2,000 + Aircraft Accidents
AIRLAWS MEMBERS
(one or more) has had some input into the following accidents. This
involvement could have been union safety input, privileged or non
privileged consultation, evaluation, some facet of investigation or
litigation support or participation.
M. P.
PAPADAKIS CASE WORK
During Attorney Myron
Papadakis long careers in both aviation and law has as a
consulting attorney teamed with or working for other law firms have
helped obtain awards for clients in the many cases shown
below.
American Airlines Flight , Little Rock, Arkansas
American Airlines Flight Cali Columbia,
Consultant to PSC
TWA Flight 800, Long Island, New York
Valujet Flight 592, killing musician
Northwest
DC-9, Flight 1482, Detroit, Michigan,
Northwest Airlines
DC-9, Flight 255, Detroit, Michigan,
Continental Airlines
DC-9, Flight 1713, Denver, Colorado, 1987
Eastern Airlines
B-727, Flight 73, Windshear Queens, New York, 1975
Alaska
Airlines Ketchikan Alaska
Egypt air 990 Pappy cases
15 elevator or suicide –
Turkish Airlines Isparta crash
Turkish Airlines Auto flight ,Schilpol airport
Amsterdam
Spannair Madrid Spain MDL
Tans Peru
737 – jungle 2 cases Newton Swartz
Midway airlines DC-9
Milwaukee – Fisher
BEECHCRAFT
BEECHCRAFT
TRAVELAIRE salvage - Aircraft had flown into a
thunderstorm and fallen out of control...pilot error. engine failure
Will Watkins
BEECHCRAFT BARON- stall-
Aircraft went into spiral then stall spin, settled Tom H Davis
BEECHCRAFT V TAIL- fuel starvation, aircraft engine quit,
field landing, fatal, FBO teardown shop burned with evidence.
Myron Papadakis
BEECHCRAFT METROFLIGHT, flight controls,
control locks were left on metro liner for take off ( Galveston,
Texas) Jim Kronzer
BEECHCRAFT Kingair, tail unzipped at rear
pressure bulkhead in a C model. Larry Brown
BEECHCRAFT
Travelaire, flat spin, no case,
BEECHCRAFT D-18
engine failure, Pilot had Volpar conversion. Engine
replaced cylinder, blew engine out of Las Vegas and Crashed.
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, fuel flow divider, Fuel Starvation,
engine failure.
BEECHCRAFT KINGAIR, US government wake
turbulence ATC. Houston crash behind a Delta landing on runway
26,visual.
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, midair failure V Tail -
Mid air separartion, flutter and aeroelastic deformation over
Shawnee, Oklahoma.
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA*, midair
failure, V tail, possible pilot error, possible wake turbulence.
Illegal flight - no license - no medical.
BEECHCRAFT
BONANZA V tail, throw over yok, yoke found misrigged and 1/2
way to throw over condition13. SUPER VEE, VMC problem with V tail on
twin engine STC of standard V tail Bonanza. Ferried gear down
BEECHCRAFT KINGAIR possible prop reversal in flight. Mid air
separation of Kingair. Plaintiff theory in cruise flight prop
reversal and aircraft
BEECHCRAFT KINGAIR, prop reversal,
lost at trial . Plaintiff theory mid air prop reversal and lost
control at slow flight.
BEECHCRAFT METROFLIGHT*, lock
controls, companion case to Galveston crash.Flight control lock left
in place during takeoff. pilot error, maintenance error.
BEECHCRAFT TRAVELAIRE, throw over yoke,
BEECHCRAFT
TRAVELAIRE landing accident, some pilot error .
BEECHCRAFT
BONANZA, companion to other case.
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, separation, No Case, pilot flashlight in mouth
in thunderstorm at night. Took off without lights.
BEECHCRAFT QUEENAIRE, engine fail, engine failed connecting rod at
improper serial number stamp.
BEECHCRAFT BARON , West
Houston take off accident, engine failure,.
BEECHCRAFT
KINGAIR*, tail failure, Unknown
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA,
mid air failure
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, structural failure,
Beechcraft complained about me and I was dropped .
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, Crash, Supplied the discovery FOIA Kansas City
documents.
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA Fire Crash at Pensacola on
landing. Fire
BEECHCRAFT BEECHCRAFT, fuel, fire, egress
Lost @ Trial
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA V tail , Separation,
no case
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA V tail El Paso
Separation, Thunderstorm penetration.
BEECHCRAFT A-36
BONANZA, speed brake deployment.
BEECHCRAFT BARON,
Engine .
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, A-36 pitch down vertical
dive to ground.
