Accident Canadair CL-215-1A10 I-SRMB,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322592

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Date:	Friday 9 July 2004
Time:	18:40
Type:	Canadair CL-215-1A10
Owner/operator:	OMNI - Aviação e Tecnologia
Registration:	I-SRMB
MSN:	1012
Year of manufacture:	1979
Total airframe hrs:	4273 hours
Cycles:	3313 flights
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CA3-E-231
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Chamadouro, Santa Domba Dão - Portugal
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Fire fighting
Departure airport:	Seia Airport (LPSE)
Destination airport:	Seia Airport (LPSE)
Investigating agency:	GPIAA
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A Canadair CL-215-1A10 air tanker sustained substantial damage in an aborted takeoff accident at the Aguieira reservoir. Both pilots survived the accident.
The airplane was scooping water from the reservoir to combat a fire in the area. The pilot advanced the throttles to take off but the CL-215 drifted to the side. The pilot decided to abort the takeoff, steering the flying boat to a small bay. The CL-215 collided with the ground.

CAUSE (translated from original Portuguese report):
The poor directional control of the aircraft during take-off and the track during deceleration (after the abortion decision) in order to avoid collision with the bank, was the primary cause of this accident.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
Thw following are considered contributing factors to the occurrence of the accident:
- Poor Crew Resource Management - lack of communication between the pilots about the type of aircraft and operations;
- The orographic conditions were substantially different from those where the crew received their training and developed their operational activities;

Accident investigation: