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

Child, 2 Adults from Xenia Killed in Alabama Plane Crash

June 20th, 2011 | Other accidents

A trip South ends in tragedy for four people from Xenia when their plane crashed in Alabama. Read more. 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

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

3 Die in Cessna Crash Near Reno

June 1st, 2011 | Other accidents

June 1, 2011 Seventy-two hours after a Cessna 172 and its three passengers were reported missing, authorities discovered the plane’s wreckage in the steep terrain of the Peterson Mountain Range at the California/Nevada border. First responders found two men and one woman dead inside the plane. The plane departed on Saturday from a Roseburg, Oregon,… Read More