The East Coast Horror Date: June 29th 1975 Location: East Coast USA Time: 8:50 PM ET Fatalities: 7 (i couldent get pics) :c
RL 203RL 203 Was the registration of an Avro Arrow that crashed shortly after taking of from Roane County Airport killing the experienced on board. Date : 4th of April / 1955 Site : 1 to 2 miles away from Roane County Airport Cause *Possible* : Microburst-Induced wind shear while Initial climb which led to Lose of control Crew : 1 Fatalities : 1 Nature : Test Flight _____________________________ Due to the lack of facts surrounding this accident, not everything can be confirmed. Official Investigation Report : 'The plane toke off during bad weather conditions, when the plane started to climb the plane was seen banking to the right, the eye witnesses said that *the pilot was trying so hard to fix the problem , but the plane kept banking*.' 'Due to the lack of wreckage recovered (because the military toke the most parts of the wreckage) we couldn't determined if some mechanical failure occurred during the Initial climb, or if the pilot made some mistake which can cause such a sudden steep right bank , but its possible that due to the poor weather that day, the plane encountered some downdrafts which caused it to drop suddenly from the sky.' _____________________________ Possible photo of the destroyed plane after the crash, no one is sure if this photo is true or fake.
1992 USAF Strato HMX 920 Nevada Shut DownOn the 5th of July / 1992, a Strato HMX 920 Owned by the Strato HMX 920 was shut down by friendly fire after the ATC Failed to spot the plane on his radar. The pilot was killed on the crash. _____________________________________________________ Final Approach & Shut down : US19014, a Strato HMX 920 Owned by the USAF as a training plane was on final approach to The Grooved Test Range Air Base in Nevada / USA. 'Everything seemed OK until the ATC Reported seeing an unknown plane' a ground soldier said, 'A very old Me262 was sent to follow the plane and shut it down if it was confirmed it doesn't belong to the USAF' he said. Meanwhile, the pilot of the Strato did not know that he was some minutes from death, he tried to call the ATC Many times , but the ATC Failed to hear his calls because he was busy trying to figure out what was the unknown plane. The Me262 was followed by a F-16 that managed to take these photos of the shutdown. At 7:34 AM, the plane was confirmed destroyed and military cars were sent to examine the wreckage, it was the shocking discovery that the downed aircraft was owned by the USAF and the experienced air force pilot died. Wreckage. __________________________________________________ Cause : "The USAF Blamed the cause of this friendly-aircraft shut down as the ATC Failure to use his radar and hear the incoming calls from the aircraft while being distracted trying to figure out what plane was flying near the base with his eyes only" __________________________________________________
1945 USAF B-25 Shut downOn August first / 1945, a North American B-25 Mitchell owned by the USAF Was shut down above The Desert Highway killing all 14 on board the bomber, the Luftwaffe plane (Me262) that shot down the plane was chased by American fighter jets and was destroyed by them killing its pilot. ___________________________________________________________ (A B-25 Owned by the USAF, this is the sister aircraft to the destroyed bomber) Date : 1st Of August / 1945 Location : Desert Highway Nature : Bombing mission Summary : Shut down by a Luftwaffe Me262 Crew : 6 Soldiers on board : 9 Fatalities : 14 (all) Survivors : None Registration : 29710 Aircraft Name : Bombing Bird ______________________________________________________ The wreckage of the plane is still on the crash site, it was kept as a memorial for the 14 people who died in the accident. Wreckage as of the first of August / 2017 Its the 72th anniversary for this accident. The Me262 that shot down the aircraft as seen from a Special episode that was made for this accident that aired on 2015 The B-25 When the rockets were lunched by the Me262 There was no escape. Wreckage falling from the sky, photo taken by the P-51 Mustang that chased the Me262
I found this photo on my hard drive, and I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could find any info on this JRI crash.
