Incidents
| Date | Flight/Airplane | Description |
|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2010 | Small private plane | Caught fire while taxing, no one injured. |
| January 31, 1956 | U.S. Air Force
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North American TB-25N Mitchell 44-29125, on cross country flight from Nellis AFB, Nevada to Olmsted AFB, Pennsylvania, after departing Selfridge AFB, Michigan suffers fuel starvation NE of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in mid-afternoon, attempts to divert to Greater Pittsburgh AFB, ditches in the Monongahela River at the 4.9-mile (7.9 km) marker, west of the Homestead High-Level Bridge, drifts ~1.5 miles (2.4 km) downstream in 8–10 knots. current, remaining afloat for 10–15 minutes. All six crew evacuate but two are lost in the 35 °F (2 °C) water before rescue. Search for sunken bomber suspended February 14 with no success – aircraft is thought to have possibly settled in submerged gravel pit area in 32 feet (9.8 m) of water, ~150 feet (46 m) from shore, possibly now covered by 10–15 feet of silt. This crash remains one of the Pittsburgh region's unsolved mysteries. |
| December 22, 1954 | DC-3 Military Charter | |
| December 29, 1951 | Curtiss C-46 Continental Charters Flight 4–22 | |
| March 26, 1937 | TWA | |
| April 7, 1936 | TWA | |
| January 26, 1935 | TWA | Crashed in an adjacent slag mound, 10 minutes after taking off in the early morning hours en route to Columbus, killing the pilot, it was carrying a cargo of mail only at the time. |
| May 21, 1928 | Hot Air Balloon | At the National Balloon Races Championship at adjacent "Bettis Field" a balloon crashes with 100,000 spectators, both operators die. |
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