged when offloaded stroller rolled into LH
prop.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Prop and stroller
debris punctured a/c fuselage.

DATE/SITE: 17 March day Southern Sudan
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: HS748 of Trackmark Cargo
CIRCUMSTANCES: 5Y-TCA overran 600 m runway, was wrecked and written off.
DEATH & INJURY: Unknown
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Damaged Rt MLG,
props, flaps and belly (ex ZS-XGZ c/n 1740).

DATE/SITE: 18 March 1925L Philadelphia Int'l
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A340 of Lufthansa Flt 427
CIRCUMSTANCES: Landed back hour after take-off following engine failure.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 220 pax +13 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Bound for
Frankfurt, Germany.

DATE/SITE: 21 March 0912L Denver
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD82 of AA Flt AAL2065
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c struck tail while landing runway 35L off ILS in light winds.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 133 pax +5 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: N574AA. Possible
wake turbulence encounter with preceding A320.

DATE/SITE: 22 March 0645L Milwaukee
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A319 of Frontier Flt FFT375
CIRCUMSTANCES: Emerg eng shutdown on short final r/way 7R due ingestion of large
bird.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: N903FR.

DATE/SITE: 24 March 1330L Louisville, Ky.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: EMB170 of United Express
CIRCUMSTANCES: Emergency diversion and landing after reporting fire & smoke in
c'pit.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Headed for
Chicago.

DATE/SITE: 28 March 0205Z Seattle
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Beech 99 of Airpac Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt APC1031 nose gear collapsed on landing at Boeing Field,
Seattle.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Arriving from
Wenatchee, Wash. Substantial damage to N2880A.

DATE/SITE: 29 March 2244Z Miami
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: ATR72 of American Eagle
CIRCUMSTANCES: EGF4946 struck lamp-post with right wingtip while taxiing on
ramp.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 56 pax +2 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Moved into non-
movement area (arriving from Freeport Bahamas).

DATE/SITE: 31 March ~1735L Saquarema, Brazil
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Let 410UVP-E20 Reg PT-FSE
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt 6865 crashed enrt near Rio Bonito during sced flight to Rio
de Janeiro.
DEATH & INJURY: 19 dead / 19 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Deptd Macae a/p
for Santos Dumont a/p. Written Off. Weather accident.

DATE/SITE: 31 March 0640L Evansville, Ind.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: EMB135 of American Eagle
CIRCUMSTANCES: Diverted in after declaring emergency for smoke in the cockpit.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 23 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Left Dulles
(Wash., D.C.) bound for St. Louis.

DATE/SITE: 31 March 0328Z Charleston, S.C.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Cessna 750 Reg N947QS
CIRCUMSTANCES: Citation 10 blew tire and struck runway light on landing
Charleston.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: N947QS of
Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

DATE/SITE: 31 Mar ~1500L Anderson, Ind.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: King Air 200 of Law Aviation
CIRCUMSTANCES: Forced to land with dangling nose gear, which collapsed on
touchdown.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Incident closed
airport until salvage could be organized.

DATE/SITE: 01 April 1345L Mumbai Int'l, India
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 747-433 of Air India Flt AI-137
CIRCUMSTANCES: Diverted to Mumbai after much tire debris found on runway
following takeoff.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 284 pax +20 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: New Delhi to
Frankfurt, Germany.  VT-AIM now grounded due to prior similar events.

DATE/SITE: 02 April 1350Z Denver
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of Delta Flt DAL850
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c reported encountering severe turbulence and injuries onboard.
DEATH & INJURY: 2 injured F/As
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: A/c headed to Salt
Lake City.

DATE/SITE: 02 April 1030L Osaka, Japan
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Canadair RJ of IBEX Flt NH3074
CIRCUMSTANCES: Returned after pilots shut down eng at 12,000 ft due to lightning
strike.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 34 Pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Osaka's Itami a/p
to Fukushima, Japan.

DATE/SITE: 02 April 1606Z Dallas-Ft. Worth
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD88 of Delta Flt DAL783
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c reported hydraulic failure, lost skidplates (left debris on
runway).
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 153 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Arriving from
Atlanta. Runway 17C centerline lights knocked out.

DATE/SITE: 03 April Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: DC9-30 of Aserca
CIRCUMSTANCES: Lost cabin pressure en route. Same a/c lost pressn and landed
Maracaibo, Venezuela, the previous week.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Caracas to Puerto
Ordaz. FAA's IASA is completing a safety survey of Venezuelan airlines.

DATE/SITE: 03 April 0642L Dover, Del.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: C5B Galaxy of 436th AW
CIRCUMSTANCES: Landed well short on final appch r/way 32 after decl emerg, lost
#2 eng.
DEATH & INJURY: 6 lightly injured
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: #84-0059 lost
tail, cockpit & eng no1 (latter 2 detached in final ground slide).

DATE/SITE: 03 Apr 0927L Dallas, Ft. Worth
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 757 of American Flt AAL704
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c turned back shortly after takeoff as crack progressed across
w'shield.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 188 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Headed for
LaGuardia, N.Y.

DATE/SITE: 03 Apr ~1530L W. Palm Beach, Fla.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD88 of Delta Flt DL1206
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c went round on short final as an a/c entered runway for
takeoff.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 96 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Atlanta to West
Palm Beach.

DATE/SITE: 04 Apr ~1615L Otwell, Ark. (Walnut Ridge)
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD10 of Fedex Reg N386FE Flt 597
CIRCUMSTANCES: 50 mls out fm Memphis, six ft section of CF6-6D engine fell into
farmer's field (Memphis, Tenn., to Seattle flt).
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Uncontained #3 eng
LPT failure.  Turbine stator case from turbine mid-frame flange aft, including
shaft, disks & blades.

DATE/SITE: 04 April ~1010L Aegean Sea, Greece
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 747-400 of Olympic OA181
CIRCUMSTANCES: 2 crew injured when violent avoiding action was taken due to TCAS
alert.
DEATH & INJURY: 2 inj / 116pax +6 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Potential
collision with 2 Greek F4s 70 nm S of Thessaloniki, Greece, FL170.

DATE/SITE: 04 April 1050L New Delhi, India
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A330 of Qatar Airways QR233
CIRCUMSTANCES: Twin eng a/c departing to Doha, India, with one engine shut down.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 199 pax +12
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Attributed to
bird-strike on takeoff.

DATE/SITE: 04 Apr ~2015L Melbourne, Aust.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 727 of JetEx Reg VH-VLG
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c circled to south before returning after engine failure.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Fuel pump failure.
Operator is National Jet Express Pty Ltd. (Jetex).

DATE/SITE: 05 Apr 0930L Nairobi, Kenya
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: LET410 of Aero Kenya
CIRCUMSTANCES: 10 mins after takeoff, a/c returned with eng shut down & skidded
off.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 14 pax +2 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Stopped 30 m short
of perimeter fence after 150 m skid over soggy ground.

DATE/SITE: 05 April Yekaterinburg, Rus
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Yak42 of Aeroflot
CIRCUMSTANCES: Reported to have made emergency landing with gear fault after
takeoff.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 98 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Yekaterinburg is
1000 mls E of Moscow.  Izhevsk to Moscow flight.

DATE/SITE: 05April 2039L Seattle
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A319 of US Airways
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt USA59 reported right engine surge inbound over Puget Sound.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 114 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Arr from Charlotte
N.C. Possible birdstrike. Reports of a/c fire.

DATE/SITE: 06 April ~1600L Indianapolis
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: EMB170 of United Express
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c diverted to Indianapolis with en route pressurization
problems.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 74 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Charlotte, N.C. to
Chicago.

DATE/SITE: 06 Apr ~2150L Gothenberg, Swed
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: ERJ135 of City Airline CF016
CIRCUMSTANCES: Emerg landing after a/c collided with bird over Denmark & lost
insts.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 25 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/100406.htm: Also damage to
wing and landing gear (arriving from Birmingham, UK).

1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal
injuries, investigated by aviation safety agencies of various nations. 2
DISCLAIMER: These assessments are not intended to assert probable cause or
liability, but rather are intended to provide insight pending publication of a
final report of investigation. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson -
International Aviation Safety Association.(IASA)

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