Date: June 16, 1951 Summary: Rudder Failure, Stall. Site: Nevada Military Air Base Total fatalities: 0 Total injuries (non-fatal): 1 (Pilot in critical condition) Total Survivors (On Plane or Planes) : 1 -------------------------------------------------- Images ( Of Plane before crash (if possible) ) : No Image was taken before as the plane was supposed to be a secret. -------------------------------------------------- Main body : Aircraft: Experimental m262 that was modernized by the C.I.A Investigation : Military Investigators were alerted of the crash 4 hours after it occurred. A big discovery was when they noticed that the rudder was not secured to the plane. 2 Theories were created. 1: Improper maintenance caused the rudder to not be secured before the crash. 2: Soviet Spy's or Sympathizers were responsible for sabotage of the rudder. Neither theory has been proven right or wrong. The flight was supposed to be a test flight of the jet. The jet was on the runway and almost immediately things went wrong. The jet throttled forward before it drifted towards the right and the fences. The pilot tried to turn left using the rudder, but the rudder ripped off instead. To not crash into the fence, the pilot pulled up. The jet did not have enough speed to take off yet and stalled, rolled to the left and landed upside down on the cockpit and ripping off the right wing. It still had its engines on and dragged itself 500 yards before stopping. Aftermath : The Jet right after it had stalled: The jet 5 seconds after the crash: After it had stopped: After the pilot was rescued and the plane was investigated: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USAF 1431USAF 1431 Was the registration given for a North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber owned by the United States Air Force. The plane ditched in Jungle Rock Island in 1952 shortly after take off, no one died. _____________________________________________________________________ (Photograph of the aircraft seconds before it ditched just some KMs away from The Jungle Rock Airport) Site : Lake waters near The Jungle Rock Airport Date : 1st of August / 1952 Cause : Instruments failure shortly after take off. Pilot error in the decision between returning to the Airport or ditching. Damage : Written Off Crew : 6 Fatalities : 0 Aircraft Type : North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber First flight : 1950 Owner : United State Air Force Registration : 1431__________ Narrative : The B-25 Toke off from Jungle Rock Airport with 6 crew members on board, during the initial climb 90% of the cockpit instruments jammed for reasons that were not determined. The crew started a right turn to return to the airport, at that time the pilot asked "Should we return or ditch, I'm not sure if the engines are out as well", the Co-pilot replayed by 'I Don't think the engines are out, we can return to the airport', the cockpit went silent after the Co-pilot said that, but when the plane reached 500 feet the pilot decided to Ditch even if the runway was in his sights and the plane was facing the runway. The plane then ditched in the lake with heavy damages to its fuselage. All on board survived with minor injures.
1949 Desert Highway Region B-25 CrashOn the 15th of January / 1949, a B-25 Was flying above The Desert Highway Region when it encountered strong winds which caused control problems. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing on the nearest airport , but it turns out he missed the airport and he had to make a hard right turn. While making the turn, the pilot set the engines on full power, flaps and gears were prepared for the emergency landing, but during the hard turn the plane's elevators jammed causing a total loss of control and a nose dive. The plane hit the ground wing first, both pilots were thrown out of their cockpit and survived. The Investigation found that the planes elevators jammed during the hard right turn because of the strong winds that damaged them shortly after taking off and during the flight. ____________________________________________ (A B-25 Similar to the aircraft involved) Date : 15th of January / 1949 Site : 2 miles away from a military airfield / Desert Highway Region Cause : Encountered Strong winds during take off and flight leading to a rudder failure and elevators jam during a hard right turn while making an emergency landing. Aircraft type : North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber Operator : United State Air Force Crew : 2 Fatalities : 0 Survivors : 2 (Injured) Route : Unknown to Unknown Registration : 800-350 ________________________________ _________________ A Small fighter jet saw the B-25 and was ordered to Go-around by the ATC because the B-25 Wanted to make an emergency landing. He managed to snap these photos seconds after the crash.
