Buffalo C-46 made belly landing in NWT
 

C-46 cargo plane was badly damaged in an emergency landing near Deline, NWT. All on board remained unhurt.

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http://i.cbc.ca/1.3244348.1443212141...ys-landing.jpg

Double engine failure ?
The prop in the picture tells us it was not turning.

Shame to see one of the last surviving Commandos like that-a great plane to watch.
Why the speculation about a double engine failure , the C46 was notorious for the fact that it could barely climb on two engines and if you lost one you were going down pretty soon. For its day it was big beast for two radials.
PB

Too right I flew them in Columbia. Shut one down in the cruise start dumping the cargo out the rear door till the drift down stopped. We were left with 1 pallet.
Great to fly though. On take off the noise in cockpit was pure pedlam but great. :):):)

The C-46 - a very advanced airplane for its day - the first with powered flight controls, I believe?

did the sms system work?



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The only plane I know of that was, (by the CAB?), certified to fly through known thunderstorms.:eek:

Snow on the ground in September?
I know why I live where I do :)

http://i.imgur.com/MsEJuvU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hmobkEC.jpg

Piggy

Thanks for the article, it's a good read.

Very sad news. I was lucky enough to see and photograph this particular C-46 in Yellowknife a few years back. Glad though that it was a prang the crew walked away from.

Do we know who the crew were?

Not the same aircraft, different call sign but still Buffalo Airways. They were supplying jet fuel to us (C-46 and DC4) while fighting fires in Uranium City, Saskatchewan Can.
The first pallets were easy but closer to the cockpit you were and more tricky it was to get them close to the cargo door. it's a lot of slope and hard to stop a 4x45gal drum pallet.

Good close up of the aircraft, especially the oil leaks. Don't listen to what I am saying, have got my C numbers mixed up.

JD

hopefully they got it on film for the last season of ice pilots!

Nothing that Chuck won't be able to polish out! :ok:

"Some additional photos that suggest the #1 engine was delivering power at the time of impact."




If it was delivering power, the blades would be bent forward.

NutLoose
 

Mmmmmh . . . could it be that you missed the foreward speed that plane must have had when it hit the ground ?? Would be the first belly landing where I havn´t seen the propeller blades been bent backwards !!

fijdor
 

Nice video, but most interesting is the fact that the plane shows the Lufthansa Crane under the cockpit window on the fuselage !! Didn´t know they were in Bush Flying involved at all !!

Must have been and old retired Lufthansa pilot flying it at the time, you never know what those ex-Airline guys will do to get back flying. :rolleyes: lol

JD

C-FAVO is an ex Lufthansa bird, hence the logo.