Tag: FAA investigation
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Police Id Young Pilot Killed In Westerly Plane Crash While Attempting To Land At Westerly Airport
Authorities have released the name of the pilot killed in a plane crash Monday near Westerly State Airport. First responders located a single-engine Cessna C172 Skyhawk around noon that had crashed in a field just short of the runway. The pilot, identified by police as 21-year-old Isaac Seekell, of Charlestown, was taken to Westerly Hospital,…
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Cessna 172 Crashes At Westerly Airport, One Dead
A pilot in his 20s is dead after the plane he was flying crashed late Monday morning just outside of Westerly State Airport. Initial reports indicate the plane was coming in for a landing when the crash occurred. “The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate,” the FAA said in a statement. “The…
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Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Ocean City Beach, MD, After Pilot Encountered Problems With Aircraft
A plane made an emergency landing on the beach near 94th St. in Ocean City around 5:30 p.m. Monday, according to the Ocean City Fire Department. “We turned to the right, and there is a plane crash landing about a foot over our heads,” says Skyler Cook, who was on the beach during the emergency.…
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American Airlines CRJ-900LR, With 76 Passengers Onboard, Makes Emergency Landing After Smoke Detected In The Cabin
An American Airlines regional jet, An Bombardier CRJ-900LR with 76 Passengers including a congressman on board made an emergency landing and evacuated on the tarmac on Friday after smoke was reported in the cabin moments before landing. American Eagle flight 5318, operated by PSA Airlines, was flying to Kansas City from Ronald Reagan Washington National…
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2 Onboard Dead After Piper PA-28-180B Cherokee Archer Crashes Into Akron Home, OH
Two people are dead after a plane crashed into an Akron home on Thursday afternoon. The crash occurred around 3:45 p.m. in the 2000 block of Canterbury Circle, a residential neighborhood in the southern part of the city. Akron Fire said both of the deceased were located inside the aircraft. No one in the house…
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All 4 Onboard Medical Transport Plane Feared Dead Near New Mexico. The Beechcraft C90 King Air Crashed Near Wooded Area Starting Fire
All four people on board a small medical plane were killed when the flight crashed near Ruidoso, New Mexico, early Thursday (14-May-2026), according to a local official. The Beechcraft King Air 90 had departed from Roswell Air Center and was headed to Sierra Blanca Regional Airport when it crashed around 4 a.m. local time, the…
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Veteran Maine Game Warden Dies In Franklin County Plane Crash – Becoming 16th Game Warden To Die In The Line Of Duty In Agency’s 146-Year History
A Maine Warden Service pilot died Tuesday in a plane crash near Schoolhouse Pond in Avon, becoming the 16th game warden to die in the line of duty in the agency’s 146-year history, according to Mark Latti, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Joshua Tibbetts was alone in the plane at…
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American Airlines Flight From Miami Lands In Chicago With Two Flat Main Landing Gear Tires
An American Airlines flight from Miami landed at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport with two flat tires. The FAA said the American Airlines flight 791, a Boeing 737, landed safely at O’Hare Airport at 10:30 p.m. and crew members reported a flat main landing gear tire. The Boeing 737 departed from Miami International Airport. Passengers told they…
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10 People Rescued After Beechcraft 300 King Air Crashes In The Atlantic Ocean, Off The Coast Of Florida
A small plane crashed off the coast of Florida on Tuesday afternoon (12 May 2026), and all 10 people on board were rescued, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesperson said the Beechcraft BE30 crashed in the ocean 50 miles east of Vero Beach Regional Airport in Florida around 12:05…
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A Cross-Country Southwest Flight’s Windshield Cracked At 37,000 Feet And Forced A Diversion
A Southwest Airlines flight diverted after the plane’s windshield cracked in midair. Monday’s Flight 2665 took off from Albuquerque around 2 p.m., about 20 minutes behind schedule. It was set to land in Baltimore about three and a half hours later. However, data from Flightradar24 shows that just over an hour into the journey and…
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