Narrative:
The CL-215 fire fighting plane crashed near Elefsis during a training flight. The airplane was performing touch and goes when it had to return to the air base with one propeller feathered following engine problems (back firing).
» Charalampos Douramakos (E-mail 6-10-2013)
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 8 March 1984 |
| Type: |  Canadair CL-215-1A10 |
| Operator: | Elleniki Polemikí Aeroporía |
| Registration: | 1015 |
| MSN: | 1015 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-83AM |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Elefsis ( Greece)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Elefsis AB (LGEL), Greece |
| Elefsis AB (LGEL), Greece |
The CL-215 fire fighting plane crashed near Elefsis during a training flight. The airplane was performing touch and goes when it had to return to the air base with one propeller feathered following engine problems (back firing).
Sources:
» Konstantinos Skamagoulis (E-mail 27-7-2007)» Charalampos Douramakos (E-mail 6-10-2013)
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