Cases represented by Slack Davis Sanger
Defective Fuel Tank Results in Aviation Lawsuit
Case Title: Nemec v. Robinson Helicopter On April 13, 2006, a Robinson R44 helicopter with registration number N123CK, carrying a pilot and four passengers crashed from just a few feet above the ground and burst into flames. The impact was survivable, and there were no traumatic injuries to the occupants caused…
Read MoreEngine Power Loss Results in Helicopter Crash Lawsuit
Case Title: Summons v. Air Methods & American Eurocopter An AS 350 helicopter that had just undergone maintenance suffered a complete power loss in the engine only six minutes into the flight on July 28, 2010. The pilot attempted an autorotation into a densely populated area of Tucson, Arizona. The pilot…
Read MoreHelicopter Crash in Andes Mountains of Peru
Case Title: Helinka-Evergreen Air Crash On March 11, 2008, a Bell 412B helicopter, N417EV, crashed in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Both pilots and all eight passengers on board were killed. The helicopter was operated by Rio Tinto, a copper mining company, and was transporting passengers from their La Granja copper…
Read MoreForced Landing Injuries Results in Helicopter Crash Lawsuit
Case Title: Lamberson v. Bell Helicopters Textron, Inc. et al. On July 30, 2007, a Bell 206B helicopter, N4YJ, was damaged during a forced landing after it lost engine power. The pilot and one of the passengers were not injured, but a second passenger was seriously injured. The helicopter left Dallas…
Read MoreHelicopter Tour Crash in Kauai, Hawaii
Case Title: Torres v. McDonnell Douglas On March 11, 2007, a McDonnell Douglas 369FF helicopter, N911VC, crashed in the town of Haena on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. The helicopter was operated by Smoky Mountain Helicopters and doing business as Inter-Island Helicopters, Inc. giving sightseeing tours of Kauai. One passenger was…
Read MoreHelicopter Crash Due to Main Rotor Blade Delaminating
Case Title: Rosario Pementel v. Helidosa Helicopteros Dominicanos S.A. and Robinson On October 11, 2006, a Robinson R44 helicopter, HI-803CT (Dominican Republic registration), crashed after losing control near Mano Negra in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. The two pilots and both passengers were killed in the crash. The passengers were in the…
Read MoreFargo Citation Crash
On November 30, 2018, a Cessna 550 was landing at Hector International Airport in Fargo, North Dakota, when it crashed on the right side of the runway. Nine passengers on board were injured. During the landing procedure, the plane began to take on ice, then the airplane stalled and crashed. Ladd…
Read MoreBlocked Pitot Tubes Results in International Crash Lawsuit
Case Title: Jacomo dos Santos Elias v. Air France, Thales Group and Airbus On May 31, 2009, an Airbus A330 flight AF 447 flying for Air France took off from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bound for Charles-de-Gaulle Airport in Paris. About two hours into the flight, the plane stalled and crashed…
Read MoreBroken Fan Blade Results in Commercial Airplane Crash Lawsuit
Case Title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 On April 17, 2018, a Boeing 737 operated by Southwest Airlines, N772SW, experienced engine failure after departing from New York’s LaGuardia airport. As a result of the engine failure, the crew began an emergency descent and diverted to Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania. One passenger…
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