An analysis of fuel planning has showed that even if the planning was correct, they would have had three minutes of fuel left on landing at Prince George. How did this happen? Mathematical error on the form? Lots of diversions? Did they sign a flightplan that showed 3 minutes of fuel at destination...

If I had to live in a Canadian city, I would prefer to live and work in a European city. It's better organized IMO. If you prefer to live outside of cities, and take advantage of what Canada has to offer (space to do stuff, go prairies), then there's not much appeal to working in Europe I have spen...

Just got a call from a friend. The King Air was out of fuel. An analysis of fuel planning has showed that even if the planning was correct, they would have had three minutes of fuel left on landing at Prince George. Following on from what Bob said above, I asked why TSB hasn't released this yet. Ans...

Here is the ADS-B track from adsbexchange.com: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=c04f9c&lat=54.072&lon=-122.966&zoom=11.4&showTrace=2026-08-20&leg=5&trackLabels Previous track for the day shown for comparison. GEDV - Copy.png Just took a few minutes to look at this ADSB track. Some things stand ...

Not something that I would comment on at this stage. Or possibly at any stage. Not saying your question is not fair enough, but I expect most fair minded people would want to hear what the TSB has found before going down that road.

If fuel exhaustion caused this crash, the tanks would have been empty sitting there on the side of the road. TSB will have checked them by now. To their credit, they have recently been divulging key information within days of accidents. Certainly, I would expect them to have said the aircraft ran ou...

This should be an interesting report - how on earth do you end up there with a twin turboprop? Too much air in the fuel tanks is often a leading cause of this type of event. Or contaminated fuel. That's about it. There are jet pumps at Sturdy strip. Mining companies doing a lot of heli work in the ...

This should be an interesting report - how on earth do you end up there with a twin turboprop? Too much air in the fuel tanks is often a leading cause of this type of event. Or contaminated fuel. That's about it. There are jet pumps at Sturdy strip. Mining companies doing a lot of heli work in the ...

‘Bob’ wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2026 1:08 am Pretty sure feathering props is SOP after touchdown off strip regardless of whether engines are turning.

RIP to the victim.

Can you feather props when they aren't turning?

Is the still attached prop feathered?

‘Bob’ wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2026 1:08 am Pretty sure feathering props is SOP after touchdown off strip regardless of whether engines are turning.

RIP to the victim.

Can you feather props when they aren't turning?

Is the still attached prop feathered?

I did see a picture of the prop somewhere. Don't remember if there was longitudinal bending backwards or forwards. But, your scenario is valid.

I hear that the aircraft departed that old Herc strip at Sturdee River. There is fuel there. 260 nautical to PG. I may be wrong, but I would think an engine would have to be developing power to have enough energy in the prop to fracture it at the hub, probably from contact with a vehicle. Pilot work...

Rest in peace to the deceased motorist. I've wondered what I would do if the road I was landing on had cars on it. I imagine it's hard to override your survival instinct. I have landed on a road with cars on it, but it was a dual carriageway, the Coquihalla about five miles north of the old toll bo...

If you read Mark Carney's book you will see he has a personal hatred of commercial aviation for climate change reasons. It would not surprise me if this is part of a multi-pronged government approach to try to impact Canadian airlines. At a minimum it is further move towards a UK style nanny state ...

The pilot has been identified by Buffalo as Robert MacLeod. It is likely he is well known and respected here.

Dry Guy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2026 9:13 pm

rigpiggy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2026 7:47 am Wrt the Carson air metro, the tail failed down(I have a photo of the wreckage) that led do the bunt and the wings then failed downward. I absolutely blame TC for this as the M2

Transport Canada was the AME for Carson Air? Wasn't the pilot heavily intoxicated?

Yes. .25 On autopsy.

A bit more from the FAA background given in the Docket... "Background The FAA received reports of fatigue cracking throughout the fuselage and vertical stabilizer's structural components on Twin Commander Model 685, 690, 690A, 690B, 690C, 690D, 695, and 695A airplanes. The fatigue cracking was found...

Inflight break up is everyone's worst nightmare. probably not much more than 1000 agl when directing the tanker run It's actually much less not more. Is it possible the aircraft hit a single tree that was significantly taller than the surrounding trees? I believe they call it a "snag" or something ...

And... Fuselage Station 429 (FS 429) on an Aero Commander 690 is located in the aft fuselage and empennage (tail) section, 429 inches behind the aircraft's designated reference datum.Because it sits near the base of the vertical stabilizer, this location is heavily scrutinized during structural insp...

Some models of Commanders did have serious spar corrosion issues. There was a mod for strapping dodgy spars. This is an AI overview on corrosion issues in the 690 and FAA directives that are out there. Key FAA Directives & Guidelines AD 2009-25-05 : Mandates inspections between the mating surfaces ...

"Number one is the ultimate airload on the aircraft exceeded what it could hold or designed to withstand," he said — in other words, that the plane was too heavy. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/in-flight-breakup-could-have-caused-fort-simpson-plane-crash-investigators/ar-AA26OmnL?cvpid=722fbe...

cncpc wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2026 3:13 pm

shamrock104 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2026 2:21 pm Hear its a Buffalo machine with three crew.

Now confirming there are no survivors.

Spoke with a friend from Smith. Bird dog officer and the other non flying are from the town. One was her first junior high boyfriend.

shamrock104 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2026 2:21 pm Hear its a Buffalo machine with three crew.

Now confirming there are no survivors.

Just saw something in a Smith feed about a serious incident involving a bird dog.