NTSB Issues Report on Plane Crash That Injured Basketball Recruit, Killed Parents

July 6th, 2011 | Aviation accident

July 6, 2011 A preliminary report from The National Transportation Safety Board outlines the details of the June 24 crash of a Beech A36 single-engine airplane in Charlevoix, Michigan, that seriously injured a 16-year-old University of Michigan basketball recruit and killed his 44-year-old stepmother and 46-year-old father, who was piloting the plane. Air traffic control and… Read More

2 Die in Southern California Plane Crash

July 4th, 2011 | Other accidents

July 4, 2011 A small plane crashed Sunday night in California’s Ventura County, killing both people aboard. The Ventura County Fire Department reports that the Cessna C180 took off from Santa Paula Airport around 8:30 p.m., lost engine power, and then crashed a quarter mile from the airport. The plane crashed into a riverbed in… Read More

2 Die in Small Plane Crash in NY’s Hudson Valley

June 29th, 2011 | Other accidents

June 29, 2011 Two men died Tuesday afternoon when a single-engine Cessna 172 crashed at Dutchess County Airport in the Town of Wappinger, New York. The fatalities include a 60-year-old Poughkeepsie man and a 23-year-old Brewster man. Both were unconscious when rescue crews arrived at the crash site. The older man was pronounced dead at… Read More

Plane Crash in Vero Beach, FL, Kills Brother and Sister

June 17th, 2011 | Other accidents

June 17, 2011 On Thursday, June 9, a 21-year-old pilot and her 24-year-old brother both died when the Cessna 152 that they’d rented nosedived into a swampy, remote area of Vero Beach, Florida. A preliminary federal report has revealed that the plane was out of control before the crash. The brother and sister, who were… Read More

4 Perish in Utah Plane Crash

June 2nd, 2011 | Other accidents

June 2, 2011 A single-engine plane crashed along the Utah-Nevada border on Wednesday afternoon, killing all four people on board. The crash occurred at 2:45 p.m. near a Wendover, Utah, airport. Though the cause of the crash hasn’t been determined, the plane went down during extreme wind conditions, says Tooele County Emergency Management spokesman Wade… Read More