Accidents & Incidents

Air Safety Week,  Jan 14, 2008  

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Date: 14 Dec 1555Z O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Illinois
Aircraft Type: 777-222 of United Flight: 836 Reg: N220UA
Narrative: Smoke began to fill cabin from the rear on approach to runway 10 at
O'Hare so pilot evac'd aircraft on taxiway M5. Inspection revealed a low oil
quantity in the right engine.
Death/Injury: One serious/263 uninjured
Remarks: Arriving from Pudong, Shanghai, China. Metallic deposits were observed
on one of the engine chip detectors. In addition, oil deposits were located in
the compressor section of the engine.

Date: 16 Dec 1900L Chicago Illinois
Aircraft Type: CL-600-2B19 of SkyWest Flt 6034
Narrative: Right wing struck a tug whilst taxiing to the gate at O'Hare Intl A/P
(ORD)
Death/Injury: Nil/29 pax + 3 crew
Remarks: Arriving from Madison Wisconsin. Substantial damage. Tug-driver injured

Date: 16 Dec 0715Z Cairo Egypt
Aircraft Type: 747-228F of Ethiopian Airlines
Narrative: N751SA collided with a building while attempting to park at Cairo
International Airport
Death/Injury: Nil/4 onboard
Remarks: Minor damage. Arriving from Addis Ababa. Reported previously as
Southern Air Transport (as operator)

Date: 24 Dec night Paris CDG
Aircraft Type: 767-300 of Air Seychelles
Narrative: Aircraft was damaged severely during pushback on Christmas eve and is
being interim replaced by a leased Maxjet 767
Death/Injury: nil
Remarks: Probability is of having to replace the entire fuselage aft of the rear
pressure bulkhead. (3 months out of service)

Date: 25 Dec 0554L Honolulu Hawaii
Aircraft Type: A330-323 of NWA Reg: N819NW Flt: NW16
Narrative: Flight suddenly lost 1300ft in severe turbulence at FL380. Encounter
caused autopilot and autothrust to disconnect
Death/Injury: One serious/ 2 minor/291
Remarks: Osaka, Japan to Honolulu - during night VMC flight vicinity 34N 180
degrees East

Date: 25 Dec 0918L Ontario California
Aircraft Type: MD83 of Alaskan Reg: N943AS
Narrative: Encountered unexpected severe orographic turbulence on descent
passing 8500ft approx
Death/Injury: One serious/ one minor
Remarks: Seattle Washington to Ontario, Calif with 114 onboard

Date: 31 Dec day Freetown Sierra Leone
Aircraft Type: AN12BP of Airmark Reg: UR-TSI
Narrative: AN12 lost its undercarriage after landing at Lungi Airport Freetown
Sierra Leone on or about the 31st Dec 07.
Death/Injury: nil
Remarks: imagery is at tinyurl.com/38878y  Leased to Air Afrique?

Date: 02 Jan day Burlington Vermont
Aircraft Type: CRJ200 of Air Wisconsin
Narrative: Despite having carried out the CRJ flap fail AD, the aircraft's flaps
failed on approach and the aircraft overshot.
Death/Injury: nil/48 passengers + 3 crew
Remarks: US Airways Express flight 3909 from Philadelphia to Burlington made
another approach to a longer runway.

Date: 02 Jan 0950L Marseilles France
Aircraft Type: BAe146-300 of Eurowings
Narrative: Turned back and landed following a birdstrike on takeoff and fire
indications
Death/Injury: nil
Remarks: Flight EW4351 headed Frankfurt Germany. German Regional Airline

Date: 02 Jan 1830L Orlando, Sanford International A/P, Florida
Aircraft Type: 757-200 of Flyglobespan
Narrative: Soon after take off Flight Y2-726 suffered an explosion in one of its
engines, prompting the pilots to make an emergency return to Orlando.
Death/Injury: Nil/~160 onboard
Remarks: Minor damage. Orlando to Glasgow UK. Flight orbited for two hours to
burn off excess fuel. Flyglobespan had its suspended licence reinstated in Nov
07.

Date: 03 Jan ~2205L Greensboro, North Carolina
Aircraft Type: DC9 freighter of DHL
Narrative: Cargo jet with a malfunctioning engine made a safe emergency landing
a Piedmont Triad International Airport shortly after 10 p.m.
Death/Injury: nil/4 onboard
Remarks: compressor surge

Date: 03 Jan 745Z Aspen Colorado
Aircraft Type: Premier 1 Reg: N300SL
Narrative: On landing, the gear door being stuck in the down position, scraped
the runway
Death/Injury: Nil/3 onboard
Remarks: Minor damage

Date: 03 Jan 0220Z Atlanta Georgia
Aircraft Type: MD88 of Delta Flight: DAL681
Narrative: Belt loader hit C-2 door while being loaded with baggage
Death/Injury: nil
Remarks: Minor damage

