Information on personal injury law related to aviation accidents.
MARCH 11, 2009 – A plane crash on March 6th most likely took the life of its pilot. 70-year-old Steve Froberg was headed to French Valley Airport when his rented Cessna 172 crashed in the Pacific Ocean 35 miles off of Oceanside. Several hours after a boater reported seeing the Read more »
MARCH 10, 2009 – Three people were injured in a plane crash at Camp Pendleton on Saturday. Pilot Alan Jacobson and passengers David Menne and Scott Jones were heading to San Diego’s Montgomery Field when the single-engine Cessna 172’s engine failed. Mr. Jacobson attempted to land the plane in a Read more »
MARCH 4, 2009 – It has been determined that the deadly military jet crash in University City could have been avoided if proper procedures were followed. On December 8, 2008, Lt. Neubauer experienced engine trouble in his F/A-18D Hornet shortly after taking off, and failed to consult his safety checklist, Read more »
FEBRUARY 19, 2009 – Three people were injured when a helicopter made an emergency landing in San Onofre last night. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Helicopter took off from Long Beach Airport and was on its way to San Diego’s Brown Field when it experienced engine trouble. The pilot Read more »
JANUARY 26, 2009 – A lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court names seven companies responsible for a January 2007 helicopter crash that killed four people off the San Diego coast. The MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter went down in the water during a training Read more »
JANUARY 15, 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549, headed for Charlotte, North Carolina, crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon shortly after takeoff, the FAA has reported. The crash happened around 3:26 p.m. EST. CNN reported that a pilot radioed air traffic controllers that the plane had experienced Read more »
DECEMBER 21, 2008 – A burning Continental Airlines Boeing 737 jet went off the runway during takeoff at the Denver International Airport in Colorado yesterday, injuring 38 people. No deaths have been reported. The Houston bound plane, Continental flight 1404, came to a stop in a ravine 2,000 from Read more »
DECEMBER 20, 2008 — A single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza 35 airplane crashed Saturday afternoon in San Diego County, killing two people aboard. The crash happened after 1:30 p.m. in the Warner Springs area off Highway 79. Authorities have not released the identity of the victims and it is unknown why Read more »
DECEMBER 8, 2008 – Four people on the ground were killed Monday when a Military F/A-18 Jet crashed the San Diego neighborhood of University City, the fire department has confirmed. One home was completely destroyed on Cather Avenue near Huggins street, and another home was severely damaged in the Read more »
NOVEMBER 12, 2008 — 4 people have been confirmed dead after a 1972 Piper Cherokee plane crashed in a plane crash in San Bernardino County. The victims included the pilot, Douglas Bowles, 75, Joshua Chlebek, 28, Oludare Akinwunmi, 29, and David Helland, 60, of Olivenhain. Bowles’ plane disappeared from radar Read more »