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- Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:25 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Helijet extreme lightning strike
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3244
Re: Helijet extreme lightning strike
I believe the pilots didn’t know the damage at the time. We were southbound south of Active Pass at the time and saw the lightning hit Pender Island but didn’t hear the Helijet as they were with Terminal and we were with Victoria Tower. We told tower of the strike and 2 other company aircraft saw it...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:25 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Helijet extreme lightning strike
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3244
Re: Helijet extreme lightning strike
I believe the pilots didn’t know the damage at the time. We were southbound south of Active Pass at the time and saw the lightning hit Pender Island but didn’t hear the Helijet as they were with Terminal and we were with Victoria Tower. We told tower of the strike and 2 other company aircraft saw it...
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 12:52 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Taildragger Noseover/Groundloop Thread
- Replies: 115
- Views: 40890
Re: Taildragger Noseover/Groundloop Thread
The privately registered Luscombe T8F-X, C-FHCA, was on a local flight departing, and returning to the Josephburg airport (CFB6), AB. The aircraft touched down in a 3 point attitude and on the roll out the pilot had difficulty maintaining directional control. The oscillations became progressively w...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 8:03 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Air Tindi
- Replies: 106
- Views: 28767
Re: Air Tindi
Pelmet. Stop talking
- Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:12 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: DHC-3T Lost in WA Puget Sound
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7364
Re: DHC-3T Lost in WA Puget Sound
I was flying a DeHaviland product that same day within 20nm of N725TH’s flight path only 30 minutes before the incident. We had delayed our flight for an hour due to wx (low vis). The vis around 1:30 was 4 sm in mist. But worse along route to Vancouver. Port Angele was similar. I’m not convinced it ...
- Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:28 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: DHC-3T Lost in WA Puget Sound
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7364
Re: DHC-3T Lost in WA Puget Sound
I was flying a DeHaviland product that same day within 20nm of N725TH’s flight path only 30 minutes before the incident. We had delayed our flight for an hour due to wx (low vis). The vis around 1:30 was 4 sm in mist. But worse along route to Vancouver. Port Angele was similar. I’m not convinced it ...