Selected international accidents/incidents: 2 January to 30 March 2025

72

2 January

  • Aircraft: Piper L-18C Super Cub
  • Location: Fassberg Air Base, Germany
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Flying club aircraft crashed on runway under unknown circumstances. Pilot freed but died later.

10 January

  • Aircraft: Cessna 172N
  • Location: Malindi, Kenya
  • Fatalities: 3 on ground
  • Description: Aircraft had engine failure soon after take-off. It struck a truck, a motorcycle – killing its rider and passenger – and then caught fire near roadside café. Three people rescued from aircraft wreckage, one person at café killed by fire.

15 January

  • Aircraft: Cessna P206A Super Skylane
  • Location: Nayarit, Mexico
  • Fatalities: 6
  • Description: Aircraft crashed several minutes after take-off under unknown circumstances.

29 January

  • Aircraft: Beech 1900D
  • Location: Unity oilfield airstrip, Sudan
  • Fatalities: 20

Description: Aircraft carrying workers crashed on take-off. One survivor.

29 January

  • Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ701ER / Sikorsky UH60L
  • Location: Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport, US
  • Fatalities: 64+3
  • Description: Airliner and military helicopter collided in night VMC and fell into Potomac River. First jet airliner fatal crash in US since November 2001.

31 January

  • Aircraft: Learjet 55
  • Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
  • Fatalities: 6+1
  • Description: Mexican-registered medical transport flight crashed one minute after take-off, killing all onboard and one person in a car. Four others seriously injured.

6 February

  • Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX
  • Location: Near Nome, Alaska, US
  • Fatalities: 10
  • Description: ATC lost contact with aircraft on initial approach at about 4,000 feet. ADS-B data shows engine power and airspeed reducing in icing conditions. Wreckage found on sea ice in level position with floor-to-ceiling crushing of fuselage.
  • Aircraft: Beechcraft B300 King Air 350
  • Location: Ampatuan, Philippines
  • Fatalities: 4
  • Description: Aircraft crashed en route under unknown circumstances.

11 February

  • Aircraft: Beechcraft B55 Baron
  • Location: Near Manaus, Brazil
  • Fatalities: 2
  • Description: Brazilian air force shot down aircraft suspected of importing narcotics from Venezuela.

19 February

  • Aircraft: Lancair 360 Mk II / Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP
  • Location: Marana Regional Airport, Arizona, US
  • Fatalities: 2
  • Description: Two aircraft collided while in the circuit. Cessna made ‘stop and go’ landing and Lancair struck from behind while going around. Cessna landed with minor damage and no injuries.

27 February

  • Aircraft: Robinson R44 Raven II
  • Location: Near Uvalde, Texas, US
  • Fatalities: 2
  • Description: Helicopter on wildlife survey crashed in scrub country. Preliminary NTSB investigation found separation, thread damage and fretting signs on hydraulic servo clevis and associated hardware.

10 March

  • Aircraft: Eurocopter EC135 P2+
  • Location: Near Canton, Mississippi, US
  • Fatalities: 3
  • Description: Emergency medical service helicopter on positioning flight crashed after pilot reported flight control problem and intention to land at once. Aircraft struck tree near field.

15 March

  • Aircraft: Robinson R44 Raven
  • Location: Near Danville, Virginia, US
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Private helicopter made precautionary landing for fog but took off again after 10 minutes. Witnesses saw it disappear into fog and heard crash about 1 minute later. Pilot not instrument rated.

17 March

  • Aircraft: British Aerospace BAe-3212 Jetstream 32
  • Location: Near Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport, Honduras
  • Fatalities: 12
  • Description: Aircraft made right turn after take-off and struck sea. Five survivors.

20 March

  • Aircraft: Eurocopter EC 130T2
  • Location: Abisko National Park, Sweden
  • Fatalities: 2
  • Description: Aircraft conducting heli-skiing flight engulfed in avalanche while on ground. Two skiers in or near aircraft buried under snow and died after rescue.

22 March

  • Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo
  • Location: Near Mogadishu, Somalia
  • Fatalities: 5
  • Description: Kenyan-operated cargo aircraft crashed en route over Somali coast.

26 March

  • Aircraft: Sikorsky S-76B
  • Location: Gyoan-ri, South Korea
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Water carrying helicopter crashed during firefighting operations, killing pilot.

30 March

  • Aircraft: Cirrus SR22 GTS G7 Carbon
  • Location: Near Franklin Township, New Jersey, US
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Pilot lost control of aircraft 2 minutes after take-off, when autopilot disengaged. After gyrations, aircraft entered spiral dive in IFR conditions.

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