Kansas Man Dies in Connecticut Plane Crash

October 17th, 2011 | Aviation accident

October 17, 2011 A 64-year-old Mission Hills, Kansas, man died on Sunday when his plane went down during its approach to Danbury Municipal Airport in Danbury, Connecticut. On its way down the plane scraped the home of a 91-year-old Danbury woman who was standing in her kitchen balancing her checkbook. The plane crashed into her… Read More

Plane Crash-Lands on Florida Turnpike

October 12th, 2011 | Aviation accident

October 12, 2011 A plane crash-landed on Florida’s Turnpike on Wednesday afternoon after it suffered an engine failure. Two men — the pilot and a passenger — were injured. The plane, a six or seven-seat TBM 700 turboprop, took off from North Perry Airport at about 1:35 p.m. and headed toward nearby Opa-Locka Executive Airport… Read More

Pilot Error Caused 2010 New Jersey Plane Crash That Killed 3

October 10th, 2011 | Aviation accident

October 10, 2011 A team of investigators has determined that pilot error is to blame in the July 2010 plane crash that killed three people in New Jersey. Killed in the crash were the 70-year-old female pilot, a Manhattan rheumatologist, as well as a 44-year-old man and his wife. The single-engine plane, a Cirrus SR22,… Read More

Woman Drowns in Chesapeake Bay After Surviving Plane Crash

October 3rd, 2011 | Other accidents

October 3, 2011 An elderly Washington State woman died over the weekend after the small plane her son was piloting crashed into Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. According to The Washington Times, the 48-year-old pilot and his 78-year-old mother initially survived the crash on Sunday afternoon, exiting the downed plane before it sank. Together the two swam… Read More

North Carolina Man Killed in Small Plane Crash

September 30th, 2011 | Aviation accident

September 30, 2011 An Apex, North Carolina, man was killed on Sunday after his small plane went down in a wooded area near Raleigh Executive Jetport in Lee County. The 43-year-old was piloting a 1996 Velocity RG plane, which crashed around 12:45 p.m.—minutes after the pilot radioed to air traffic control that he was departing.… Read More