Accidents And Incidents

Air Safety Week, Jan 10, 2005

DATE/SITE: 17 Dec. 0104L Chicago, Ill.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: ERJ-135 of American Eagle

CIRCUMSTANCES: Aero Snow Removal Van hit LE of rt wing of EGF226 as a/c entered taxiway

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: Substantial damage (at entrance to taxiway Hotel Alley).

DATE/SITE: 17 Dec. Colombo Sri Lanka

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 747 of Cathay Pacific CX749

CIRCUMSTANCES: HK to Jo'burg flt diverted to Colombo with a seriously ill Japanese woman.

DEATH & INJURY: 1 fatal

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: 36yo woman pronounced dead on arrival. Blood clot caused by DVT.

DATE/SITE: 17 Dec. 0030L Des Moines, Iowa

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Aero Commander 500 (Central Air) CIRCUMSTANCES: #1 eng failure and fire on descent to 4000ft. Fire lasted for about 60 seconds

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: Omaha-Des Moines (catastrophic engine failure).

DATE/SITE: 22 Dec. Central Java

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Super Puma of Indon Air Force

CIRCUMSTANCES: Helo crashed on or near Mount Dieng in Central Java in bad weather.

DEATH & INJURY: 13 fatal / 13 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: Follows an Indon Navy helo crash in weather 2 days prior killing 4 onboard.

DATE/SITE: 22 Dec. 1807L Sunport, N.M.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-800 of American

CIRCUMSTANCES: AA 576 (LA to Chicago) flt diverted Albuquerque with a generator failure.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil/143

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: Pax were on their way again early the next day.

DATE/SITE: 26 Dec. Miami Intl Fla.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: DC10-30 of Gemini AirCargo

CIRCUMSTANCES: N605GC was struck in the right centre sail tail by a fuel truck whilst parked.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: Minor damage.

DATE/SITE: 26 Dec. 2020L Washington Dulles

AIRCRAFT & REGN: A300-600 of AA Flt 789

CIRCUMSTANCES: JFK to Santa Domingo flt divtd due to intoxicated pax (plural) threats to crew

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: Emerg declared, plane landed overweight, pax arrested & flt cont'd.

DATE/SITE: 27 Dec. Key West NAS

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 757-212 of Delta Flt 299

CIRCUMSTANCES: Bogota-Atlanta flight divtd in with a pax on the no fly/terrorist list.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: FBI grilled suspect for 2 hrs and then released him (mistaken ID) & the a/c.

DATE/SITE: 29 Dec. 0940L Bradley Intl Ct.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: EMB-145 of US Airways

CIRCUMSTANCES: 10mins out, returned Bradley A/P (Windsor Locks) - smoke in the cabin.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 49 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: No further details.

DATE/SITE: 29 Dec. 1638Z Ontario, Calif.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Beech 99 of AmeriFlight

CIRCUMSTANCES: AMF5361 returned to Ontario Intl A/P with an engine fire. DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: Fire was extinguished before landing.

DATE/SITE: 30 Dec. 1022L Kathmandu, Nepal

AIRCRAFT & REGN: A300 of Qatar Awys Flt QR352

CIRCUMSTANCES: A7-ABX returned Tribhuvan A/P 37 mins after dept following engine fire.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 203 pax +10

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: Eng failed noisily on t/off at 0945L and crew held off to dump gas.

DATE/SITE: 01 Jan. 2200Z Madison, Wisc.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: CL600-2B19 of Air Wisconsin

CIRCUMSTANCES: AWI563 slid off the runway on landing in icy conditions (temp minus 1 deg C).

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: Minor damage to N453AW.

DATE/SITE: 01 Jan. 2317Z Bradford, Ill.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 767 of AA Flt AAL79

CIRCUMSTANCES: Encountered severe turbulence near Bradford and landed Dallas Ft Worth

DEATH & INJURY: Some injuries

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: Flt originated London Gatwick UK

DATE/SITE: 01 Jan. 0820L Oakland, Calif.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: MD-80 of Alaskan AS397

CIRCUMSTANCES: Ontario, Calif., to Seattle flight divtd to Oakland with a u/s fuel pump.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 110 pax

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: No further details.

DATE/SITE: 01 Jan. 1122CST Ainsworth, Neb.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Citation II of Jet Services LLC CIRCUMSTANCES: Landed off airport (1000ft short) in freezing precipitation, losing its gear.

DEATH & INJURY: 5 minor inj / 5 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: Substantial damage (a/c roadhauled to Reading A/P for repairs).

DATE/SITE: 02 Jan. afternoon Munich, Germany

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 767-300 of Condor

CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c dumped 17.5 tons of fuel on Switzerland before returning Munich.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100105.htm: DE754 from Munich to Punta Cana (Dominican Rep) with an engine snag.