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1996 Plane crashs accidents 
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Date:	12-JAN-1996   Rego 261  
Time:	16:45
Type:	Piper J2
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N17261
MSN:	927
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Lancaster, CA -    United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
The pilot was performing touch-and-go landings at a private dirt airstrip. 
A pilot witness observed the airplane turning from crosswind to downwind at what appeared to be 
a slow airspeed at an estimated altitude of 250 feet agl. The witness said the airplane appeared to stall, 
roll off on the left wing, and pitch down into the ground. Ground impact signatures indicated that 
the airplane rotated about 180 degrees after stalling. The weather was VFR with calm winds. 
No preimpact discrepancies were found during an examination of the aircraft and engine. 
CAUSE: failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, while maneuvering from crosswind 
to downwind after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin and collision with terrain.
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Date:	18-JAN-1996   Time 154-  Rego  593-  
Time:	15:45
Type:	Silhouette image of generic P28A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Piper PA-28-140
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N5934U
MSN:	2826827
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Harwich, MA -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Chatham, MA (CQX)
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
The non-instrument rated pilot departed on a local flight under VFR conditions. About 1.7 hours after departure, 
witnesses observed the airplane flying south towards the shore line in and out of clouds, about 700 feet above the ground. 
The airplane turned east when it reached the shore line, paralleled the coast, and reentered the clouds. 
The airplane was found submerged in water, 1 mile further east. Examination of the wreckage revealed no pre-impact failure 
of the airframe or engine. The departure airport weather was IFR until 1200, and the pilot departed 
about 1400, under a 12,000 foot ceiling and 10 miles visibility. The airport weather returned to a 200 foot ceiling 
and 3/4 mile visibility, about 1500. There was no record of the pilot obtaining a weather briefing or filing a flight plan. 
CAUSE: the pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue flight under visual flight rules, 
while flying into instrument meteorological conditions. Also causal was the pilot's failure 
to maintain control of the airplane after entering IMC, which resulted in the subsequent collision with the water. 
A factor in this accident was that the pilot was not instrument rated.
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Date:	19-JAN-1996  Rego 888  MSN:  1541  
Time:	19:30 EST
Type:	Silhouette image of generic MU2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Marquise
Owner/operator:	Benskin Brothers Inc
Registration:	N888TP
MSN:	1541SA
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Allentown-Bethlehem Easton International Airport, Pennsylvania -    United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (WBW/K
Destination airport:	Allentown-Bethlehem Easton International Airport, Pennsylvania (ABE/KA
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
On January 18, 1996, about 19:30 EST (Eastern Standard Time), a Mitsubishi MU-2B-6, N888TP, registered to a private owner, 
operating as a 14 CFR Part 91, business flight, and crashed in the vicinity of Allentown, Pennsylvania. 
Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan had been filed. 
The flight had departed Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, en route to Allentown at 19:00 EST. 
The private pilot received minor injuries, and the two passengers were not injured.

The flight was on the ILS approach to runway 6, broke out of the clouds at 500 feet, and then re-entered the clouds. 
The pilot stated he could not see the runway threshold lights. The airplane had not yet touched down when 
it drifted to right of the runway center line, struck a snow bank located in the grass to the right of the runway, 
between the runway and the taxiway. The pilot stated to the FAA that he was just starting the missed approach 
when the accident occurred.
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Date:	27-JAN-1996   Rego -162 GA  
Time:	01:20
Type:	Silhouette image of generic AEST model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Ted Smith Aerostar 601
Owner/operator:	Grand Air Express
Registration:	N162GA
MSN:	61-0050-95
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mount Storm, WV -    United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	GRR
Destination airport:	ORF
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
On January 27, 1996, at about 0120 eastern standard time (EST), an Aerostar 601, N162GA, lost engine power on 
the right engine during cruise flight and crashed in mountainous terrain near Mount Storm, West Virginia. The pilot, 
the sole occupant, reported serious injuries. The airplane was destroyed. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed 
and an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 135. 
The flight originated from Grand Rapids, Michigan, at approximately 2230. The intended destination was Norfolk, Virginia.

The pilot reported that he was dispatched to fly 108 lbs of automotive parts to Norfolk. He stated that 
he satisfactorily completed a preflight inspection, and confirmed that the airplane had five hours of fuel on board. 
The pilot stated that the airplane had been in cruise flight at 8,000 feet Mean Sea Level (MSL) for about 1 1/4 hours, 
when the right engine lost power. The pilot stated: "...I noticed that the fuel flow was indicating zero. 
Operation of the Boost Pump and repositioning the Fuel Selector had no effect on the fuel flow. 
I followed the Emergency Checklist but was unable to re-start the failed engine. 
I then secured the engine according to the checklist and notified ATC that I had a power plant failure. 
I maintained [best rate of climb, single engine]and the airplane drifted down. When I entered the clouds 
I began to accumulate ice. I declared an emergency and requested vectors to the nearest airport...was unable 
to maintain altitude... ."
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Date:	09-FEB-1996   Rego  -145  
Time:	15:29
Type:	Silhouette image of generic SA30 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too
Owner/operator:	George Simon
Registration:	N1457
MSN:	1
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Kahului, HI -    United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	OGG
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
On February 9, 1996, at 1529 hours Hawaiian standard time, a Stolp Starduster II, N1457, 
collided with the terrain in a sugar cane field off the departure end of runway 2 at the Kahului Airport, Kahului, Hawaii. 
The airplane was destroyed and the certificated private pilot and student pilot passenger received serious injuries. 
The airplane was being operated as a personal flight to demonstrate the airplane to a the new owner. 
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.
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Date:	10-FEB-1996   Rego -126
Time:	09:30
Type:	Silhouette image of generic B105 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
MBB Bo 105CBS-4
Owner/operator:	Era Aviation
Registration:	N126EH
MSN:	S-567
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Gulf of Mexico -    Atlantic Ocean
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Main Pass (MP) 265, GM
Destination airport:	Mobile Bay (MB) 990 , GM
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
Crashed into the sea. Wreckage found 18 days later.
