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  2. List of aircraft structural failures - Wikipedia

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    Propeller manufacturing defect 38 Propeller broke apart; one of the blades punctured the fuselage, causing the forward section to break away 1967-06-23 Mohawk Airlines Flight 40: Pennsylvania, United States BAC One-Eleven 204AF: Mechanical failure 34

  3. List of accidents and incidents involving the Curtiss C-46 ...

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    The cause of the crash was traced to propeller problems. [100] 22 September 1960: A Paraense C-46A (PP-BTF) crashed shortly after takeoff from Belém-Val de Cans. Seven occupants died. [92] [101] 29 October 1960: A chartered C-46 carrying the Cal Poly football team crashed on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio, resulting in the death of 22 of the 48 ...

  4. Travel photographer Amanda Gallagher dies in horrific ...

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    A professional photographer died in a horrible accident by backing up into an airplane propeller while snapping photos at a Kansas airfield. Amanda Gallagher, 37, was taking photos of people ...

  5. List of fatalities from aviation accidents - Wikipedia

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    metal fatigue of propeller hub caused by improper design and manufacturing [84] Glenn Miller: United States 1944 Musician, Big Band leader Noorduyn Norseman: English Channel: disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead Vittorio Missoni: Italy 2013 CEO of Missoni: Britten-Norman Islander: Los Roques, Venezuela Unknown, under investigation ...

  6. Photographer dies after backing into airplane propeller while ...

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    Around 2.40 p.m. Saturday, Amanda Gallagher, 37, was taking photos at an airfield just outside of Wichita when she hit the plane’s propeller while the aircraft was on the ground, according to ...

  7. 2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear accidents - Wikipedia

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    After the aircraft touched down, the right landing gear collapsed, the right wing hit the ground, and a fire broke out. The fire went out before the aircraft came to rest and all passengers and crew were evacuated. Five people had minor injuries, some from parts of the propeller entering the cabin and others from the evacuation. [citation needed]

  8. Model Lauren Scruggs on how her horrific accident has helped ...

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    The model was just 23-years-old when she walked into a plane's propeller in the dark, losing an eye, a hand and suffering brain damage. Because her tragic story made news headlines that night, the ...

  9. de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover - Wikipedia

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    The propeller problem was overcome by replacing the de Havilland variable-pitch propellers with Fairey-Reed fixed-pitch propellers, modified aircraft being re-designated the DHA-3 Mk. 1F. All but the three aircraft that had crashed by that time were brought to this standard. The propeller change however did nothing to improve the type's ...