Air Disasters

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Last updated on 11 May 2014.

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Documentary (1996)

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FMA IA 63 Pampa & Aérospatiale SA 316 Alouette III

The white tail and single jet engine exhaust of the FMA IA 63 Pampa is visible at left, behind the yellow-orange Citroën Acadiane. Probably 38º Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (Le Bourget [Paris Air Show] june 1989) ; look at the Mig 29 section below. But the FMA IA 63 Pampa was first displayed there in 1985.

Aérospatiale SA 316 Alouette III of the ALAT-Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre.

Beechcraft 2000A Starship 1

Registration N2000S, c/n NC-1.

Reg.N2000S Beechcraft 2000A Starship 1.

Bell UH-1 Iroquois

Bell UH-1 Iroquois.

Boeing 720-027

Known as the Controlled Impact Demonstration, NASA and the FAA intentionally crashed this remote-controlled 720 at the Dryden Flight Research Facility on 1 December 1984 in order to collect data about plane crash survivability and test new technologies. Registration N833NA, c/n 18066 built in 1961. Aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg.N833NA Boeing 720-027 of the NASA.

Boeing 737-297

Registration N73711, c/n 20209/152 built in 1969. Aloha Airlines Flight 243 suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, but was able to land safely at Kahului Airport on Maui, Hawaii on 28 April 1988. There was one fatality, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing, who was ejected from the airplane. Another 65 passengers and crew were injured.

Reg. N73711 Boeing 737-297 of Aloha Airlines.

Boeing 737-300

Registration N73700. Maiden flight in 1984.

Boeing 737-300 Prototype.

Boeing 737-401

Registration N413US, c/n 23882/1621. On August 02/1989, the aircraft landed at Greensboro without a main landing gear after diverting from Charlotte due to the problem. A wheel chock left in the gear well the night before was blamed for jamming the gear in the up position.

Reg.N413US Boeing 737-401 of Piedmont Airlines.

De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22A

Registration ZK-TNR, c/n C1/0018. Crashed at the Wings Over Wanaka airshow on 3 April 1994, killing the pilot.

Reg.ZK-TNR as WB566/59 De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22A with RAF livery.

Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune

BuNo 145923.

Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

Registration LN-RKB, c/n 46871/219. SAS Flight 901 touched down 1440 m past the runway 04R threshold at John F. Kennedy International Airport on 28 February 1984. The crew steered the plane to the right side off the runway to avoid approach lights. The DC-10 ended up in shallow water and all occupants survived.

Reg. LN-RKB Douglas DC-10-30 Haakon Viking of SAS - Scandinavian Airlines System.

McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II

Crash test performed in 1988 by Sandia National Laboratories. The F-4 was attached to a rocket sled and slammed into a wall to see the results of an aircraft hitting a reinforced concrete structure.