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA V tail, Crash in
to Ocean after take off at Ft. Lauderdale...flutter
BEECHCRAFT QUEENAIR door open in flight, Settled
BEECHCRAFT AGCAT, high wires, fire
BEECHCRAFT KINGAIR, Cali Columbia, South America pilot error,
shoot down, no case,
BEECHCRAFT Thunderstorm pilot flew
into Rocky Mtn. thunderstorm- pilot error William
BEECHCRAFT KINGAIR*, Separation ice, drain hole not drilled in
accordance with blueprints.
BEECHCRAFT BARON*, engine
failure, Lost at New Mexico trial.
BEECHCRAFT A-35*,
icing ,No Case
BEECHCRAFT A-36, Fiber material
engine failure, Fibrous material found in fuel after a fuel tank
repair.
BEECHCRAFT A-36, icing filter, engine
failure
BEECHCRAFT A36 BONANZA – Farmington -ran out of
fuel
BEDE
BEDE 5J, pilot error, PIO on takeoff
Newton Kansas. Pilot had little training. Test flights
conducted at Victoria, Texas.
BEDE HOMEBUILT*, engine loss
BEDE 5j airshow, no case
CESSNA
CESSNA , door, Settled
CESSNA, gas, Settled
commuter with wrong gas crashes in Dallas school yard.
CESSNA 420 , fire, Settled
CESSNA 337, engine
out, Settled companion case . rear engine out at take
off.
CESSNA 172 *, highwires, No Case
pilot error, US-59 bridge near Victoria
CESSNA 337 rear
engine out, Settled Pilot took
off with rear engine failed. Cockpit layout and design induced pilot
error product liability case.
CESSNA 172, crankshaft,
settled , caused by failed engine. aircraft
damage only.
CESSNA 421* , fuel starvation, no case,
possible sabotage-sugar
CESSNA 182 fire, settled
. Interor aircraft burned in 2 minutes before pilot could crash
landproduct liability on burn resistance
CESSNA 172**, lost
aircraft , lost at trial US government failed to control and
find aircraft
down by Harlingen.
CESSNA 172 SETTLED
carb ice, settled ,Galatin Canyon fuel
starvation in winter, looking for Elk.,pllaintiff believed icing.
CESSNA 337, engine failure, No Case, statute of limits.
CESSNA 172, lost aircraft, No CaseStudent pilot flies into
mountains in Virginia, in low visibility conditions.
CESSNA
421, engine failure, settled.
CESSNA, 172 NM Fire, Helped with fire criteria and with
finding experts.
CESSNA 182 , Fuel, Settled
CESSNA 172* , fuel failure, No Case
CESSNA , wrong
fuel, Settled
CESSNA 310, icing, Double engine failure,
icing at the fuel filters after takeoff. George Fleming
CESSNA 172, Icing, Settled
CESSNA* , High wires,
settled,Hobby,
CESSNA*, Highwires, Hobby. New
High wires placed in flight approach path unmarked.( pilot had to be
low to get into wires.)
CESSNA 310 , landing, FAA
hearing, settled
CESSNA 420 * , Mtns.
CESSNA 172 , carb heat, Broken Carb connection, pilot was
airline pilot .
CESSNA 310*, fire, Pilot
flew an improper approach to runway 8 and crashed.
CESSNA*, S.T.O.L. kit stall ,
CESSNA 172,
engine mechanic expert, settled ,
CESSNA 172 engine
weld, Settled , oil starvation to bearing
CESSNA Caravan,
engine failure, settled , Pt-6 engine compressor stalling and loss
of power during takeoff roll.
CESSNA 182, parachute
accident, no case, unauthorized parachute jump door, crash after out
of limits descent.
CESSNA 337, t.v. antennae, engine
failure, no case. Government Liability.
CESSNA 172, brake
failure, no case, overshot landing and abort.
CESSNA 172,
Fire, New Mexico, settled, crash, post crash fire and survivability
aspects.
CESSNA 310, Electrical loss, generator design,
generator buss overload, mechanic error, .
CESSNA 172,
lost aircraft, lost
CESSNA 310, Rime, Icing,
CESSNA
150, student pilot Sinton, Texas stall spin, Waco ongoing Settled
CESSNA Caravan, Guatemala Sullivan
CESSNA 421
No Case, Austin Texas
CESSNA 421 No Case,
Denver Colorado,
CESSNA Citation 500 Hobby Airport
,suspected split Flap Take off
GRUMMAN
GRUMMAN
GOOSE***, Double engine failure, V.I. 1939 aircraft
suffers double engine failure because of vapor lock while at less
than a quarter tank of fuel . The fuel levers were in crossfeed. It
was a dramatic sea landing and sinking, shark attacks.
