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- Las Vegas, NV - 12/7/2011 sightseeing helicopter crash
- Perryville, AR - 11/18/2011 Aviation Accident in Perryville, AR
- New York, NY - 10/4/2011 helicopter crash in East River
- Reno, NV - 9/16/2011 Crash at Reno Air Races
- Miriam, NV - 6/24/2011 Collision between Amtrak train and truck
- Doswell, VA - 5/31/2011 Sky Express motorcoach crash
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Preliminary Report: Collision of Elka Apollon and MSC Nederland, Houston Ship Channel, 10/29/11
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- 3/28 - At 1:20 PM CDT, Broken Bow, NE. Beech BE-58 on approach for landing crashed short of rwy.
- 3/26 - At 2:23 PM EDT, Waxhaw, NC. Exp. Avid Flyer MK4 crashed.
- 3/24 - At 6:24 PM CDT, Granite Shoals, TX. Experimental, amateur built RV-6 crashed into a park shortly after takeoff.
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NTSB investigator Bob Gretz and team on scene of a Cessna 501 that crashed on March 15th in Franklin, NC.