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On July 7, 2015, an F-16 fighter jet operated by the United States Air Force collided in-flight with a private Cessna 150 single-engine light aircraft over Moncks Corner, South Carolina, United States. Both occupants of the Cessna were killed; the pilot of the F-16 ejected safely.
Frank Eugene Corder (May 26, 1956 – September 12, 1994) was an American truck driver. He stole a Cessna 150 late on September 11, 1994, and crashed the stolen aircraft onto the South Lawn of the White House early on September 12, 1994, while attempting to land the plane; he was killed, and was the sole casualty.
Cessna Citation I/SP: Percy Priest Lake, Tennessee Loss of control in low visibility; wife Gwen Shamblin Lara also died in this accident; see 2021 Percy Priest Lake Cessna Citation crash: Eugène Lefebvre: France 1909 First person to die while piloting a powered airplane and the second person to be killed in an airplane crash Wright Model A
The flight experienced a mid-air collision with a Cessna 150. A major factor in the accident was the position of the sun at the time. December 1, 1974 92 0 0 TWA Flight 514: Mount Weather, near Bluemont: Virginia: Boeing 727-200: The aircraft crashed during an unstabilized approach when the aircraft descended prematurely. December 1, 1974 3 0 0
Beginning with aviation legends like Clyde Cessna and Walter Beech, Wichita was garnered with its new name, "the air capital of the world," in 1928. During the '20s, the city’s 16 manufacturers ...
Golden West Airlines Flight 261, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, [1] [2] collided with a Cessna 150 (N11421), owned by CessnAir Aviation, Inc., near Whittier, California. The accident occurred on January 9, 1975, at approximately 4:07 p.m. PST, while the Sun was just 9 degrees above the western horizon, directly into the eyes of the ...
Golden West Airlines Flight 261 collided in midair with a Cessna 150 (N11421) near Whittier, California, on January 9, 1975. [30] Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 crashed into the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, near Lone Pine, on February 18, 1969, killing all 35 passengers and crew on board. [31]
A USAF Convair T-29D-CO, 52-5826, c/n 52–25, [2] returning to Langley AFB, Virginia, from Key Field, Meridian, Mississippi, with seven Air Force personnel on board, suffers mid-air collision at 1836 hrs. with a Cessna 150H, N50430, of Cavalier Flyers, with two U.S. Navy personnel on board, 4.1 miles (6.5 km) W of Newport News, Virginia, the ...