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Date:	16-FEB-1996  Rego 1631--  Struck by Lightning 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic HAR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B-10-MC Harrier II
Owner/operator:	VMA-231 / USMC
Registration:	163195
MSN:	0110
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	West of MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina -    United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	MCAS Cherry Point (KNT/KNKT)
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Crashed after apparently being struck by lightning shortly after takeoff from Cherry Point 
in foggy and windy conditions. The lightning set fire to one wing, then part of the wing broke off.
The aircraft went down in a wooded area west of the airfield during a routine training mission. 
Pilot never ejected from his plane.
Pilot later named as CAPT. RONALD C. WALKERWICZ
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Date:	17-FEB-1996  Rego -395 DS
Time:	14:14
Type:	Silhouette image of generic KR2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Rand Robinson KR-2
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N395DS
MSN:	1394
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	San Diego, CA -    United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	(SDM)
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
The aircraft sat in storage for about 2 years with the wings off. After reassembly, 
the owner asked the pilot to test the aircraft. The ceiling was 1,000' overcast, 
and the pilot elected to fly the aircraft in the traffic pattern. 
The pilot made a short flight around the pattern, then landed and a minor discrepancy was fixed. 
He then departed on a second flight and made several low passes along the runway. 
The aircraft was on downwind when the aircraft owner and other witnesses saw it decelerate as if 
the pilot were exploring the slow flight regime. The aircraft appeared to stall, fall off on the right wing, 
and enter a spin that continued to ground impact. No discrepancies were found during an examination of the airframe and engine. 
The aircraft speed brakes were found extended. Control system continuity was established. 
CAUSE: failure of the pilot to maintain an adequate airspeed margin above stall, while at low altitude 
in the traffic pattern. His decision to explore the slow speed envelope of the aircraft at low altitude was a related factor.
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Date:	19-FEB-1996  Helicopter  Time 145-  MSN: 111--
Time:	14:55
Type:	Silhouette image of generic H500 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Hughes 369D
Owner/operator:	D Bar O Aviation
Registration:	N5141Y
MSN:	1114D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Dweese, NE -    United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	NE
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
The helicopter was being used to place workers and rigging on top of a transmission tower. 
This was the pilot's third flight in this type of operation. He was previously instructed 
that landing on the 'bridge' of the tower was not a desired place to land the helicopter. 
He briefed the work crew indicating that he would let them out on the 'goats peak' and not land on the bridge. 
The helicopter was then observed to takeoff and put one worker off on the north 'goats peak;' however, 
instead of putting the other worker off on the south 'goats peak' the helicopter was observed to 
land on the 'bridge.' After the worker and rigging were off loaded, the helicopter was seen to back off the 'bridge.' 
At that time the main rotor system was seen to strike the tower structure and then the helicopter descended 
to impact the terrain. The wind was estimated by witnesses (at the surface) to be from the southwest at 15 knots. 
CAUSE: the pilot's improper in-flight planning and decision, and his lack of total experience in the type of operation. 
A factor was the crosswind.
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Date:	24-FEB-1996  Military   Rego 163---  
Time:	12:05
Type:	Silhouette image of generic A6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Grumman EA-6B Prowler
Owner/operator:	VAQ-135, US Navy
Registration:	163531
MSN:	P-158
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Pacific Ocean, 150 miles off California coast, near San Diego -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) off coast of California
Destination airport:	NAS Miramar, San Diego, California
Narrative:
EA-6B Prowler BuBo. 163531/NH-624 of VAQ-135, US Navy, based on board the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). 
Crashed February 24 1996 into the Pacific Ocean during a training exercise 150 miles off the California coast near San Diego. 
Two of the four crew were killed: pilot, Lt Thomas R. Francis - Missing, Presumed dead. 
ECMO-1 Lt Cmdr. James M. Dee killed. Lt Charles E. Luttrell and Lt Derrick J. Busse - ejected. 
According to a contemporary newspaper report:
"THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
DATE: Sunday, February 25, 1996
NAVY PROWLER CRASHES; 1 KILLED ONE CREW MEMBER IS MISSING AND 2 ARE INJURED AFTER A JET GOES DOWN OFF CALIFORNIA.
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Date:	29-FEB-1996  Rego  163---  MSN: 136 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic HAR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
Owner/operator:	VMA-311 / USMC
Registration:	163661
MSN:	136
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Chocolate Mountains, CA -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	MCAS Yuma, AZ
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
AV-8B Harrier II 163868 of VMA-311 (tailcode 'WL-25') crashed in the Chocolate Mountains bombing range, 
southern California on a sortie from MCAS Yuma, Arizona: pilot ejected safely
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Date:	01-MAR-1996   Rego 163---   MSN: --136 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic HUCO model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Bell AH-1W Super Cobra
Owner/operator:	United States Marine Corps (USMC)
Registration:	163927
MSN:	29136
Fatalities:	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	-    United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Crashed after tail rotor detaching at 300 meters, resulting in loss of control.
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Date:	17-MAR-1996   Miliatry  Rego  163---  Squadron 22 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic HAWK model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
McDonnell Douglas T-45A Goshawk
Owner/operator:	TW-2, US Navy
Registration:	163645
MSN:	
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Cecil Field NAS, Jacksonville, Florida -    United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	USS John F Kennedy
Destination airport:	Cecil Field NAS, FL
Narrative:
A Navy pilot safely ejected from his T-45A Goshawk, training jet, BuNo 163645, 'B 245', of TW-2, 
during an emergency landing at Cecil Field Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida. 
The pilot, who was not injured, notified officials that two tires on the jet had blown out during 
takeoff from the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy, off Jacksonville.
