SMALL PLANE CRASHES KEEP FAA VERY BUSY: FAA comes to Alabama to investigate plane crash

 

APRIL 28, 2015

 

SYLACAUGA, Ala.

The FAA came to Alabama Tuesday to investigate a plane crash.

The federal agency is trying to find out why a small plane crash-landed in a motel parking lot.

The crash happened Monday in Sylacauga, off of Highway 280. Officials say the small plane's pilot was practicing runway approaches when the incident occurred.

Tony Sanders witnessed the crash-landing. He describes the event.

"You can see the landing gear barely touch the trees, got into the power lines then that's when it curled around and hit the ground," Sanders said.

No one was hurt in the crash. Airport officials say the plane may have had engine trouble, forcing an emergency landing.

Date:	27-APR-2015
Time:	15:00+
Type:	Diamond DA20-C1 Eclipse
Owner/operator:	Ken Graham Holdings LLC
Registration:	N248ME
C/n / msn:	C0267
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	Substantial
Location:	Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (KSCD), Sylacauga, AL -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Sylacauga Muni (KSCD)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The aircraft force landed to a commercial parking lot shortly after takeoff from Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (KSCD), Sylacauga, Alabama. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the two occupants onboard were not injured. Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=175723 http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2015/04/small_plane_crashes_in_parking.html
http://www.ksla.com/story/28911079/sylacauga-airport-confirms-small-plane-crash-off-of-hwy-280
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=248ME
http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6497707

72-YEAR OLD PILOT INJURED IN ROCHESTER, WA CESSNA 170B PLANE CRASH

APRIL 28, 2015

ROCHESTER, WASH.

A 72-year-old pilot is hurt, but alive after his Cessna crash landed in Thurston County. 

Deputies responded to the crash at 6200 216th Lane Southwest.  The Cessna 170 was en route to Chehalis when it crashed.

The pilot was the only person on board.

He was sent to Harborview Medical Center.

Date:	28-APR-2015
Time:	11:00
Type:	Cessna 170B
Owner/operator:
Registration:
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	Unknown
Location:	South of Ground Mounds, WA -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Spanaway, WA
Destination airport:	Chehalis, WA

Narrative:
The aircraft force landed to open, long grass terrain south of Grand Mound, Washington. The airplane sustained unreported damage and the sole pilot onboard received serious injuries.

Sources: 

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=175744
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/04/28/small-plane-crashes-in-south-thurston-county/26524549/
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Pilot-injured-in-small-plane-crash-in-Rochester-301588581.html?mobile=y

1 DEAD AFTER FIERY HEAD-ON CRASH OF A CAR WITH MILK TRUCK IN WISCONSIN

APRIL 28, 2015

BARRON COUNTY, WIS.

One person is dead after a vehicle crashed head-on into a milk truck in Wisconsin.

Authorities say the accident happened around 6:24 a.m. on Tuesday near Cumberland.

Investigators say a vehicle driving west on Highway 48 crossed the centerline into the path of the milk truck that was heading east.

When authorities arrived on scene, both vehicles were engulfed in flames.

The driver of the vehicle was killed in the crash. The driver of the milk truck did not report any injuries.

Neither vehicle had occupants.

Highway 48, near 3rd Street, was closed for about three hours while Wisconsin State Patrol officers investigated the crash.

The name of the driver killed is being withheld pending family notification.

The crash remains under investigation.

EMS WORKERS FACE HIGH RISK OF DEATH OR INJURY: NURSE DIES FALLING FROM MEDICAL HELICOPTER (TRAVIS COUNTY STAR FLIGHT) DURING RESCUE

APRIL 28, 2015

TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS

A rescuer was killed yesterday when she fell from a medical helicopter while attempting to save a woman from an Austin hiking trail. 

Kristin McLain was 46 and a nurse for a 24-hour aerial emergency service company called Travis County STAR Flight. 

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the death and the scene of the incident, a safety board spokesman said. The NTSB will look at several factors such as flight history, weather conditions, and issues related to crew performance, including fatigue, training, workload and equipment design.

According to the Austin American-Statesman, officials said on Monday, STAR Flight responded about 8:25 p.m. to a rescue of a woman who had fallen in the Barton Creek Greenbelt, an Austin park. 

When they arrived, firefighters and paramedics decided to remove her from the park by placing her on a hoist attached to the helicopter.

At about 9:50 p.m., McLain was helping pull the woman into the helicopter when she fell from the hoist and died, Travis County officials said.

The female patient was rescued and taken to an area hospital with injuries not considered to be life-threatening.

McLain had worked for seven years as a registered nurse with STAR Flight. She was a member of a staff that includes, paramedics, registered nurses and technicians.

Officials said that in the 30 years since STAR Flight has served the area, this is the first on-duty death.

We are saddened to say that a STAR Flight crew member lost her life while conducting a rescue.On April 27, STAR Flight...

Posted by Travis County STAR Flight on Monday, April 27, 2015

Date:	27-APR-2015
Time:	c2150LT
Type:	Eurocopter EC145
Owner/operator:	STAR Flight
Registration:
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	None
Location:	Barton Creek Green Belt area, SW Austin, TX -   United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Ambulance
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

 

Narrative:
A medical crew-member received fatal injuries during a fall from during a rescue winching operation in the Barton Creek Green Belt area of southwest Austin, Texas. The helicopter was not damaged and no other injuries were reported as a result of the operation performed in gusting winds conditions. The casualty remained attached to the hoist cable.

 
Sources: 

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=175734 http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/rescuer-falls-from-helicopter-near-greenbelt-area/nk4mn/
http://kxan.com/2015/04/28/ntsb-investigating-starflight-nurses-death-in-greenbelt-fall/
http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:95:0::NO::P95_EVENT_LCL_DATE,P95_LOC_CITY_NAME,P95_REGIST_NBR:28-APR-15,AUSTIN,STAR%20FLIGHT%201
https://starflight.traviscountytx.gov
https://www.facebook.com/STARFlightRescue/posts/806065439484785
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flight-nurse-suffers-fatal-fall-midst-texas-air-rescue-n349481
http://kxan.com/2015/04/27/starflight-rescuer-falls-from-helicopter-into-greenbelt/

FATAL CRASH INVOLVING THREE SEMITRAILERS AND A COMMERCIAL VAN ON I-71 TAKES THE LIFE OF THE VAN DRIVER IN OHIO

APRIL 28, 2015

TURTLECREEK TWP., OHIO

Interstate 71 South has reopened after Tuesday morning’s fatal crash involving three semitrailers and a commercial van halted traffic for hours, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

The driver of the van, 51-year-old Ronald Hoeffler Jr. of Lebanon, Ohio died at the scene, according to the patrol.

The three semitrailer drivers — Mitchell Patterson, 53, of Mentor; David Jenson, 29, of Dayton and Antonio Brown, 44, of Vero Beach, Fla., were not injured.

According to the preliminary investigation, traffic was backing up on I-71 due to a lane closure for the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge construction project and all four vehicles were in the right lane.

Hoeffler was stopped behind a semi when another semi rear-ended Hoeffler’s van, forcing it off the right side of the road.

The third semi swerved left to avoid the crash, but struck the two other trailers, according to the patrol.

Charges are pending the completion of the investigation.

The accident was near the intersection with Ohio 73. Troopers first responded about 9:45 a.m.