CA-BTU-Neal IC Butte County Aircraft down with fire extended to vegetation 15 acres. two fatalities #CaFire

CA-BTU-NealUpdate 1615h: Now reporting two fatalities in the plane crash Butte County Cal Fire has stated in a press release this evening the size of the blaze as a result of a fatal plane crash was estimated to 21 acres from the original 10-15 acres. The release also stated around 11:36 a.m. two unidentified individuals in a plane crashed in Hamlin Canyon just south of Neal Road, killing both individuals. The 21-acre fire took roughly three hours to contain. The Butte County Sheriff’s Office has taken over the crash investigation.Update 1515h: Fire Contained, releasing Copter 205 back to Vina.
Update 1145h: 10 to 15 acres, Requesting 4 additional crews, total of 4 WT's and 2 additional type III engines. Aircraft located in burn consumed to frame. Searching for souls on board. Fire backing into Bluff. IC thinks they can handle with additional ordered equipment. Tankers in orbit or released.Update 1215h: 15 acres, 80% contained, expect 100 within an hour or two. 10-15 acres, aircraft located in the middle of the burn, nothing remains but framework, checking for souls on board at this time.

Location: Between Paradise and the Neal Road Landfill, 

Reported Date/time: *1145hr  2-4 acres per Div 2103,  continue full response

IA:Sawmill says Aircraft down with fire into vegetation likely around Neal Road Spring House?.

ROS: Spread holding at the road thus far.

ROC: Resources arriving on scene now; staging on Neal, closing road at the old spring house. Requesting 3 additional Type 3 engines and 3 additional hand crews for a total of 4.   

Structure Threats: No

Radio Frequencies: Neal IC on Tac 11

Butte Fire Command net 151.400

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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD NEWS RELEASE: #NTSB LAUNCHING #GOTEAM TO INVESTIGATE SAN FRANCISCO BOEING 777 CRASH #SFOFire #SFOCrash

NTSB LAUNCHING GO TEAM TO INVESTIGATE BOEING 777 CRASH IN SAN FRANCISCO

July, 6, 2013

WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board is launching a full go-team to San Francisco, Calif., to investigate today’s crash involving Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777. The crash occurred while the aircraft was landing at San Francisco International Airport. 
NTSB Senior Aviation Accident Investigator Bill English will serve as investigator-in-charge. NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman is accompanying the team and will serve as the principal spokesman.

Public Affairs Specialists Kelly Nantel and Keith Holloway will also be on-scene in San Francisco to coordinate media related activities. They can be reached by mobile phone at 202-557-1350.

For the latest information related to the investigation and any press briefings, follow us on twitter @NTSB or at ntsb.gov

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Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 Crash Lands at SFO: NEW VIDEO Air Traffic Control & SFFD Dispatch #Audio #SFOCrash #MCI #SFO, #SFOFire

Asiana's Boeing 777 Crash-Lands at SFO

Asiana Airlines has established telephone numbers for inquiries regarding the crash of flight #214 at SFO. In the U.S.: 1 800 227 4262.

ALL 307 passengers and crew accounted for, with 2 dead

UPDATE 6:30: Per SFFD 307 people on board Asiana Airlines Flight 214, only one remains unaccounted for, authorities told reporters.Two people died and 181 were taken to hospitals Saturday after the Boeing 777 crashed on arrival to San Francisco International Airport.

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An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, killing at least two people, injuring dozens of others and forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety as flames tore through the plane.

In addition to the two deaths in the crash at San Francisco International Airport, dozens of passengers were "unaccounted for", said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-Whites.

“This is a work in progress,” she said, adding the investigation has been turned over to the FBI and that terrorism has been ruled out. She said at least 48 people were initially transported from the scene to area hospitals.

SFFD Dispatch recording for "Plane crash" Mass Casualty Incident MCI at SFO:
Watch live video from Chicago Fire / IFERN on Justin.tv

From Twitter:  @BenLevy74 who was on the plane that crashed in SF pic.twitter.com/XfGQQjIFUT h/t @joshlevscnn #SFO #777

Air Traffic Control Audio:

Asiana Airlines' Flight 214 crashed while landing on runway 28 left at 11:26 PDT. 

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UPDATE 6:00: Per SFFD  2 DOA and only 1 still unaccounted for at SFO.

UPDATE 2:35: Per SFFD #SFFD confirms two dead, 61 injured today. @AsianaAirlines aircraft crash #SFOCrash #MCI at #SFO, #SFOFire is extinguished

UPDATE 12:35: Per SFFD 2 dead, 61 injured. Telephone numbers for inquiries regarding #SFOCrash of flight #214 at #SFO. In Korea: 080 669 8000 #SFOFire

SBS-1 track of SFO crash
Radar track of downed Boeing 777 aircraft
Credit: lazygranch.com

The tail broke off on landing, the tail of the Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines (Flight 214 from Seoul) apparently hit rock jetty just before the runway.

