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SELECTED RECENT AVIATION ACCIDENT CASES
- Double engine flameout of Boeing 737 including complete loss of electrical and APU power resulting in an off-airport forced landing with one fatality and 54 serious injuries.
- Stall-Spin accident of a DC-9 caused by inadvertent retraction of leading-edge devices and slat asymmetry resulting in 19 fatalities.
- Continued flight into severe turbulence of a Saab 340 Turboprop commuter with one serious injury.
- In-flight fire in a Cessna 404 twin engine piston airplane caused by a malfunctioning, fuel-fed cabin heater resulting in loss of control and one fatality.
- High altitude loss of tail-rotor effectiveness (LTE) accident in a Bell 206-L4 helicopter with post impact fire resulting from separated fuel lines with six fatalities.
- Loss of RPM in Allison 250-C20B turboshaft engine due to fuel governor failure resulting in loss of a Bell 206B-III helicopter with one fatality on the ground and two serious injuries.
- Uncommanded descent of a Robinson R-22 helicopter and collision with terrain, with two serious injuries.
- In-flight engine failure of a Murphy Super-Rebel SR-2500 powered by a Russian M14P radial engine resulting in a power-line strike during a forced landing and two fatalities.
- Stall-Spin accident of a Mitsubishi MU-2B due to pilot error induced by unique flight control system and aircraft stability characteristics resulting in two fatalities.
- Power failure and post-crash fire of a Bell 47G helicopter resulting in two fatalities and one serious injury.
- Fuel starvation and management accident involving a Cessna 340A twin-engine piston airplane resulting in three fatalities and two serious injuries.
- Accelerated stall-spin accident of a Cessna 172 with two fatalities.
- High speed landing overrun of Lear 25C with one fatality and two serious injuries.
- Departure from controlled flight of a Cessna 210N while VFR on top with three fatalities.
- Departure from controlled flight of a Cessna 182 on over-water takeoff with one fatality and two serious injuries.
- Engine failure of a Cessna 206 with post impact fire and six fatalities.
- Loss of situational awareness in flight crew of BAC-3201 turboprop resulting in controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) with 19 fatalities.
- Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) of a Bell 412 helicopter with three fatalities.
- Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) of a Cessna 182 in mountain obscuration conditions with two fatalities.
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