1965 Roane County Airport DisasterOn the 21th of September / 1965, an An-12 plane (Flight 18) owned by Cloud Airlines crashed while approaching Roane County Airport / Tennessee during rainy weather conditions killing 34 people out of 55 on board the plane and 3 people on the ground. _____________________________________ (An An-12 owned by BeamNG Test Airframe similar to the aircraft involved in the accident seen on The Grooved Test Range / 1989) Date : 22th of April / 1965 Site : Main runway / Roane County Airport / Tennessee Summary : Crashed short of runway due to ATC Error and confusion / Stalled during Go-around attempt due to wind-shear Aircraft type : An-12 Crew : 8 , fatalities : 3 (3 flight attendants, all cockpit crew survived) Passengers : 47 , fatalities : 31 Survivors : 27 (all cockpit crew + 16 passengers + 6 on the ground) (All were injured) Ground fatalities : 3 (Airport workers) Total fatalities : 34 on board the plane + 3 on the ground = 37 Operator : Cloud Airlines Registration : 115 Flight number : 18 Narrative : The An-12 was approaching the main and only runway of Roane County Airport. Everything was going OK until the crew noticed fast changes in weather, the sky become dark and heavy rain started. The Captain asked the ATC About the wind speed and told him that he was approaching the airport, but now the ATC makes a fatal mistake by calling the wrong call-sign for the aircraft as he thought the An-12 was approaching the airport from the North East, the An-12 pilot was ignored the wrong call-sign and waited for the ATC To give him the info about how much they should descent and the wind speed. Meanwhile the ATC Is still confused and doesn't know that the plane is coming from the South. Due to changes of terrain near the Airport and both endings of the main runway, the ATC told Flight 18 to descent to 600 feet (The plane was coming from the South meaning that it should touch down in 660 feet). The cockpit crew were not sure about the ATC info and decided to make a Go-around attempt by pulling the nose of the aircraft a lot and putting engines on max power, but due to the bad weather, wind shear was present causing the plane to stall. The aircraft's middle section and tail section hit the ending of the runway so hard, causing a big explosion and post-crash fire. Meanwhile the cockpit section separated from the plane and rested on the Runway. Some passengers managed to escape from the burning wreckage and the cockpit crew left the cockpit and saw the amount of destruction that happened to the other sections of the plane, the pilot and the flight engineer helped 7 passengers to get out , but it was 2 late for the other passengers as another explosion and fire erupted (The plane hit a Gas truck killing 3 on the ground) ________________________________________________________________________ Probable cause : The Aircraft encountered Wind-shear during a Go-around attempt causing it to stall and crash short of the runway. The crew decided to Go-around because the ATC Gave them the wrong descent level and wrong info and caused a lot of confusion when he called the wrong call-sign. ________________________________________________________________________ The cockpit crew were awarded for their post-crash actions and the ATC was suspended and sent to Jail for 3 years.
1952 Idlewild Airport DisasterThe Idlewild Airport Disaster happened on the 23rd of March / 1952, when a B-25 Stalled and crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Runway 4 Right killing the sole pilot on board the B-25. The investigation team blamed the pilot of the plane for a lot of things. Mainly his decision to fly the plane during night time when he was fatigued and tired. _________________________________________________ Background : 800-164 was a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber that was parked in Idlewild Airport / New York, the WW2 Bomber was not used from months, but on the 20th of March /1952, experienced pilot Captain Bill N.Rogers wanted to fly the plane from Idlewild Airport to Nevada to bring the legendary WW2 Bomber back to life. Captain Bill N.Rogers was a 62 years old USAF Pilot, he was a B-24 Pilot in WW2 and had over 21000 flying hours. On the 23rd of March, captain Rogers got permission to make a flight from New York To Nevada. Everything seemed good with the plane until a friend of Captain Rogers saw a crack under the left engine of the B-25. He told Captain Rogers about the crack , but Captain Rogers wasn't scared of the crack and said it was a 'simple damage'. After 3 hours of checking the plane, captain Rogers was cleared to take off from Runway 4 Right. It was 1 AM At the time and Captain Rogers was tired after the long day. 3 Of his experienced friends asked him if he needed help flying the plane, but Captain Rogers replied with 'No I'm good'. At 1:32 AM he started the engines and lined his bomber plane on Runway 4 right. Everything seemed fine again , but the left engine started making some weird noises and Captain's Rogers told him about the weird noises, but Captain Rogers said there is nothing to worry about and if anything goes wrong he would return to the airport. At 1:36 AM, captain Rogers started taking off from Runway 4 right. Suddenly at around 1:38 the plane was seen banking to the left, and at 1:39 people saw the plane pulling up so hard to the left, that was followed by a stall and a nose-dive. (A photo created by a software to remake the scene when the plane pulled up and started to stall) The plane didn't recover and crashed into the sea at 1:41 killing Captain Bill N.Rogers. