ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202917
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 December 2017 |
| Time: | 17:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Pilatus PC-12/47E |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) |
| Registration: | C-GMPM |
| MSN: | 1011 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Gander International Airport, NL (CYQX) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Moncton/Greater Moncton, NB (CYQM) |
| St. John's Airport, NL (CYYT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pilatus PC-12/47E (C-GMPM/SST011) on a flight from Moncton/Greater Moncton, NB (CYQM) to St. John's Airport, NL (CYYT) conducted a missed approach at CYYT Runway 11 at 1500Z due to nose gear issues. The aircraft requested to divert to Gander, NL (CYQX) due to the nose gear and CYYT weather. Emergency vehicles were requested to be on standby.
At 1550Z, the aircraft conducted a low and over Runway 13 at CYQX for the tower to observe if the nose gear was down (it was not down).
The aircraft burnt fuel for approximately 45 minutes before conducting a 2nd approach. At 1645Z, on the 2nd approach, the aircraft conducted a touch and go to attempt to force the nose gear down. The gear did not appear to drop. At 1700Z, the aircraft conducted a 3rd approach with the nose gear up. ERS responded after touch down, no fire observed. The pilot was observed exiting the aircraft and did not appear to have sustained any injury.
Sources:
www.cbc.ca
http://ntv.ca/rcmp-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-gander-international-airport/
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https://www.jetphotos.com/registration/C-GMPM
Media:
Breaking: RCMP plane makes emergency landing in Gander, ends up nose down on runway.#nltraffichttps://t.co/zodPbdxpJ9 pic.twitter.com/GVqjZPtJoG
— CBC NL (@CBCNL) December 13, 2017
RCMP plane makes emergency landing at Gander International Airport - https://t.co/pUAih2UKGM pic.twitter.com/3jP9a99NiC
— NTV News (@NTVNewsNL) 13 décembre 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2017 18:18 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Dec-2017 18:32 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 13-Dec-2017 19:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2017 20:06 | gerard57 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2017 20:10 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2017 21:32 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2017 21:35 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2017 06:58 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Dec-2017 09:53 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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