AirLaws Accidents Worked

AirLaws Accidents Worked

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Text Box: 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.