Pilot’s Negligent Visual Approach Results in Private & Small Plane Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Estate of Robinett v. Estate of Kinikin On December 10, 2009, a Piper PA-30 airplane with registration number N7881Y crashed into Laguna Madre, approximately a mile and a half from the Charles R. Johnson Airport in Port Mansfield, Texas. The pilot and sole passenger were both killed in the…

Emergency Landing Injuries Results in Helicopter Tour Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Hicks v. Blue Hawaiian On January 17, 2016, an Airbus EC130 T2 helicopter with registration number N11VQ operated by Blue Hawaiian experienced a sudden loss of engine power due to a broken fuel line, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing. All six passengers suffered serious injuries. At…

Improper Helicopter Maintenance Results in Helicopter Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Engler v. Turbomeca On January 2, 2013, an Airbus EC 130 helicopter owned and operated by Air Methods as an air ambulance experienced engine failure shortly after takeoff and crash-landed in an open field near Seminole, OK. All four occupants of the helicopter were seriously injured. The destination of…

In-Flight Fire Private & Small Plane Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Estate of Henry Jackson v. Fredericksburg Aviation On May 16, 2016, a Beechcraft Bonanza A36TC with registration number N60RW departed from Tupelo Regional Airport in Tupelo, Mississippi, in route to the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport in Virginia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. Shortly…

Compressor Turbine Blade Fracture Results in Private and Small Plane Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Lee Odekirk, et al. v. Dallas Airmotive, Inc., et al. On August 24, 2008, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (TG-JES) operated by Aero Ruta Maya was carrying volunteers and missionaries to a remote area in Guatemala to finish building a school and homes, when the Pratt & Whitney Canada…

Stevie Ray Vaughan Helicopter Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Vaughan v. Omniflight Helicopters The history of modern, popular music is intertwined with the stories of star performers whose lives ended far too soon in an airplane or helicopter crash. One of those was legendary Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, who died at age 35 in a Wisconsin…

Pilot Error Results in Private and Small Plane Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Himsel v. State of AK On November 12, 1992, a Beechcraft King Air B200 flown by the Alaska Army National Guard with passengers from the U.S. Army crashed into a mountain on its approach into the airport in Juneau, Alaska, resulting in eight casualties. Among those killed was the…

Mishandled Hazardous Materials Results in Commercial Airplane Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Hyatt v. ValuJet Flight 592 On May 11, 1996, ValuJet Flight 592, flying from Miami International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, crashed into the Everglades, killing all 110 people on board. The plane was a Douglas DC-9-32 with registration number N904VJ. The flight took place under daylight visual…

Pilot’s Fatigue and Stress Results in Commercial Airplane Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Manus v. American Airlines (American Airlines Flight 1420) American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed on June 1, 1999, at the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (formerly Little Rock National Airport) in Little Rock, Arkansas, during an intense thunderstorm that had begun crossing the airport as the aircraft was landing.…