The private flight was landing at Elizabethton Municipal Airport when it made a hard landing, bounced twice and overran the runway crashing through the airport barrier fence and coming to rest on the edge of Highway 91. It then burst into flames. NASCAR race driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife and daughter were onboard but were uninjured as were the two pilots.
Date:
July 30, 2019 Time: 0200
Location:
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Operator:
Military - Pakistan Army
AC Type:
Beechcraft B300 King Air
Reg:
766 cn: B766
Aboard:
5 Fatalities: 5 Ground: 14
Route:
Training
Details:
The Pakistani military plane, on a training flight, crashed into residential structures in Mora Kalu Village on the outskirts of Rawalpindi. The aircraft was destroyed killing 18 people, including the 2 pilots, 3 crew members and 14 civilians on the ground.
Date:
July 14, 2019 Time: 1407
Location:
Near Umea, Sweden
Operator:
Skydive Umea
AC Type:
Gippsland GA-8 Airvan
Reg:
SE-MES cn: GA8-TC320-12-178
Aboard:
9 Fatalities: 9 Ground: 0
Route:
Skydiving
Details:
The plane, carrying skydivers, was seen spiraling to the ground and crashed on Storsand Island. All nine aborad were killed.
Date:
July 5, 2019 Time: 0200
Location:
Grand Cay, Bahamas
Operator:
Cloud 9 Aviation
AC Type:
AgustaWestland AW139
Reg:
N32DCC
Aboard:
7 Fatalities: 7 Ground: 0
Route:
Grand Cay Island - Fort Lauderdale
Details:
The helicopter took off at 2 am but was not report missing until 12 hours later and there was no distress call. The aircraft was found submerged in 16 ft. of water about 2 miles off Grand Cay. Among the victims were Chris Cline, billionaire, coal entrepreneur and philanthropist, his daughter Kameron and several of her sorority sisters.
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This Day In
Aviation Accident History
INCIDENTS
8/15/2019
Ural Airlines
Moscow - Simferopol
Bird strike on takeoff. Landed in corn field. Ten passenger injured.
8/5/2019
British Airways BA422
London Valencia
Heavy smoke in cabin.
7/20/2019
Southwest Airlines
Atlanta
Two Southwest collided on the ground. No one was hurt.
Air Canada AC33
Vancouver - Sydney
Severe turbulence. Thirty-Five injured.
7/10/2019
Emirates EK-449
Auckland - Dubai
Severe turbulence. A few passengers received minor injuries.
7/8/2019
Delta Airlines 1425
Atlanta - Baltimore
Engine problem. Viabration. Smoke in the cabin.
7/4/2019
Virgin Atlantic
New York - London
Fire on board extinguished by crew.
7/3/2019
American Airlines AA1172
Chicago - Boston
Flaps malfunction.
7/3/2019
Air Transat TS971
Toronto - Vancouver
Turbulence injured flight attendant.
7/1/2019
Spicejet SG9237
Jaipur - Mumbi
Overran end of runway.
6/29/2019
United Airlines 2098
New York - Houston
Blown tire. Landing gear damage.
6/15/2019
United Airlines 627
Denver - Newark
Hard landing. Blown tires.
6/16/2019
Delta Airlines DL-2122
Salt Lake - Detroit
Smoke in the cargo hold reported.
6/9/2019
Island Air FI209
Copenhagen - Kefavik
Engine shutdown.
6/3/2019
America
n Airlines AA2107
New York - Pittsburg
Bird strike.
6/1/2019
SAS SK257
Oslo - Bergen
Hydralic failure.
6/1/2019
Ryan Air FR5473
Marrakesh - Stuttgart
Cracked windscreen.
5/31/2919
EasyJet U25567
Berlin - Munich
Cracked windshield.
5/30/2019
China Airlines CI922
Hong Kong - Taipei
Engine shutdown.
5/29/2019
Venezolana VNE 1303
Port of Spain - Caracas
Uncontained engine failure.
5/29/2019
Avianca AV965
Lima - Buenos Aires
Turbulence 9 injured.
5/26/2019
China Airlines CZ3101
Hail strike. Cracked windscreen.
