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The amphibious CL215, Canadian registration C-FTXB, was being used for pilot training at Izmir, Turkey. During a landing at the airport, the landing gear was not selected down and the aircraft's centre keel made contact with the runway before the landing was aborted and a go around was successfully carried out. The aircraft returned back to the airport and landed uneventfully with the landing gear down and locked. A post-occurrence inspection revealed slice-through damage to the center keel beam consistent with ground contact. The damage on the center keel starts approximately 3-4 feet forward of the water drop doors and widens in the aft direction (in a tapered shape) to approximately 10 inches from each side of the keel. There was damage to the ribs and structural members inside the hull.
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Disregard.
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TXB is an ex-Quebec Government machine.
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From the Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (see, I do use it CD! :wink: )

Aircraft Information

Mark: C-FTXB
Common Name: Canadair Model Name: CL215 1A10
Serial No: 1007
Basis for Eligibility for Registration: Type Certificate - CAR Standard 507.02 (1), 507.03 (3) - A86
Category: Aeroplane Max take-off weight: 16329.33 kgs
Engine: 2, Piston
24-bit address: 110000000011010010000100
Regional Office: Edmonton
Base of Operations: CANADA , Northwest Territories, Yellowknife

Manufacturer Information

Manufacturer: Canadair Ltd
Country of manufacture: CANADA Year of Manufacture: 1971

Registration Information

Type of Registration: Commercial
Owner Registered Since: 2004-06-07
Latest Certificate of Registration Issued: 2004-06-07

Last Registered Owner Information

Name: Buffalo Airways Ltd
Address: 1000 Buffalo Drive, Hay River Airport
City: Hay River Province/State: Northwest Territories
Postal Code: X0E 0R9 Country: CANADA
Region: Prairie and Northern
Mail Recipient: Yes
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pelmet wrote:The amphibious CL215, Canadian registration C-FTXB, was being used for pilot training at Izmir, Turkey. During a landing at the airport, the landing gear was not selected down and the aircraft's centre keel made contact with the runway before the landing was aborted and a go around was successfully carried out. The aircraft returned back to the airport and landed uneventfully with the landing gear down and locked. A post-occurrence inspection revealed slice-through damage to the center keel beam consistent with ground contact. The damage on the center keel starts approximately 3-4 feet forward of the water drop doors and widens in the aft direction (in a tapered shape) to approximately 10 inches from each side of the keel. There was damage to the ribs and structural members inside the hull.
So fix it, Whats the problem? :|
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So fix it, Whats the problem? :|
Well for starters we could consider the cost.
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I remember hearing Buffalo sold one or maybe two of the machines that were at ZF recently. The others he operated but belong to the government no?

Anyways, nobody got hurt. How many times do have the opportunity to forget the gear, hit the ground, go around.....then come in and land after something like that :?

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Anyways, nobody got hurt. How many times do have the opportunity to forget the gear, hit the ground, go around.....then come in and land after something like that :?
I have had that opportunity tens of thousands of times but I passed on the opportunity by making sure the gear was down.
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Bummer!
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Those landing checks can come in handy in that "once in a million" time! :oops:
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Not to mention the onboard system designed to safe guard against it happening in the first place. Sounds like something was misconfigured.
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Is that the second training 'oops' this year, now? (Not for Buffalo, I hasten to add - just the fleet in general)
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I'm not quite sure sure but if i remember correctly a 215 doesn't have a gear warning horn since does water pickups. As well all the 215's that went over were bought by the turkish govt and buffalo are just doing the training with their military pilots. Apparently its not going very well.....
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Yes, I believe it does!
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Actually they are not training military pilots! Yes Buffalo sold the 2 that they owned and Airspray has sold the 3 they owned to Turkey as well. The 3 Airspray machines are in the process of being ferryed over right now and the one of ex-
Buffalo machine that had an OOP's will be out of service for at least a year. One Airspray machine is now in Turkey, another is in Newfoundland and not sure where the 3rd one is.
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Gotta say I'd be too chicken to take a duck to Turkey. :wink:
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Both ships in St John`s. Tasked with going to Turkey to replace SEATs. The irony is SEATs have replaced them.
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TXB is back in the air.
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Glad to see shees back up and running, as I said before FIX IT. enough said!!!
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So fix it, Whats the problem? :|
Glad to see shees back up and running, as I said before FIX IT. enough said!!!
It's that simple is it?
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The doctor seems to have a strange attitude.
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The doctor seems to have a strange attitude.
Yes, and I wouldn't let him / her fly one of my airplanes.
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