Mountains

The twin engine airplane departed Roswell Air Center on an ambulance flight to Ruidoso, carrying two passengers and two pilots. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the Capitan Mountains, some 30 km northeast of Ruidoso-Sierra Blanca Airport, bursting into flames. The airplane was destroyed and all four occupants were killed.

The single engine airplane departed Mahdia Airfield around 0809LT on a cargo flight to Imbaimadai, with an ETA at 0840LT. The pilot was sole on board. About 20 minutes into the fight, while cruising at an altitude of 6,500 feet in poor weather conditions, the airplane contacted trees and crashed in a dense wooded area located on the slope of a mountain in the region of Cuyuni-Mazaruni. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Ryder Castello.

The airplane impacted a cliff located in a mountainous area north of Kuybishevo, some 25 km east of Sevastopol. All 29 occupants, 22 soldiers and seven crew members, were killed. According to the Russian Government, the accident was not caused by hostile action.

On final approach to Steamboat Springs-Bob Adams Airport, the single engine airplane impacted the slope of Mt Emerald located south of the airport. The wreckage was found near the summit, about 5 km from runway 32 threshold. All four occupants were killed.

The twin engine airplane was on a cargo flight from Jérémie to Les Cayes, carrying two pilots and a load of various goods. It failed to arrive at destination and crashed in hilly terrain located southeast of Jérémie. The wreckage was found a day later in an isolated area. Both crew members were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were marginal.

The twin engine airplane departed Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport Runway 16 at 1142LT on a short flight to Ocaña (flight NSE8849) on behalf of Satena (flight 9R8895). Seven minutes later, it reached the maximum altitude of 12,900 feet then the crew started the descent to Ocaña Airport. While descending at an altitude of 7,900 feet in limited visibility due to patches of fog, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located near the village of Curasica. All 15 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Miguel Vanegas, pilot,
José de la Vega, pilot.
Passengers:
María Álvarez Barbosa,
Carlos M. Salcedo,
Rolando Peñaloza Gualdrón,
María Díaz Rodríguez,
Maira Avendaño Rincón,
Anayisel Quintero,
Karen Parales Vera,
Anirley Julio Osorio,
Gineth Rincón,
Diógenes Quintero Amaya,
Natalia Acosta Salcedo,
Maira Sánchez Criado,
Juan Pacheco Mejía.

The airplane departed Yogyakarta-Adisutjipto Airport on a flight to Makassar (Ujung Pandang), carrying 10 people. While descending to Makassar-Sultan Hasanuddin Airport Runway 21, it crashed against Mt Bulusaraung (5,135 feet high) located 26 km northeast of the airport. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all 10 occupants were killed. The wreckage was found at an altitude of 5,100 feet. At the time of the accident, the airplane was not on the correct approach path for a landing on runway 21.
Crew:
Andi Dahananto, pilot,
Muhammad Farhan Gunawan, copilot,
Mr. Hariadi,
Dwi Murdiono,
Restu Adi Pribadi,
Esther Aprilita Binarsit Sianipar,
Florencia Lolita Wibisono.
Passengers:
Yoga Nouval Prakoso,
Ferry Irawan,
Deden Maulana.

The three engine airplane departed Ankara-Esenboğa at 2017LT on a charter flight to Tripoli. At 2031LT, while cruising at an altitude of 32,000 feet, the crew sent a PAN PAN PAN message, reporting a malfunction of the electric system. The crew was cleared to return to Ankara and initiated a turn to the left. Two minutes later, the crew declared an emergency. Radio contact between ATC and crew was difficult then the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field located near the village of Kesikkavak, west of Haymana. The airplane was destroyed and all eight occupants were killed, among them General Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces. He was returning to Libya following a meeting with Yaşar Güler, Turkish Minister of National Defense.
Passengers (Libyan Delegation):
General Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces
General Al-Fitouri Gharibil, Chief of Staff of the Libyan Ground Forces,
General Mahmoud Al-Qatawi, in charge of Military production,
Muhammad Al-Asawi Diab, advisor to the Chief of Staff,
Muhammad Omar Ahmed Mahjoub, military photographer.

After the airplane has been leased for the summer period for forest fire survey missions, the contract was ended early October and the airplane was ferried back from Verkhneusinskoye to Shushenskoye. The crew departed Verkhneusinskoye at 1605LT and maintained regular radio contacts with their base, confirming that weather conditions were good. Nevertheless, while at halfway-point, weather conditions deteriorated. While cruising in clouds, the airplane collided with tall pine trees and crashed in a dense wooded area located some 40 km southwest of Tanzybei, bursting into flames. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and both crew members were killed.

The twin engine airplane departed Tapachula Airport at 0814LT with three people on board, two pilots from Guatemala and one Mexican agronomic engineer. The purpose of the mission was to dispersing sterile flies as part of a program to control the cattle screwworm near the border between Mexico and Guatemala. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in hilly terrain and was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Carlos Eduardo Monroy Pinto, pilot,
Byron Eduardo Moran de Paz, copilot.
Passenger:
Lucio Alberto Roblero de León.