Accidents And Incidents

Air Safety Week,  Sept 18, 2006  

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DATE/SITE: 25 Aug ~1800L Minneapolis St Paul
AIRCRAFT & REGN: DC9-51 of NWAReg: N600TR
CIRCUMSTANCES: Tug towbar became disconnected. Tug overrun by a/c causing
damage
DEATH & INJURY: 1 inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Minor cuts
and bruises for tug-driver

DATE/SITE: 29 Aug Bandar Abbas Iran
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 747 of Iran Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: Malaysia to Tehran flight diverted to Bandar Abbas for an emerg
landing
DEATH & INJURY: nil/400 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Spares were
flown in from Shiraz Iran

DATE/SITE: 31 Aug Brussels Belgium
AIRCRAFT & REGN: A330-300 of SN Brussels SN353
CIRCUMSTANCES: Returned to Brussels following an engine failure in the cruise
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Brussels to
Kinshasa D.R. Congo via Douala

DATE/SITE: 31 Aug 1640L Pittsburgh Penn
AIRCRAFT & REGN: SAAB 340B of Colgan Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: Returned after 10 mins with a gear problem and slid off a
taxiway
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/12 pax +3 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Flt4929
lost steering control - probably a hydraulic failure after-effect

DATE/SITE: 01 Sep night Brussels Belgium
AIRCRAFT & REGN: BAe146-200 of SN Brussels
CIRCUMSTANCES: OO-DJJ 's electrical smoke in the cockpit caused an emerg
landing
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Cause:
Windshield heating electrical failure located above captain's head

DATE/SITE: 01 Sep 1030L Newport News Va
AIRCRAFT & REGN: CL600-2B19 of Air Wisconsin
CIRCUMSTANCES: While parked on the ramp, a/c rolled into a fuel truck damaging
nosegear
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Reg: N452AW

DATE/SITE: 02 Sep day Brest France
AIRCRAFT & REGN: MD80 of Viking
CIRCUMSTANCES: French inspector forced a/c to stop over for tire changes after
a check
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/155 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Arrived
from Heraklion Crete. Four excessively worn tires changed

DATE/SITE: 02 Sep 1100L Memphis Tenn
AIRCRAFT & REGN: SF340 of MesaFlt: MES2713
CIRCUMSTANCES: During taxi out for departure the left wingtip struck the
terminal building
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Confined
area taxiing. Flight cancelled

DATE/SITE: 02 Sep Duluth Minnesota
AIRCRAFT & REGN: DC-10 of NWAFlt: NW044
CIRCUMSTANCES: Emerg divert & landing Duluth after  electrical fire and smoke
in the cabin
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/255 pax +10 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Minneapolis
to London (Heathrow)

DATE/SITE: 03 Sep 0835L Tampa Florida
AIRCRAFT & REGN: Beech 1900D of Continental
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt 9253 made an emergency return to TIA A/P with smoke in the
cockpit
DEATH & INJURY: nil/16 onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Headed Ft
Lauderdale Florida

DATE/SITE: 03 Sep ~1000L Kigali Rwanda
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-700 of Ethiopian
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt ET807 made a safe emerg landing after numerous tech woes
enroute
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Flt sched
from Addis Ababa to Bujumbura Burundi divtd to Kigali

DATE/SITE: 05 Sep day Indianapolis Ind
AIRCRAFT & REGN: DC-9 of NWA
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c diverted in to Indianapolis with smoke in the cockpit &
evacuated
DEATH & INJURY: nil/75 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: a/c towed
to the ramp for checkout

DATE/SITE: 05 Sep ~0800L Portland Oregon
AIRCRAFT & REGN: MD80 of AlaskaFlt: AS370
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c emergency diverted into Portland due to a smoke haze in the
cabin
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Seattle to
Sacramento flight resumed 3 hours later

DATE/SITE: 05 Sep 1701UTC San Juan P.Rico
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 757-232 of DeltaReg: N622DL
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot overcooked his manual flare and tailstruck during a flaps
30 autoland
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Damage to
skin, aft fuselage  stringers and aft press bulkhead.

