08.12.2020/ 19:10 LT -
Rescue helicopter
crashes in French Alps with six passengers onboard, 5 of them killed
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.
31.07.2020, 08:27 LT -
7 killed in mid-air plane crash in Alaska
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.
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.
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.
Military
plane crashed in Bolivia
02.05.2020/ 13:42 LT
Suárez lagoon, near Teniente Jorge Henrich
Arauz Apt. (TDD/SLTR), Trin – Bolivia

Following a loss of engine power, the
military aircraft Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron
(FAB-051) impacted swampy terrain at Suárez lagoon during the
attempted return to the point of departure of Teniente Jorge Henrich
Arauz Airport (TDD/SLTR), Trinidad, Bolivia.
The two pilots and four Spanish passengers
(List) perished and the
aircraft was destroyed by fire. The Spanish citizens were being
transferred to the larger transport hub of Santa Cruz before a planned
repatriation amid the coronavirus outbreak. Bolivia has closed its
borders to slow the spread of the pandemic.
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Details About Sinai Peninsula Crash That Killed
7 Soldiers
12.11/2020/
10:46 LT
Tiran Island, near Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

A UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter crashed
in the Sinai desert in Egypt, resulting in 7 fatalities (5 Americans, a
French national and a Czech citizen). The helicopter belonged to 1st United States
Air Support Battalion (USASB) Det.1 Aviation Company (Det.1/AvCo) based
at Sharm El Sheikh.
According to MFO (Multinational Force and Observers) one
occupant survived the crash. The US Army identified the dead as
Capt. Seth Vernon Vandekamp, 31, from Katy,
Texas; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dallas Gearld Garza,
34, from Fayetteville, North Carolina; Chief
Warrant Officer 2 Marwan Sameh Ghabour, 27, from Marlborough,
Massachusetts; Staff Sgt. Kyle Robert McKee,
35, from Painesville, Ohio; and Sgt. Jeremy Cain
Sherman, 23, from Watseka, Illinois.
The U.S. contributes the largest military
contingent to the MFO, typically sending National Guard troops to the
region on one-year rotations. An investigation into the helicopter crash
indicate that a mechanical problem with the aircraft's stabilator
preceded the disaster.
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.
25.09.2020/ 20:45 LT -
Military plane carrying cadets crashes near Kharkiv, 26 killled
22.08.2020/ 08:40 LT -
An-26 Cargo Plane Crashes After Takeoff In South Sudan
07.08.2020/ 19:41 IST (14:11 UTC) -
Air
India Express crash at Kozhikode-Calicut Airport
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.
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
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 Thursday 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.
22.05.2020/ 14:40 (09:40 UTC) -
Pilots' virus chat blamed for deadly Pakistan plane crash
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