According to officials he had planned to land the aircraft at Cecil Field without the wheels, 
but ejected after the jet first made contact with the runway. After he ejected, the plane flipped over. 
The pilot was assigned to Training Squadron 22, of Kingsville, Texas. 
The squadron was doing routine training flights off the carrier and onto land
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Date:	19-MAR-1996   Rego  154---
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic H46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing Vertol CH-46E Sea Knight
Owner/operator:	United States Marine Corps (USMC)
Registration:	154821
MSN:	2491
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Yuma AFB, AZ -    United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Aircraft caught fire shortly after takeoff. It was determined that the fire was caused by a hydraulic leak on 
the APU Start Module which sprayed atomized hydraulic fluid into the cooling intake of the 2 Generator. 
The aircraft landed on the over run of Runway 08 and almost burned to the ground before CFR (Crash Fire Rescue) 
could put out the fire.
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Date:	19-MAR-1996  Military   162nd   Rego -361   MSN: 467 
Time:	09:45 EST
Type:	Silhouette image of generic F16 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
General Dynamics F-16C
Owner/operator:	162nd FSqn / 178th FWg Ohio ANG USAF (162nd Fighter Squadronqn / 178th Fighter Wingg Ohio ANG United States Air Force)
Registration:	86-0361
MSN:	5C-467
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Grayling Range, Michigan, at 44'50.31 -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Alpena County Regional Airport (APN/KAPN)
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
F-16C 86-0361 (call sign DOLLAR 11) of the 162nd FS, 186th FW, Ohio Air National Guard, 
USAF was written off on 19 March 1996 when it experienced engine troubles after completing a bombing training mission. 
It crashed into an artillery range at Camp Grayling Army Air Base base, Crawford County, Michigan, 
after the pilot, Capt. Douglas Cligrow, ejected safely.
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Date:	21-MAR-1996  Military  Rego  58   MSN: 58 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic TB30 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Socata TB 30 Epsilon
Owner/operator:	Armée de l'Air
Registration:	58
MSN:	58
Fatalities:	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	near Salon de Provence -    France
Phase:	
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
CNK
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Date:	24-MAR-1996   Time -510  Rego --58  
Time:	15:10
Type:	Silhouette image of generic C150 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 150J
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N5587G
MSN:	15071087
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Warwick, NY -    United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Montgomery, NY (MGJ)
Destination airport:	, NY (N72)
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
The pilot/owner and a certified flight instructor (CFI) flew a 1 hour training flight and terminated at another airport. 
The CFI deplaned to fly with another pilot, while the accident pilot departed for her home field, 
about 14 miles to the south. About 40 minutes later, witnesses observed the airplane about 100 feet above 
the ground and heard the engine sputtering. The airplane crashed in a wooded area, 
about 1 mile southwest of the destination airport. Two large fields were located on both sides of the wooded area. 
Examination of the fuselage revealed no preimpact failure of the airframe, and the flaps were found retracted. 
The engine was test run satisfactorily. The wing fuel tanks were not ruptured; the right tank contained 1.25 gallons; 
and the left tank contained .58 gallons of fuel. The owner's manual listed 3.5 gallons of fuel unusable. 
The pilot had not flown in 4 months, and about 47 months had elapsed since her last biennial flight review. 
Also, 15 months had elapsed since the airplane's last annual inspection. 
The CFI did not review the pilot's or airplane's log books, or verify fuel quantity, prior to the first flight. 
CAUSE: the pilot's mismanagement of the fuel supply, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. 
A related factor was the pilot's lack of recent experience.
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Date:	01-APR-1996  Military   316   MSN: 22-- 
Time:	  
Type:	Silhouette image of generic ALO3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Aérospatiale SA 316B Alouette III
Owner/operator:	South African Air Force (SAAF)
Registration:	631
MSN:	2284
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Long Tom Pass, Lydenburg -    South Africa
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Flew into mountain in bad weather.
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Date:	16-APR-1996   Time 145-    Rego  -222  MSN: --514 
Time:	14:56
Type:	Silhouette image of generic FURY model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Hawker Sea Fury Mk II
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N222CH
MSN:	37514 (ISS20)
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Lakeland Municipal Airport, Florida -    United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Lakeland Municipal Airport, FL (LAL/KLAL)
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Witnesses observed that the tailwheel equipped airplane landed on the runway with a right crosswind. 
It touched down on the main gear and decelerated to a three-point attitude. The airplane was observed to veer to the right, 
and the tail section became 'airborne' (raised off the surface). The airplane then went off the right side of the runway, 
nosed over and came to rest inverted. Examination of the runway revealed intermittent left main landing gear braking, 
starting abeam the 5,000' runway marker, and subsequent continuous left and right braking until the airplane went off the runway. 
Review of a video tape (shown on a television station) revealed the left aileron and both elevator surfaces 
were up during the landing rollout and during the accident sequence. During a functional test of the brake system, 
the hydraulic system pressurized normally. There was no visible brake caliper leakage and no abnormal wear on 
the brake disk or linings.
CAUSE: The pilot's improper use of brakes and ailerons, during the landing rollout with a right crosswind, 
which resulted in a loss of directional control and subsequent nose over. Factors relating to the accident 
were: the crosswind and the pilot's lack of experience in the Hawker FB-60 airplane.
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Date:	22-APR-1996  Military   Rego  162---  and 162---
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic F18H model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
Owner/operator:	US Navy
Registration:	162454
MSN:	304/A249
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	55 km off N. Carolina -    United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Midair collision between two US Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornets (162475 and 162454). 
Both seriously damaged, but landed safely.
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Date:	22-APR-1996  Military  above article  two Planes jets 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic F18H model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
Owner/operator:	US Navy
Registration:	162475
MSN:	335/A279
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	55 km off N. Carolina -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Midair collision between two US Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornets (162475 and 162454). 
Both seriously damaged, but landed safely.
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Date:	09-MAY-1996  Military 58  
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic ALO3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
IAR 316 (SA 316B Alouette III)
Owner/operator:	Romanian Air Force
Registration:	58
MSN:	114
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Sibiu -    Romania
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Fire in hangar.
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Date:	18-MAY-1996  Military   -612--  
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic F14 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Grumman F-14A Tomcat
Owner/operator:	United States Navy (USN)
Registration:	161282
MSN:	408
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	7 mi from carrier -    United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Engine failure seven miles after a catapult launch, catching fire and loss of control. 
Crew Lt Nigel S. Aitkins and Lt Edward F. Schmitt ejected safely.
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Date:	21-MAY-1996  Rego G BD --  Msn: 2163  
Time:	11:18 UTC
Type:	Silhouette image of generic B742 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing 747-236B
Owner/operator:	British Airways
Registration:	G-BDXH
MSN:	21635/365
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 205
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	Selsey Bill, Sussex, 20 nm SW of London Gatwick Airport -    United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Destination airport:	Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria (LOS/DNMM)
Investigating agency: 	AAIB
Narrative:
The aircraft took off at 11:13 hours from Runway 26L at Gatwick, bound for Lagos (Nigeria). 
The aircraft was cleared on a Bogna 1M Standard Instrument Departure, which involved climbing straight ahead, 
initially for 4 nautical miles before turning left onto a southerly track, climbing to 5,000 feet altitude.
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Date:	28-MAY-1996  Rego -154--     Rice 
Time:	17:10
Type:	Silhouette image of generic AT3P model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Air Tractor AT-401
Owner/operator:	Monticello Flying Service
Registration:	N1549D
MSN:	401-0881
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Lake Providence, LA -    United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
The airplane was returning to home base from the north, following an aerial application of rice seed in the local area. 
After making a low pass down the runway, the airplane circled right to a northerly heading, then it turned back south. 
When the airplane was approximately abeam the midpoint of the runway, it entered another right turn. 
According to witnesses: with the 'nose of the airplane up,' the airplane 'seemed to over bank 
and went straight into the ground.' Also, they reported that the engine sounded 'normal.' 
The airplane impacted in an open field, approximately 300 feet west of the south end of the air strip. 
An examination of the airplane and engine did not reveal any preimpact structural or mechanical anomalies. 
Witnesses reported the winds were 225 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 20. 
The witnesses also reported that the wind sock was 'straight out,' 
and that thunderstorms were located approximately 1.5 miles to the south of the accident site. 
CAUSE: failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient airspeed, while maneuvering (turning), 
which resulted in an inadvertent stall and collision with the terrain. 
The high gusty wind condition was a related factor.
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Date:	30-MAY-1996    152  Rego  ---647  MSN: 152   at 163- cdt
Time:	17:00
Type:	Silhouette image of generic C152 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 152
Owner/operator:	Heartland Aviation, Inc.
Registration:	N94647
MSN:	15285749
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Eau Claire, WI -    United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	EAU
Destination airport:	EAU
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
On May 30, 1996, at 1700 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna 152, N94647, 
registered to the Heartland Aviation, Inc., of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 
with a commercially certified flight instructor acting as pilot-in-command during a dual instructional flight, 
was destroyed when the student pilot pushed the yoke forward in the flare. 
The airplane impacted on runway 22 at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. 
The airplane struck nose first collapsing the airplane's nose gear, followed by a post-crash fire. 
The instructor and student pilot reported no injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. 
The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was not operating on a flight plan. The flight departed Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at 1630 cdt.
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Date:	Saturday 1 June 1996   Rego 3181  Post codes link 
Type:	Silhouette image of generic C119 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fairchild RC-119L Flying Boxcar
Operator:	Republic of China Air Force - ROCAF
Registration:	3181
MSN:	10743
First flight:	
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	Ping Tung Air Base (   Taiwan)
Phase:	Standing (STD)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	?
Destination airport:	?
Narrative:
Ground fire; damaged beyond repair.
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Date:	07-JUN-1996     Rego --163-  stated on a form 612- Time 163-  
Time:	14:00
Type:	Silhouette image of generic M20T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Mooney M20K
Owner/operator:	Vito E. Palermo
Registration:	N11637
MSN:	25-0675
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Danbury, CT -    United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	DXR
Destination airport:	DXR
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
On June 7, 1996, about 1400 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20K, N11637, was substantially damaged 
when it collided with parked airplanes during an aborted landing at the Danbury Municipal Airport(DXR), Danbury, Connecticut. 
The two pilots received minor injuries. The local, personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. 
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed.
The airplane was returning from an instrument proficiency flight, and a certificated flight instructor was acting 
as the safety pilot.
In the NTSB Form 6120.1/2, the pilot stated:
"I departed DXR at approximately 1630. . . .We flew to POU  Poughkeepsie, New York  to practice approaches 
and returned to DXR approximately 2 hours later. We were cleared for a visual approach on runway 17 and clear to land. 
We touched down, there was a slight bounce, followed by another, and on the third we decided to take off. 
I applied full power, Dave  the safety pilot  took off some flaps, and the plane started to climb. 
It leveled off at approximately 30 to 50 feet, turned to the left and would not climb. 
It set down about 1'000 feet later, approximately 300 feet left of runway 17 and collided with planes parked 
in front of North American Aviation."
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Date:	15-JUN-1996  Rego --541-  
Time:	09:00
Type:	Silhouette image of generic PA24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Piper PA-24-250 Comanche
Owner/operator:	Paul E Koretko
Registration:	N6541P
MSN:	24-1663
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan -    Canada
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan
Destination airport:	Flin Flon, Manitoba
Narrative:
After spending a week's vacation in the vicinity, the private pilot and three passengers were departing 
from a private airstrip located at the U-Fly-In Camp three miles east of Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan. 
