At least they didn't have to worry about feathering it. I saw the effects of this on an NWT Electra in YQT back in the mid-eighties. Arrived one morning to see the Electra parked on the ramp. We were curious why the airplane was there, but as we taxiied by it became very clear - both props and what...

Was he allowed to continue flight after prop strike??? Or did he not know until after?

Interesting. I wonder what the law is regarding this. Because the aircraft is operating as a boat, does that prevent the law of "interference of the safe operation of an aircraft", or something along these lines with whatever the criminal code offense officialy is? This type of behavior ought to be ...

Using a single engine aircraft in a low level dangerous environment over forested areas is a recipe for disaster. No, it's not. I have hundreds of hours in single engine aircraft right down on the deck counting squirrels and God knows what else mapping fires for BCFS. Back in the day, we complicate...

I'm afraid this won't be the last time this happens. It will only take time before someone is killed. Using a single engine aircraft in a low level dangerous environment over forested areas is a recipe for disaster. This is why aerial firefighting should always be from a multi engine platform. These...

Wonder is foul play is involved.....

I wasn't in the cockpit at the time, so cannot accurately describe the situation, or judge them. But since it ended well, nobody perished, or even injured, overall the pilots did a good job IMHO. Is it ever really wrong to be safety conscious when flying an airplane full of passengers? We need less...

Very sad for the families. Years later but still lots to learn. TSB report released 27 Feb 2019. Examination of the wreckage indicated that the aircraft struck the terrain in a steep, nose-down attitude. The slope of the hillside was approximately 25°. The flaps were found in the fully retracted (u...

What's the proper way to RTO in a DC-3 anyways? Can you get on the brakes hard without it nosing over? I doubt there would be a risk of it nosing over in this case, as the tail didn't even get in the air the entire rollout, worst case, is they ground loop it, but at least then better than what they...

Wow, no discipline in the cockpit, this should have been a RTO this minute it departed the runway. What in tarnation would lead a crew to continue, especially with passengers on board! This gets my blood boiling, good thing no one was killed

Ahhahahah the chipmunk analogy....love it !!!!

The area of operations that I am thinking about are high arctic sovereignty missions flown in the far north where access to runways is non existent for a large portion of the time. It differs from the Scandinavian countries as they are very small in terms of land mass, so they are never far form saf...

Curious for peoples thoughts on todays announcement for Canada to proceed with the 88 F35's. My concern is Canada's high arctic and single engine. I fear we will lose lives and assets in the far north I know there aren't many twin engine fighters produced, but the F22 and Super Hornet come to mind. ...

Donald wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 9:03 am Buffalo should never be allowed to fly passengers, ever.

I think they still do lots of passanger charter work, just no scheduled routes. Along with the King Air, they picked up a Twin Otter last year and just recently a Beech 1900. Must be for passenger charter work?

I had wondered about ad-hoc passenger charter when I read this, but it appears to be setup as a freighter, probably a lot more efficient being twin engine rather than the expensive 4 engine Electra, they must be looking to break into some of the 737-200 market, lots of competition for that class. I ...

Wonder if the pitot tube were blocked? By what? They were reportedly at cruise in VMC conditions… I’ve unfortunately had both of mine blocked after encountering unforcasted severe icing. It was an “affair” down low… I highly doubt that this crew made it this far along their flight profile with a bl...

Wonder if the pitot tube were blocked?

It's not looking good. Things have moved very quickly, at this point today (Sunday), most news agencies are reporting it destroyed.

Some internet rumors suggest the sole AN225 may have been destroyed in fighting. Let's hope not

Is there a moderator on here that can delete these ibuciles

It will be interesting to see how this ends, its just remarkable and fortunate that nobody was hurt or killed. I personally can't see how KF could possibly try to formulate a defense.....they are the aircraft maintenence facility and signed off on the repair.

Bob, I'm not a self proclaimed expert in anything, especially somthing I haven't touched since 2006. That said there's no reason why you can't use reserve thrust on gravel, none. I never said it's required, I said you can. I've have taken king airs into short, Iced up runways (2400" being the short...

Someone said in the comments that it wasn't a strike because the aircraft never left service for an inspection/repair. Pretty damn close, I think they got away with this one by the skin of their teeth. Might have only lightly contacted the Skid Plate, where they could address it at the next mainten...

I can't stop watching it, not as much for the visuals, but for the guy calling out........is so comical !!

Check out this botched landing

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tj9JCE4Kqfg