C-46 incident in Yellowknife

[hercrat]

Yesterday a Buffalo Airways C-46 landed on runway 28 in Yellowknife with a gear problem. After touchdown the right hand gear folded and the aircraft came to rest to the side of the runway. No injuries reported.

[peter]

That is unfortunate but looks repairable and everyone is ok?

[Sopwith]

Hope the plane is going to be repaired,the C46 is a real favourite of mine,lovely lines.

[Nathan]

those C-46's ar tough old birds!

[Lightjug]

Probably end up on a future episode of Ice Pilots New season just started up last week!

[Steve S]

As cool as it is to see them still flying- I have to imagine that there days are getting short= the spare parts, lack of seasoned mechainics, and cost of avgas must be making it harder to make these affordable to operate.

How much is this going to set Joe back-

[K5DH]

As cool as it is to see them still flying- I have to imagine that there days are getting short= the spare parts, lack of seasoned mechainics, and cost of avgas must be making it harder to make these affordable to operate. How much is this going to set Joe back-

During last season on Ice Pilots, one of the things they mentioned about the C-46 was a serious shortage of exhaust stacks. Apparently the engines are hard on the exhaust stacks and they need frequent repair and replacement. The lack of AvGas is also going to be a worsening problem for not only Buffalo, but all general aviation operators. I have to wonder how long Buffalo and their competitors can continue to depend on the ability to operate their piston aircraft, especially on routes where their customers' lives literally depend on getting air service. They may soon be forced to go to an all-turbine fleet, which will probably drive some of them out of business due to the cost of acquisition. Perhaps the Canadian government will help them out (I understand they already do subsidize a lot of the operations to the remote villages).

[Dan Jones]

I wonder if anyone has ever looked at hanging four PW 120's or something similar on a DC-4?

[Lynn Allen]

That is unfortunate but looks repairable and everyone is ok?

Naa, that will buff right out, hang a new engine and be online in a few days. I can't wait for Season 3 to come out of DVD for us Southern's...