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Alaska Central Express Flight 51 was an Alaska Central Express flight from Anchorage to King Salmon and Dillingham, Alaska. On 8 March 2013, the Beechcraft 1900C-1 serving the flight crashed into a mountain on approach to Dillingham Airport, killing both crew members on board.
Fatalities from wingsuit flying have occurred almost from the inception of the sport. Listed below are notable examples where wingsuit pilots were publicly named in the press, including when wingsuit practice was not the first cause of death. This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information. Date Name Age Location Details 4 February 1912 Franz Reichelt 33 France The ...
At the time, it was the worst crash involving any variant of the Douglas DC-6 airliner [1] [2] the second-worst aviation accident in U.S. history, [1] and one of the worst air accidents anywhere in history, [2] and it equaled the 11 August mid-air collision of two United States Air Force C-119G Flying Boxcars over West Germany and the 6 October ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
Ben Cauley survived the crash and James Alexander was not on the plane. Also on board and killed was soul singer Otis Redding. Beechcraft Model 18: Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin, United States Cause undetermined Chase: United States 1974 Four of eight band members were killed (Bill Chase, Walter Clark, John Emma and Wally Yohn) Piper Twin ...
Mildred Geraldine Joy Kirkpatrick [1] OAM (née McKean; 14 January 1930 – 25 May 2023), was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and wife and manager of Slim Dusty. Her daughter is country singer and musician Anne Kirkpatrick .
BCPA Flight 304/44 was a scheduled flight operated by British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines from Sydney, Australia, to Vancouver, Canada, with scheduled stops at Fiji, Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco.
Then-33-year-old Phil Bradley was the sole survivor in the 1959 crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 near Crozet, Virginia. The earliest known sole survivor is Lou Foote. On 17 March 1929, as the pilot of a Jersey sightseeing flight, he attempted to force land the monoplane when it suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff.