Disorientation May Have Led to Fatal Tulsa Crash in 2009

June 22nd, 2011 | Aviation accident

June 22, 2011 The plane crash that killed five people on September 5, 2009, in west Tulsa, Oklahoma, was likely the result of the pilot being disoriented prior to the incident, according to a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The report says that poor visibility may have prevented the pilot from knowing… Read More

Ohio plane crash kills two physicians from Franklin Lakes

June 20th, 2011 | Other accidents

A well-known neurosurgeon from Franklin Lakes and his wife — also a doctor — died Sunday after a small plane crashed into a cornfield and caught fire near the end of a runway at Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, authorities said. Read more. Read More

4 Die in Armonk, NY, Plane Crash

June 20th, 2011 | Other accidents

June 20, 2011 A Manhattan family of three and a friend were killed Saturday afternoon when a single-engine plane crashed in a wooded area of Armonk, New York, just minutes after taking off from Westchester County Airport. The pilot—a 63-year-old art gallery owner—was transporting his 51-year-old wife, their 14-year-old daughter, and her 14-year-old friend to… 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

Pilot Ejects from Fighter Jet Prior to Wisconsin Crash

June 8th, 2011 | Other accidents

June 8, 2011 A Wisconsin National Guard airplane crashed into an empty house in the Township of New Chester yesterday but its pilot managed to safely eject from the plane just prior to the crash. The pilot, who is a member of the Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard, ejected from… Read More