The pilot intended to fly to Flin Flon, Manitoba, to top up the aircraft fuel tanks before heading home to Colorado, USA.
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Date:	15-JUN-1996  Rego -154-- 
Time:	17:30
Type:	Silhouette image of generic g102 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Grob G102
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N154SS
MSN:	1725
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mesquite, NV -    United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Llano, CA (L01)
Destination airport:	, NV (67L)
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
The pilot and 11 other glider pilots planned to fly nonstop on a 500 kilometer flight from their point of departure, 
after an aero tow to 7,000 feet mean sea level. No communication difficulties or control problems were 
reported during periodic radio contacts between the glider pilot and the ground crew. 
En route, some of the glider pilots experienced turbulence and occasional downdrafts. Subsequently, 
the glider collided with rough terrain near a ridge line. There were no witnesses to the accident. 
The pilot's son indicated that his father was apparently unable to locate sufficient lift to continue his flight 
for an additional 11 miles to the destination airport. CAUSE: improper in-flight planning/decision by the pilot, 
which resulted in his being forced to land in an area with unsuitable terrain. Factors relating to 
the accident were: the lack of available (thermal) lift, downdraft(s), and the resultant lack of suitable terrain 
for an off-airport (emergency) landing.
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Date:	20-JUN-1996  Rego ---514 
Time:	18:58
Type:	Silhouette image of generic BL8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Bellanca 8KCAB Decathlon
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N57514
MSN:	96-73
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Pomeroy, WA -    United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Pasco, WA
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
Witnesses observed the aircraft overfly the pilot's east-west turf landing strip traveling westbound 
at an estimated height of 50 feet above the runway in straight and level flight. 
The witnesses reported having seen the pilot arrive and overfly his airstrip in a similar fashion on previous occasions. 
The closest witness reported observing the aircraft 'passing the east end of the runway' and entering 'a steep climb' 
and then banking 'to the left in a steep diving turn' after which 'it leveled out and began a climb after a 270 degree turn.' 
The witness also reported that 'the only difference (he) noticed between this occasion and 
the many times (he) had seen this plane land in the past was the turn seemed to be tighter.' 
The aircraft impacted 25 degree upsloping terrain approximately 50 feet below the rim level at 
which his airstrip was situated. One propeller blade displayed 'S' bending deformation while 
the opposing blade displayed tip curl. CAUSE: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance 
with the surrounding terrain while maneuvering to land. A factor was the rising terrain conditions.
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Date:	27-JUN-1996  152   Rego -953  96  MSN: 152 8588-   antenna 
Time:	09:45
Type:	Silhouette image of generic C152 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 152
Owner/operator:	Fjo
Registration:	N95396
MSN:	152-85882
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Talladega, AL -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Chattanooga, TN (CHA)
Destination airport:	Montgomery, AL (MGM)
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
During flight, the airplane collided with an 18 foot section of an antenna that was installed on top of a U.S. 
Forest Service fire watch tower. The airplane then crashed about 300 feet north of the tower, 
and wreckage was found scattered over an area approximately 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. 
The airplane wreckage and engine compartment were further damaged by ground fire. 
Debris from the watch tower antenna was located in the main wreckage, and some antenna debris was 
also found several feet north of the main wreckage. No preimpact mechanical problem was found. 
CAUSE: failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid an antenna that was mounted on a Forest Service watch tower. 
The pilot's excessively low altitude flight was a related factor.
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Date:	28-JUN-1996  Military  Rego ---216-
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic A37 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna OA-37B Dragonfly
Owner/operator:	Fuerza Aérea Colombiana
Registration:	FAC2169
MSN:	
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Barranquilla -    Colombia
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Crashed.
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Date:	13-JUL-1996  Rego BGA -154  
Time:	14:10
Type:	EoN 460 Series 3
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	BGA 1154
MSN:	EoN/S/0005
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Seighford Airfield, 3 miles West of Stafford, Staffordshire -    United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Seighford Airfield, 3 miles West of Stafford, Staffordshire
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	AAIB
Narrative:
EX-G-ARUB from 23-01-1962 to 17-07-1964. Written off 13-07-1996 when Wing spar failed on launch at Seighford Airfield, 
3 miles West of Stafford, Staffordshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The preparations for this launch, and conversations with the pilotby witnesses at the launch point, were reported as being normal. 
After the slack in the cable had been taken up, the 'all out'signal was given following which the glider 
was seen to quickly become airborne and adopt the climb attitude.
Several witnesses formed the opinion that this launch was faster and less steep than normal, 
the launches already being considered, by several witnesses, as being fast that day. 
One witness reported the presence of a strong wind gradient, the surface wind being 5/10 knots.
At a height variously estimated by witnesses of between 600 and 700 feet, the glider was seen to 'speed- up' 
and its climb angle reduce. At about this time, and whilst still in a nose high attitude, and connected to the cable, 
several relatively rapid oscillations in pitch occurred. One witness estimated these to be as much as 15 degrees, 
with the wings being seen to 'flex' correspondingly an abnormal amount.
At about this point, the air brakes were seen to briefly deploy. Almost immediately, they deployed again, 
this time coincident With the right wing failing in an upwards and rearwards direction, pivoting about its root end, 
and releasing a cloud of debris. The right wing, still attached to the fuselage,was also seen to pivot upwards and, 
at about this time, the cable parachute was seen inflated with the cable disconnected from the glider.
The wreckage fell to the ground, the break-up occurring at a height too low to allow the pilot to escape by parachute".
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Date:	17-JUL-1996  Military  Rego 163--- 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic F18H model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
Owner/operator:	US Navy
Registration:	163466
MSN:	687
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	NAS Cecil Field, FL -    United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	NAS Cecil Field, FL
Narrative:
Tyres burst on emergency landing; pilot ejected.