Date: 03 Jan 0850L Deauville France
Aircraft Type: 737-4B6 of Atlas Blue Reg: CN-RMX
Narrative: On landing the aircraft skidded off the runway coming to rest on soft
ground with its nose and main undercarriage buried in mud. At the time the
runway was slippery with temperatures below freezing.
Death/Injury: Nil/168 onboard
Remarks: Marrakesh to Deauville St Gatien-Intl AP (2550m in length)

Date: 03 Jan 0900Z Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Aircraft Type: Pilatus PC-12 Reg: N398J
Narrative: Lineman was struck by the moving prop whilst aircraft was parked
Death/Injury: One serious injury
Remarks: Nil a/c damage

Date: 04 Jan 0830L Medford Oregon
Aircraft Type: Beech 1900 freighter of Ameriflight
Narrative: Pilot reported an engine fire and shutdown at a point 18mls on
approach
Death/Injury: nil/1 onboard
Remarks: landed without incident

Date: 04 Jan 0940L Los Roques Islands Venezuela
Aircraft Type: LET410-UVP-E of Transaven Reg: YV2081
Narrative: Aircraft crashed into sea about 6 miles from the Gran Roque Island
airfield. Reports indicate that both engine failed when the aircraft was flying
at an altitude of 3.000 feet about 64 miles north of Caracas.
Death/Injury: 14 dead/14 onboard
Remarks: Destroyed. The wreckage is still to be found.

Date: 04 Jan 0645Z Portland Oregon
Aircraft Type: MD83 of Alaskan Flt: AK389
Narrative: N944AS, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 ingested a foreign object upon
landing
Death/Injury: Nil
Remarks: Minor damage

Date: 05 Jan 0720L & 0940L Shannon Ireland
Aircraft Type: A330-200 x 2 of Aer Lingus
Narrative: Both flights were grounded at Shannon after lightning strikes on
approach Shannon - and passengers were switched to other planes to make their
destination of Dublin
Death/Injury: nil
Remarks: Flights EI112 (ex JFK Airport New York) and EI132 (ex Boston Logan)
both bound for Dublin Ireland

Date: 05 Jan 2243Z Kodiak Alaska
Aircraft Type: PA31 Navajo of Servant Air Reg: N509FN
Narrative: PA31-350 crashed into the water soon after takeoff from runway 36
during an attempted urgent return. Image at tinyurl.com/2uk8dq & 3yugf2 & 36pw9o
Death/Injury: 6 dead/10 onboard
Remarks: Port side nose luggage door of heavily laden aircraft was seen to open
on rotate. Image at tinyurl.com/2v442o

Date: 06 Jan 1435L Beijing China
Aircraft Type: 747-400 of United Flight UA897
Narrative: Chinese inspectors found 8 mice both dead and live, hidden in pillows
onboard
Death/Injury: nil
Remarks: After the possible plague was reported by the UA tech crew upon arrival

Date: 06 Jan evening Podgorica Airport, Montenegro
Aircraft Type: Fokker 100 of Montenegro Airlines
Narrative: MGX mechanics found a 2" diameter bullet hole in the tail-fin fwd of
the rudder after landing. Attributed to cheerful crowds firing wildly into the
air.
Death/Injury: Nil
Remarks: Arriving from Ljubljana (LJU) in the late evening during Orthodox
Christian Xmas celebrations

Date: 06 Jan 1645Z Sacramento California
Aircraft Type: EMB145R of Express Jet  Reg: N14562
Narrative: Aircraft wing was struck by a refueling truck while parked at the
gate
Death/Injury: nil
Remarks: Minor damage

Date: 06 Jan morning Johannesburg South Africa
Aircraft Type: 747-400 of KLM Flight: KL592
Narrative: 747 was forced to return to JNB after an engine failure occurred
about 1 hour into the flight.
Death/Injury: Nil/~410 passengers & 16 crew
Remarks: Johannesburg (O.R. Tambo Intl Airport) to Amsterdam

Date: 06 Jan 1630Z Sacramento California
Aircraft Type: EMB145 of JetLink Flight: BTA202
Narrative: While parked at the gate a vehicle struck the wing
Death/Injury: nil
Remarks: Minor damage

Date: 06 Jan 0014Z DeLand Florida
Aircraft Type: Bell 407 of Volusia County Sheriff's Office N801DS
Narrative: Pilot carried out an autorotative landing on Highway 17-92 after the
engine failed whilst enroute to an auto accident
Death/Injury: Nil/2
Remarks: Minor engine fire extinguished and minor damage (only) to the medevac
helo resulted.