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (The last photo of the plane seen minutes before it crashed) - Date : 23rd of March / 1952 - Site : Off shore of Idlewild Airport / New York - United States Of America - Summery : Stalled during Initial climb due to multiple reasons : Loss of control while recovering from a stall-bank to the left. Pilot error, failure in noticing a left-bank and overreacting by pulling hard causing a stall Pilot fatigue, lack of pilot sleep Oleo strut failure leading to a left bank during initial climb The pilot's failure to notice the Oleo strut fatigue crack and declining the help request by 3 other pilots to fly with him. - Type : North American B-25 Mitchell bomber - Operator : USAF - Registration : 800-164 - Crew : 1 - Fatalities : 1 (all) - Phase : Initial climb (ICL) - Departure airport : Idlewild Airport / USA - Destination airport : Test Grooved Range / Nevada / USA _______________________________________________________________________ Investigation and probable cause : "1: The pilot's failure to notice a fatigue crack on his left engine and ignoring weird sounds before the take off / 2: The pilot's fatigue at the time of the Initial climb (ICL) /3: A Left bank while climbing caused by an Oleo Strut fatigue crack and the pilots failure to correct the bank, the pilot pulled the plane's nose up (hard) causing a stall /4: The pilot's failure to recover from a stall leading to loss of control and nose-dived into the ocean." _______________________________________________________________________ Classification: Loss of Control Pilot fatigue and error Fatigue crack _______________________________________________________________________ The cockpit section was one of the few parts of the plane that was pulled from the sea. Special Thanks to @Lamzumi for their encouragement :3
August 11th, 1992 A Plane was flying around the mainland of Sandy Mountain, when a hurricane that had formed 50 miles south on the coast of BSU, a work tractor was blown onto the runway at the last minute and destroyed the plane. Fatalities (by crash): 0 Fatalities (by hurricane): 15 Damage costs: 40 Billion US Dollars Damage costs (by hurricane): 16 Billion US Dollars Plane registration: 41AH Location: Kensty Airfield, Sandy Mountain, KamayRiver State, BSU. Hurricane Category: 5 Formation area: Near Small Island, USA. Blackbox Intercom: Code: -Transmission Starts- 41AH: Affirmative, Runway 48H Ready for takeoff, affirmative? Kamaz Airforce Base: Affirmative. 41AH: *Full throttles jet engines while on the runway* 41AH: Plane about to take off. *Tractor blows onto runway* 41AH: WO- *Smashing sounds with crumpling metal* Kamaz Airforce Base: 41AH, Are you there, do you repeat, affirmative? -Transmission ends- Pictures:
Date : 12th Of October / 1945 Location : Tobruk, Libya (Map is Grooved Range) Nature : Intercepted during unknown operation, presumed ground attack. Summary : Aircraft shot down by RAF fighters. Crew : 1 Fatalities : 1 Survivors : None Registration : Aircraft Name : Messerschmidt 262 First flight : Unknown Operator : Presumed Luftwaffe The aircraft was first spotted approaching Tobruk at a high rate of speed from the direction of Siwa Oasis, in response the RAF scrambled a pair of Tempest's which managed to intercept as the aircraft begun to descend towards the RAF run air force base, the following is the first hand report of Squadron Leader Winthrope. "I spotted the fighter below my left wing at about my 10 o clock position, I entered a dive and caught up quickly, I fired a burst as we passed over the airfield boundary fencing, which caught the left engine and burst into flames, the '262 rolled over sharply and struck the base of the control tower with the left wing, the aircraft continued over and struck the sand, the aircraft broke apart, I saw the cockpit section, minus wings and tailplane bouncing across the sand in a level position, it did not catch fire." The following pictures show the aircraft in a Luftwaffe desert pattern, leading rumours of a Luftwaffe unit fighting the Allies despite the war in Europe ending 6 Months ago, the pilot, who was killed on Impact was also found in a Luftwaffe uniform, which supports the theory.
