Accidents and Incidents

DATE/SITE: 21 Dec 1130L Sacramento, Calif. AIRCRAFT & REGN: Dash 8 of Horizon Air CIRCUMSTANCES: Heavy smoke in cabin from oil-contaminated aircon forced a return DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 57 pax +4 PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: LAX to Arcata- Eureka (Humboldt Cnty, Ca). Horizon is part of Alaska Air DATE/SITE: 21 Dec Kansai, Japan AIRCRAFT & REGN: MD-11 of Finnair Flt: AY078 CIRCUMSTANCES: Dumped fuel for 60mins after return required due NLG failure to retract DEATH & INJURY: Nil PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Kansai to Helsinki flight had a lack of nitrogen in the nose gear strut DATE/SITE: 21 Dec Tehran, Iran AIRCRAFT & REGN: C130 of Iranian Armed Forces CIRCUMSTANCES: Lost an engine after t/off from Tehran's Mehrabad A/ P & returned DEATH & INJURY: Nil PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Was headed for southern city of Shiraz DATE/SITE: 22 Dec Phoenix, Ariz. AIRCRAFT & REGN: A320 of America West (US Awys) CIRCUMSTANCES: 2 flybys to ensure the gear locked down and then made a safe landing DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 150 pax +5 PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Flight 706 from Baltimore to Sky Harbor had an unsafe NLG indication DATE/SITE: 22 Dec 1833L Terrace, B.C. AIRCRAFT & REGN: MU-2 of Navair Charter CIRCUMSTANCES: Cargo a/c went down in woods S of the airport in good weather DEATH & INJURY: 2 fatal / 2 o/b PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Regular flight to Vancouver. Navair Charter (of 15 a/c) has ceased ops DATE/SITE: 23 Dec Rochester, N.Y. AIRCRAFT & REGN: 717-200 of AirTran Flt 416 CIRCUMSTANCES: The a/c's nose wheel slipped off the taxiway after landing at Rochester. DEATH & INJURY: Nil PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Baltimore to Rochester, N.Y. The taxiway was covered in ice. Towed out DATE/SITE: 23 Dec Boston Logan A/P AIRCRAFT & REGN: 717 of Midwest Flt 62 CIRCUMSTANCES: Emergency landing due to acrid smoke from overheated avionics DEATH & INJURY: Nil PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: The a/ c was evacuated at the gate. Pilot identified a faulty display as the source DATE/SITE: 23 Dec Caspian Sea 30 kms North of Baku AIRCRAFT & REGN: AN-140 of Azerbaijani Airlines FltJ2217 CIRCUMSTANCES: Twin turboprop, enrt to Kazakhstan, crashed into the sea 5 mins after its departure from Baku, Azerbaijan DEATH & INJURY: 18 pax +5 crew fatal PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Pilot's call stated altimeter instruments were lost. Suspect static line trapped water- freezing. AN140's grounded DATE/SITE: 25 Dec ~1900L Halifax, Nova Scotia AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737 of WestJet CIRCUMSTANCES: Rt wing hit the runway on touchdown leaving a significant amount of debris DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 130 pax +6 PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: In dense fog (under investigation by TSB of Canada) DATE/SITE: 25 Dec morning Mostar Herzegovina AIRCRAFT & REGN: C130 of Spanish Airforce CIRCUMSTANCES: The a/c overshot runway end by over 200m on landing in poor visibility DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 60 o/b PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Pax incl Spain's Defense minister Jos Bono - arr from Dubrovnik, Croatia DATE/SITE: 26 Dec Stansted, UK AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-600 of Globespan CIRCUMSTANCES: G-CDRB ended up on the grass at the end of Sat3 while being towed DEATH & INJURY: Nil PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: A/c towed free. Brake-rider engineer was absent from Lseat (down the back) DATE/SITE: 26 Dec Santa Barbara, Calif. AIRCRAFT & REGN: Gulfstream GIV Reg: N540W CIRCUMSTANCES: The a/c returned after windshield was cracked (suspected thermal fatigue) DEATH & INJURY: Nil PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Oprah Winfrey's private jet returned to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport DATE/SITE: 26 Dec 1614L Seattle-Tacoma A/P Washington State AIRCRAFT & REGN: MD80 of Alaska Flt: AK536 Reg: N979AS CIRCUMSTANCES: 20mins out enrt to Burbank a 12"x 6" crease in the fwd fuselage blew out & the aircraft depressurized at 26,000ft DEATH & INJURY: Nil PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Oxy masks dropped down and a/c returned Seattle. Baggage handler had failed to report a blow near cargo-door DATE/SITE: 26 Dec 1430L Baton Rouge Muni AIRCRAFT & REGN: 767-300 of Delta Ship 138 CIRCUMSTANCES: LSU team charter became bogged for 5.5 hrs during taxi for departure DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 201 pax PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Rescue of Louisiana State Univ team mounted by Delta with ship 1701 DATE/SITE: 26 Dec Ft Lauderdale, Fla. AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737 of Continental CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt 737 turned around & re-landed with a pungent odor in the cabin DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 99 pax PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Relief plane conveyed pax to Newark New Jersey a day late DATE/SITE: 27 Dec evening Porto Santo Island Nth of Madeira AIRCRAFT & REGN: A321 of Monarch Flt ZB558 Manch - Tenerife CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot landed and marooned disruptive pax on a very small Atlantic island after a drunken inflight incident DEATH & INJURY: 1 pax marooned 209 happy PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Airline plans to sue male castaway if he returns to Britain from the small island off the North African coast DATE/SITE: 27 Dec 0630L Phoenix, Ariz. AIRCRAFT & REGN: Cessna Citation CIRCUMSTANCES: Landed with unsafe nose-gear - which collapsed on touchdown DEATH & INJURY: 2 uninj / 2 o/b PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Minor damage DATE/SITE: 27 Dec 1250L Los Angeles LAX AIRCRAFT & REGN: A318 of Frontier Reg: N807FR CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt 263 made an emerg landing with an unlocked cargo door indication DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 119 o/b PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: John Wayne A/P Santa Ana to Denver Colo. DATE/SITE: 28 Dec 1240L Cardiff, Wales AIRCRAFT & REGN: 747 of BA 176 Repositioning flt CIRCUMSTANCES: JFK to Heathrow flt 176 divtd into Cardiff (smoke and fumes in cabin) DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 17 +2pax PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: 2 company pax only. A/c repositioning after prior birdstrike on approach JFK DATE/SITE: 28 Dec Fiumicino, Rome It AIRCRAFT & REGN: 767 of BA Flt: BA633 CIRCUMSTANCES: Divtd after hydraulic & comms problems plus smoke in cockpit DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 167 o/b PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Larnaca Cyprus to Heathrow flight DATE/SITE: 28 Dec 1407L Truckee Tahoe Ca AIRCRAFT & REGN: Learjet 35A Reg: N781RS CIRCUMSTANCES: The a/c turned for low line-up off ILS appch, caught wingtip & crashed DEATH & INJURY: 2 fatal / 2 PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Arriving from Twin Falls Idaho in bad weather. Op by Skyward Aviation DATE/SITE: 28 Dec 0930L Solukhumbu, Nepal AIRCRAFT & REGN: MI-17 of Nepalese Army CIRCUMSTANCES: Helo made an emergency landing in rough terrain 25kms from Mt Everest base-camp injuring all on board DEATH & INJURY: 14 inj PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Helo was carrying a technical team to repair a damaged helo in Namche Army barracks DATE/SITE: 28 Dec Khabarovsk, Russia AIRCRAFT & REGN: Tupolev 214 of Dalavia Airlines CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c held over east Khabarovsk for 5 hours burning off due to a gear prob DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 154 pax +9 PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Bound Moscow. Undercarriage failed to retract after takeoff DATE/SITE: 28 Dec ~0200L Osaka, Japan AIRCRAFT & REGN: MD11 of FedEx Flt: FDX128 CIRCUMSTANCES: Freighter diverted in with a fuel transfer problem indication at 1250L DEATH & INJURY: Nil PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Anchorage, Alaska, to Hong Kong DATE/SITE: 29 Dec ~1900L Chicago Midway AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737 of SWA Flt: 111 CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt divtd into O'Hare after ingesting a bird on takeoff from Midway A/P DEATH & INJURY: Nil PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Bound Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Flight needed the longer O'Hare r'way DATE/SITE: 29 Dec Moscow, Russia AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-300 of Air Malta 9H-ABT Flt KM-575 CIRCUMSTANCES: Cabin smoke on departing Domodedovo A/P was said due ingestion of de-icer fluid & flt continued to Malta. DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 142 pax PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Some residual fluid was also observed after landing in Malta DATE/SITE: 29 Dec night JFK, New York AIRCRAFT & REGN: 747-400 of BA Flt BA116 CIRCUMSTANCES: The a/c returned shortly after takeoff with an engine fire DEATH & INJURY: Nil / ~300 pax PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Heathrow bound DATE/SITE: 30 Dec ~1407L Columbus, Ohio AIRCRAFT & REGN: CRJ of Pinnacle Airlines Flt5708 CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c divtd into Columbus Ohio with low engine oil pressure DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 43 pax +3 PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/020106.htm: Other a/c conveyed pax to destination Memphis, Tenn. 1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by National Transportation Safety Boards. 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)