Preliminary Reports

The airplane sustained substantial damage during a forced landing at approximately 1700 Eastern time following an in-flight propeller separation. The Certified Flight Instructor reported no injuries. The student pilot and one passenger reported minor injuries. Visual conditions prevailed.

At 1030 Central time, the airplane sustained substantial damage during landing. The Student pilot and sole occupant was not injured. Visual conditions prevailed. According to the pilot, while attempting a crosswind landing, the right main landing gear tire touched down first, followed by the left main landing gear tire. However, when the left hand tire made contact with the ground, “something went wrong.” He held up the left wing as long as possible but the airplane subsequently departed the runway. The airplane impacted the airport perimeter fence.

The airplane was destroyed when it impacted terrain at approximately 0920 Pacific time while descending. The non-Instrument-rated Private pilot and the pilot-rated passenger sustained fatal injuries. Visual conditions prevailed at the time of takeoff. No flight plan was filed and the aircraft was not reported overdue until later that evening. Search and rescue operations commenced in an area FAA radar data indicated the airplane had descended below radar coverage.

The non-rated pilot reported he initially planned to practice taxiing the airplane; however, he later decided to depart and fly once around the airport traffic pattern. When he attempted to land, the airplane bounced, flipped over and came to rest beside the runway. The pilot, the sole occupant of the tricycle gear airplane, sustained a head injury and was hospitalized. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot had a Student pilot certificate issued to him in the 1950s.

At 1700 Eastern time, the airplane was substantially damaged during a forced landing. The Commercial pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual conditions prevailed. After three touch-and-go landings at a remote airport, the pilot decided to fly over the beach. About five minutes later, the airplanes engine began to “cough and sputter,” and then lost power. The pilot stated he switched fuel tanks from the right to the left tank, turned the boost pump on, and attempted to restart the engine.

The airplane was substantially damaged while landing at about 1930 Eastern time. Visual conditions prevailed; the Private pilot was not injured. After entering the pattern and initiating the pre-landing procedures, the landing gear would not go down and there were no green lights associated with the landing gear indicators. Attempts to lower the landing gear caused the circuit breaker to “pop.” He then initiated emergency procedures to extend the landing gear, but the hand pump also failed to extend the landing gear.

At approximately 1412 Pacific time, the airplane was substantially damaged when it overran the departure end of Runway 25 on the takeoff roll. The two Airline Transport pilots and 13 passengers were not injured. Visual conditions prevailed. The captain subsequently reported the airplane accelerated normally but, upon reaching VR. the nose wouldnt come up. The yoke was pulled back until it was in the pilots chest, the nose wouldnt come off the ground. The captain then rejected the takeoff but was unable to stop the airplane on the remaining available runway.

The airplane sustained substantial damage during a forced landing in the desert at about 1530 Pacific time following dual loss of engine power. The Private pilot and sole occupant received minor injuries. Visual conditions prevailed. The flight had departed about 30 minutes before the accident.

At approximately 2330 Mountain time, the airplane impacted electrical power lines about one mile north of the airport. The Private pilot and his passenger received fatal injuries; the aircraft was destroyed. Visual conditions prevailed. Witnesses reported the pilot landed at the airport earlier in the evening and, after visiting with people at the airport, departed for the airstrip at Green River, Utah. About 45 minutes later, the aircraft returned and, while on an extended final to Runway 18, hit the wires, which are strung between unlighted poles. The runway lights were not functioning and although Runway 36 is equipped with a VASI (Visual Approach Slope Indicator), Runway 18 is not.

At 0825 Mountain time, the airplane collided with rugged terrain and was destroyed. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was operating the airplane, owned by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food as a public use flight to spot and shoot coyotes. The Commercial pilot and the passenger, who was serving as a gunner, sustained fatal injuries. Visual conditions prevailed.