Date: 07 Jan 1728Z Carolina, Puerto Rico
Aircraft Type: Cessna 402 of Air Sunshine Reg: N477RS
Narrative: On landing the aircraft's nose-gear suddenly collapsed
Death/Injury: Nil/8 onboard
Remarks: Minor damage

Date: 07 Jan 1511L Prague Czechoslovakia
Aircraft Type: A321 of Air France Flight AF1982
Narrative: Aircraft declared emergency after a failure in an engine shortly
before its arrival at Prague's Ruzyne airport.
Death/Injury: Nil/106 passengers
Remarks: Roissy, Paris to Prague flight

Date: 07 Jan day Venezuela
Aircraft Type: C47A Skytrain of AECA  Reg: YV-211T
Narrative: Returned ASAP following a piston engine failure on the venerable
Dakota DC-3 (military version)
Death/Injury: Nil/34 onboard
Remarks: From regional airport Los Roques of Gran Roque to Caracas (Gran Roque
was scene of loss of a Let410 three days earlier - see above)

Date: 07 Jan ~0830L Great Falls Montana
Aircraft Type: 757 of United Flight: UAL210
Narrative: An electrical fire and flames in a lavatory was extinguished by the
crew as it carried out an emergency diversion to Great Falls
Death/Injury: Nil/161 passengers
Remarks: Minor fire damage. Enroute Seattle to Chicago

Date: 07 Jan day Bangkok Thailand
Aircraft Type: 747-400 of QANTAS Flight QF2 Reg: VH-OJM
Narrative: Flight arriving from UK lost (and was unable to restore) all
generated electrical power upon its descent commencement attitude change about
15 mins from landing - after 1st class galley waste fluids entered the main
electrical center below, shorting all gen and bus controllers. No RAT or
inflight APU power is available on 747's.
Death/Injury: Nil/344 passengers
Remarks: Known problem with frequently blocking small diameter drains not being
cleared properly by maintenance and cracked underfloor avionics bay drip-
shields. Boeing is taking advisory action for all 747 operators. Standby battery
and associated inverter power is quite limited in duration. Cracks were found in
the galley drip trays of 6 QF 747's.

Date: 07 Jan ~0720L Sacramento California
Aircraft Type: 737-300 of SWA Flight SWA8700
Narrative: Returned shortly after takeoff with an engine shutdown for an
unspecified failure
Death/Injury: Nil/2 crew onboard
Remarks: Positioning flight to Love Field Dallas

Date: 07 Jan ~1555L Toronto Canada
Aircraft Type: 737 of AA Flight: AA719
Narrative: Aircraft landed back at Pearson International with a cargo door ajar
Death/Injury: nil/~100 onboard
Remarks: Toronto to Miami flight

Date: 08 Jan ~1710L Dayton Ohio
Aircraft Type: CRJ of Delta Flight: DL6032
Narrative: Returned to Dayton International Airport shortly after takeoff
Tuesday afternoon when smoke filled its cabin.
Death/Injury: nil
Remarks: Soon after takeoff in flight headed for Atlanta

Date: 08 Jan 2132L Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Type: 747 of Saudia Flight: SV5362
Narrative: Relanded at Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport after
<30 mins due to a smoke alarm cooking off in a rear lower cargo compartment.
Death/Injury: One injured/ 485 passengers
Remarks: Evacuated on the runway 17 via slides. En route to Casablanca Morocco.
Flight operated by Phuket Air

Date: 08 Jan morning Algiers Algeria
Aircraft Type: Airbus A321-211 of Aigle Azur  regn: F-GUAA
Narrative: The aircraft suffered a tailstrike on landing causing major damage to
the tail section.
Death/Injury: nil
Remarks: Substantial damage

Date: 08 Jan Caldwell New Jersey
Aircraft Type: Pilatus PC-12 Reg: N541PD
Narrative: On takeoff roll, PC-12 came to a full stop due to bird activity and
the nose gear collapsed,
Death/Injury: Nil/3 onboard
Remarks: Minor damage. Essex County airport, Caldwell, NJ

Date: 08 Jan 2045L Windhoek Namibia
Aircraft Type: A340-300 of Air Namibia Flight: SW285
Narrative: First class was forced to vacate after a slide was inadvertently
actuated (and then deflated for transit and later repacking)
Death/Injury: 25 x 1st class pax downgraded
Remarks: Headed Frankfurt Germany

Date: 09 Jan ~1550L Bacau Romania
Aircraft Type: BAe146 of Blue Air
Narrative: Nosegear collapsed on landing after a few hundred meters of swerving
ground-roll on a snow-covered runway.
Death/Injury: Nil/89 passengers
Remarks: Arriving from Bucharest, headed for Rome. Operated by Hemus Air with a
Bulgarian Crew

Date: 10 Jan JFK Airport New York
Aircraft Type: EMB145 of Chatauqua Airline
Narrative: E145 became stuck in the grass off of runway 31 on landing
Death/Injury: nil
Remarks: Flight CHQ6394 arriving from Buffalo New York

Date: 11 Jan evening Singapore
Aircraft Type: A380-841 of Singapore Airlines  Flight: SQ221 Reg: 9V-SKA
Narrative: 9V-SKA ran onto grass after the tow-truck towing it had an hydraulic
failure while departing the terminal at Changi Airport
Death/Injury: nil/446 passengers
Remarks: Passengers were switched to a 747 bound for Sydney while the A380 is
being checked for damage.