Accidents and Incidents

Air Safety Week,  Feb 20, 2006  

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DATE / SITE: 01 Feb 1817Z Greensboro, N.C.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Citation 500 Reg N814ER
CIRCUMSTANCES: Aircraft gear wouldn't retract. Landed and went off side into
grass
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 2 pax +2
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Asheville, N.C.,
for Greensboro, N.C. Substantial damage

DATE / SITE: 07 Feb 1513L Oslo, Norway
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: DC-10 of  Aeroflot
CIRCUMSTANCES: Freighter re-landed Gardermoen a/p after engine failure after
takeoff
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 5 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Carrying fish to
Novosibirsk, Russia

DATE / SITE: 08 Feb Brussels, Belgium
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of Tarom
CIRCUMSTANCES: Romanian plane made emergency landing after pilot's w'shield
cracked
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 75 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Bound for
Heathrow. Pax reportedly ended up on oxygen

DATE / SITE: 09 Feb 1018L Newport News, Va.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 717 of AirTran flt 905
CIRCUMSTANCES: Returned to land after crew reported an engine problem on takeoff
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Williamsburg Int'l
a/p, Va.

DATE / SITE: 09 Feb Pristina Int'l, Serbia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Fokker 70 of Malev
CIRCUMSTANCES: Skidded off r/way 35/17 (2507m) on arrival, coming to rest on
soft ground
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 45 pax +5 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Budapest to
Pristina flight halted more than 100m from runway

DATE / SITE: 09 Feb 1550L Chennai, India
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A310 of Air India flt AI-414
CIRCUMSTANCES: Made an emerg landing at Anna Int'l a/p with an engine
unserviceability
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 132 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Singapore-bound
pax overnighted

DATE / SITE: 09 Feb 2045L Shreveport, La.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: EMB145 of Cont Express
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot diverted in with a flap asymmetry problem for maintenance
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 50 pax +3 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Houston to Little
Rock, Ark. Pax swapped jets

DATE / SITE: 10 Feb evening Christchurch, NZ
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Saab-340A of ANZ Link
CIRCUMSTANCES: ZK-NLC hit by cleaning vehicle while parked on the tarmac
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Substantial damage
to rudder & tailcone

DATE / SITE: 10 Feb Yakima, Wash
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Super King Air of National Guard
CIRCUMSTANCES: C-12 lost right-hand engine about 44 miles short of Yakima
inbound
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 5 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Boise, Idaho, to
Yakima flight carrying nat'l guardsmen for simulator training

DATE / SITE: 11 Feb Djerba, Tunisia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-300 of Karthago Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: Returned safely to DTTJ after losing pressurization on climb-out
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Djerba to Paris,
France

DATE / SITE: 11 Feb Memphis, Tenn.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD82 of American
CIRCUMSTANCES: N203AA's left wingtip hit fuel truck during pushback from gate
DEATH & INJURY: nil /  129 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Flt AA1885, minor
damage

DATE / SITE: 11 Feb ~0800L Aweil, Sudan
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: AN26 of Sudan Airforce
CIRCUMSTANCES: Lost control after NLG tire failure on landing & a/c crashed into
building
DEATH & INJURY: 20 fatal / 20 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Written off

DATE / SITE: 11 Feb Kuwait
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD-11 of World Airways
CIRCUMSTANCES: Skidded off runway end on landing, coming to rest on rough ground
DEATH & INJURY: 1 inj / 210 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Minor damage to
mil charter reg N272WA. Runway was wet

DATE / SITE: 11 Feb 0627L Tambolaka AP Island, Indonesia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-700 of Adam Air flt DHI782
CIRCUMSTANCES: Became lost after total failure of nav/comm. after ~4hrs of
nocomm, found Sumba Is & landed gas-empty
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 145 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Jakarta-Makassar
flight attempting to join cast of TV's "Lost" with final very rough landing on a
tiny strip

DATE / SITE: 12 Feb 1315L New Delhi, India
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A310 of Air India flt AI453
CIRCUMSTANCES: Aircraft made a safe landing following hydraulic failure on
approach
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 94 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, to Miami

