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• Approximately 80 percent of all plane crashes occur shortly before or after takeoff or landing due to human error or mechanical failures.
• According to an aviation accident survey of nearly 2,200 plane crashes from 1950 to 2004, the number one cause of aviation accidents is pilot error, which results in 45 percent of accidents. Undetermined causes: 33 percent. Mechanical failure: 13 percent.
• In 2005, there were a total of 1,764 aviation accidents in the United States that resulted in 600 fatalities. Low-level maneuvering of an aircraft was the leading cause of fatal aviation accidents from 1998 to 2004.
• In 2004, more than 70 percent of all plane crashes that ended in serious injury or fatality occurred during a personal flight. General aviation accidents occur more frequently than airline or business aviation accidents.
• The most recent statistics on midair collisions has shown a steady decline. In 2004, there were 10 midair accidents resulting in 10 fatalities compared to 11 collisions in 2003 with 23 deaths.

Some of the most common causes of aviation accidents include:

• pilot error,
• negligence by a flight service employee or air traffic controller,
• faulty equipment or mechanical failure,
• weather,
• and sabotage.
• Violations of Federal Aviation Administration safety regulations and aviation law are also a frequent cause of aviation accidents.

Lawsuit Filed for Paulding Plane Crash

- March 27, 2008

The wife of one of the six men who were killed in a plane crash that occurred in February in Paulding County, GA recently filed a suit.

The suit blames the pilot of the plane for failing to control the plane during the landing.

Plane Crashes Upon Landing

According to reports, the plane took off from Polk County Airport and was being flown by pilot John Wesley Rakestraw.

The plane was set to land in the morning and witnesses claim they saw it come out of the clouds near Mt.Airy/Surry County Airport.

Reports say the plane was descending rapidly and made a hard left turn at the end of the runway before it slammed down in a residential area.

Wife Files Suit

Louise Ruggiero has filed a suit on behalf of her late husband, Frank Ruggiero, 52, who was killed when the Raytheon C90A crashed.

“We believe that the pilot was negligent in maintaining operational control of the plane, causing it to crash,” explained Gary C. Robb, the attorney representing Ruggiero.

The other men killed in the crash were Robert Butler, Harold T. Echols, Tony Gunter and Steve Simpson.

“The most important thing is that we feel that this was a horrible tragedy,” stated Robb. “All of the families involved, not just the Ruggiero family, are devastated.”

(Source: AJC)

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