Air Labrador plane makes hard landing in St. Anthony
No injuries reported to the eight passengers and two crew on board
CBC News Posted: Mar 27, 2013 4:28 PM NT Last Updated: Mar 27, 2013 4:13 PM NT
An Air Labrador Twin Otter made a hard landing at the St. Anthony Airport just after noon on Wednesday.
The plane's nose gear collapsed, and the front of the aircraft came in contact with the runway. Officials said the plane then veered to the side and came to a stop on the sand, on the side of the runway.
There were no injuries to the eight passengers and two crew who were on board.
The flight is known as a Skedevac, ferrying passengers around coastal Labrador and St. Anthony for Labrador Grenfell Health.
Air Labrador is sending a team to St. Anthony to investigate.
Air Labrador Twin Otter Hard Landing
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I sure hope that's not the one they just had painted.
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I thought every landing in a TO was a hard landing?
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That's not a hard landing. That's a crash. Not a serious crash. But a crash.
Time for some dual.
Time for some dual.
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If you've got 2000 feet thats easy. If you've got 500 feet that can be hard.
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The runway is 4000 feet. Is that easy, or hard?MUSKEG wrote:If you've got 2000 feet thats easy. If you've got 500 feet that can be hard.
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Well I know what it should be. What is your best guess?
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MUSKEG wrote:Well I know what it should be. What is your best guess?
No big. We've all pooched the odd landing....could have been worse I guess. I've seen guys "station 60" the TO in the north. I remember Bearskin really pooching one in YRL a bunch of years ago, resulting in (as usual) TC's knee jerk reaction requiring "special" training to use the machine as STOL, (otherwise, max flap for TO, 10, max flap for lndg, 20, I think it was?( which we had been doing for years?
Just, be careful out there....
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Naw....that looks pretty much like the way my wife parks a car.That's not a hard landing. That's a crash. Not a serious crash. But a crash.
Time for some dual.
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I will tell her that......... and you won't get any for the next FOUR monthstrey kule wrote:Naw....that looks pretty much like the way my wife parks a car.That's not a hard landing. That's a crash. Not a serious crash. But a crash.
Time for some dual.
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HA! I laugh in the face of your threat....she doesnt know where I am getting it
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The weather has been shitty in AY for about a week. Winds are up to 35 - 40 kt most days, probably variable crosswinds on approach.
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Maybe it was an agitated waveloud or decreasing wind vector
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That's no Station 60 I've ever seen...looks to me like the nose gear be gone....Looks to me like someone forgot to mention to the engineers a hard landing or 7 before that...
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Agreed. There was a report on FB site of the YAY newspaper, where that pic was taken from, with a comment from a local guy who was a pax. He said something like "The wheel went over on her and she went nose first into the snow bank."..looks to me like the nose gear be gone.
av8ts I think you may be on to something there.
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Are you maybe thinking of the Norontair "accident":Doc wrote:No big. We've all pooched the odd landing....could have been worse I guess. I've seen guys "station 60" the TO in the north. I remember Bearskin really pooching one in YRL a bunch of years ago, resulting in (as usual) TC's knee jerk reaction requiring "special" training to use the machine as STOL, (otherwise, max flap for TO, 10, max flap for lndg, 20, I think it was?( which we had been doing for years?
Just, be careful out there....
A92C0048 -Norontair De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter C-GQKZ - Red Lake, Ontario 19 March 1992
Synopsis
The occurrence flight was scheduled to proceed from Red Lake to Kenora, and then to Thunder Bay, Ontario. The flight crew arrived at the airport after a seven hour lay-over at Red Lake and prepared for departure. There were no passengers for the leg to Kenora, but there were passengers scheduled to fly out of Kenora to Thunder Bay.
During the taxi to the runway, the pre-take-off checks were completed and the captain conducted the briefing for a standard ten degree flap take-off. He then decided to practice a short take-off and landing (STOL) type take-off. He informed the first officer, and selected the flaps to 30 degrees. The captain lined up on the button of runway 08. The engines were set to take-off power and after approximately 300 feet of ground roll, the aircraft became airborne.
The aircraft became airborne after a take-off ground roll of approximately 300 feet. Initially the aircraft climbed, and then it began to descend. The aircraft then climbed again, more steeply than before, then suddenly descended in a steep nose-down attitude, crashing half-way down the runway. The captain received minor injuries; the first officer was seriously injured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.
The Board determined that inappropriate short take-off and landing (STOL) take-off procedures were applied, which placed the aircraft in a flight regime outside of the aircraft performance envelope for sustained flight. The aircraft stalled at an altitude from which recovery was not possible.
Contributing to the occurrence was the general acceptance of the use of STOL techniques as an approved procedure.
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She knows it's "Mrs Thumb and her four daughters"trey kule wrote:HA! I laugh in the face of your threat....she doesnt know where I am getting it
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