Greek CL-415 Crashes During Training
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Greek CL-415 Crashes During Training
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I have no idea what happened to this plane but out of curiosity how are the 215 and 415's water manners ? Are they pretty forgiving or are you walking a fine line during every scoop? Is it essential to make sure the nose doesn't dig in during landing / performing a scoop like a regular float plane ?
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There usually aren't any problems on water as long as you put the toggle to sea when approaching water and land when approaching land. Or it might be another east coast mystery.
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Yeah like Heliian said as long as the gear is up going into the water they are pretty much a pussycat on the water. Like any float plane, the bigger they are the easier they are to handle.
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Crew were on a training flight, they touched down but aborted the landing clipping a wing tip and flipping and sinking the aircraft - total loss - both wings/engines tore off, nose missing - both crew were rescued by passing containership. One crew with broken leg but both okay.
(Accident tore off one wing and engines, guess the other wing came off in recovery?)
Video of recovered aircraft; (aircraft on barge at 3:34); YouTube
(Accident tore off one wing and engines, guess the other wing came off in recovery?)
Video of recovered aircraft; (aircraft on barge at 3:34); YouTube
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Glassy water may have been a factor..
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Winds were 15 gusting 25 so no glassy water!
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It looks like (?)
The gear might be down and locked.
Because on the 5:00 minute portion on the you tube recovery vid,
they place the aircraft on the barge and it looks like it is sitting on the main gear.
Then when they loosen, the recovery cables, and it stays sitting on the gear (???)
makes one wonder ?

The gear might be down and locked.
Because on the 5:00 minute portion on the you tube recovery vid,
they place the aircraft on the barge and it looks like it is sitting on the main gear.
Then when they loosen, the recovery cables, and it stays sitting on the gear (???)
makes one wonder ?


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Re: Greek CL-415 Crashes During Training
More Video shows the fuselage floating upside down - no gear in view.
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Bizjet 101 says both wings went off.... this ac has 1 piece wing. I study both my 215 and 415 books and over the years nothing change about the wings.Plane was flippedover could see the haul and probes were down. Rough sea
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