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Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:38 pm
Neptune Aviation P-2V N1386C #44 overran the runway at a Colorado airport
yesterday. CNN reports that the brakes on the aircraft failed. The good
news is that there were no injuries. Here's a link to an article.
http://tinyurl.com/23vtcyu
Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:04 pm
That sucks.

Im very glad there were no injuries. I Hope they'll repair the P2 and not scrap it like some other P2's I knew.
Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:01 pm
Glad a bad story has a good ending with a safe crew after the dust settles
Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:56 pm
thats good
Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:19 am
much better reporting than our local "media"
they had everything from "aircraft trying to land" to "hard landing" and everything in-between
I'll post a link to some photos I took this evening - sad to see the aircraft like this but glad the crew are ok.
Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:22 pm
make that a couple of days - I'm actually going to gather the correct info before publishing - in that process now
Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:34 pm
there is another one off to the scrappers......
Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:57 pm
It was a complete hydraulic failure just prior to landing.No brakes,no emergency brakes,engines bogged down in reverse at a 5000 ft elevation airport on a hot day.I have nightmares about that sort of a scenario.The pilot has 30 years experience flying P-2 tankers,so inexperience wasn't a factor.Here are a couple of links with brief videos concerning the aftermath of the incident/accident.
http://randomramblingsfromnj.blogspot.c ... -crew.htmlhttp://www.9news.com/news/local/article ... &catid=346
Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:03 pm
Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:26 pm
That is lucky on so many levels for the pilots (and any motorists that might have been passing) to emerge unscathed.
Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:40 pm
I have a replacement for it. Er uh that would be Bill Dempsay does.
Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:01 am
I heard from a Neptune mechanic that they are going to try to fix the plane and keep flying it. The belly needs to be reskinned and the engines and props replaced. Neptune has a hanger down in Colorado and will get the plane airworthy there, if the plane's back is not broken.
Neptune Aviation bought a BAe 146 converted into a water bomber. if that plane works in the rugged mountains, expect the company to buy more and eventually ground their P-2Vs
Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:52 pm
Slinky, I like the way you worded the title, starting with "Crew Okay." Since there was a very lively thread on how to handle that a while back, it sounds to me like a great opener. No one panics like with " X airplane down" as the lead.
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