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January 2020

02.01.2020/ 08:07 LT - Taiwan’s military chief with 7 others killed in helicopter crash

02.01.2020 - Military plane crashes in Sudan, killing all 18 occupants on board

08.01.2020/ 06:19 LT - Ukrainian Boeing plane crashes in Iran, killing 176

23.01.2020/ 13:16 EDT - 3 American firefighters killed in Australia plane crash

25.01.2020/ 12:55 LT - Двама пострадаха при неуспешно приземяване на ултралекия Pipistrel Virus SW100 край русенско село

26.01.2020/ 09:46 LT - US officials: Pilot error caused Kobe Bryant chopper crash

27.01.2020/ 07:36 LT - Airliner in Iran carrying 144 people crash-lands on highway

27.01.2020/ 13:09 LT - Engine Failure, Aircrew Error Led to Fatal E-11A Crash in Afghanistan

February 2020

05.02.2020/ 18:19 LT (15:19 UTC) - Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 crash, 3 occupants died

20.02.2020, 10:34 LT (23:34 UTC 19.02.2020) - Antonov An-2R plane (RA-40642) crashed on takeoff, 5 injured

June 2020

Small plane crashed in GA, USA, killing all 5 occupants onboard

June 5, 2020, 15:20 Local
Eatonton, Georgia
Aviation Investigation Final Report

 
On June 5, 2020, about 1520 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-31T, N135VE, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Eatonton, Georgia. The two pilots and the three passengers were fatally injured.
Before the personal instrument flight rules flight began, the pilot obtained a preflight weather briefing that indicated that instrument meteorological conditions, convective activity, and moderate-to-severe icing conditions would be occurring along the route of flight. According to track data, while the pilot was navigating to avoid weather, the pilot was using the autopilot for maneuvering. After the pilot reported to air traffic control that the airplane would be turning direct to its destination, the performance analysis of track data showed that the airplane began a slight left turn with a bank angle of about 10°, which was consistent with the intended route of flight. However, the turn then reversed, and the airplane began banking to the right, reaching about 120° right wing down during the next 70 seconds and showing a slow oscillation in pitch attitude. Satellite imagery showed that the airplane was likely in instrument meteorological conditions when it began a rapid descent, and the airplane’s descent rate was
about 7,000 feet per minute.
Postaccident examination of the airplane and right engine (the left engine was not recovered) revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The dynamics of the airplane’s movements after the right turn began indicated that the airplane likely was not being actively controlled when it diverted from the intended flightpath. The circumstances of this accident were thus consistent with the pilot’s lack of timely recognition that the autopilot was disengaged. The available evidence for this accident precluded a determination of where the pilot’s attention was directed while navigating direct to the destination. However, the turbulence would have increased the pilot’s workload, and the restricted visibility conditions would have prevented the pilot’s use of outside cues to detect deviations in the airplane’s attitude. Also, the initial roll rates might not have been sufficient to provide reliable cues to the pilot of the developing bank, and the convective conditions would likely have made it difficult for the pilot to detect and recover from the fully developed unusual attitude.
Several witnesses observed the airplane descending below the existing cloud layer, and some recorded video with their mobile phones. The videos showed the airplane descending in a flat spin-type of motion, and fire was occurring on both sides of the fuselage near both wings. The videos also showed a trail of black smoke and parts of the airplane separating as it descended. The airplane wreckage was subsequently found in densely wooded terrain.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while maneuvering in instrument meteorological conditions, which placed the airplane in an unusual attitude from which the pilot could not recover. Contributing to the accident was the convective and turbulent weather.

Cessna plane crashed in California killing all 3 occupants onboard

June 5, 2020, 08:01 Local
Redlands, California

Aviation Investigation Final Report

On June 5, 2020, about 0801 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 175, N9217B, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Redlands, California. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured.

The man identified by the San Bernardino County Coroner’s office as the pilot of the Cessna 175, Christopher Hark, 64, of Big Bear City, is the registered owner of the 62-year-old plane. But Hark’s name does not appear in a search of FAA records for licensed pilots. An FAA spokesman said he was checking further.
Also killed in the crash were Sheryl Doucette, 40, and her daughter Gineva Doucette, 11, both of Big Bear Lake, the coroner’s office said. While Sheryl Doucette was not named as the pilot, her name also is not in the FAA records.

The noncertificated pilot was conducting a cross-country flight during daytime visual flight rules flight conditions. Recorded automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data showed that as the airplane was on a southerly heading, nearing the destination airport, it made a left 270° turn at an altitude of 5,125 ft msl. About 46 second later, the airplane completed the turn, and was established on a west-northwesterly heading, at an altitude of 5,275 ft msl. About 1 minute later, the airplane made a left turn to a southwesterly heading, at an altitude of 3,975 ft msl and continued to descend until ADS-B contact was lost 34 seconds later at an altitude of 2,775 ft, and about 436 ft northeast of the accident site. The accident site was in hilly terrain, about 3.47 miles southeast of the intended destination. There were no known witnesses to the accident sequence.
A postaccident examination of the recovered wreckage revealed no evidence of any preexisting mechanical malfunction that would have precluded normal operation. Weather data for the area around the accident site depicted favorable conditions for overcast clouds and restricted visibility with haze and clouds from the surface with tops near 4,300 ft. In addition, marginal visual meteorological conditions to instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed during the period, with instrument flight rules (IFR) to low IFR conditions being reported at the two closest airports southwest of the accident site. Due to IMC, the pilot likely did not have visible reference to the horizon during the descent to the destination airport, which resulted in a collision with terrain.
Whether effects from the pilot’s use of lamotrigine or some underlying medical condition contributed to the accident cannot be determined based on the limited available evidence. Some or all of the detected ethanol may have been from sources other than ingestion. It is unlikely that ethanol contributed to the accident.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The noncertificated pilot’s visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions and subsequent impact with terrain.

