Tag: NTSB investigation
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On This Day In 1995: Flight 529 Crashed After A Propeller Blade Failed At 18,100 Feet – 8 People Died; Fatigue And Corrosion Were Blamed
On August 21, 1995, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 departed Atlanta, Georgia, for Gulfport, Mississippi, carrying 26 passengers and three crew members aboard an Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia, registration N256AS. What began as a routine regional flight turned into a desperate emergency when a propeller blade broke apart at 18,100 feet, leaving the aircraft struggling to…
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Charter Cessna 441 Crashes At Remote Alaska Radar Site, Killing 8 Aboard During Flight To Cape Newenham
Charter Cessna 441 Crash at Remote Alaska Radar Site Kills All 8 Aboard. A charter aircraft crashed Thursday at the remote Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport in western Alaska, killing all eight people aboard. The Cessna 441 had departed Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and was flying to Cape Newenham when it crashed…
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Pilot Dies After Cessna Veers Into Pennsylvania State Police Helicopter At Carlisle Airport, Injuring Two Troopers During Training Exercises
A training exercise at Pennsylvania’s Carlisle Airport turned tragic Wednesday evening when a small Cessna suddenly veered into a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, killing the plane’s pilot and injuring two troopers. Authorities said the Cessna was traveling along the runway when, for reasons not yet known, it suddenly veered sharply to the right and struck…
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On This Day In 1993: A Fatigued DC-8 Banked Nearly 90 Degrees & Crashed And Destroyed By Fire At Guantánamo Bay – Yet Amazingly, All 3 Crew Members Survived With No Fatalities
On August 18, 1993, American International Airways Flight 808 was approaching the U.S. Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, when a routine cargo flight turned into a terrifying loss of control. The three experienced crew members survived a crash that destroyed the Douglas DC-8-61, but the investigation uncovered something far more disturbing than a simple…
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Family’s 500-Mile Search Ends In Tragedy: Homebuilt Plane Found Submerged After Pilot Vanishes Returning From Oshkosh
A heartbreaking search spanning more than 500 miles has ended in tragedy after a missing pilot’s homebuilt aircraft was discovered submerged in a body of water near Lawton, Iowa, following an intensive multi-agency search. The pilot, 64-year-old Dennis Elkins of Erie, Colorado, was the only person on board the aircraft. Elkins had departed Oshkosh, Wisconsin,…
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How Heroic Boaters Help Save All 11 Aboard Kenmore Air Flight 140 After Seaplane Crash Near Sucia Island
A remarkable civilian rescue effort is being credited with saving all 11 people aboard Kenmore Air Flight 140 after a de Havilland DHC-3 Otter floatplane crashed along the rocky shoreline of Sucia Island, Washington, on Thursday. The aircraft, flying from Seattle’s Lake Union to Roche Harbor in the San Juan Islands, reportedly encountered rapidly changing…
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Two Planes Nearly Collided In Boston After A False Alarm And A Controller Forgot Who He Cleared For Takeoff: The NTSB Reports
A newly released preliminary NTSB report has revealed how two commercial airliners narrowly avoided a catastrophic collision at Boston Logan International Airport on June 20 after a chain of errors involving a false cockpit warning and air traffic control confusion. According to investigators, Delta Air Lines Flight 2351, a Boeing 737, had been cleared to…
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He Switched Flights, Then Watched Friends Survive Kenmore Air Crash Near Sucia Island
A planned summer fishing trip to Washington’s San Juan Islands turned into a remarkable survival story after Cody Gibson changed his travel plans just one day before departure, unknowingly avoiding the Kenmore Air floatplane that crashed near Sucia Island on Thursday. Gibson had originally been booked on Kenmore Air Flight 140 with his friends but…
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Plane Bounced On Runway Before Hitting Trees In Piseco, Killing Pilot, According To NTSB Report
New details have emerged about the fatal crash of a Cessna 182 at Piseco Airport in New York’s Adirondack region, with a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report revealing the aircraft bounced multiple times on the runway before leaving the airfield and crashing into nearby trees. The accident occurred on July 12, 2026, and…
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FBI Documents Revealed: Egyptian Terrorist Organization Claimed Responsibility For 1996 Plane Crash Which Killed 230 Onboard
Nearly 30 years after the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800, newly released FBI documents have reignited one of aviation’s most controversial mysteries. On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 en route from New York to Paris, exploded just minutes after takeoff over the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, killing all 230…
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