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Date:	21-JUL-1996   Rego BGA 136-  Msn: -58- 
Time:	
Type:	Slingsby T.51 Dart 17R
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	BGA 1363
MSN:	1582
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Tours-le-Roux -    France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Crashed,Tours-le-Roux, France 21/7/1996
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Date:	22-JUL-1996  Rego -216--  
Time:	20:00
Type:	Silhouette image of generic BE35 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Beechcraft D35 Bonanza
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N2161D
MSN:	D-3508
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Yellow Pine, ID -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Chamberlain, ID (U79)
Destination airport:	Yellow Pine, ID (3U2)
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
The pilot departed from a remote mountain airstrip along with the pilots of two other airplanes. 
Clear, calm, daylight conditions prevailed. The airplanes flew in the vicinity of one-another about 9,200 feet msl. 
The accident pilot then radioed that he was going to turn to the right, and he disappeared from view. 
He then radioed that he was going to change frequencies to the destination airport. 
The airplane never arrived at its destination, and was reported missing. It was found, intact and burned, 
five days later in a remote valley about 9 miles north of the destination airport at an elevation of about 8,400 feet msl. 
The pilot had reported no problems with the airplane either before or during the flight. 
Evidence was found that indicated the airplane had impacted in a flat spin, while power was applied to the engine. 
No preimpact mechanical deficiencies were found. The 80-year-old pilot was familiar with the airplane and the terrain. 
He had not reported any problems with his health, and no history of cardiovascular disease was found. 
CAUSE: failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, while maneuvering in mountainous terrain, 
which resulted in a stall/spin and collision with terrain.
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Date:	07-AUG-1996  Rego --136-    Diet Pills  Not recommended 
Time:	21:15
Type:	Silhouette image of generic C182 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 182P
Owner/operator:	M And B Enterprises
Registration:	N9136M
MSN:	18264696
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	St. Anthony, ID -    United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
The pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings at his unlighted private dirt airstrip. Shortly after sunset, 
his family noted him missing. The aircraft wreckage was found at the bottom of a 300-foot-deep gully adjacent 
and parallel to the airstrip early the next morning. The pilot was found fatally injured 10 feet from the wreckage. 
Investigators found a set of tracks curving off the edge of the airstrip toward the gully, along with broken pieces 
of wingtip fairing; the track extended off the airstrip edge down slope for 400 feet and terminated. 
The aircraft wreckage was roughly aligned with these tracks although a second ground scar going the opposite direction 
was found running down the slope near the bottom, adjacent to the wreckage. 
Investigators did not find any evidence of preimpact malfunctions of the aircraft, 
but did find the aircraft's seat belt and shoulder harness unfastened with no evidence of damage to, or failure of, 
the seat belt or buckle. The pilot's son reported that the pilot had been taking 'Pondemun and Fastum'  sic  diet pills. 
CAUSE: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a landing attempt. 
Factors included: probable dusk lighting conditions and no lights on the airstrip. 
Conributing to the pilot's injury severity was his failure to fasten his seat belt and shoulder harness.
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Date:	24-AUG-1996  Rego -316- 
Time:	19:14
Type:	Baby Ace D
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N316F
MSN:	BF001
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	New Raymer, CO -    United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	7CO4
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
On August 24, 1996, at 1914 mountain daylight time, a Fernandez Baby Ace D, N316F, was destroyed while maneuvering near New Raymer, 
Colorado. The private pilot was seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, 
and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. 
The flight originated approximately 30 minutes before the accident.
According to the pilot's statement, dictated at the hospital to an FAA airworthiness inspector, 
he had practiced stalls and steep turns, and was returning to the airstrip to land. 
The pilot said that when he turned onto final approach, the "aircraft seemed to drop out of (the) sky from a wings level attitude." 
The pilot said he applied power and lowered the nose to gain airspeed, but the airplane collided with the ground.
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Aug 27 1996 Tue,  Rego --647   crop spraying 
Type:	Silhouette image of generic AN2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-2R
Operator:	Air Moldova
Registration:	ER-33647
MSN:	1G233-37
First flight:	1989
Crew:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	Pelinia (   Moldova)
Phase:	Maneuvering (MNV)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	?
Destination airport:	?
Narrative:
Crashed in a field during a crop-spraying flight near Pelinia when it collided with a high-voltage power-line.
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Date:	Thursday 29 August 1996   154 model   Tupolev  --154  Rego  RA 85  621   Engines:  -154 
Time:	10:22
Type:	Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-154M
Operator:	Vnukovo Airlines
Registration:	RA-85621
MSN:	86A742
First flight:	1986
Engines:	3 Soloviev D-30KU-154-II
Crew:	Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Passengers:	Fatalities: 130 / Occupants: 130
Total:	Fatalities: 141 / Occupants: 141
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	14,3 km (8.9 mls) from Svalbard-Longyearbyen Airport (LYR) (   Norway)
Crash site elevation:	907 m (2976 feet) amsl
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW), Russia
Destination airport:	Svalbard-Longyearbyen Airport (LYR/ENSB), Norway
Flightnumber:	2801
Narrative:
Vnukovo Airlines flight VKO2801 departed Moscow's Vnukovo Airport at 04:44 UTC bound for Longyearbyen Airport 
on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. It was a chartered flight with workers and their families to coal mining towns on Svalbard.
 The flight was uneventful until the start of the descent. Before radio contact with Longyear Information, 
the crew went through the detailed landing procedure for runway 10. At 09:56, the crew were cleared to start the descent. 
A little later, the crew received additional information consisting of runway in use 28, wind 230 degrees at 16 knots, 
visibility more than 10 km, rain showers, clouds: few at 1500 feet, scattered at 2000 feet 
and broken at 4000 feet, temperature +5°C, dewpoint -0°C and QNH 1005 hPa. (Later changed to 1006 hPa).
The crew tried to request runway 10 for landing twice, but the request was not understood as such by Longyear 
Information due to language difficulties.
