Air Safety Week: Accidents and Incidents

DATE/SITE: 22 March  Manila Intl.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-400 of Philippine Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES: Cargo loader struck the a/c fuselage belly area causing extensive
damage
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Damage incl
hydraulic lines, nose-gear doors. PR592 from Ho Chi Minh City

DATE/SITE: 25 Mar 0135Z Miami, Fla.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of American Reg: N945AN
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt AAL1273 hit taxiway lights while turning from taxiway M to
taxiway N
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: A/c damage
unreported

DATE/SITE: 29 Mar 2030Z Defuniak Springs, Fla.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: C414 Chancellor Reg: N12ED
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pavement collapsed beneath RH main gear causing prop to strike
runway
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/ 2 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: While taxiing out
for departure to Natchez, Miss.

DATE/SITE: 01 April 1541Z San Francisco, Calif.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 757-200 of United
CIRCUMSTANCES: UA468 returned to airport shortly after takeoff with a birdstrike
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Dented engine
cowling (San Francisco for Chicago, Ill.)

DATE/SITE: 02 April 1717L Teterboro A/P, N.J. fm Dallas Love Field
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: CL600-2A12 Reg: N169TA
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot flew ILS 19 at Vref +30kts due turbulence & managed a hard
landing with bounces & nosewheel porpoiseing
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/ 4 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Substantial damage
to nose-gear, rt wingtip, rt outboard flap jackscrew cover and fwd pressure
bulkhead

DATE/SITE: 06 Apr 2254Z Klawock, Alaska
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: BN-2P Isander Reg: LAB884
CIRCUMSTANCES: Left main gear malfunctioned and collapsed on landing at Klawock
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/ 3 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Arriving from
Ketchikan, Alaska

DATE/SITE: 07 April Fiji
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Otter of Pacific Island Seaplanes
CIRCUMSTANCES: Float fell off on takeoff and a/c became submerged after pax
evac'd
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/ 5 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Plane's 3rd
accident in a year

DATE/SITE: 12 April Tel Aviv, Israel
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-900 of KLM PH-BXT
CIRCUMSTANCES: Catering truck hit door, tearing it up (door, escape slide, lock
and hinges)
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: A/c out of service
for a week at least

DATE/SITE: 15-Apr
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD-90 of Delta
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt 572 landed SLC with hyd problems
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Towed to gate at
Salt Lake City

DATE/SITE: 17 April 1928L Denver Intl. A/P
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD-80 of AA Flt: 1181
CIRCUMSTANCES: Male pax arrested on arrival after fighting with an F/A enroute
DEATH & INJURY: 1 inj/128 pax +5 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: 2nd time in less
than a week that a pax has been arrested at DIA for fighting

DATE/SITE: 19 April 1820L Johannesburg Intl.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 747-400 of SAA Flt: SA055
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pax on flt from Luanda Angola panicked enroute when female pax
showed signs of Marburg fever
DEATH & INJURY: 1 ill / >300 pax o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Lady pax later
diagnosed symptoms of malaria (Marburg fever is a form of hemorrhagic fever,
like Ebola)

DATE/SITE: 20 April 1850L Chico, Calif.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: P3B Orion of Aero Union
CIRCUMSTANCES: N926AU crashed and burned north of Chico during fire attack
training
DEATH & INJURY: 3 fatal/ 3 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: 48km NE of Chico.
No evidence of structural breakup inflight

DATE/SITE: 20 April 1902Z Houston, Texas
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Falcon 90 Reg: XA-FEX
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c hit fence with wingtip while repositioning in the Customs
area
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Towed away to
Atlantic Aviation FBO with minor damage

DATE/SITE: 21 April Baghdad, Iraq
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MI-8 of Heli Air (Blackwater Sec)
CIRCUMSTANCES: Bulgarian crewed civilian helo shot down by RPG or MANPADS
missile
DEATH & INJURY: 11fatal/8 +3 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: One crewman shot
by insurgents after surviving crash 25mls N Baghdad

DATE/SITE: 21 April 0958L Portland Intl.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Falcon of U.S. Coast Guard
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c reported 15 mls out with engine problems and landed Portland
Intl.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: 5 USCG Falcon
search a/c are based at Cape Cod, Mass.

