DHC4-T Crash - N400NC

A Turbine Caribou crashes during takeoff. This aircraft was ex-Kenyan Air Force. Crash likely due to control lock not removed before flight. 3 Fatalities.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• airplane
• crash
• DHC4
• caribou
• DHC5
• buffalo
• sick
• deHavilland
• control
• lock
• gimli
• manitoba

[RUSSRUSHY]

should of had a cup of tea..maybe had coffee instead...he may not have crashed

[COMANDOSFORCA]

Is not Buffalo...yes Caribou

[pacorod]

Never take a flight on an airline from a country where the average iq is 60.

[SenorSpode]

Caribous are equipped with cockpit control locks which lock the throttles when engaged. This one was converted to turbine and the throttle locks were defeated when they became "power levers". The pilot did not check for freedom of control movement before takeoff, control locks were still engaged, plane lifted, nosed up, pilot realized his error and corrected too late. This was corroborated by others who knew the plane and other related close-calls with it. NewCal Aviation conversion.

[Stangelycoloured]

@bigbird1188 This is the actual footage. It does have it's flaps deployed, clearly seen at 9 secs with the angle between upper edge of wing surface to engine nacelles proving it. 7 degrees of flap is difficult to spot from even close up. The aircraft had it's gust lock engaged. There was no control from the moment it left the runway.

[TheSplendidcloud]

@MisterWillie060 I looked too & it's really hard to tell if its got the flaps down or not, it might have.

What's very odd though is this... the plane does a very aggressive climb, looks like 70 degrees of angle or more, and completes that climb in only 3 seconds. BUT, the Canadian TSB report said the plane began a "Gradually steepening climb" !!! WHAT ?!?! They use that phrase 4 or 5 times. There's nothing gradual about this at all. Have to wonder if they weren't watching a different video.

[MisterWillie060]

@bigbird1188 Look closer it does too have flaps down.

[woodbinedrinker]

from another site:

"Here's something I found:

N400NC (240) NewCal Aviation

occupants: 3 crew + 0 passengers = 3

fatalities: 3 crew + 0 passengers = 3

location: Gimli (Canada)

The aircraft took off for a test flight for a turbine-engine conversion programme. It climbed steeply, rolled to the right and crashed in a nose- down, rightwing-low attitude. "

[bigbird1188]

You guys are watching what is in all likelihood a simulation, not the real video of the actual crash. The aircraft that crashed had flaps deployed for takeoff (per accident report) this aircraft has ZERO flaps. There are other errors as well...

[scv405]

@RidingSausage

I mean props spinning in the same direction have nothing to do with tip stalling.

[jetaddicted]

@devils2006 there is a vid around here showing a french super etendard being catapulted and acting exactly the same upon leaving the deck.

the problem that time was with the stabs, same causes same effects?

too bad we have no access to the crash data.

[devils2006]

@jetaddicted Hmm good theory, but it got to it's stall point early, and when i plane stalls, it generally stalls one wing at a time, hence why is turned right first. Then as the plane plummits, there wasnt enough AGL (Above Ground Level) altitude to recover.