Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Flight Type:

Private

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Kasane – Gaborone

Location:

Gaborone-Seretse Khama

South-East District

Country:

Botswana

Region:

Africa

Crew on board:

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Pax on board:

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Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

Upon landing at Gaborone-Seretse Khama Airport, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, flipped over and crashed, coming to rest upside down on the runway edge. All five occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed. The aircraft type is not confirmed.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-28TD in Gdynia Babie Doly AFB: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 2009 at 1645 LT

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-28

Operator:

Registration:

1007

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Site:

Pomeranian Voivodeship (Pomorskie)

Schedule:

Gdynia-Babie Doły - Gdynia-Babie Doły

MSN:

AJHP1-01

YOM:

1997

Location:

Gdynia-Babie Doły AFB

Country:

Poland

Region:

Europe

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Aircraft flight hours:

1500

Circumstances:

The crew was completing a training sortie at Gdynia-Babie Doły AFB. On final approach with one engine voluntarily inoperative, the aircraft stalled at low speed. The crew elected to make a go around but the aircraft hit trees at the end of the runway and crashed. All four occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

The pilot in command was under instruction and was joining the circle to perform the final approach with one engine inoperative. He selected full flaps on final, which is against the procedure published in the AFM that requires a maximum flaps of 25°. It was also determined that the pilot in command failed to maintain directional control when power was added to attempt a go-around procedure. On his part, the flight instructor failed to take over the control of the aircraft.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-134AK at Dolinsk-Sokol AFB

Date & Time: Mar 26, 2009

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev TU-134

Operator:

Registration:

RA-65981

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

63250

YOM:

1980

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

On take off roll at dusk during heavy snow falls, the aircraft veered off runway to the left and collided with a snow mound (1,2 meter high). The nose gear was torn off while both main gears collapsed. All occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was used for the Far East Command.

Probable cause:

It appears that runway was not properly cleaned from snow prior to takeoff.

Crash of a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F in Tokyo: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 2009 at 0649 LT

Type of aircraft:

McDonnell Douglas MD-11

Operator:

Registration:

N526FE

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Guangzhou - Tokyo

MSN:

48600/560

YOM:

1993

Flight number:

FDX080

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Captain / Total flying hours:

8132

Captain / Total hours on type:

3648.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

5248

Copilot / Total hours on type:

879

Aircraft flight hours:

40767

Aircraft flight cycles:

7131

Circumstances:

Aircraft bounced repeatedly during landing on Runway 34L at Narita International Airport. During the course of bouncing, its left wing was broken and separated from the fuselage attaching point and the airplane caught fire. The airplane rolled over to the left being engulfed in flames, swerved off the runway to the left and came to rest inverted in a grass area. The Pilot in Command (PIC) and the First Officer (FO) were on board the airplane, and both of them suffered fatal injuries. The airplane was destroyed and the post-crash fire consumed most parts.

Probable cause:

In this accident, when the airplane landed on Runway 34L at Narita International Airport, it fell into porpoising. It is highly probable that the left wing fractured as the load transferred from the left MLG to the left wing structure on the third touchdown surpassed the design limit (ultimate load). It is highly probable that a fire broke out as the fuel spillage from the left wing caught fire, and the airplane swerved left off the runway rolling to the left and came to rest inverted on the grass area. The direct causes which the airplane fell into the porpoise phenomenon are as follows:
a. Large nose-down elevator input at the first touchdown resulted in a rapid nose down motion during the first bounce, followed by the second touchdown on the NLG with negative pitch attitude. Then the pitch angle rapidly increased by the ground reaction force, causing the larger second bounce, and
b. The PF‘s large elevator input in an attempt to control the airplane without thrust during the second bounce. In addition, the indirect causes are as follows:
a. Fluctuating airspeed, pitch attitude due to gusty wind resulted in an approach with a large sink rate,
b. Late flare with large nose-up elevator input resulted in the first bounce and
c. Large pitch attitude change during the bounce possibly made it difficult for the crewmembers to judge airplane pitch attitude and airplane height relative to the ground (MLG height above the runway).
d. The PM‘s advice, override and takeover were not conducted adequately. It is somewhat likely that, if the fuse pin in the MLG support structure had failed and the MLG had been separated in the overload condition in which the vertical load is the primary component, the damage to the fuel tanks would have been reduced to prevent the fire from developing rapidly. It is probable that the fuse pin did not fail because the failure mode was not assumed under an overload condition in which the vertical load is the primary component due to the interpretation of the requirement at the time of type certification for the MD-11 series airplanes.

Final Report:

Crash of a Pilatus PC-12/45 in Butte: 14 killed

Date & Time: Mar 22, 2009 at 1430 LT

Type of aircraft:

Pilatus PC-12

Operator:

Eagle Cap Leasing

Registration:

N128CM

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Private

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Oroville - Bozeman

MSN:

403

YOM:

2001

Location:

Butte

Montana

Country:

United States of America

Region:

North America

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Captain / Total flying hours:

8840

Captain / Total hours on type:

1760.00

Aircraft flight hours:

1916

Circumstances:

On March 22, 2009, about 1432 mountain daylight time, a Pilatus PC-12/45, N128CM, was diverting to Bert Mooney Airport (BTM), Butte, Montana, when it crashed about 2,100 feet west of runway 33 at BTM. The pilot and the 13 airplane passengers were fatally injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged by impact forces and a post crash fire. The airplane was owned by Eagle Cap Leasing of Enterprise, Oregon, and was operating as a personal flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The flight departed Oroville Municipal Airport, Oroville, California, on an instrument flight rules flight plan with a destination of Gallatin Field, Bozeman, Montana. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

Probable cause:

(1) the pilot’s failure to ensure that a fuel system icing inhibitor was added to the fuel before the flights on the day of the accident;
(2) his failure to take appropriate remedial actions after a low fuel pressure state (resulting from icing within the fuel system) and a lateral fuel imbalance developed, including diverting to a suitable airport before the fuel imbalance became extreme; and
(3) a loss of control while the pilot was maneuvering the left-wing-heavy airplane near the approach end of the runway.

Final Report:

Crash of a Grumman E-2C Hawkeye at Chambers Field NAS

Date & Time: Mar 19, 2009

Type of aircraft:

Grumman E-2C Hawkeye

Operator:

Registration:

165818

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Site:

Norfolk-Chambers Field NAS

MSN:

A189

Location:

Virginia

Country:

United States of America

Region:

North America

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

After touchdown at Norfolk-Chambers Field NAS, a tyre burst. The crew lost control of the airplane that veered off runway and collided with an arrestor gear engine. There were no casualties.

Probable cause:

Loss of control upon landing after a tyre burst.

Crash of a McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 in Jakarta

Date & Time: Mar 9, 2009 at 1535 LT

Type of aircraft:

McDonnell Douglas MD-90

Operator:

Registration:

PK-LIL

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Ujung Pandang - Jakarta

MSN:

53573/2182

YOM:

1997

Flight number:

LNI793

Location:

Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta

Banten

Country:

Indonesia

Region:

Asia

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

166

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Captain / Total flying hours:

25000

Captain / Total hours on type:

5000.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

5000

Copilot / Total hours on type:

800

Aircraft flight hours:

18695

Aircraft flight cycles:

14507

Circumstances:

Lion Mentari Airline (Lion Air) as flight number LNI-793, departed from Sultan Hasanuddin Airport (WAAA), Makassar, Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi at 0636 UTC for Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (WIII), Jakarta. The estimated flight hour from Makassar to Jakarta was 2 hours. The crew consisted of two pilots and four flight attendants. There were 166 adult passengers. The copilot was the pilot flying for the sector, and the pilot in command (PIC) was the support/monitoring pilot. During the approach to runway 25L at Jakarta, the weather at the airport was reported as wind direction 200 degrees, wind speed 20 knots, visibility 1,000 meters, and rain. The PIC reported that he decided to take over control from the copilot. The PIC later reported that he had the runway in sight passing through 1,000 feet on descent, and he disengaged the autopilot at 400 feet. At about 50 feet the aircraft drifted to the right and the PIC initiated corrective action to regain the centreline. The aircraft touched down to the left of the runway 25L centerline and then commenced to drift to the right. The PIC reported that he immediately commenced corrective action by using thrust reverser, but the aircraft increasingly crabbed along the runway with the tail to the right of runway heading. The investigation subsequently found that the right thrust reverser was deployed, but left thrust reverser was not deployed. The aircraft stopped at 0835 on the right side of the runway 25L, 1,095 meters from the departure end of the runway on a heading of 152 degrees; 90 degrees to the runway 25L track. The main landing gear wheels collapsed, and still attached to the aircraft, were on the shoulder of the runway and the nose wheel was on the runway. The passengers and crew disembarked via the front right escape slide and right emergency exit windows. None of the occupants were injured

Probable cause:

The aircraft was not stabilized approach at 100 feet above the runway.

Final Report:

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2T in Volosovo

Date & Time: Mar 7, 2009

Type of aircraft:

PZL-Mielec AN-2

Operator:

Registration:

RF-01206

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Skydiving / Paratroopers

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Volosovo - Volosovo

MSN:

1G98-22

YOM:

1968

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

45 seconds after takeoff, while climbing, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a snow covered field. The pilot and all 10 skydivers escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a GAF Nomad N.22B at Lop Buri AFB: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 6, 2009 at 1000 LT

Type of aircraft:

GAF Nomad N.22

Operator:

Registration:

L9-5/25

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Site: