Aviation Crashes and Accidents in the News

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Preemption in Aviation Accident Cases

Cases, Rulings

The Third Circuit Finds No Implied Field Preemption Of Aircraft Product Defect Claims in Sikkelee v. Precision Airmotive Corporation — A Case Handled By Katzman Lampert & Stoll On April 19, 2016, the Third Circuit found that aviation manufacturers are not immune...

American Airlines Flight 383 Fire – Chicago O’Hare to Miami

Crashes

Incident report: Katzman Lampert is currently representing one client in this case. Date: October 28, 2016 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Airline: American Airlines Type of Aircraft: Boeing 767-300 Type of Incident: Fire on Runway/Takeoff Total Passengers: 170...

Southwest Airlines Emergency Landing – Oakland to Chicago

Crashes

Incident report: Katzman Lampert & Stoll is currently representing one client in this case. Date: Location: Oakland to Chicago Airline: Southwest Type of Aircraft: Type of Incident: Emergency Landing Total Passengers: Injuries: Fatalities: Katzman Lampert & Stoll...

United Airlines Emergency Landing Flight 6517 Tucson AZ

Crashes

Incident report: Katzzman Lampert & Stoll has been retained by several victims for representation in this case. Since our team is already intimately familiar with the details of this incident, if you were injured in this accident or believe you are due compensation,...

Southwest Airlines Flight 31 Nashville TN Plane Crash

Crashes

Incident report: Katzman Lampert & Stoll is currently representing several victims in this case. Date: December 15, 2015 Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States Airline: Southwest Airlines Type of Aircraft: Boeing 737 Type of Incident: Taxiway Total Passengers:...

Sevierville, TN Tourist Bell 206 Helicopter Crash – Smoky Mountains

Crashes

Incident report: Date: April 5, 2016 Location: Sevierville, Tennessee, USA Type of Aircraft: Bell 206 LongRanger Operator: Smoky Mountain Helicopters Type of Incident: Ground Strike Total Passengers: 5 Injuries: 0 Fatalities: 5 (Sevierville, TN Tuesday, April 5, 2016)...

Honolulu Hawaii Helicopter Crash – Arizona Memorial Tour

Crashes

Incident report: Date: February 18, 2016 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Airline: Genesis Aviation Type of Aircraft: Bell-206B Helicopter Type of Incident: Crash over water Total Passengers: 5 Injuries: At least 3 Fatalities: 1 (Honolulu, Hawaii - February 23, 2016) A...

N544SR – Cirrus Design Corp. SR22 – Melbourne, FL

Crashes

On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, a CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22, federally registered as N544SR, crashed near Melbourne, Florida, while maneuvering for landing. The private pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The pilot of the Cirrus SR22 contacted the air...

N486KC – Mooney M20M – Amisville, VA

Crashes

On March 3, 2012 a Mooney M20M airplane, federally registered as N486KC, crashed near Amisville, Virginia, seriously injuring the pilot and passenger. The pilot reported a total loss of engine power while the airplane was in cruise flight at 5000 feet MSL. Visual...

N4772A – Cessna 414A – Yampa Valley Regional – Hayden, CO

Crashes

On February 19, 2012, approximately 3:30pm mountain standard time, a Cessna 414A federally registered as N4772A crashed while on approach to land at the Yampa Valley Regional Airport (KHDN), in Hayden, Colorado. The commercial pilot and one passenger were fatally...

United Airlines Flight 585 Near Colorado Springs, Colorado

Cases, Crashes

Katzman Lampert & Stoll aviation lawyers represented several families in the fatal Colorado plane crash of United 585 in both state and federal court. While investigating the air plane crash of United Airlines flight 585, the Firm's founding partner, Richard Schaden,...

US Air 427 Crash Near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cases, Crashes

On September 8, 1994, USAir 427 crashed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in a strikingly similar accident scenario as the air disaster of United Airlines Flight 585 just 3 years earlier in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (See United Airlines Flight 585 near Colorado Springs,...

Katzman Lampert Successfully Litigates Cases Implicating Gara

Cases

Katzman Lampert was retained by the wife of a pilot killed in the crash of a twin engine Cessna 421B aircraft that had been manufactured over twenty years before the crash. Due to the aircraft's age, Cessna argued that the claims were barred by the General Aviation...

Katzman Lampert Changes The Way Aviation Insurers Do Business

Cases, Crashes

Following an airplane crash near Bayfield, Colorado, Katzman Lampert & Stoll aviation lawyers represented the plaintiffs and filed wrongful death actions for the loss of their family members. The Tenth Circuit ruled that pursuant to the plain language of an Old...

United Airlines Flight 232 In Sioux City, Iowa

Cases, Crashes

United Airlines Flight 232 constituted one of the largest mass disasters in aviation history after a DC-10 aircraft flipped over and crashed in a corn field near Sioux City, Iowa. That day only 112 people survived the airline crash out of the 296 people aboard....