Grumman American, emergency, Settled
Grumman Dowty
Rotol props, settled
Grumman
Dowty Rotol, settled companion
Grumman Tiger,
ice, Colorado referred
Grumman Goose, Water landing, Turk,
no case
PIPER
PIPER COMMANCHE, engine,
settled
PIPER SENECA,
altimeter problem, settled , altimeter stuck
at 2,600 in fog approach
PIPER SARATOGA, flutter,
Lost at Trial –trw Selma, Alabama, TWR
PIPER
SARATOGA , weather, trw no case Hartley
PIPER
SARATOGA, flutter, settled, Pittsburgh, Pa.
PIPER
TURBOARROW, flutter, separation settled , Giddings TX.
PIPER CHEROKEE, wing fatigue, settled
PIPER CHEROKEE,
flutter, settled
PIPER. SARATOGA, flutter, Chicago,
PIPER TURBOARROW, flutter, settled ,
Smithville, TX
PIPER CHEROKEE, stall, No Case
PIPER CHEROKEE, wing failure, no case
PIPER
Pa-24, No case CASE- malpractice attorney missed statute.
Colorado attorney
PIPER Pa-24, Eliot, Ma.,
settled
PIPER Cherokee, separation, Mexico
PIPER Cherokee, settled , oil failure,
Clearwater
PIPER AEROSTAR, pilot error, WPB,
PIPER AEROSTAR*, engine failure,
PIPER
Cherokee Settled
PIPER Cherokee, forced landing NM
PIPER AEROSTAR , No case
PIPER CHEROKEE No Case
PIPER Pa - 46, sea ditching, settled
PIPER
PA 24. SARATOGA, Weather mid air separation, no case.
PIPER
Colorado, Gunnison, weather,
PIPER 26 MALIBU –ABQ – high
wires case dropped
MOONEY
MOONEY 21, Bendix
injector, Settled - RSa5ad1 fuel injector rubber failure-soluble
contaminants and perforations.
MOONEY 21, Bendix
injector, Lost Same theory
Mooney
21 gyro suction ifr., Settled Gyro instrument failed.
Cause of failure was an air suction pump drive shaft failure in
flight.
MITSUBISHI
MITSUBISHI MU-2 NTS failure
, Settled
MU-2, mountain wave, SETTLED
Houston family on ski vacation to Aspen crashed in side of mountain.
MU-2, mountain wave, subrogation Settled
Houston family on ski vacation to Aspen crashed in side of mountain.
Cause : Mountain Wave and Horizontal Tornado off peak. Some survived
including the two boys.
MU-2 engine failure, Louisiana,
MU-2, tail icing, settled,
Mu-2 , icing,
settled
Mu-2 , icing settled, hull damage.
Mu-2 prop failure, N.H, suspect prop dome failure,
loosened props, loss of control.
Mu-2, USAF controller
allowed a plane to fly direct to while on a VFR climb out of
Alamagordo.
MU-2 Chicago crash
Mu-2 Tulsa,
Oklahoma, engine surge loss, on Take off
ROCKWELL
Rockwell 112, N.M. spatial disorientation, Pilot crashes after
a missed instrument approach to a New Mexico airport. Investigated
for possible instrument failure. Found None.
PZK
PZK, pilot error fuel starvation, Product restraint system,
settled
CIVILIAN HELICOPTER
AEROSPATIALE,
Herman Hospital , winds,
BELL 206 tail rotor failure,
Settled Tail rotor shaft let go at coupling. Mike Perrin
AUGUSTA
206 main rotor failure, settled Bristow helicopter, with
Houston Oilmen, crashes offshore at Africa,
Augusta is an Italian
company that is licensed to make Bell 206 helicopters. The bearings
failed
BELL 206, Main rotor failure, settled Circumstantial
evidence case. Only small Parts of the helicopter flooring were
found. This was crushed sufficiently to show a vertical impact with
no rotor.
BELL 206 Engine failure, Mexico crash, settled
S-61, Tail rotor failure, settled ,ice in honeycomb,
S-61*, two cases, water landing, settled North
Sea,
HELICOPTER TAIL, walk into tail rotor,
HUGHES
HELICOPTER, pilot froze, rancher uses helo for ranch work,
10. BELL 206 pilot preflight, no case helicopter tied
down to bldg. falls to street below.
R-22 HELICOPTER,
design , R-22,
HELICOPTER design R-22, settled,
crashe in helicopter on solo.
