Motley Rice seeks to hold accountable those responsible in personal injury or wrongful death cases that involve aviation crashes or incidents. Cases that we have litigated or are currently being litigated by Motley Rice or Motley Rice attorneys include:
Aircraft: Piper PA-28R-201
Location: Conway, SC
Date: Sept. 14, 2022
Parachute Case
Location: Ft. Bragg, NC
Date: May 25,2022
Passenger Rights
American Flight 4817
Location: Queens, NY
Date: Oct. 9, 2021
Private Flight
Aircraft: Cessna 150M
Location: Stuart, FL
Date: Sept. 28, 2021
Aircraft: Robinson R44 Helicopter
Location: Elgin, MN
Date: July 19, 2021
Oxygen Canister Explosion
Location: Joint Base Andrews, MD
Date: June 30, 2021
Aircraft: UL-60 BlackHawk Helicopter
Location: Sinai, Egypt
Date: Nov. 12, 2020
Alaska Mid-Air Crash
Location: Soldotna, AK
Date: July 31, 2020
Aircraft: F-16 (Falcon Fighter) Jet
Location: Sumter, SC
Date: June 20, 2020
Arion Aircraft LLC
Aircraft: Lightning LS-1
Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC
Date: April 9, 2020
Aircraft: Robinson R44 Helicopter
Location: Audubon, IA
Date: Mar. 31, 2020
Aircraft: Beechcraft King Air 200
Location: Abilene, TX
Date: Feb. 20, 2020
Ukraine Flight 752
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8KV
Location: Tehran, Iran
Date: Jan. 8, 2020
Private Flight
Aircraft: Piper PA-28R
Location: Atlanta, GA
Date: Oct. 30, 2019
Aircraft: Robinson R44 Helicopter
Location: Quebec, Canada
Date: July 10, 2019
Private Flight
Aircraft: Mooney M20C
Location: Cashiers, NC
Date: March 14, 2019
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 8
Location: Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Date: March 10, 2019
Aircraft: Robinson R66 Helicopter
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: March 4, 2019
Atlas Air 3591
Aircraft: Boeing 767
Location: Trinity Bay near Anahuac, TX
Date: February 23, 2019
Aeromexico Flight 2431
Aircraft: Embraer 190
Location: Durango, Mexico
Date: July 31, 2018
Private Flight
Aircraft: Cessna 182P
Location: Cleveland, TN
Date: July 26, 2018
Private Flight
Aircraft: Cessna 421B
Location: Rock Sound, Bahamas
Date: June 5, 2018
United Airlines Flight 803
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: December 3, 2017
Private Flight
Aircraft: Cessna 401B
Location: Salters, SC
Date: October 04, 2017
Aircraft: Schweizer Model 269C-1 Helicopter
Location: Medford, NJ
Date: September 8, 2017
Aircraft: UH-60M Blackhawk Helicopter
Location: Yemen
Date: August 25, 2017
United Express Flight 4944
Aircraft: Embraer 145
Location: Dulles, VA
Date: March 3, 2017
St. Catharine's Flying School, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft: Piper PA-28-161
Location: Austin, PA
Date: October 15, 2016
Spirit Airlines Flight 126
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Date: February 24, 2016
Private Flight
Aircraft: Cirrus SR22
Location: Kewanee, IL
Date: August 30, 2015
Mid-Air Collision
Aircraft: F-16 and Cessna 150C
Location: Moncks Corner, SC
Date: July 7, 2015
Private Flight
Aircraft: Embraer EMB-500/Phenom 100
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
Date: December 8, 2014
Private Flight
Aircraft: Gulfstream IV
Location: Hanscom Air Force Base, MA
Date: May 31, 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Disappearance
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200IGW
Location: South China Sea, Between Malaysia and Vietnam
Date: March 8, 2014
U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter
Aircraft: Sikorsky MH-60M Black Hawk
Location: Hunter Army Airfield near Savannah, GA
Date: January 15, 2014
General Aviation
Aircraft: Mooney M20R
Location: Boyne City, MI
Date: January 6, 2014
Southwest Airlines Flight 345
Aircraft: Boeing 737-700
Location: LaGuardia Airport, NY
Date: July 22, 2013
Rediske Air
Aircraft: de Havilland DHC3 Otter
Location: Soldotna, AK
Date: July 7, 2013
Asiana Airlines Flight 214
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200ER
Location: San Francisco, CA
Date: July 6, 2013
General Aviation
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Location: Macon, GA
Date: May 27, 2013
National Airlines Flight 102
Aircraft: Boeing 747-428BCF
Location: Bagram Airfield, Parwan, Afghanistan
Date: April 29, 2013
Southwest Airlines Flight 1610
Aircraft: Boeing 737
Location: Cleveland, OH
Date: April 22, 2012
Jetblue Flight 1088
Passenger Rights: tarmac delay
Location: Hartford, CT
Date: October 29, 2011
Jet Logistics, Inc.
