Buffalo DC-3 Hay River

[Donald]

Initial reports are engine failure, attempted return, aircraft written off, 2 crew only with no fatalities.

https://cabinradio.ca/15623/news/south- ... e-failure/

[igorcanuck]

Well, I guess they will have season 2 of "plane savers".

[Yycjetdriver]

Well, I guess they will have season 2 of "plane savers".

[C.W.E.]

Interesting.




I wonder what the all up take off weight was?

[Donald]

http://avherald.com/h?article=4c77bb59&opt=0

A Buffalo Airways Douglas C-47A Skytrain (DC-3), registration C-GJKM performing flight J4-169 from Hay River,NT to Yellowknife,NT (Canada) with 2 crew, was enroute about 20 minutes into the 55 minutes flight when the right hand engine failed. The crew attempted to return to Hay River, however, had to perform a forced landing in open terrain around about 08:00L (14:00Z). The crew remained uninjured, the status of the aircraft is currently unknown (unverified preliminary information suggests the aircraft received damage beyond repair).

The Canadian TSB is looking into the occurrence to decide whether to deploy investigators on site.

The airline reported the cause was a mechanical fault, both crew are safe.

[TheRealMcCoy]

I wonder what the all up take off weight was?

Heavy is my guess

[C.W.E.]

Heavy is my guess

At the density altitude Yellowknife would be this time of year a properly loaded properly maintained and properly flown DC3 should be able to return to the airport.

[phillyfan]

The shame is that idiot, armchair pilots use the reporting of idiot, media sources to formulate their idiotic conclusions.
This will no doubt get the Avcanada mouthpieces horned up.

[Hilroy]

No pictures?

[Illya Kuryakin]

The DC3 is an old beast. Some fly better than others. I've brought back more than a couple on the far side of gross after one went south. More memorable were the three I couldn't fly home. Two I was able to constantly descend onto strips.....but not the ones I wanted to land at. Neither would stay in the air. The third had about 1500 pounds on board (2 14 foot aluminium boats and 2 15 hp outboards) in other words empty! The performance levels we expect from the manuals were reasonable expectations in 1940.
Cheers
Illya

[Victory]

Is Transport letting them put passengers on these relics or is it strictly freight? Seems like every time there's an engine failure they can't maintain altitude. Unless there's a lot of engine failures we don't hear of.

[GoinVertical]

Is Transport letting them put passengers on these relics or is it strictly freight? Seems like every time there's an engine failure they can't maintain altitude. Unless there's a lot of engine failures we don't hear of.

Great question. Is there some sort of exemption to the single engine climb gradient reg due to their certification date? Grandfathered in?

If not, are there any provisions anywhere to ensure ancient aircraft are getting anywhere close to published performance figures? I'd be curious to see how even some old, high-cycle Dash's and 1900's do after being beat around northern strips for the last 20 years...

[shimmydampner]

The DC3 is an old beast. Some fly better than others. I've brought back more than a couple on the far side of gross after one went south. More memorable were the three I couldn't fly home. Two I was able to constantly descend onto strips.....but not the ones I wanted to land at. Neither would stay in the air. The third had about 1500 pounds on board (2 14 foot aluminium boats and 2 15 hp outboards) in other words empty! The performance levels we expect from the manuals were reasonable expectations in 1940.
Cheers
Illya

What, this time there will be no making baseless assumptions about the actions and decisions of the crew and how foolish they were? No publicly excoriating the pilots?

[mbav8r]

I think they ran out of fuel, first one quit, then shortly after the other.
Instead of declaring a fuel leak, the used the ass covering excuse, the old plane just couldn’t maintain altitude on one.
Of course, this is all in jest because I have no idea what happened

[Daniel Cooper]

Is Transport letting them put passengers on these relics or is it strictly freight? Seems like every time there's an engine failure they can't maintain altitude. Unless there's a lot of engine failures we don't hear of.

Great question. Is there some sort of exemption to the single engine climb gradient reg due to their certification date? Grandfathered in?

If not, are there any provisions anywhere to ensure ancient aircraft are getting anywhere close to published performance figures? I'd be curious to see how even some old, high-cycle Dash's and 1900's do after being beat around northern strips for the last 20 years...

It's probably less of an issue for turbine powered aircraft since the engines are flat rated and have torque gauges. The props could be a different story. I've seen some 748 props that look like steak knives.

[Donald]

At the density altitude Yellowknife would be this time of year a properly loaded properly maintained and properly flown DC3 should be able to return to the airport.

Given Buffalo’s history, I’d wager at least 2 of those weren’t done “properly”.

[Rooster69]

The shame is that idiot, armchair pilots use the reporting of idiot, media sources to formulate their idiotic conclusions.
This will no doubt get the Avcanada mouthpieces horned up.

Amen!

[Mick G]

Do we know who the pilots are?

[North Shore]

Sum Ting Wong, and Ho Lee Fuk?

Does it really matter? They’re alive, and will live to fly another day..
Say it comes out now that it was John Smith, and Fred Jones, and the narrative is that ‘they f@cked up, and wrecked a plane’ - a label that would stick with you for the rest of your career - and then later the report shows that they did the best they could with a mechanical fault. No-one would give them credit for that... as the saying goes, have sex with a thousand women, but suck...etc...

[jakeandelwood]

Sum Ting Wong, and Ho Lee Fuk?

[Illya Kuryakin]

mbav8r and shimmy......dinner for two at the KEG says you don’t have DC3 on your tickets.
Nothing to ad?
Happy everyone is okay.
Cheers
Illya

[C.W.E.]

mbav8r and shimmy......dinner for two at the KEG says you don’t have DC3 on your tickets.
Nothing to ad?

And I'll buy the drinks.

[Aux1]

Glad the crew is ok. Sad to hear about JKM... She was a grand lady, and a pleasure to fly.

[shimmydampner]

mbav8r and shimmy......dinner for two at the KEG says you don’t have DC3 on your tickets.
Nothing to ad?
Happy everyone is okay.
Cheers
Illya

And I'll buy the drinks.

Sounds good. What time do I need to get you two adorable old codgers back to the seniors home and how many glasses of prune juice before I should cut you off? While you're gumming your cream of wheat and buying me drinks you can share your thoughts on what happened to cause this airplane to not maintain altitude on one engine and how badly the crew should be dragged through the mud. I have some guesses, but I've never flown a DC3. As always, I look forward to your analysis. I hope it's as spot on as your Tindi conclusion.

[Illya Kuryakin]

mbav8r and shimmy......dinner for two at the KEG says you don’t have DC3 on your tickets.
Nothing to ad?
Happy everyone is okay.
Cheers
Illya

And I'll buy the drinks.

Sounds good. What time do I need to get you two adorable old codgers back to the seniors home and how many glasses of prune juice before I should cut you off? While you're gumming your cream of wheat and buying me drinks you can share your thoughts on what happened to cause this airplane to not maintain altitude on one engine and how badly the crew should be dragged through the mud. I have some guesses, but I've never flown a DC3. As always, I look forward to your analysis. I hope it's as spot on as your Tindi conclusion.

Already gave you my take on the DC3 affair....of course, you’d have to be at least semi literate to read it.
Instead of taking shots at me, share some of your grade 6 wisdom. You really think a fuel leak caused two simultaneous PT6 failures? And you’re obviously not bright enough to see the folly in departing with a failed HSI? Obviously into IMC?