Accident articles related to Aviation
Officials in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, responded to a plane crash on Sunday morning. The crash occurred on a property owned by Phil Davis. Two passengers were injured and airlifted to a nearby hospital.
The pilot and the passenger of a small aircraft died after their plane crashed into a lake in Hickory, North Carolina. The crash occurred shortly after taking off from the Hickory Regional Airport. Both pilot and passenger were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two people were killed and two others injured in a midair collision at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The incident involved a Rotorway 162F helicopter and an ELA Eclipse 10 gyrocopter. The victims were attending the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual fly-in convention in Oshkosh.
Jim Tweto, a noted bush pilot and member of the reality show “Flying Wild Alaska,” has died in a plane crash in Alaska. Tweto, 68, was identified as the pilot, while his passenger was identified as hunting and fishing guide Shane Reynolds, 45, of Orofino, Idaho.
35-year-old Christopher Caruana of Grand Island died in a plane crash near Braley Road in the Town of Porter on Sunday afternoon. The Harmon Rocket airplane collided with trees and power lines before crashing into a cornfield. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
A fatal plane crash in York County left one passenger dead and the pilot seriously injured. The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on the incident, stating that there was only a pint of fuel left between the two gas tanks after the crash.