Buffalo Joe won't be happy

[Guest ozzie]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/buffalo-airways-plane-deline-1.3244335

 

C46 does a gear up after power failure. Crew OK.

 

 

[DGL Fox]

Nope he certainly will not...heads will roll......

 

David

 

 

[Ultralights]

yep, a nice modern fleet will do that

 

 

[DrZoos]

Poor bugger provides an awesome service that would prob never be viable with newer aircraft .....but these things are gunna happen on aircraft that old with thin margins...bloody graet no one was hurt

 

 

[Ultralights]

Im sure a few old Caribou or hercs could do the same job

 

 

[red750]

They wrote off an ex- Ansett-ANA Electra a couple of years ago. Undercarriage failure.

 

 

[DrZoos]

100% From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Airways#Accidents_and_incidents

 

Accidents and incidents

 

Buffalo Airways has seven accidents listed by the Aviation Safety Network, none of which had any fatalities.[24]

 

• On 26 June 1994, a Douglas C-47A, C-FROD, crashed on approach to Fort Simpson Airport, Northwest Territories due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was on a cargo flight from Trout Lake Airport. There were two crew on board at the time and both were injured and the aircraft was a write-off.[25][26]
   
   
  
• On 24 July 2001, a Consolidated PBY-5A Canso, C-FNJE, caught a wing tip in Sitidgi Lake (about 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) north of Inuvik) while fire fighting and crashed into the lake. Another aircraft landed on the lake and picked up the two crew. The aircraft was pulled out of the water; the engines and other valuable parts removed. The hull, which was left at the lake, was later retrieved by Fairview Aircraft Restorations Society and taken to Fairview, Alberta, where it is undergoing restoration.[27][28][29][30]
   
   
  
• On 28 August 2002, a Douglas C-54, C-GQIC, landed short of the runway at Diavik Airport. The right wing came off the aircraft, which travelled 1,000 ft (300 m) down the runway. The aircraft caught fire and was a write-off. The two crew escaped with minor injuries.[31][32]
   
   
  
• On 1 or 2 August 2003, a Douglas C-54, C-GBSK, touched down short of the destination runway. The landing gear collapsed and the wings came apart from the fuselage. The wings then caught fire. The four crew were unhurt, but the aircraft was written off.[33][34]
   
   
  
• On 5 or 6 January 2006, a Douglas C-54, C-GXKN, had departed Norman Wells Airport when the number 2 engine caught fire and stopped. The crew attempted to put out the fire but were not successful. While feathering the number 2 propeller, number 1 also began to feather, leaving them with only two engines. They returned to Norman Wells and performed an emergency landing, but the aircraft left the runway and ploughed through the snow. The four crew were unhurt, but the aircraft was written off and the nose was later used to repair another C-54.[35][36]
   
   
  
• On 5 March 2012, a Lockheed Electra was forced to land gear-up at Yellowknife's airport after its right main gear failed to extend after over an hour of circling and attempting to lower it manually. The aircraft skidded off the runway, coming to rest safely in an open field, damaging both right engines and shearing off the number 4 propeller. Both pilots and four passengers were unhurt; one of the passengers was a cameraman for Ice Pilots NWT, the reality show based on the airline's operation.[37]
   
   
  
• On 19 August 2013, a Douglas DC-3C, C-GWIR, performing flight BFL168, crashed on return to Yellowknife Airport, Northwest Territories after suffering an engine fire. The aircraft was on a passenger flight from Yellowknife Airport to Hay River Airport. There were 24 people on board the aircraft, of whom three were crew. There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was written off.[38][39] The subsequent investigation determined the cause to be an engine cylinder fatigue crack, propeller feathering pump failure, and overloading of the aircraft.[40]
   
   
  
• On 25 September 2015, a Curtiss C-46 Commando performed an emergency gear-up landing on a dirt road near Deline, Northwest Territories following a single engine failure enroute from Yellowknife to Norman Wells. Four crew were aboard; none were injured.[41]
   
   
  

 

 

100% From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Airways#Accidents_and_incidents

 

Other than 1995-2001 and 2007 to 2011 thats a pretty dodgy record.. Pretty survivable though...only two injuries in all those crashes

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

Considering the environment and the age of the aircraft, 8 in 21 years ain't that bad. Some remote operators in areas like New Guinea, South America have high prang rates and high fatalities.

 

 

[DGL Fox]

So he is another plane down, I wonder what he will replace it with, I imagine that there wouldn't be to many airworthy C46's flying around the world these days..

 

David