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LAFD: Aircraft Down Griffith Park Los Feliz - Thursday, June 6, 2013 TIME: 2:17 PM #CaAircraft #CaFire

LAFD Aircraft Down

Griffith Park

Los Feliz IC

Thursday, June 6,  2013

TIME: 2:17 PM

INCIDENT #: 0686

GRIFFITH PARK - A small private helicopter on a routine flight over Los Angeles made a hard landing after experiencing mechanical problems, today in Griffith Park, four people aboard suffered minor injuries.

Just after 2:00 PM the Los Angeles Fire Department received multiple 9-1-1 calls regarding a downed helicopter near McComb Helispot, above the Roosevelt Municipal Golf Course.
The Robinson helicopter was on a routine flight from Redlands, circled over Santa Monica and was headed back to the Inland Empire when it started experiencing mechanical trouble.
Fortunately, the pilot and three passengers, a 25-year-old man and two women aged 33 and 25 all suffered only minor injuries that did not require hospitalization. A 50-year-old Park Ranger suffered heat exhaustion while responding to the scene and was hoisted into a LAFD helicopter and transported to a local hospital in serious condition.
Firefighters also quickly fixed additional concerns, including fuel leaking from the wreckage in the brush-covered surrounding area.
The Fire Department remained on-site for nearly four hours to assure safety, minimize environmental harm and preserve the scene for a coordinated investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board.
The Federal Aviation Administration's registry indicated the 2006 Robinson helicopter was owned by Mile High Rotors LLC, based in Colorado.

Dispatched Units: RH114 E235 T35 E52 E56 RA82 HR56 UR88 H0E H0A EM11 BC5 BC2 T27 E227 E27 H6 H3 E90 RA27 DC3 UR27 E290

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Yucaipa: Aircraft Down at Yucaipa business

  Plane Crash Is April Fool's Prank

YUCAIPA, Calif. -- It's the plane crash that wasn't in Southern California.

Bill Cheesman Jr. set up a fake plane crash at his Yucaipa business on Monday as an April Fool's joke. He said the scene has drawn lots of comments. He alerted the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department before the sun rose on his prank.

A Yucaipa businessman staged an elaborate April Fool's joke on Monday.

Billy Cheesman Jr. used a forklift to arrange a small aircraft on the fence that runs in front of his equipment rental business, as if it had nosedived there.

He also strung yellow caution tape around to make it resemble a crash scene.

Cheesman says someone gave him the two-seat experimental plane and he's been trying to figure out what to do with it.

He notified the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department before he set up the prank at Redlands Yucaipa Rentals.

Source: The Riverside Press-Enterprise - http://bit.ly/YQ8fyA

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CA-RRU-Butterfield: Small Aircraft Down w/ Minor Injuries

Riverside County Fire Department Incident Report:

Source: http://tcfireweb.co.riverside.ca.us/firepio/process?action=viewIncidentHtml&id=29400 Incident Name: Butterfield    Incident Number: CARRU-30050 Date Reported: 03/22/2013    Time Reported: 2:07 PM Incident Type: Aircraft Down Incident Location: Butterfield St Rd X Murrieta Hot Springs Rd (TB929-E6)    City:Temecula Cause:    Loss: $0    Save: $0 Injuries: Fatalities: 0    Critical: 0    Moderate: 0    Minor: 1    Non-Injury: 0 Transported Ground Ambulance(s): 1    Air Ambulance(s): 0 Containment Time:    Control Time: Resources Assigned Engines: 1    Helicopter(s): 0    Truck Co: 0 Fire Fighters: 4    RVC Medic(s): 0    Air Tankers: 0 Overhead Personnel: 1    Ambulance(s): 0    Fire Crew(s): 0 Specialized Equipment: County OES: No    Fire Prev.: No    Water Tenders: 0 Utilities: No    Bulldozers: 0 Red Cross: No    Displaced Persons: No    Adult(s): 0    Child: 0 Cooperating Agencies: American Medical Response, CAL FIRE/Riverside, FAA, Riverside County Fire Department Current Situation: CAL FIRE/Riverside County Firefighters responded to the report of an aircraft down. The Incident Commander reported a single engine plane landed, hit a fence and flipped over into an open field. The pilot is being transported to an area hospital via ground ambulance with minor injuries. For further information on this incident, please contact the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Evacuations: No    Evacuation Comments: Prepared By: Melody Hendrickson    Prepared Date/Time: 03/22/2013 1450

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Los Angeles County: Copter Down On Reality TV Show - 3 Dead

3 KILLED IN CALIFORNIA HELICOPTER CRASH - HOLLYWOOD STUNT AIRCRAFT DOWN

 Authorities say three people have died in a pre-dawn helicopter crash in a rural area of northern Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles County Fire dispatcher Robert Diaz says the crash occurred about 3:40 a.m. Sunday at the Polsa Rosa Ranch in Acton. Diaz says everyone on board died.

