ARFF Daily News

Tuesday the 25th of March, 2025

Small plane crashes into fence at Kissimmee airport

No injuries reported

Haley Coomes, Digital Content Producer

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A small plane crashed into an airport fence Monday morning at Kissimmee Gateway Airport.

According to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson, the incident occurred around 9 a.m. after the pilot of the Cirrus Vision SF50 reported experiencing a throttle issue.

Only the pilot was on board at the time of the crash, and no injuries were reported.

The FAA will investigate the incident to determine the cause and any contributing factors.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/03/24/small-plane-crashes-into-fence-at-kissimmee-airport/

3 survivors rescued from icy lake after plane goes missing in Alaska

Rescuers homed in on the crash site thanks to cellphone pings.

By Alex Stone

Good Samaritans helped save stranded plane crash victims on Monday after their aircraft went missing over a mountain range in Alaska.

A Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser was reported overdue on Sunday night, according to the Alaska National Guard. The plane had taken off from Soldotna Airport in Soldotna, Alaska, earlier in the day on Sunday.

The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, a U.S. Coast Guard Super Hercules, Alaska State Troopers and Alaska National Guard launched a search effort but could not find it.

There was no emergency transmitter signal coming from the wreckage.

However, the Alaska National Guard told ABC News that a cellphone ping led searchers to believe the plane was near Tustumena Lake and the Kenai Mountains.

It was a civilian in an aircraft who wound up spotting the plane crash site on Monday.

Alaska officials said it was a testament to the strength of the community in Alaska that when an aircraft goes down, everybody takes to their planes and they go out and look.

One of the good Samaritans seeking the missing plane was Dale Eicher, who told ABC News that he was able to fly over the site of the crash approximately half an hour after it was first located and saw the survivors awaiting rescue.

An Alaska Army National Guard Blackhawk medivac variant with extended range, a hoist and a flight medic -- part of the 207th Aviation Troop Command -- went out to where the wreckage was spotted and found three people on the wing of the PA-12, which had seemingly broken the surface of a frozen body of water and had become partially submerged.

The National Guard told ABC News that the plane had missed the main lake; instead, the aircraft seems to have settled amid a glacial field and large body of water.

All three passengers on the plane survived the crash, were successfully rescued and were taken to a local hospital. There are no further updates on any injuries or what led to the crash.

ABC News' Lena Camilletti contributed to this report.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/3-survivors-rescued-icy-lake-after-plane-missing/story?id=120119584

NTSB Prelim: Hughes OH-6A

Helicopter Came To Rest Upright On A Southwest Heading, With Its Tailboom Severed Just Aft Of The Engine

Location: Santa Teresa, NM Accident Number: WPR25LA101
Date & Time: February 22, 2025, 16:20 Local Registration: N4191T
Aircraft: Hughes OH-6A Injuries: 2 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Instructional

On February 22, 2025, about 1620, a Hughes OH-6A, N4191T, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The flight instructor and pilot undergoing instruction were not injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight.

The flight instructor had just flown in the helicopter with its owner earlier in the day, and the flight was uneventful.

The accident flight was intended to be refresher training for the pilot undergoing instruction, rather than a formal flight review. For about 30 minutes they performed a series of practice maneuvers and once complete the flight instructor took the flight controls and initiated a hover taxi from the end of runway 28 to the helicopter pad about 500 ft to the southwest. 

About midway through the taxi, they felt a shudder in the airframe and the helicopter immediately yawed to the right. The flight instructor moved the throttle to idle and proceeded to lower the collective. The yaw transitioned into a spin, and the helicopter struck the ground on the incline of a gravel pit. The helicopter came to rest upright on a southwest heading, with its tailboom severed just aft of the engine. The tailrotor assembly including the vertical and horizontal stabilizers were located about 100 ft behind the helicopter.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov

Today in History

47 Years ago today: On 25 March 1978 A Burma Airways Fokker F-27 Friendship crashed shortly after takeoff from Yangon-Mingaladon Airport, Myanmar , killing all 48 occupants.

Date: Saturday 25 March 1978

Time: 06:58

Type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 200

Owner/operator: Burma Airways

Registration: XY-ADK

MSN: 10235

Year of manufacture: 1963

Total airframe hrs: 28634 hours

Cycles: 30355 flights

Fatalities: Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 48

Other fatalities: 0

Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off

Category: Accident

Location: ca 16 km N of Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN) -   Myanmar

Phase: Initial climb

Nature: Passenger - Scheduled

Departure airport: Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY)

Destination airport: Myitkyina Airport (MYT/VYMK)

Confidence Rating:  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:

A Burma Airways Fokker F-27 Friendship crashed shortly after takeoff from Yangon-Mingaladon Airport, Myanmar , killing all 48 occupants.

The aircraft lost height following takeoff from runway 06 and struck trees located 400 feet right of the extended centreline. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed in a paddy field bursting into flames.