When the flight was overhead the ADV beacon, at 10:15 hrs, the crew reported their position to Longyear 
Information and entered the base turn with a bank angle of 22 degrees. At 10:16 hrs, the aircraft came out 
of this turn on magnetic heading 160 degrees. During the right turn to the base turn, 
a malfunction occurred in the electric trimming mechanism, which was corrected by the crew.
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Date:	31-AUG-1996  Rego  GDA 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic C150 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna F150L (Reims)
Owner/operator:	Skylight
Registration:	PH-GDA
MSN:	F150-1088
Fatalities:	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Zeewolde -    Netherlands
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Written off, no further details.
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Date:	14-SEP-1996  Rego  D KDG Y
Time:	16:40 LT
Type:	Silhouette image of generic SF25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Scheibe SF 25C Falke 2000
Owner/operator:	
Registration:	D-KDGY
MSN:	44304
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Krefeld-Egelsberg Airfield - EDLK -    Germany
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Krefeld-Egelsberg (EDLK)
Destination airport:	Krefeld-Egelsberg (EDLK)
Investigating agency: 	BFU Germany
Narrative:
Crash-landing with a bank angle of 30 degrees. The motorglider suffered substantial damages.
Both occupants died a few hours later in hospital.
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Date:	18-SEP-1996  Military  Rego 58 22  MSN:  58 22 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic MG21 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
MiG-21bis
Owner/operator:	Hungarian Air Force
Registration:	5822
MSN:	75035822
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Papa AB -    Hungary
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Hydraulic system problems. Pilot ejected.
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Date:	02-OCT-1996  Rego -145 DB 
Time:	16:15
Type:	Bell EAA BIPLANE P
Owner/operator:	Frank Ghilarducci
Registration:	N145DB
MSN:	DB-1
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Manzanola, CO -    United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
Witnesses said the biplane flew over the farm airstrip at an estimated altitude of 300 to 400 feet. 
One witness stated that the pilot started 'what appeared to be an aileron roll, but stopped halfway 
and peeled off to the left in a shallow dive but didn't have enough altitude to pull out.' 
Another witness said that the pilot 'began rolling the aircraft right wing down about 3/4 of a roll then 
the front of the plane dropped' and disappeared from his view. The biplane struck the ground 
about 350 feet south of runway 27 on a westerly heading. Ground scars from impact were found over a 150 foot area. 
An investigation disclosed no evidence of a preimpact malfunction or failure of the airframe, flight controls, engine, or propeller. 
The 739-hour pilot had recently graduated from an aerial application school and was employed 
as a first season aerial applicator. He had previously flown the biplane three times 
and had an estimated 3.0 hours of flight time in this make/model of aircraft. 
CAUSE: failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient altitude/clearance above the terrain, 
while performing a low altitude maneuver. A factor relating to the accident was the pilot's lack 
of familiarity with this make and model of aircraft.
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Date:	04-OCT-1996  ASK  Rego BGA  395- 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic as13 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Schleicher ASK 13
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	BGA 3952
MSN:	13314
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Aston Down Airfield, Cowcombe Lane, Chalford, Gloucestershire -    United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	Aston Down Airfield, Cowcombe Lane, Chalford, Gloucestershire
Narrative:
Ex-F-CDYE: to BGA 3952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed 4-10-1996 at Aston Down Airfield, Cowcombe Lane, 
Chalford, Gloucestershire.
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Date:	04-OCT-1996  Rego --154-   Time about 1415   Mountain -514    photograph a private residence
Time:	16:15
Type:	Silhouette image of generic C172 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 172N
Owner/operator:	American Images
Registration:	N5154E
MSN:	17271740
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Coudersport, PA -    United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	SU
Departure airport:	BFD
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
On October 4, 1996, at 1615 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172, N5154E, sustained substantial damage 
when it collided with trees and descended into terrain near Coudersport, Pennsylvania. 
The certificated commercial pilot and the passenger/photographer both received serious injuries. 
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the aerial photography flight that departed Bradford Airport at approximately 1415. 
No flight plan was filed for the local flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The purpose of the flight was to photograph a private residence in Coudersport. 
The house was located at the base of a hollow with steeply rising terrain on both sides. 
The general direction from the house to the accident site runs up the hollow. 
The distance between the two sites was approximately one-half mile. 
Both sites were located on a mountain that had a peak elevation of 2514 feet msl.
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Date:	07-OCT-1996  Rego  163 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic HAR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B-11-MC Harrier II
Owner/operator:	VMA-223 / MCAS
Registration:	163206
MSN:	119
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Chocolate Mountain gunnery range, 56 miles NW of MCAS Yuma, AZ -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	MCAS Yuma, AZ
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
CAPT. DALE W. MULKEY
Call Sign: Pops Died: Oct. 7, 1996
Mulkey was blown out of the sky when three bombs, all with expired fuses, detonated prematurely aboard 
his AV-8B as he flew a training mission over California's Chocolate Mountains. One fellow pilot compared 
the descending plane to a meteorite.
Investigators initially blamed Mulkey for flying too slow at too steep an angle when he tried to release the bombs. 
Higher-ranking officials rejected that finding and harshly criticized the ordnance handlers who had loaded the bombs.
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Date:	19-OCT-1996  Rego -58 RG 
Time:	17:00
Type:	Rockwell Commander 685
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N58RG
MSN:	
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Eden, WI -    United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
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Date:	26-OCT-1996   Rego RA -514-  
Time:	20:44
Type:	Silhouette image of generic MI8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Mil Mi-8T
Owner/operator:	Tyumenaviatrans
Registration:	RA-25144
MSN:	99047614
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	5
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Khanty-Mansiysk -    Russia
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Destroyed when hit by crashing Tyumenaviatrans Yak-40K RA-88257.