LA Film Commission official who says a production company had filed permits to shoot a TV reality show on the ranch. Filming began Saturday and included the use of a helicopter.

Television footage showed mangled wreckage in a rugged canyon area near Soledad Canyon Road

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Aircraft Down: Radio traffic reporter hurt last night in plane crash

Who: A longtime  KFI-AM radio traffic reporter Mike Nolan was one of two people seriously injured in a Southern California plane crash. Nolan is expected to survive. Authorities say his passenger is an 18-year-old whose name has not been released. Federal Aviation Administration records show Nolan is the plane's registered owner.

What: Aircraft was an single-engine Cessna 182 that crashed Friday night near Corona Municipal airport in Riverside County.

Where: Corona Police Lt. Shawn Dredla says the plane crashed in a residential area of Corona, took out power lines in its descent and started a fire that was quickly contained. There were no other damages or injuries on the ground.
Why: KFI says it appears the cause was engine malfunction.

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Ventura County: Pt. Magu NAS Refueling Aircraft Down on Takeoff

 Three crew members escaped burning Boeing 707 military contract fuel-tanker that crashed about 5:30 p.m.on takeoff at Pt. Mugu Naval Air Station in Ventura County.

This aircraft is a Boeing 707-300
a contract civilian airframe tanker flown by Omega Aircraft Refueling

Live television news pictures showed a large fire still burning at 6:10 p.m.

Three crew members on board were able to escape after the crash and survived.

The Ventura County Fire Department has sent more than a dozen units to the scene.

The cause of the crash isn't known.

The U.S. military operates a number of the aircraft for use as air-to-air refuelers. The military refers to the aircraft as KC-135s. This aircraft is a Boeing 707-300 a contract civilian airframe tanker flown by Omega Aircraft Refueling

Omega website: http://www.omegaairrefueling.com/vms/

LACFD: AGUA DULCE, PLANE DOWN w/ FIRE IN HORSE CORRAL 2 DEAD

Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into California Horse Corral

AGUA DULCE, Calif. -- A small plane crashed and burst into flames Thursday in a horse corral in northern Los Angeles County, killing at least two people and three horses, a fire official said.

The single-engine Cirrus SR22, which may have departed from a local airport, went down at about 12:10 p.m. behind a barn in Agua Dulce, county fire Inspector Matt Levesque said. The plane caught fire but was quickly doused, he said.

Fire Inspector Don Kunitomi said two people were confirmed dead but it was not known if anyone else was aboard due to the state of the wreck. Fire officials earlier reported four people dead.

Three horses in the corral were killed and a fourth was injured, Levesque said.

The crash site was about a mile west of the Agua Dulce Airpark, but it was not immediately clear whether the plane had taken off from the runway there, said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

The cause of the crash was under investigation. The skies were overcast at the time of the crash, Gregor said.

The plane was registered to a Calabasas company, Gregor said. He would not provide the name until the FAA confirms the owners were notified.

The high-desert area about 30 miles north of Los Angeles is flanked by forest and the urban communities of Santa Clarita and Palmdale. It is near Vasquez Rocks, a local rock formation often used as a filming location for movies and TV shows.

Source: FOX NEWS - Link

TCU: Aircraft down near Pine Mountain Lake Airport

Where: The aircraft crashed near Pine Mountain Lake Airport, Groveland, California The Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office confirmed a plane had gone down, but provided no details on the type of aircraft or how many people were on board.

Aircraft down: Backbone Wildland Fire - Copter Down pilots walked away

Sikorsky Helicopter Crashed on Backbone Incident - Six Rivers National Forest - No Major Injuries

Incident: CA-SRF/SHF-BACKBONE - Backbone Wildland Fire
Released: 1:38 hrs. ago

WILLOW CREEK, Calif. - A Sikorsky helicopter working on the Backbone Fire was involved in an accident at 3:16 pm today while working at a heliwell which is located north of the fires edge on the Klamath National Forest. There were two pilots on board. One pilot is being transported by medivac to a local hospital for evaluation, while the other is being evaluated on the scene. It is unknown how serious any injuries might be, but both pilots walked away from the accident site.