Aircraft: Beech 58
Location: High Point, NC
Date: March 30, 2011
American Airlines Flight 331
Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Location: Kingston, Jamaica
Date: December 23, 2009
Alouette FAA Actions
Location: United States
Date: 2009
General Aviation
Aircraft: Piper PA-23-250
Location: Summerville, SC
Date: October 21, 2009
Hudson River Mid-Air Collision
Aircraft: Piper PA-32R-300 / Eurocopter AS350 BA
Location: Hudson River near Hoboken, NJ
Date: August 9, 2009
Air France Flight 447
Aircraft: Airbus A330-230
Location: Atlantic Ocean, off the northeast corner of Brazil
Date: June 1, 2009
General Aviation
Aircraft: Beech A36
Location: Beauregard, AL
Date: May 15, 2009
British Airways 8456
Aircraft: Avro RJ100
Location: London, England
Date: February 13, 2009
Continental Connection/Colgan Air Flight 3407
Aircraft: Bombardier Dash-8 Q400
Location: Buffalo, NY
Date: February 12, 2009
Websta's Aviation Services, Inc.
Aircraft: Rockwell International Turbo Commander 690B
Location: Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Date: December 3, 2008
TAM Airlines Flight 3054
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Date: July 17, 2007
Kalitta Air
Aircraft: Boeing 747-200
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Date: July 7, 2008
University of Michigan Health System, medical flight crash
Aircraft: Cessna 550 (Citation II)
Location: Lake Michigan, WI
Date: June 4, 2007
Delta/Comair Flight 5191
Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ 100-ER
Location: Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, KY
Date: August 27, 2006
Chalk's Ocean Airways d/b/a Flying Boat Inc. Flight 101
Aircraft: Grumman G-73T Turbo Mallard
Location: Miami Beach, FL
Date: December 19, 2005
Air France 0027
Passenger Rights: personal injury
Location: Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France
Date: September 25, 2005
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Location: Near Machiques, Venezuela
Date: August 16, 2005
Air France Flight 358
Aircraft: Airbus A340-300
Location: Toronto-Pearson International Airport, Ontario, Canada
Date: August 2, 2005
Kam Air Flight 904
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
Location: Chaperi Ghar, Afghanistan
Date: February 3, 2005
MK Airlines Flight 1602
Aircraft: Boeing 747-200F
Location: Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia
Date: October 14, 2004
Pinnacle Airlines d/b/a Northwest Airlink Flight 3701
Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ 200
Location: Jefferson City, MO
Date: October 14, 2004
Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815
Aircraft: Embraer EMB-120-Brasilia
Location: 33km from Manaus, Brazil
Date: May 14, 2004
Colgan Air Inc., d/b/a US Airways Express Flight 9446
Aircraft: Raytheon/Beechcraft 1900D
Location: Near Hyannis, MA
Date: August 26, 2003
US Airways Express d/b/a Air Midwest Flight 5481
Aircraft: Raytheon/Beechcraft 1900D
Location: Charlotte, NC
Date: January 8, 2003
American Airlines Flight 587
Aircraft: Airbus A300
Location: Bell Harbor (Queens), NY
Date: November 12, 2001
The Four Planes of 9/11:
United Airlines Flight 93
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Location: Near Shanksfield, PA
Date: September 11, 2001
American Airlines Flight 77
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Location: Washington, DC (Pentagon)
Date: September 11, 2001
United Airlines Flight 175
Aircraft: Boeing 767-200
Location: New York, NY (WTC 2)
Date: September 11, 2001
American Airlines Flight 11
Aircraft: Boeing 767-200ER
Location: New York, NY (WTC 1)
Date: September 11, 2001
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B
Location: Hilton Head, SC
Date: August 1, 2001
Singapore Airlines Flight SQ006
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400
Location: Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek Airport, Taiwan
Date: October 31, 2000
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Aircraft: MD-83
Location: Pacific Ocean, north of Los Angeles, CA
Date: January 31, 2000
EgyptAir Flight 990
Aircraft: Boeing 767-366ER
Location: Atlantic Ocean, near Nantucket Island, MA
Date: October 31, 1999
American Airlines Flight 1420
Aircraft: MD-82
Location: Little Rock, AR
Date: June 1, 1999
Pan American World Airways Flight 103
Aircraft: Boeing 747-100
Location: Lockerbie, Scotland
Date: December 21, 1988