Pilot Error Upon Landing Results in Private & Small Plane Crash Lawsuit
Case Title: Swies v. On May 22, 2018, a Gulfstream G200 with registration number N813WM crashed on approach to an airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The flight originated in Austin, Texas. It held two crew members and four passengers. There were no fatalities, and weather was not considered a factor in the accident. On approach to…
Read MorePilot’s Negligent Visual Approach Results in Private & Small Plane Crash Lawsuit
Case Title: Estate of Robinett v. Estate of Kinikin On December 10, 2009, a Piper PA-30 airplane with registration number N7881Y crashed into Laguna Madre, approximately a mile and a half from the Charles R. Johnson Airport in Port Mansfield, Texas. The pilot and sole passenger were both killed in the crash into the water.…
Read MoreIn-Flight Fire Private & Small Plane Crash Lawsuit
Case Title: Estate of Henry Jackson v. Fredericksburg Aviation On May 16, 2016, a Beechcraft Bonanza A36TC with registration number N60RW departed from Tupelo Regional Airport in Tupelo, Mississippi, in route to the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport in Virginia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. Shortly after departure, the pilot…
Read MoreCompressor Turbine Blade Fracture Results in Private and Small Plane Crash Lawsuit
Case Title: Lee Odekirk, et al. v. Dallas Airmotive, Inc., et al. On August 24, 2008, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (TG-JES) operated by Aero Ruta Maya was carrying volunteers and missionaries to a remote area in Guatemala to finish building a school and homes, when the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-44A engine suffered a…
Read MorePilot Error Results in Private and Small Plane Crash Lawsuit
Case Title: Himsel v. State of AK On November 12, 1992, a Beechcraft King Air B200 flown by the Alaska Army National Guard with passengers from the U.S. Army crashed into a mountain on its approach into the airport in Juneau, Alaska, resulting in eight casualties. Among those killed was the commander of the Alaska…
Read MoreDefective Beech Depressurization System Results in Private & Small Plane Crash Lawsuit
Case Title: Hagerman, et al. v. Hawker Beechcraft Corp., et al. On April 10, 2008, the cabin door to a Hawker Beech BE-200 King Air aircraft with registration number N300FL, explosively blew off its hinges while the aircraft was on the ground with its engine idling, killing a mechanic. The plane was owned and operated by…
Read More