Small plane crashed in Mexico, killing all 5 occupants onboard

June 5, 2020, 13:30 Local

near Puerto Vallarta/ Mexico

List of the occupants

A Cessna 205A plane, registration XB-LBW, crashed on June 5 in the Municipality of San Sebastián del Oeste, in Jalisco, killing the five people on board, including the former Mayor of Aguascalientes Adrián Ventura Dávila. The plane had taken off at 10:15 a.m. from the "Jesús Terán Peredo" International Airport in Aguascalientes, bound for Puerto Vallarta, in Jalisco. The aircraft has been located in a wooded area, in a place known as the Huacas road, in the municipality of Sebastian del Oeste, Jalisco. There were no survivors.

July 2020

Bluebird Aviation Dash 8 Catches Fire Following Somalia Crash
 

14.07.2020/ 13:30 LT
Beledweyne-Ugas Khalif Airport/ Somalia

 
A de Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 PF cargo plane (5Y-VVU), operated by Blue Bird Aviation was destroyed when it crashed at Beledweyne Airport in Somalia. The aircraft impacted small mounds that were used for runway maintenance work. A fire erupted, which consumed the aircraft. All three crew members survived the accident. The aircraft was charted by the US Department of Defense in support of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) near the area. The plane was carrying food supplies.
Sources reported that a donkey crossed the runway as the aircraft landed. The donkey was hit and the aircraft swerved off into a trench on the side of the runway.

Seven Turkish security personnel killed in reconnaissance plane crash
 

15.07.2020/ 22:45 LT
30 km (18.8 mls) SW of Van-Ferit Melen Airport (VAN), Turkey

The twin engine Beechcraft B300 King Air 350i plane (EM-809) departed Van-Ferit Melen Airport at 18:34LT on a survey/reconnaissance mission over the province of Hakkari and Van, carrying five "technical personnel" and two pilots. At 22:32LT, the crew informed ATC about his position vertical to Başkale on approach to Van-Ferit Melen Airport. Thirteen minutes later, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Artos located 30 km southwest of runway 03 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all seven occupants were killed.

11 Soldiers Dead In Colombian Military Helicopter Crash
 

21.07.2020/ 03:00 LT
River Inirida in Guaviare state, Colombia

 
On 21 July 2020, Ejército de Colombia - División de Aviación Asalto Aéreo (Colombian Army Aviation) UH-60L Black Hawk, registered EJC2176 (serial number 702664), crashed in a rural area in the south-east of Colombia when it was making a flight between the towns from San José del Guaviare and Mitu (Vaupés). Authorities found the helicopter in a stretch of the river Inirida in Guaviare state, an area where dissident former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas are active. The Black Hawk was operated by Batallón de Aviación No.2 Asalto Aéreo which is based at CAT General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Fuerte Tolemaida. According to the Colombian Army Air Assault Aviation Division Command, the helicopter disappeared around 03:00 hrs LT during an operational support mission. So far, six of the occupants on board of the Black Hawk, which fell into the Inírida River, have been rescued injured, but alive, 11 died (List). The armed forces high command did not reveal whether it was shot down or an accident.
 

31.07.2020, 08:27 LT - 7 killed in mid-air plane crash in Alaska

September 2020

25.09.2020/ 20:45 LT - Military plane carrying cadets crashes near Kharkiv, 26 killled

October 2020

Two Mi-17 helicopters collided mid-air in Afghanistan, 9 killed

13.10.2020/ 01:15 AM LT
Nawa-i-Barakzayi district, Helmand province, Afghanistan

Two Afghan National Army Mil Mi-17 helicopters crashed due to technical issues while they were taking off in Nawa district of Helmand province, around 01:15 LT.

9 individuals aboard were martyred in the crash. MoD is investigating the incident.
 

Gulfstream III plane crashed in Guatemala killing the 3 occupants

29.10.2020

Laguna del Tigre National Park, Guatemala

The wreckage of a Gulfstream III, was found in a pond in the Laguna del Tigre National Park in Guatemala, 7 km south of the border with Mexico. The aircraft had broken up and the wings were found resting inverted in the water with an extended main landing gear.
The flight had been seen to disappear from radar screens of the Guatemalan Air Force on October 29. A search operation was launched and the wreckage was found on November 2. There is a suspicion of an illegal flight, involved in transporting drugs. The identity was reported as N461AR, which was last tracked by Flightaware on October 28, 2020 in southern Mexico.