The aircraft was flipped on its side which resulted in a small fuel spill, but there was no fire. Sikorsky-61, is owned by a private company under contract to the US Forest Service. An investigation team has been ordered.

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Aircraft Down: Crop Duster Crashes In Stanislaus County

Current Situation: Pilot self extricated from aircraft, no injuries, no fire
IA: Aircraft Down - Helicopter down on side
Location: Tegner Road X Simmons Road. Turlock, Stanislaus County
Cause: Under Investigation

Tehachapi Aircraft crash kills two including Tehachapi Assistant City Manager

Plane crash in Tehachapi hills leaves 2 dead

TEHACHAPI, Calif. -- The Fourth of July was deadly for two people as a small plane crashed in the hills of Tehachapi.

It was a sight residents living on Old Town Road were not prepared to see Saturday afternoon.

"It's very shocking and stunning," said Jeannette Crounse. "Our quiet little neighborhood out here, to have an airplane land in it, it's not something we ever expect."

A Tehachapi city news release identified one of the victims was identified as Assistant City Manager David Zweigle. It didn't identify the second person.

According to the Kern County Fire Department, the small private plane crashed onto the roadway just before 1:30 p.m.

Crounse said she saw the plane moments before it went down and knew something wasn't right.

"Really loud (and) lower than it should be," she said. "When it buzzed over the house, my nephew and I ran out of the house to look and just in time to see the big puff of smoke."

Even though the crash killed two people on board the aircraft, Crounse is grateful that was the only damage done.

"(The plane landed) right between two houses, right in the middle of the road, it's a miracle no one was hurt on the ground," she said.

It's too early to say what caused the plane to crash.

"This should be a day of festivities, the Fourth of July, this is an unfortunate ending," said Lt. J.R. Rodriguez of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.

The crash sparked a grass fire in the area, but fire crews were able to contain it quickly.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash.
Source: http://www.bakersfieldnow.com - Link

Aircraft Down/Fire - Two dead - Kern County

Two people were killed Saturday when their single-engine plane crashed in Kern County and ignited a grass fire that burned about 2.5 acres, authorities said.

Sean Collins, a spokesman for the Kern County Fire Department, said the plane went down about 1:30 p.m. on Old Town Road just west of Tehachapi. About 40 firefighters extinguished the resulting blaze.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were notified about the crash, Collins said.

Updated Further details:

A Morrison Colorado fire official and the manager of a California airport died when the small plane they were piloting crashed in Tehachapi, Calif., on Saturday.

Robert Chamberlain, president of the Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District's board, and David Zweigle, manager of the Tehachapi airport were piloting a small, military-type training jet, when the crash occurred at 12:30 p.m. Denver time.

Chamberlain played a critical role in improving services, equipment and stations.

"He was a loyal supporter of Inter-Canyon Fire/Rescue and our firefighters, serving the citizens of the district," Dave MacBean, Chief of Inter-Canyon Fire/Rescue said in a statement.

"We will sorely miss his sage advice and friendship. We are profoundly stunned at the early passing of a good man. We are providing support to his family," MacBean said.

Chamberlain retired as a United States Air Force Colonel in 1990 and retired as a Captain and Flight Examiner with United Air Lines in 2006.

Robert Chamberlain is survived by his wife, children and grandchildren.

Memorial services are pending.

Military aircraft down in Kern County - 1 dead

T-38 air force jet trainer jet went down just north of Edwards Air Force Base Thursday afternoon was on a training mission

Update: 5-22 AM -A statement from Edwards Air Force Base says 30-year-old Capt. Mark P. Graziano was killed Thursday afternoon on a training flight when his T-38A crashed near California City, about nine miles north of the Mojave Desert base.

Major Lee V. Jones, a senior navigator, ejected from the plane and was injured. The Air Force says he's in stable condition at a hospital.

Witness reports: Paul Sigman was sitting on his front porch, when he heard an eerie sound. "I heard the plane go over. It sounded like it was having some problems with the thing. The afterburner kicked in, then it kicked out and kicked back in and out again. And then there was just dead silence maybe for 2 or 3 seconds and then I heard what sounded like a sonic boom, just a terrible explosion."
Another man who witnessed the crash, said he saw one person eject from the jet before it went down.

Scanner listener report: Both pilots ejected. One ejected through the canopy and suffered a partial amputation of his right arm and leg, plus broken bones. The second pilot was pronounced on the scene approximately 5 miles miles north California City.

Injuries: Officials say the coroner removed the body of one crew member. The other, who was flown to Kern Medical Center, suffered undisclosed injuries. The names of the pilots have not been released.
Also reports of a Brush fire in the same area of California City...

Cause: crash is under investigation.

It was the second crash of an aircraft from Edwards in less than two months. On March 25, a test pilot died when an Air Force F-22A Raptor crashed about 35 miles north of the base.

Related post: Aircraft down: F-22 with one pilot aboard has crashed near Edwards Air Force Base

Aircraft down: Offshore of San Diego - U.S. Navy helicopter

U.S. Navy helicopter down, offshore of San Diego.
Five persons onboard.

Update: 0600hrs - 3 confirmed dead, 2 still missing.

Coast Guard boats and aircraft scanned Pacific Ocean waters Wednesday for a Navy helicopter with five people aboard that crashed into the ocean about 13 miles south of San Diego, authorities said.

Operating off the coast of California, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz got word that the HH60 Seahawk helicopter went down during a training exercise at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Lt. Candice Tresch, a Navy spokeswoman in Washington, said.

An 87-foot patrol boat and a pair of helicopters joined by San Diego Harbor police and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were searching an area near the Coronado Islands off the northwest coast of Mexico for survivors, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Henry Dunphy.

Dunphy said the Navy reported the crash shortly before midnight and sought help in the search for five survivors.

There was no immediate word early Wednesday whether any wreckage or survivors had been discovered.

Photo credit: U.S. Navy photograph by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Timothy S. Smith.
Photo description: 14 April 1999 — An HH-60 Seahawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Seven (HS-7, the "Dusty Dogs") and embarked on USS Enterprise (CVN 65), hovers in the foreground as two E-2C Hawkeyes attached to Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Two Six (VAW 126, the "Seahawks") fly over the carrier. Enterprise is currently deployed to the Arabian Gulf
Image source: http://www.aircav.com/dodphoto/dod99/sh60-004.html

SAR: AIRCRAFT DOWN - Two small planes five miles south of Long Beach, CA

Aircraft down confirmed - -2009-05-18 - 17:46 - Open Water off Long Beach

Update: 1930hrs - Searchers have recovered a portion of landing gear and other debris near the site of a reported midair collision, according to authorities.

Long Beach fireboat came upon the landing gear and more debris in the water, "We know from the landing gear that at least one of them was a small plane," said Jackawa Jackson, a spokesman for the Long Beach Fire Department. "We’ve got seagoing companies including two large fire boats and a Coast Guard vessel searching a fairly large area right now."

"One of the planes was a Cessna 172 from Long Beach Airport,” Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said. "We do not know where the other craft departed from.”

No confirmation of victims.

Update: 1900hrs - Search and rescue teams from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Long Beach Fire Department have deployed Monday afternoon to a mid-air collision of two small planes five miles south of the California city of Long Beach off Catalina Island.

Authorities received a report of the collision at 5:45 p.m..

"The collision was reported by the pilot of another aircraft, who told authorities he had seen the crash," the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman Ian Gregor said.

Possibly two light planes involved in a mid air collision a few miles off Long Beach.
IC: 1810rs - Long Beach Fire is the incident command with Coast Guard assist.
Comms: 151.1600
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Photo credit: Image taken Monday afternoon from the KNBC Channel 4 News helicopter of a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter headed out to the channel off Long Beach to search for two planes that were involved in a mid-air collision.

Butte County: Aircraft down - Helicopter into Hanger

Update: 0930hrs - CalFire responded to the aircraft crash at AVAG Industries at the airport in Richvale which is west of Oroville.
The owner of AVAG, Craig Compton was attempting to land the chopper at the business headquarters when he crashed. CalFire says Compton was alert and talking when he was taken to Enloe Hospital in Chico.
AVAG, Inc. uses helicopters and fixed wing airplanes for crop dusting.Details sketchy - Around 0910hrs reports of an helicopter into hangar at Richvale airport.

Update: 0920hrs - One major injury; chopper went down into main hangar.
Air medic on order.
Update: Per BCSO No Fire Code 4 - except med

Comms: TAC NET - CALCORD- 151.400
Butte Fire 151.400
BCSO 154.725

Aircraft down with fire: Barona Mesa - Crash kills two

Two dead in a light plane crash in Barona Mesa yesterday afternoon, CalFire reports.

Officials reported that the experimental plane took off from Ramona Airport and was registered to a Ramona resident. The names of the victims have not been released.

Location: Barona Mesa near Mesa Estates Road is south of San Diego Country Estates in Ramona.
Sizeup: Two dead, No fire or threat to structures in the area.