DATE/SITE: 22 April 1915L Narita, Tokyo
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A320 of China Eastern MU271
CIRCUMSTANCES: On landing all 4 maingear tires blew forcing runway closure for
hours
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/66 pax +7
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Minor damage to
a/c arriving from Beijing

DATE/SITE: 22 April 0730L Comox B.C.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Piper Navajo of Nav Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: Cargo a/c crashed at CFB Comox after a distress call citing an
engine fire
DEATH & INJURY: 2 fatal/ 2 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: From Victoria B.C.
based charter Co Nav Air

DATE/SITE: 22 April 0855L Savusavu, Fiji
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Bandeirante of Air Fiji
CIRCUMSTANCES: Sun Air Twin Otter DQ-FIE collided on landing with the Bandit on
ramp
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/ 18 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Loss of
directional control on landing by Sun Air a/c arriving from Nadi, Fiji

DATE/SITE: 22 April Istanbul, Turkey
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 767 of Delta
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c ex JFK overran 06-24 runway but managed to stop at the edge
of stopway
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Runway very wet.
Other traffic was landed and departed on r/way 18-36

DATE/SITE: 22 April Jomo Kenyatta A/P
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Fokker 70 ER Govt VIP jet
CIRCUMSTANCES: VIP jet shocked presidential entourage when it belched flames
after takeoff
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Kenya DoD Officer
assured VIPs that this was normal for the presidential jet

DATE/SITE: 23 April Caribbean Sea
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 757 of AA 737 of BWIA
CIRCUMSTANCES: BWIA flt failed to maintain allotted 7,000 ft and had TCAS RA
with AA flt
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Flt AAL2198 took a
violent abrupt climb & 737 descended. Very close.

DATE/SITE: 23 April 1315Z Deland, Fla.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: DHC-6 Reg: N24HV
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c hit parachutist from an earlier drop in midair under an open
chute
DEATH & INJURY: 1 fatal/ 14 +1
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Skydiver fatally
injured

DATE/SITE: 23 April ~1400L Baiyun Intl., China
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A300 of China Southern
CIRCUMSTANCES: Jetway bridge dropped after losing pressure and damaged A300 fwd
door
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/ 109 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: First accident for
the new airport at Guangzhou

DATE/SITE: 25 April 1250Z Corpus Christi, Texas
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Beech 90 Reg: N88HM
CIRCUMSTANCES: Aircraft hit a hangar with the left wing while taxiing in to the
ramp area
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/ 1 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Arriving from
McAllen, Texas. Minor damage to a/c

DATE/SITE: 25 April 1750Z Denver, Colo.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of Casino Express N789TM
CIRCUMSTANCES: CPX211 struck a jetway causing damage to right engine fairing
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Minor damage to
a/c

DATE/SITE: 25 April Kabul, Afghanistan
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: AN-12BP of ATMA
CIRCUMSTANCES: UN11003 veered off the runway and caught fire, landing in steady
rain
DEATH & INJURY: 5 inj/ 6 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Written off
(cargo-lifter arriving from Dubai UAE initially had a tire-burst)

DATE/SITE: 25 April St Johns Newfndlnd
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A330 of Air Transat
CIRCUMSTANCES: Developed crack in a windshield and turned back for St Johns
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/ 360 pax o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Montreal-Paris
flt. Pax flown out on two smaller jets later that day

DATE/SITE: 26 April 2220Z Lawrenceville, Ga.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: SA26 Merlin 2 Reg: N50KV
CIRCUMSTANCES: Off ILS approach, crashed on runway & burned (Gwinnett County
Airport)
DEATH & INJURY: 2 inj/ 2 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Arr fm
Spartansburg, S.C. A/c suffered substantial damage

DATE/SITE: 27 April 0300Z Dallas, Texas
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of Delta Flt: Dal746
CIRCUMSTANCES: On arrival, a laser beam caused unknown injuries to the F/O's
eyes
DEATH & INJURY: 1 inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Arriving from Salt
Lake City Utah

DATE/SITE: 28 April 1451L Lisbon, Portugal
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 757 of Continental
CIRCUMSTANCES: New York bound flt turned back to Lisbon at 1042L with hyd
failure
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/ 168 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/020505.htm: Flight 65 a/c
brakes were being worked on after landing

1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal
injuries. 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).