LifeGuard 3 King Air B200 off runway Maple Creek SK

[lowlevel]

Five people escaped serious injury when a medevac flight from Slave Lake skidded off the runway while trying to land at City Centre Airport at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday.

One person on board the plane suffered minor injuries while the other four were not injured.

All five were taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital as a precaution, said Robert D’Aoust, a district fire chief for the airport.

“This could have been a lot worse. Luckily there were no serious injuries,” said D’Aoust.

Although there was no major structural damage to the plane, a Beech 200 two-engine aircraft, D’Aoust did say one flap was bent.

Snow was falling and there was a light northerly wind at the time the plane skidded off the runway.

Edmonton Airports spokeswoman Sarah Meffen said the airport was closed immediately after the incident and was reopened an hour later.

No further details about the nature of the medevac flight were available at press time.

Slave Lake is about 251 km northwest of Edmonton.





Hey Badgergirl, maybe you can take this one and run with it, you never know what's behind door #2 in aviation. Maybe you can be the hero and get the city of Edmonton to change thier minds and keep city centre open. Moving up to the big leagues girlfriend, just around the corner is the Globe and Mail.

[BadgerGirl]

No thanks. Sadly, the big league is often shallow at the intellectual stimulation end of the pool, though it should be the opposite.
I moved here from Winnipeg, deliberately leaving the city behind.
I have done radio, television, web and print and by far, print allows for the best combination of credibility and room for detail.
Plus, I own The Badger – I can do investigative pieces because I allow myself too. I haven't been granted the same opportunity to pursue journalism in larger outfits in the it should be done.
My paper is fairly risque – I'm not sure Edmonton is ready for me yet.

Hey Badgergirl, maybe you can take this one and run with it, you never know what's behind door #2 in aviation. Maybe you can be the hero and get the city of Edmonton to change thier minds and keep city centre open. Moving up to the big leagues girlfriend, just around the corner is the Globe and Mail.

[Cat Driver]

From reading your posts on this thread lowlevel it would appear you are not impressed with the way BadgerGirl is reporting on this issue.

I'm a bit curious about your question regarding the runway lights as it is my understanding the accident happened during daylight hours.

Then again I may missing something in this whole subject.

[BadgerGirl]

Hi Cat,
I had not considered that. Certainly, if there is something I have missed, or messed up on, I certainly hope people are comfortable enough to share their opinion in an open and transparent way.
It's very hard to learn and to improve without meaningful feedback and the honest exchange of information.
I will go check out the runway again tomorrow and take photos, if people would find that helpful.

From reading your posts on this thread lowlevel it would appear you are not impressed with the way BadgerGirl is reporting on this issue.

I'm a bit curious about your question regarding the runway lights as it is my understanding the accident happened during daylight hours.

Then again I may missing something in this whole subject.

[Cat Driver]

Hi Cat,
I had not considered that. Certainly, if there is something I have missed, or messed up on, I certainly hope people are comfortable enough to share their opinion in an open and transparent way.
It's very hard to learn and to improve without meaningful feedback and the honest exchange of information.
I will go check out the runway again tomorrow and take photos, if people would find that helpful.

My post was aimed at lowlevel BadgerGirl and in support of the quality of your reporting and research of an industry unfamiliar to you.

With regard to the runway lights and windrows the main concern would be if the windrows restricted the width of the runway significantly enough to make it difficult to stay on the runway......as I believe the accident happened during daylight hours.

[ahramin]

Looks like one good thing came out of this accident:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=74509

[turbo-prop]

Had nothing to dowith the accident!!!

[ArcticKat]

Yeah, the govt. was already planning to hire first officers prior to this.

[ahramin]

My mistake. I had not heard of any plans to move to 2 crew prior to this.

When did they make the decision?

[BadgerGirl]

There were two separate consultant reports that called for the move to two pilots. But the process stalled and it wasn't until after the accident that the government committed publicly to a two pilot system.

[ascendpete]

Can anyone confirm the aircraft (C-GSAU) is back in service now?

Pete

[ahramin]

I would guess it was back in service in a couple days.

Anyone?

[turbo-prop]

not for a couple more months.

[ahramin]

not for a couple more months.

What did they bend that would take that long to fix?

[SeptRepair]

Pride?

[Pratt Punk]

You won't see this girl flying again for a while yet! My best guess would be summer or fall 2012. More damage found on disassembly and in my opinion she should have been written off!

[ascendpete]

Thanks for that PP, I can understand the desire to get it back being a quite young airframe, but it does show you never know what is hidden under the skin!

Pete

[FlyGy]

http://regina.ctvnews.ca/saskatchewan-a ... -1.1103120

[bizjets101]

Well the update, Province has hired new pilots (6) and gone to two crew per flight, and the damaged King Air after 1.5 - 2 million in repairs!!, ready to go back in service.

Policy Change Regina CTV News

viewtopic.php?f=54&t=70315 original accident post . . .