HELICOPTER, R-22, design
Helicopter, 204 tail rotor, settled, MYRON PAPADAKIS,
BELL 206 tail rotor failure, settled,
S-61 Rotor
Failure,
Aerospatiale, control hydraulics, settled
Aerospatiale, control hydraulics, settled
Aerospatiale, settled Vancouver, experts
Hughes 500,
New Mexico, damage to helicopter only
Bell 206 Jetranger,
only work was on determining which state had contacts, Texas,
Wisconsin or Illinois. Blues singer killed.
Bell 206
Jetranger , bearing failure lubrication, settled
Bell 206
Jetranger, Vancouver, Canada settled, flight control lock up.
CH34, Gear Failure, Sikorsky, settled, An old helicopter used
for logging crashed due to gear failure. The gear was miss
manufactured.
Bell 206 Jetranger, eng. Failure,
settled, drunk pilot alleged
R-22 crash in New Mexico
with Texas resident - small damage –referred for settlement
CIVILIAN CORPORATE – CHARTER
LEARJET engine,Turbine blew on
takeoff. Crash was fatal.Defective metal in blade hub.
TURBO
COMMANDER*, pilot error pilot attempted an unauthorized approach in
bad weather on RNAV.
DC-3, fog landing, Pilot error
DC-3 pilot flew a too low approach trying to duck under at IAH
DC-3, fog landing,Pilot error DC-3 pilot flew a too low
approach trying to duck under at IAH.
CONVAIR, forced
landing, Lynnard Skynnard Band ,settled, pilot left gas cap off
sucked out fuel.
TURBO COMMANDER, lost aircraft error, no
case.
HAWKER SIDDELY, engine failures, settled,
HAWKER SIDDELY, engine failures, settled Exfoliation of
chrome plating in fuel pumps due to water contaminated fuel.
LEAR JET mid air failure, no case,Wealthy Egyptian businessman
from Alexandria lost in Lear 25 midair separartion. Aircraft
lost in Sahara 150 South of Alexandria for 5 years. Found by walking
Bedouin.
F-27 Midair near Houston –co pilot playing cards
in back.
SWEARINGEN radio interference with instruments
settled,
SWEARINGEN, ice landing,
Aero
Commander, Prop strike damage,
Lear Jet Charter,
settled, Weather ,instrument failure @ Intercontinental
Learjet – cargo Ca, no case,
LEAR JET –Cargo El Paso
settled.
SWEARINGEN Tail unzipped at rivet repair,
settled.
CIVILIAN LARGE AIRCRAFT
B-727 JFK Eastern,
Windshear,
DC-8*, World, Evacuation, settled,
evacuation injuries, Shannon, Ireland,
C-130 Prop,
Turkey, Prop imbalance, engine tore loose.
B-727*,
Alaska icy runway, Airlines, slip off runway, over run.
B-747 off runway, not a case, Flying Tiger ORD Myron Papadakis on
NTSB go team.
B-727, tire explosion,
NWA
DC-9 no Flaps
F-27 , Landing Gear, Landing gear at
collapse on rollout
DC-8 Burlington Air Express Toledo,
B727, mountains in Latin America, landing
B737*,
turbulence possible rudder problem
DC-9, Compressor failure
at Milwaukee,
L1011, find expert for Delta company
defense. Delta/
B727* find expert for company defense.
Delta/
DC-9 Little Rock DC-9 AA crash –found experts
American Airlines 757 Cali-consulting attorney for the
plaintiff steering committee,
B-747 TWA 800,
cause of explosion possibilities, center tank fuel pump experts
B- 747 Air India, sound analysis experts off Shannon for
Gandhi
B-747 Air India vertigo 747 instrument and
piloting experts
MISC
MIDAIR, pilot error, settle
Hooks
MIDAIR, pilot error, T34 civil air patrol
MIDAIR, pilot error, mid air
MIDAIR, pilot
error, second Hooks accident
GLIDER,
center of gravity,
GLIDER delamination, settle,
MIDAIR, pilot error, helo/piper towing glider.
TORTCLAIM, icing brief, Verdict, settle.
LAKE AMPHIBIAN,
engine loss, settled
SWEARINGEN**, tail fell off,
settled
S2A, firefighter California, Pitch up after
release of fire retardant
HOT AIR BALLOON*, high wires,
HUEY COBRA *, autorotation, no case, DEA owned crash West
Texas
AG CAT, high wires, settled,
Ultralight Homebuilt, collapse,
HELICOPTER PARTS,
counterfeit fasteners,
CHALLENGER, Engineer suggested
alternate failure modes and was fired.
BANDERANTE
tail failure, settled, crossover failure not secured
AIRPORT RESTRICTONS, Jackson Hole runway extensions
Baron –Flat spin,
CESSNA 421 Florida crash, suspected
dope hauler, U.S. Government confiscates the ranch.
Angel
Technology, patent infringement, Thrust Reversers and noise
suppresors,
Fairchild Swearingen, controls rigged incorrectly
Helicopter, damage, engine repair accident.
Avco
Lycoming, Allied 101 engines, referred
Dassualt 200 New
Orleans, Aborted takeoff, Pilot error, failure to stop on runway.
PBY Catalina Aeroquip hose CAF a
Homebuilt,
failure,
BRS Recovery system, settled,
Cropduster
– Settled, engine failure,
ATA training Crash Myron
Papadakis case ,
MILITARY ATTACK
A-4 SKYHAWK Marine corp, Stick came off in
hand on range
A-10, controls, Flight control jam. Settled
A-10controls, Control Jam Milcondef M.SJ. .
A-4, Navy ejection, No case No real damages
A-10 controls,
Jam or restriction of flight controls in white area. Ejection miss
positioned pilot
for opening parachute shock.
A-10
controls, settled Jam or restriction of flight controls in white
area.
A-10 controls, settled jam or restriction of
flight controls in white area
A-10 controls, settled Jam or
restriction of flight controls in white area.
A-10
controls, no case Jam or restriction of flight controls in white
area
A-10 screwdriver, settled Jam or restriction of flight
controls in white area.
A-10 controls, jam or restriction of
flight controls in white area, Lost
A-7, engine
failure, settle,
A-4 Oxygen, Loss of consciousness during
cross country flight
A-6, structural failure, Wing
fell off during g maneuver at bombing range.
A-7,
canopy failure, settled, failed ejection, canopy failure @
Alexandria La.
A-6 wing, carrier accident –no case.
A-6 Nimitz referred Fire fighting equipment defective
ships tackle.
MILITARY FIGHTER
F-16, ejection,
Alaska, no case,
F-100 , O2, settled,
Alamagordo, Pilot depressurized, got bends and died.
F-111,
stall ejection,
F-111, engine failure, failed ejection,
tangled mortar.
F-111, engine failure, failed
ejection, failed raft inflation
F-4, icing of AOA
settled, icing of pitot system.
F-4, rudder roll,
lost at trial RF4g rudder rolls into ground
F-4,
photo flare explosion,RF4G night photoflare mission. Door stuck
ignites all flares on
wing. Cause of door failure - corrosion.
Bird strike, Bird came through canopy,
F-4,
nosewheel steering, nosewheel went bad at Nellis
F-14
ejection seat, no case Milcontract prevented case. Lady pilot
F-14, dual ejection, no case
F-18 , lost aircraft, no
case ,
F-4, wing fatigue, Wing failed at improperly
chamfered hole settled ,
F-14, Airshow demo, Pilot
flies into ground practicing for first show,
F-8 CRUSADER
cat shot, Gear Collapse RF8G Gulf of Tonkin settled.
F-4, wing failure, settled
F-86, Mcconnel
ejection, no case -statute of limits
F-15
autoroll ejection . settled.
F-15 autorotation, aileron
riudder interconnect autoroll settled.
F-4 ejection,
Martin Baker ten ejection seat verdict –lost on appeal .
F-16, electrical malfunction caused by wire bundle chafing causes
electrical malfunction and loss of flight and navigational
instruments.verdict –lost on appeal
F-16 ,
engine failure, no case
F-16, g loss, no case
F-16, g loss, no case
F-16 , g loss, no
case
F-16 elec mal, settle, Loss of
instruments by lead pilot in clouds.
F-16, Night
disorientation, ground impact
F-16, Eilyson, Alaska no case
pilot flew into ground avoiding war games
F101 fuel hose,
settled Fuel line made of fuel soluble rubber in violation of
specification. Explosion on lift off at Ellington field.
F101 fuel hose, settled Fuel line made of fuel soluble rubber
in violation of specification. Explosion on lift off at Ellington
field.
F-16 PARTS settled Job related employment
restitution, whistleblower.
F-16, g suit, pilot
error, flathatting
F-16s, midair pilot error, no
case, Topguns, instructors returning to I.P.
F-16s,
midair pilot error, no case, Topguns, instructors returning to I.P.
F-16, engine fail,
41. A-7*, pilot
error, no case, national security, a cover story for a Stealth
Death.