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Date:	01-NOV-1996  Military  Rego 163  
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic HAWK model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
McDonnell Douglas T-45A Goshawk
Owner/operator:	TW‑2 NAS Kingsville, US Navy
Registration:	163627
MSN:	
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Kingsville, Texas -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	NAS Kingsville (KNQI)
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Birdstrike (duck). Engine stalled. Engine lost power after ingesting Canvas back duck: instructor and student pilot ejected
One pilot was seriously injured when his canopy fails to open. A second pilot suffers only minor injuries.
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Date:	02-NOV-1996  Rego -361-- 
Time:	13:44
Type:	Schweizer SGS 1-36
Owner/operator:	The Cloud Base
Registration:	N3616Z
MSN:	9
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Boulder, CO -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	CO (1V5)
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
A witness observe the glider to come from behind the mountains in a wings level attitude, traveling in a northeast direction. 
She said the glider made a complete 360-degree roll to the right about its longitudibal axis. 
The glider rolled out on a more easterly heading, then began losing altitude in an increasingly nose down attitude 
and entered either a spin or spiral. She then observed the wings to fail and fold aft along the fuselage. 
According to NTSB's metallurgist's report, 'all fractures in both wing sections were typical of overstress separations. 
No evidence of fatigue or other types of preexisting cracking was found.' 
CAUSE: The pilot exceeding the design stress limits of the aircraft by performing an aerobatic maneuver, 
resulting in total failure of the wing spar.
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Date:	11-NOV-1996   Rego --621- 
Time:	11:00
Type:	Silhouette image of generic EN28 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Enstrom F-28F Falcon
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N86214
MSN:	712
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Gutherie, IL -    United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
Eye witnesses observed the helicopter lift off on its left skid while moving forward a short distance. 
After stopping its forward motion the helicopter began moving backwards and slowly rolling into a steep 
left bank and gaining altitude. After the helicopter travelled about 75 feet and climbed to about 25 feet above 
the ground it moved to its left. As it passed over a farm truck, its rotor blades struck the roof. 
Shortly afterwards the helicopter rolled inverted and collided with the ground. Witnesses reported 
the wind at between 15 and 20 miles per hour, blowing on the helicopter's right rear side. 
The pilot's former instructor said he had not taught him to '...translate rearward.' 
He said he had told the pilot it was not safe to takeoff with a quartering tailwind. 
CAUSE: the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation and not maintaining control of the helicopter during its rearward flight. 
A factor was the pilot's over-confidence in his personal ability.
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Date:	22-NOV-1996  Rego 158  MSN 158 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic GAZL model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Aérospatiale SA 341F Gazelle
Owner/operator:	ALAT (French Army Light Aviation)
Registration:	1583
MSN:	1583
Fatalities:	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	-    France
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
CNK
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Date:	02-DEC-1996   Military   Rego 162 2--  MSN : GL 
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic T34T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor
Owner/operator:	US Navy
Registration:	162279
MSN:	GL-277
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama -    United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Pensacola NAS, FL
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Dec. 2, 1996: A Navy T-34C training plane crashes at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., killing the instructor 
and his student navigator from Italy. The pair, flying out of Pensacola Naval Air Station, were practicing maneuvers.
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Date:	05-DEC-1996  Rego D GDA B 
Time:	13:53 LT
Type:	Silhouette image of generic PA34 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II
Owner/operator:	
Registration:	D-GDAB
MSN:	34-7670131
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Rostock-Laage Airfield - ETNL -    Germany
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Kiel-Holtenau (EDHK)
Destination airport:	Rostock-Laage (ETNL)
Investigating agency: 	BFU Germany
Narrative:
The pilot lost control of the aircraft in strong wake-turbulences during final to Rostock-Laage Airfield - ETNL. 
The wake-turbulances came from a Boeing E-3A, which landed just before.
The pilot of the Seneca was killed in the crash.
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Date:	24-DEC-1996 Rego  -631 
Time:	11:33
Type:	Silhouette image of generic C150 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 150M
Owner/operator:	Antone Texeira
Registration:	N63137
MSN:	15077129
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	San Diego, CA -    United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Ramona, CA (L39)
Destination airport:	(MYF)
Investigating agency: 	NTSB
Narrative:
When the low wing Piper PA-28, N943R, contacted the tower 5 miles east of the airport, the tower controller pointed out 
the Cessna 150, N63137, at 11 o'clock, 2 miles, and instructed the pilot to fly southbound and report that aircraft in sight. 
The transmission was not acknowledged, and the Piper pilot flew southwest bound and never reported the Cessna in sight. 
When both aircraft were on a 3-mile final approach to parallel runways, the controller, with both aircraft in sight, 
issued a traffic advisory to the Cessna regarding the Piper behind them, but did not issue a traffic advisory 
to the Piper regarding the Cessna in front of them. The two aircraft collided in flight, 1.5 miles east of the airport. 
The Piper, with a student pilot in the left seat and a flight instructor in the right seat, 
overtook the high wing aircraft from above, behind and to the right. 
The lower fuselage of the Piper contacted the upper fuselage and propeller of the high wing aircraft. 
The Cessna's propeller severed the primary control cables of the Piper and it descended out of control and crashed. 
The Cessna made a off-airport forced landing and collided with a berm during the ground roll. 
CAUSE: The failure of the pilot-in-command of the Piper PA-28, N943R, to maintain an adequate visual lookout to see 
and avoid the Cessna 150, N63137. A factor in the accident was the failure of the air traffic controller 
to issue a traffic advisory to the pilot concerning the Cessna 150.
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Date:	29-DEC-1996  Rego ---216-  
Time:	
Type:	Silhouette image of generic A37 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna OA-37B Dragonfly
Owner/operator:	Fuerza Aérea Colombiana
Registration:	FAC2167
MSN:	43271
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	North Colombia -    Colombia
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	
Destination airport:	
Narrative:
Crashed in mountains during anti-guerrilla mission.
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