277-150 (1950 Utah Mid Air Collision)277-150 was a registration of a United States Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber. The plane hit an Eastern Airlines DC-3 and crashed in Utah on the 3rd of September / 1950 destroying it , but without killing anyone on board the plane or the DC-3. The cause was later blamed to the adverse weather conditions at the time of the accident. _________________________________ (A Similar North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber flying near Utah Canyons) Date : 3rd of September / 1950 Site : Near Utah Canyons / Utah - United States of America Cause : Mid-Air Collision with an Eastern Airlines DC-3 caused by bad weather and low visibility leading to confusion and belly landing. Aircraft Type : North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber Crew : 7 Survivors : 7 (all) Injures (non-fatal) : 6 Registration : 277-150 Operator : USAF ________________________________________________________________________ Route Changing Request : The plane toke off from a military airbase located on Utah with 7 crew members on board it, all 7 were experienced old crew members and no one have been in an accident before. During flight, The Utah Weather Report Radio (UWRR) warned the crew of clouds and rainy weather conditions. The crew asked to change their flight route , but the Airbase ATC told the crew that an Eastern Airlines DC-3 Is flying near them. The B-25 Crew told the ATC that they will be very careful and they will try to spot the DC-3. Collision : The B-25 Crew tried avoiding the incoming thunder cloud by turning to the right while looking for the DC-3 To avoid a collision, the B-25 Crew didn't know that the DC-3 Was flying above them (8,000 feet above Utah Canyons). At around 7 AM, the B-25 Right wing clipped the left wing of the DC-3, both planes were damaged , but control was not lost. The DC-3 Managed to land back safely at Salt Lake City International Airport meanwhile confusion raised on the cockpit of the B-25 About what happened, the crew thought lightning struck their plane and prepared to crash land. A Collision path shows how both planes hit each other. Collision Summary : Date : 3rd Of September / 1950 Site : 8,000 feet above Utah's Canyons / Utah - United States Of America Summary : Adverse Weather Conditions Survivors : 24 (All on board both planes) ____________________________________________ (A Similar Eastern Airlines to the plane involved in the mid air collision) Aircraft type : DC-3 Operator : Eastern Airlines Flight Number : NV186 Crew : 5 Passengers : 12 Survivors : 17 (all) Injures (non fatal) : 4 (Collision injures) Departure Airport : Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) Destination Airport : Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) Aircraft type : North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber Operator : USAF Registration : 277-150 Crew : 7 Survivors : 7 (all) Damage : Written-off Departure Airport : Secret Military Base Destination Airport : Unknown ________________________________________________________________________________ Cockpit Confusion and crash landing : After the collision with the DC-3, the pilots of the B-25 Were confused and thought that a lightning or some sort of weather related thing hit or damaged their plane, that led the captain to put the gears down and decrees power on both engines in adverse weather conditions while having little damages to his wing from the collision. The crew spotted a flat area where they can crash land. Now the captain retract the gears thinking he didn't put them down after the collision due to his distraction, and both engines are on low power. The crew are some feet away from the ground, the captain then noticed that the gears are retracted causing him to try going around , but due to low engine power the plane couldn't climb and crash landed breaking into 2 parts. All 7 crew members survived , but were injured. ________________________________________________________________________________ Aftermath crash landing photos :
