page_title: 2009 in aviation
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 in aviation / Events / February
caption_attribution_description: English: Crash site of Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, Boeing 737-8F2 (TC-JGE, "Tekirdağ"), at Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 25 February 2009; Copyright Fred Vloo / RNW Nederlands: Vliegramp Turkish Airlines-vlucht 1951. 25 februari 2009. Fred Vloo Türkçe: Türk Hava Yolları 1951 sefer sayılı uçuşu
context_page_description: This is a list of aviation-related events from 2009:
context_section_description: The British airline Skysouth ceases operations.
  4 February
  N834TP, a Douglas Aero Modified Turbo DC-3 operated by the National Test Pilot School is involved in a take-off accident at Mojave Air & Space Port, United States, and substantially damaged.
  C-FCCE, a DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 operated by Transwest Air, crashes on take-off from La Ronge (Barber Field) Airport, Canada and is substantially damaged.
  7 February
  PT-SEA, an Embraer EMB 110-P1 Bandeirante operated by Manaus Aerotáxi, crashes into the Manacapuru River, Brazil killing 24 of the 28 people on board.
  11 February
  Two Grob Tutor aircraft of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force collide mid-air over Porthcawl, Wales. Both aircraft crash, killing all occupants.
  12 February
  Colgan Air Flight 3407, a DHC-8-402 Q400, registration N200WQ, crashes at Clarence Center, New York killing all 50 people on board and another on the ground.
  13 February
  BA CityFlyer Flight 8456, an Avro RJ100, registration G-BXAR, is substantially damaged when the nosewheel collapses on landing at London City Airport. All 71 people on board are successfully evacuated via emergency chutes.
  14 February
  N440RA, a CASA C-212 Aviocar operated by Arctic Transportation Services lands short of the runway at Ralph Wien Memorial Airport, Alaska and is significantly damaged.
  16 February
  90-09, a HESA IrAn-140 operated by the Iranian Police crashes on approach to Isfahan International Airport, Iran and is destroyed, killing all five people on board.
  TC-SGD, a Boeing 737-48E operated by Air Algérie overruns the runway at In Aménas Airport, Algeria after landing in a 28 knots (52 km/h) tailwind, and is substantially damaged. A number of people are injured in the subsequent evacuation.
  18 February
  PNC-0211, a Basler BT-67 operated by Policía Nacional de Colombia is destroyed at Olaya Herrera Airport, Colombia, by the detonation of a mishandled hand grenade.
  FAC 1670, a Basler BT-67 operated by Fuerza Aérea Colombiana crashes shortly after take-off from Olaya Herrera Airport, killing all five people on board. The aircraft is destroyed.
  N652UA, a Boeing 767-322ER operated by United Airlines, is damaged significantly by the automatic discharge of a sprinkler system in the hangar it is parked in while undergoing maintenance at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago. Eleven cabin windows are knocked out by the force of the discharge, damaging the aircraft's avionics systems.
  20 February
  Aerolift Flight 1015, an Antonov AN-12, registration S9-SVN, crashes shortly after take-off from Luxor International Airport, Egypt, killing all five crew. The aircraft is destroyed.
  22 February
  The Australian airline SkyAirWorld suspends operations pending a restructure of its business.
  23 February
  Lion Air Flight 972, a McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30, registration PK-LIO, lands at Hang Nadim Airport, Indonesia, with the nosewheel stuck in the raised position. The aircraft is damaged significantly.
  25 February
  Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 a Boeing 737-8F2, registration TC-JGE, crashes short of the runway at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. Six passengers and three crew members are killed.
  28 February
  Carpatair Flight 128, a Saab 2000, registration YR-SBI, lands at Traian Vuia International Airport, Romania, with the nosewheel stuck in the raised position. An emergency landing is successfully made on a partially foamed runway. The nose area of the aircraft is damaged.
  Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 5563, a Canadair CRJ-200ER, registration N830AS, suffers a fire on the ground at Tallahassee Regional Airport, United States. The crew evacuate, and the fire is extinguished after burning through the cockpit wall, the flight deck being significantly damaged.
caption: Turkish Airlines Flight 1951
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