Tag Archive: Accidents/Incidents

Drug-laden plane left at Texas airstrip was sold  – Atlanta Journal Constitution.com

HOUSTON — A small plane abandoned with about 100 pounds of marijuana onboard after skidding off the runway at a small private airstrip was recently sold at auction or in an estate sale following the death of its registered owner, authorities said Tuesday. John Kremmer, chief sheriff’s deputy in Waller County, said federal investigators determined …

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Plane Registered to Jimmie Johnson Racing II races off runway at Key West – MIX3TRAVEL

A Gulfstream 150 jet crash landed at the Key West airport this evening at 7:45 p.m. with the pilot and co-pilot radioing there were no brakes upon landing. Four people on board were taken to Lower Keys hospital, two with minor injuries and two transported for precautionary reasons.The plane was registered to Jimmie Johnson Racing …

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Photo: A blast from the past – YIP Executive Tours L-188 at CLE in 1982 – OPShots.net

Pictured in front of the historic pair of hangars that are now part of the Atlantic Aviation complex in August 1982, this is a very rare photo of this ill-fated Electra in these titles.  This Electra would be destroyed in a fiery crash outside Reno, Nevada five years later while flying for Galaxy Airlines.   – …

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Ernest Angley’s plane lands ‘hard’ at Akron-Canton Airport – Akron Beacon Journal

A jet belonging to Ernest Angley Ministries “landed hard” at the Akron-Canton Airport on Tuesday afternoon. Kristie Van Auken, spokeswoman for the airport, said the plane and tire debris were quickly removed from the runway. Commercial flights were not interrupted by the incident, which happened around noon. Five people were on board and no one …

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