1977 Roane County Airport Learjet 36A Crash (Knight Airlines Flight 362)23rd of September / 1977, its a typical normal sunrise in Roane County Airport / Tennessee for a Knight Airlines Learjet 36A that was approaching the airport. Apart from the thick fog and rainy weather everything looked OK for the pilots of the plane, captain Mark Laws (40) and Co-pilot Henry Max (26). Suddenly, moments before touch down the plane disappeared from the ATC radar not far from the runway. Emergency services were called and the plane was found destroyed and all 4 on board were killed. __________________________________________________ Plane / Flight and crash : The plane was a new Learjet 36A That was made in 1975 (2 years old plane) and was sold to Knight Airlines in 1996, the plane had 950 hours in the air. The Flight number was Knight Airlines Flight 362 and piloted by Captain Mark Laws, a 40 years old experienced captain with over 6000 flying hours. Meanwhile the Co-pilot was Henry Max (aged 26), a new Knight Airlines captain with 1100 flying hours. Flight 362 was flying from Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) / South Carolina To Roane County Airport / Tennessee with 2 crew and 2 passengers on board. The Learjet 36A started approaching Roane County Airport like a typical beginning of a new day with the sunrise and little clouds , but that changed in 30 seconds as fog and rain drops were spotted by the captain. The ATC asked the pilots to land quickly as a heavy storm was on the way. The Pilots told the ATC that they were already doing their landing checklist. Almost 40 seconds before touch down the plane disappeared from the radar and the ATC Lost contact with it. Emergency services were called immediately , but the plane was completely destroyed because it smashed into a low ridge just short of the runway. _________________________________________________ Causes and Investigation : (JY-AFC, A Learjet 36A Of Arab Wings similar to the crashed Knight Airlines plane) Date : 23rd of September / 1977 Site : Short of Roane County's Airport Runway / Tennessee - United States Of America Summary : Left Engine fire due to metal fatigue leading to fuel tank explosion and loss of control Aircraft Type : Learjet 36A Operator : Knight Airlines Registration : KN-1493 Flight Number : 362 Crew : 2 Passengers : 2 Fatalities : 4 (all) Departure Airport : Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) / South Carolina Destination Airport : Roane County Airport (RCA) / Tennessee Phase : Landing Narrative : The Learjet was approaching Roane County Airport and seconds before touch down the planes left wing failed and a fire broke out which caused the fuel tank to explode. That explosion damaged the plane's fuselage and caused the crew to loss control. The plane hit a low ridge nose first just short of the main runway of Roane County Airport. _______________________________________________________________________________ - Fatigue crack : An Investigation started by the NTSB Discovered that the left engine had a crack that was ignored by the maintenance team. The crack started to get bigger by time and due to the bad weather at the time of the accident the crack caused the fan blade of engine to fail and start fire. The fire spread to the wing and fuselage causing one of the fuel tanks to explode. _______________________________________________________________________________ Photo gallery : ___________________________________________________________________________________ Notes : This is not a real story and no one was harmed. This accident is based on the forgotten disaster of JY-AFC That happened in Marka Airport on the 23rd of September / 1977. The Learjet 36A That was owned by Arab Wings with 4 people on board crashed during take off due to fuel imbalance which led to lose of control during initial climb (ICL), all on board were killed and its the 7th deadliest in Jordan's history.
1997 Utah Helicopters Bell 407 Shut downOn the first of August / 1997, a brand new Bell 407 with 8 people on board was flying above Utah, the plane was owned by The Utah Transport Helicopters Company. Everything was going OK With the new helicopter until it was shot by a ground missile causing the Bell to lose control and crash killing 7 from the 8 on board. ______________________________________________ (The Bell 407 involved in the accident flying above Utah 1 day before the disaster) Date : 1 / August / 1997 Site : Utah - United States Of America Summary : Mistaken-missile shut down Aircraft type : Bell 407 Operator : Utah Transport Helicopters Registration : N12948 Crew : 2 Passengers : 6 Survivors : 1 (Captain) Injures (non-fatal) : 1 (Captain) Fatalities : 7 (First Officer + all 6 passengers) Narrative : The Bell 407 was flying above Utah when it was struck by a mistaken fired missile from a tank on the ground. The Bell lost control and crashed into terrain killing 7 people. ________________________________________________________________________
I had it sometime ago , but now I don't. Those are old photos I saw and edited while looking around my beamng screenshots file
