Glider, Tow Plane Collision Kills Two

Two occupants of a glider were killed after it collided with a tow plane and crashed in southern Alberta on Friday. The crash occurred in the air near the Cu Nim Gliding Club, about 60 […]

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Second Off-Airport Landing In A Week

For the second time in a week a training aircraft made an off-airport landing in metro Vancouver. The Cessna 152 with an instructor and student on board landed in a bushy area next to a […]

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Basler Dunked In Northern Ontario

Both North Star Air crew members escaped unharmed when their empty Basler BT-67 ended up in the shallow water of Eabamet Lake near the Eabametoong First Nation early Friday morning. Early reports suggest the turboprop […]

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Air Crane Save

June 24/14-An Erickson Air Crane S64E Skycrane (N247AC) was in the approach flare to log setting during heli-logging operations. During the flare, while at 20 degrees nose up with a low power setting, the cyclic […]

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727 Hydroplanes Sideways

June 18/14-The Cargojet Boeing 727 (C-GCJZ) aeroplane landed on runway 29 in CYQM Moncton after a heavy rain shower. Immediately after touchdown the crew applied full reverse thrust on all three engines and maximum braking. […]

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Tree Takes Out Cherokee Gear

May 17/14-On final approach to runway 23 at CYVK (Vernon Airport) the privately-registered Piper PA-28 (C-GYGG) encountered descending air and the right main landing gear struck a tree about 850 feet from the displaced threshold. […]

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Fatal Ultralight Accident

June 9/14-The private Quad City Challenger II C-IMOE, on amphibious floats, departed from CYEE Midland/Huronia Airport for a local flight with only the pilot on board. During an attempted landing on Runway 34 the aircraft […]

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Water On Runway Flips Tri-Pacer

June 8/14-The conventional gear Piper PA-22 (C-FHLW) had completed a low pass to evaluate conditions before landing at the private grass runway in Gypsumville, MB. Upon landing the aircraft overturned when the main wheels touched […]

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Crosswind Accident

June 9/14-The Capital Airways Cessna T206H, registration C-FRBV, was operating on a VFR flight to reposition the aircraft from Sydney, NS to Stephenville, NL (CYJT) with the pilot and one passenger on board. At CYJT, […]

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Prop Strike and Go-Around

May 31/14-A privately operated Cessna 177RG (C-GYVH) had flown from Invermere, BC (CAA8) to Springbank, AB (CYBW). The gear was not in the landing gear configuration for the landing at CYBW and the propeller came […]

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