DATE/SITE: 05 Sep 1050LEl Paso Texas
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-500 of Continental
CIRCUMSTANCES: Nose-gear left taxiway and became stuck in the mud on runway 04
exit
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/67 pax + 5 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Inbound
from Houston as Continental 1683

DATE/SITE: 06 Sep 1830Z Porterville Ca
AIRCRAFT & REGN: OV-10 Bronco of US Forest Service
CIRCUMSTANCES: N419DF fire-spotter a/c crashed during a fire suppression
mission
DEATH & INJURY: 2 dead
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: California
Dept of Forestry Battalion a/c working in Sequoia National Forest

DATE/SITE: 07 Sep ~1700L Lubumbashi DRC
AIRCRAFT & REGN: C206 of ITAB Airline
CIRCUMSTANCES: Hit power cable & crashed after taking off from Fungurume Congo
DEATH & INJURY: 4dead/4 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: mining area
200km northwest of Lubumbashi

DATE/SITE: 07 Sep morning Toronto Canada
AIRCRAFT & REGN: CRJ-200 of AC Jazz AC8934
CIRCUMSTANCES: Returned to land Pearson (Toronto) after suffering total
hydraulic failure
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Toronto to
Moncton

DATE/SITE: 07 Sep ~1100L Manila Philippines
AIRCRAFT & REGN: A330-300 of China Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES: Diverted into Ninoy Aquino Intl A/P following an inflight engine
shutdown
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Flt: CI811
(Taipei to Jakarta Indonesia)

DATE/SITE: 07 Sep ~1300L Lagos Nigeria
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 727 of DHLReg: ZS-DPF
CIRCUMSTANCES: Overran r/way 18L by more than 500 meters, after landing in
heavy rain.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/4 onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Nosegear
strut broke off during overrun. Damaged Kruger flaps and nose section

DATE/SITE: 07 Sep 2050L New Delhi India
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737 of Air Sahara
CIRCUMSTANCES: Declared an emergency inbound due to smoke in the cockpit
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/175 onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: New Delhi
from Kochi via Hyderabad

DATE/SITE: 08 Sep 2140L Belgrade Serbia
AIRCRAFT & REGN: MD82 of AlitaliaFlt: AZ520
CIRCUMSTANCES: Landed Nikola Tesla A/P with quite substantial smoke in the
cabin
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Rome
(Fiumicino) to Sofia, Bulgaria flight. Pax evacuated.

DATE/SITE: 08 Sep 2325Z La Guardia NY
AIRCRAFT & REGN: A319 of Air Canada
CIRCUMSTANCES: ACA723 rt w'tip clipped RH hoz stabilizer of Shuttle America E-
170
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/103 pax + 66 Pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: TCF6461
also out on a taxiway

DATE/SITE: 09 Sep 2248L Madrid Spain
AIRCRAFT & REGN: A300 of Qatar Awys Flt QR068
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot aborted take-off roll after hearing strange noises from
the MLG
DEATH & INJURY: 10 inj/207 Pax +13
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Started
tire/wheel fire. One pax broken leg during subsequent slide evacuation

DATE/SITE: 09 Sep day Nadi Fiji
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 747-400 of Air Pacific
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flight returned after t/off with engine power fluctuations (flt
was cancelled)
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Sydney
bound. Second such problem this week.

DATE/SITE: 10 Sep day Brussels Belgium
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 744F of SIA737 Air Maroc
CIRCUMSTANCES: Taxiing 744's left wing removed 3 ft of 737-500's stbd
horizontal stabilizer
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: SQ7895R (
ORD-BRU-SIN) 9V-SFO &  AT844 (BRU-CMN CN-RMV)

DATE/SITE: 10 Sep ~1915L Brussels Belgium
AIRCRAFT & REGN: A320 of BAReg: G-BUSF
CIRCUMSTANCES: Landed 25R with a reported fire on board. Pax evacuated via
slides.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/143 onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Cargo-hold
smoke detection on Flt BA912 (Heathrow to Frankfurt)

DATE/SITE: 10 Sep 2020Z Las Vegas Nevada
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737 of AlaskanFlt: ASA697
CIRCUMSTANCES: A can of soft drink was ingested into an engine during taxi for
departure
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: Headed
Portland Oregon. Minor damage. A/c returned to gate.

DATE/SITE: 10 Sep 2353Z Cedar Rapids IA
AIRCRAFT & REGN: MD83 of Allegiant Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: N872GA was evacuated due to rapid smoke build-up during taxi to
ramp
DEATH & INJURY: 2 inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2Imagery at  http://www.iasa.com.au/180906.htm: AAY436 Las
Vegas to Cedar Rapids Iowa

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 J. Sampson,
International Aviation Safety Association (IASA).