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| Date: | Monday 5 March 2012 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Buffalo Airways |
| Registration: | C-FBAQ |
| MSN: | 1039 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Engine model: | Allison 501-D13 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Yellowknife (YZF), NWT -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | YCB/CYCB |
| YZF/CYZF | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C-FBAQ took off from Goose Lake Ice Strip after delivering cargo. After gear retraction the crew noticed that the right main landing gear light indicated it had not locked. The crew cycled the gear to discover the right main landing gear would not extend. After an hour trying unsuccessfully to dislodge the malfunctioning right main landing gear, the crew landed on the nose gear and left main landing gear. The right wing dropped and contacted the runway, sliding for some distance. During the landing, No4 prop was ripped off as the aircraft veered off the runway. The No3 prop was seriously damaged, with the blades bending in the accident. The wing was damaged, having scraped along the runway and grass areas of the field. Fixed TV cameras were aboard for the Ice Pilots NWT TV series.
C-FBAQ would be repaired and returned to service in 2013.
Sources:
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=118&t=80005
https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/lockheed-l-188-electra-c-fbaq-buffalo-airways/rmd76o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoZOht-aMHU (video from crash)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2012 06:52 | arthurelm | Added |
| 06-Mar-2012 07:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2012 07:26 | RobertMB | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2012 11:03 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2012 11:04 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 06-Mar-2012 17:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2012 09:46 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2014 14:22 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2016 10:35 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Feb-2017 09:40 | TB | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 07-Feb-2017 09:41 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 06-Oct-2021 16:52 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jan-2024 07:48 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jan-2024 08:33 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Feb-2024 14:45 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 05-Feb-2024 14:49 | TB | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
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