DATE / SITE: 12 Feb 0745L Halifax, N. Scotia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A330-223 of Swiss Int'l
CIRCUMSTANCES: HB-IQO made precautionary landing with dropping oil pressure
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Zurich to Miami
flight shut down failing engine before landing

DATE / SITE: 12 Feb 1220L JFK, N.Y.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A340-300 of Turkish flt TK1
CIRCUMSTANCES: a/c slowed after landing, skidded & spun 180 degrees, ending up
in snowbank
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 198 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Heavy snowfall,
many other inbound flights were cancelled. Minor damage

DATE / SITE: 13 Feb 0349Z Seattle, Wash.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 757-200 of United flt UA949
CIRCUMSTANCES: Port engine hit jetway hard as flt 949 taxied to gate at Seattle-
Tacoma
DEATH & INJURY: 2 inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Firefighters
called to help the injured (one pax/one crew member). N583UA

DATE / SITE: 14 Feb 2109L Bemidji, Minn.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Queen Air of Bemidji Aviation
CIRCUMSTANCES: Freighter forced to make gear-up landing after gear extension
failed
DEATH & INJURY: 1 uninj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: ...after
struggling for 45 minutes to lower the nose gear. Minor damage

DATE / SITE: 14 Feb morning Oslo, Norway
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Fokker 50 of SAS LN-RND
CIRCUMSTANCES: Landing gear collapsed while aircraft was parked overnight at
gate
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Flt SK2301
(Norlink) - damaged beyond repair at Gardermoen a/p

DATE / SITE: 14 Feb 0830L Atlanta, Ga.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 767 of Delta flt DL1047
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pax opened catering door & jumped 20ft to the ground at E
Concourse
DEATH & INJURY: 1 broken leg
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Arr from Orlando,
Fla. Male pax had been agitated during flight.

DATE / SITE: 14 Feb 1925L Seattle, Wash.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-400 of Alaska flt 478
CIRCUMSTANCES: Aircraft turn'd around and re-landed after pressn failure 20 mins
into flight
DEATH & INJURY: 5 minor injs / 57 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: en route to Denver

DATE / SITE: 14 Feb day Guarulhos, Spain
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-300 of Varig
CIRCUMSTANCES: Returned uneventfully after uncontained port eng failure after
t/o
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Houses below
flight path peppered and some inquisitive fingers burnt

DATE / SITE: 15 Feb ~1930L Kiel, Germany
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Falcon 20 of Develton Ltd
CIRCUMSTANCES: F-OVJR diverted to Kiel with smoke in cockpit, but overran off
the end...
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 3 pax +3 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: ... of the 4,134
ft. r'way and fell down an embankment. Substantial damage

DATE / SITE: 15 Feb ~1755L Raleigh-Durham
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: CRJ of American Eagle
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt 7730 re-landed following reports of fluid streaming off right
wing
DEATH & INJURY: nil / 33 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Traffic chopper
used its powerful camera to inspect aircraft before landing

DATE / SITE: 15 Feb 2300L Johannesburg, SA
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: DC-8 of Jet Aviation, Zurich
CIRCUMSTANCES: HB-IGH aborted at 90 mph after stbd engine noisily emitted sparks
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Charter carrying
British PM Tony Blair back to the UK

DATE / SITE: 16 Feb morning Stansted, UK
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A321 of First Choice
CIRCUMSTANCES: Aircraft collided with RyanAir 737 during pushback on apron
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Minor damage to
both participants

DATE / SITE: 16 Feb day Manchester, UK
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of Jet 2 reg G-CELH
CIRCUMSTANCES: a/c en route Budapest turned back with a depressn overhead
Amsterdam
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: No further details

DATE / SITE: 16 Feb night Mirny, Russia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: TU154 of  Yakutia
CIRCUMSTANCES: 30 mins before landing at divert field a 24 y.o. woman produced a
baby girl
DEATH & INJURY: 1 unticketed
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Premature birth
began 3 hrs into a flight from Moscow to Yakutsk, Russia

DATE / SITE: 16 Feb night Singapore
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 777-300 of Singapore Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES: EK432 carried out high-speed abort & tires deflated once clear of
runway
DEATH & INJURY: nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm: Singapore -
Brisbane Queensland flight

1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal
injuries, investigated by National Transportation Safety Boards. 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)