Incident Overview
Date: Friday 29 December 2006
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-54A-1-DO (DC-4)
Owner/operator: Buffalo Airways
Registration Number: C-GPSH
Location: Carat Lake, NU –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Aircraft Nose GearAircraft Nose Gear
Category: Accident
A DC-4 aircraft transporting 9000 litres of Arctic Diesel to the Carat Lake mine experienced a catastrophic landing roll. The nose gear collapsed, causing the aircraft to drop over an embankment. Fuel cells broke loose, resulting in a significant spill of unknown fuel. Following a previous crash of C-GXKN in January 2006, the nose section of C-GPSH was transported to Carat Lake for repair.A DC-4 aircraft transporting 9000 litres of Arctic Diesel to the Carat Lake mine experienced a catastrophic landing roll. The nose gear collapsed, causing the aircraft to drop over an embankment. Fuel cells broke loose, resulting in a significant spill of unknown fuel. Following a previous crash of C-GXKN in January 2006, the nose section of C-GPSH was transported to Carat Lake for repair.
Description
The DC-4 was involved in transporting 9000 litres of Arctic Diesel to the Carat Lake mine. During the landing roll the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft’s nose dropped over an embankment off the end of the runway. The fuel cells, which where bolted to the aircraft’s floor, broke loose and resulted in an unknown quantity of fuel spilling. In July 2007 the nose section of C-GXKN, which crashed in January 2006, was transported to Carat Lake to repair C-GPSH.
Primary Cause
Landing roll failure and subsequent fuel spill.Landing roll failure and subsequent fuel spill.Share on:
