PA-46 Malibu light aircraft transporting footballer Emiliano Sala crashed off Alderney in the Channel Islands. The aircraft had been travelling from Nantes, France, to Cardiff, Wales. The wreckage of the aircraft was found thirteen days later. Sala's remains were recovered on 7 February. July 14 – A Gippsland GA8 Airvan was reported to have suffered structural failure of a wing in flight and crashed on Storlandskär, Sweden, killing all nine people on board. The aircraft type was consequently grounded in Australia and the European Union. September 15 – A single-seater Aero Ultra-Light plane piloted by Mike Stefanik crashed in Sterling, CT, killing him. 2020 January 26 – A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter carrying retired basketball player Kobe Bryant, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria "Gigi" Bryant, crashed outside of Calabasas, California, killing all nine on board. July 31 – A Piper PA-12 and a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver collided in mid-air over the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, killing PA-12 pilot and Alaska State Representative Gary Knopp and all six persons aboard the DHC-2. 2021 May 29 – A Cessna Citation I/SP carrying actor Joe Lara, author, dietician and church founder Gwen Shamblin Lara, and five others crashed into Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, killing everyone on board. November 5 - A Beechcraft King Air crashed on approach to the Caratinga Airport, near Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil, killing all 3 passengers and 2 crew members on board. Among the victims was Brazilian singer Marília Mendonça. November 24 – American snowboarder and YouTuber Trevor Jacob parachuted out of a Taylorcraft BL-65, and the unoccupied aircraft crashed in Los Padres National Forest near New Cuyama, California, with Jacob suffering minor injuries from the parachute landing. Jacob later posted a video of the event on YouTube, provoking controversy among members of the aviation community who believed that the crash was staged. The FAA revoked Jacob's pilot certificate in 2022 after determining that he crashed the aircraft for the sole purpose of filming the crash. 2023 In February 2023, a fireman's plane, a Boeing 737, crashed in the park while on a mission. The pilots survived the crash. Notes Note A: General aviation operating rules are U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations 14 CFR Part 91 or the international equivalent. References General aviation