Air Disasters

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Documentary (1996)

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Airbus A320-211

Registration F-GFKC, c/n 009 built in 1988. Air France Flight 296 was a chartered flight of a new fly-by-wire Airbus A320-111 operated by Air France. On 26 June 1988, it was flying over Mulhouse–Habsheim Airport as part of an air show. The low-speed flyover (with landing gear down) was supposed to take place at an altitude of 100 feet (33 metres) AGL (above ground level); instead, the plane performed the flyover at 30 feet, skimmed the treetops of the forest at the end of the runway, and crashed to the ground—killing three passengers. This was the first crash of an A320 aircraft.

Beechcraft 2000A Starship 1

Registration N2000S, c/n NC-1.

Reg.N2000S Beechcraft 2000A Starship 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 NASA.

Reg.N833NA Boeing 720-027 of NASA.

Reg.N833NA Boeing 720-027 of NASA.

Reg.N833NA Boeing 720-027 of NASA.

Reg.N833NA Boeing 720-027 of 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.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg. N73711 Boeing 737-297 of Aloha Airlines.

Reg. N73711 Boeing 737-297 of Aloha Airlines.

Reg. N73711 Boeing 737-297 of Aloha Airlines.

Boeing 737-300

Registration N73700. Maiden flight in 1984.

Boeing 737-300 Prototype.

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.

Reg.N413US Boeing 737-401 of Piedmont Airlines.

Reg.N413US Boeing 737-401 of Piedmont Airlines.

Reg.N413US Boeing 737-401 of Piedmont Airlines.

Reg.N413US Boeing 737-401 of Piedmont Airlines.

Boeing 737-401

Registration N416US, c/n 23884/1643 built in 1988. USAir Flight 5050 from New York's La Guardia Airport to Charlotte International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 20, 1989, crashed after aborting takeoff, killing two passengers.

Boeing B-52H Stratofortress

Registration 61-0026. Aircraft crashed on 24 June 1994 at Fairchild Air Force Base when its pilot, Arthur "Bud" Holland, flew the aircraft beyond its operational limits and lost control. The aircraft stalled, fell to the ground and exploded, killing Holland and the other three U.S. Air Force crew members.

61-0026 Boeing B-52H Stratofortress Czar 52 of the United States Air Force.

61-0026 Boeing B-52H Stratofortress Czar 52 of the United States Air Force.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune

BuNo 145923.

Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune.

Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune.

Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune.

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.

McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II.

McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II.

McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II.

McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II.

Mikoyan MiG-29A

303 Blue crashed at the 1989 Paris Air Show after the pilot ejected.

Mikoyan MiG-29A.

Mikoyan MiG-29A.

Mikoyan MiG-29A.

Mikoyan MiG-29S

Two Russian Air Force MiG-29s collided at the Royal International Air Tattoo in 1993. No one was injured and the pilots ejected to safety.

Mikoyan MiG-29S.

Mikoyan MiG-29S.

Mikoyan MiG-29S.

Mikoyan MiG-29S.

Mikoyan MiG-29S.

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King.

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