Tag: NTSB investigation
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A Pilot Flew to 15,000 Feet With His Three-Year-Old Daughter Before Their Plane Crashed Into Colorado Mountains, Leaving Investigators Searching for Answers After Tragic Final Flight
A tragic plane crash in Boulder County, Colorado, has raised serious questions about a flight that reportedly involved a pilot and his three-year-old daughter. The pilot, identified as 43-year-old Aaron Gingrich, was flying a Diamond Aircraft DA40, registration N162GL, when the aircraft crashed near Eldorado Springs on October 5, 2026. Both the pilot and the…
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Catalina Island Helicopter Crash Claims Three Lives: Former Marine One Pilot, Veteran Flight Nurse and 45-Year-Old Patient Identified After Tragic Ocean Plunge
A tragic medical helicopter crash off California’s Catalina Island has claimed three lives, leaving families and the aviation medical community in mourning. On September 30, a REACH Air Medical Services Eurocopter EC135 P2 crashed into the ocean shortly after taking off from Pebbly Beach heliport, just before 8 p.m. The helicopter was carrying five people,…
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Two Men Identified After Fatal Upstate NY Plane Crash; Pilot and Passenger Killed Following Suspected Mechanical Failure
A small plane crash in the Town of Enfield, New York, has claimed the lives of two men who shared a deep passion for aviation. The victims were identified as 52-year-old David Kornreich, the aircraft’s owner and a physics professor at Cornell University and Ithaca College, and 31-year-old Andrew R. Harrell, a passenger who was…
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Deadly Plane Crash Near Ithaca: Two People Killed After Aircraft Reportedly Had Mechanical Issues
A small aircraft crashed near Ithaca, New York, on Sunday afternoon, killing both people on board. The crash happened in the town of Enfield, near North Applegate Road, shortly after the aircraft departed Ithaca Airport. According to the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office, the 1977 Lake LA-4-200 had been cleared for takeoff at 11:24 a.m. and…
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On This Day In 1986: A Small Piper Strucka Jet’s Tail-And 82 People Were Killedin One of America’s Most Shocking Mid-Air Collisions
On August 31, 1986, Aeroméxico Flight 498 was approaching Los Angeles when a routine arrival suddenly became one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Southern California. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, carrying 58 passengers and six crew members, was descending toward Los Angeles International Airport after flying from Mexico City via several stops. At almost exactly…
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NTSB Reveals New Details in Fatal Oklahoma Plane Crash: Aircraft Entered Nose-Low Turn Shortly After Takeoff, No Pre-Impact Flight-Control Failure Found
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report into the August 2 crash of a Beech E18S near Guymon, Oklahoma, which killed the pilot. According to the report, the aircraft had just departed Guymon Municipal Airport at about 4:06 p.m. after taking on 211.7 gallons of fuel and adding oil to both…
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Two More Victims, Joseph Palmer and Tom Fisher, Identified After Cape Newenham Tragedy As Alaska Plane Crash Kills 8
Two More Victims Identified in Fatal Southwest Alaska Plane Crash Two more victims of the deadly Security Aviation charter plane crash in Southwest Alaska have been identified. The aircraft crashed near a military radar site on Cape Newenham on August 20, killing all eight people aboard. The latest victims were Joseph “Joe” Palmer and Tom…
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On This Day In 2001: Aaliyah’s Cessna 402B Crashed Just 200 Feet From The Runway After Taking Off More Than 900 Pounds Overweight, Killing All 9 On Board
On August 25, 2001, a small twin-engine aircraft carrying 22-year-old R&B singer and actress Aaliyah and eight other people crashed moments after taking off from Marsh Harbour Airport in the Bahamas. The Cessna 402B, registered N8097W and operated by Blackhawk International Airways, was heading for Opa-Locka Airport near Miami, Florida, after Aaliyah and her entourage…
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Alaska Plane Crash: Fire Protection Engineer, Mechanical Engineer & Air Force Officer Among 8 Killed
A chartered security aviation flight carrying eight people crashed near the remote Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site in western Alaska on August 20, killing everyone on board. The twin-engine turboprop Cessna Conquest, operated by Security Aviation and chartered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was carrying two pilots and six passengers when it…
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Plane That Crashed In Southwest Alaska, Killing 8, Was On Second Attempt To Land In Foggy Conditions
A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed Thursday near a remote U.S. military radar site in Southwest Alaska, killing everyone on board. The Security Aviation twin-engine Cessna Conquest had departed Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport at about 9:15 a.m. and was attempting to land at the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport when it…
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