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     "Grand Forks is still a safe place to live. . . It's too bad we don't realize that diversity is what makes this nation so great. Just because we happen to be Caucasian doesn't make us the only Americans." -Al Palmer, director of flight operations at UND [Dakota Student 06-Nov-01

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Oct 2, 2005 UND Plane Forced to Land in Alaska

July 9, 2004 UND student pilot hurt in plane crash

Rebuttal

2 FatalUND Pilot completed the SR-22 training course on December 12, 2002-Died a month later, January 18, 2003 in Hill City, MN ( The flight lesson entitled "IFR Flight (Non-rated)" was not conducted.)
 

265 Fatal UND PILOTS DRINK FLY AND DIE

1 Fatal UND PILOTS DRINK FLY AND DIE

2 Fatal UND Mourns Loss of Frat Brothers Piloting Plane In Wisconsin

Vivian Nelson ATP, CFII, MEI Responds to UND Aviation Faculty & Supporters

UND Aerospace Cover - Ups

UND Aerospace Comments

UND Aviation Students Complain about "Laptop Program"

UND Boasts About Offering "Crash Courses" for Pilots From the Middle-East

 

UND's Rashes of Crashes

  1. Take the the member of the UND collegiate flying team who taxied into a parked maintenance vehicle after conducting a safety meeting!

  2. Or how about the MESABA 3250 pilot who looked out his window to discover a UND plane coming right at him at 12 O'CLOCK!

  3. Or the DYNAMIC rollover of a Huey Helicopter by a UND instructor in Mesa Arizona?

  4. UND HELICOPTER DESTROYED ON GROUND VIBRATIONS LEAD TO

  5. Aircraft Accident:SOCATA TB-9-XXX, occurred on 10/02/1995 at DECATUR, AL "As the airplane accelerated for the takeoff, the airplane veered off the left side of runway 18. When the student pilot attempted to regain control of the airplane, the throttle knob came off the throttle control lever . . ."

  6. Near MIDAIR COLLISION UPON HEARING THE COMMENT "OH MY GOD" THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TURNED TO SEE A SINGLE ENGINE, RETRACTABLE GEAR AIRCRAFT, AT APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET OFF THE LEFT WING . . . Aircraft Accident:PIPER PA-28-XXX, occurred on 01/16/1999 at GFK

  7. WHILE PRACTICING LANDINGS THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK A PLASTIC TRAFFIC CONE USED TO IDENTIFY THE LANDING ZONE. A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNAIRWORTHY BE THE MANUFACTURER. Aircraft Accident:EUROCOPTER, N189ND, occurred on 8-07-98 at GFK

  8. Aircraft Accident: Piper PA-44-180, occurred 02-22-2000 at GFK A PA-44-180, N190ND, OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH AND FLOWN BY DAKOTA PETER MICHAELS LANDED GEAR-UP AT GRAND FORKS, ND INT'K AIRPORT

  9. Aircraft Accident: PIPER PA-28-161, occurred on 09-18-1999 at GF International, ND A PA-28-161, N243ND, OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND FLOWN BY JOHN RUDLOPH EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE

  10. American Champion 8KCAB, N67ND, July 28, 2003 in Stephen, MN "he said he thought we hit a bird, but we had lost the right wing of the plane..." The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the transmission line and the pilot's continued operation with known deficiencies in equipment. Factors to the accident were the power lines and the low altitude the pilot was flying at.

  11. Near MIDAIR COLLISION Aircraft Accident:PIPER PA-28-XXX, occurred on 04/11/1999 at GFK ALSO, FLIGHT TRAINING WITH UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD DESIGNATE ADDITIONAL STUDENT PRACTICE AREAS TO REDUCE CONCENTRATION OF STUDENT PILOTS IN A GIVEN AREA

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