Military Aircraft Crash?

Question

Does anyone know the location and circumstances (cause) of this military aircraft crash?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=91425ecf8a

Yes, it is a Caribou. I've flown in one. My flight ended better

Answer 1

Yes, I've seen the video. This was a Caribou that had just been converted to turbine engines. The flight was the first test flight after the conversion.

So...what happened? According to the records the flight crew forgot to remove the control locks and after the aircraft lifted off they had no control. The aircraft pitched up, rolled to the right and went down after the pilot cut power to the engines.

Answer 2

No, but I know the aircraft! I believe it is a D6

You can't do an investigation on answers and get accurate answers, but I have an educated guess,

Stalls like that are usually caused by too much speed.

It appears he was not set up correctly. he has no flaps down and took off at a fairly high rate of speed. His angle of attack would be effected.

As he was at a high speed he gave the aircraft excessive up elevator which will cause 1 wing to drop and you might see the crash on the tape. They would have known before rotating speed that their were issues with the engines and had to abort!

Poor guy never had a chance as he over compensated on take off and didn't have enough air to bring the nose down.

Just a guess. Usually the co-pilot is calling speed and V1 and V2!

Do you know.

The army used to fly them in Vietnam until they took them away and gave them to the Airforce. I flew in one in Vietnam!

By the way this was the last 2 points I needed to get to Level 7!


27 AUG 1992
Time: 10:20
Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-4T Caribou
Operator: NewCal Aviation
Registration: N400NC
C/n / msn: 240
First flight: 1965
Crew: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Gimli, MB (Canada)
Phase: Initial climb
Nature: Test
Departure airport: Gimli Airport, MB (YGM/GYGM), Canada
Destination airport: Gimli Airport, MB (YGM/GYGM), Canada
Narrative:
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.


Sources:
Scramble 160 + Flight International 9-15.9.1992 (p.35) + ICAO Adrep Summary 6/94 (#79)



This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

Answer 3

Upon judging the monotonous response by the photographer and the lack of immediate emergency response to the crash, it appears that this scenario may have been staged.

That was an old aircraft which I believe is out of commission and any one trained to fly it would not have made the "mistake" which is perceived of the "pilot" in this crash. If this had been an actual incident in which the observer witnessed firsthand a pilot nosediving an aircraft into the ground less than 100 yards away, I believe the response would've been much more "excited" than the monotonous, "well, it's over" that this person gave.

Answer 4

It looks like the pilot pulled up too far and stalled. I don't know the location, that isn't an American plane, I know that much.

I stand corrected, it is an American built plane but not in service in the US military.

Answer 5

I looked at the video a few time... that's an old Fairchild
C-119 flying box car... hasn't been used by the US in a lot of years...also this plane had "no" numbers or markings... It might have been a South American Nations aircraft... hard to tell ...

Answer 6

The plane looks to be a Caribou transport aircraft,

Link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou

Answer 7

I can't help but wonder if this is my old friend the Ferret... from the VIP... and an avid Packers fan...

Answer 8

i agree with the first person wo answered. that pilot should not have been flying lol