CWH Lancaster occurrence

[CWH Museum]

Today at approximately 12 noon during the initial flight the season, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Avro Lancaster, while conducting recurrent crew training with the Lancaster Chief Pilot and Museum Chief Pilot, had the outer portion of the right wing tip compromised during flight. The crew declared an emergency and immediately returned to Hamilton Airport for an uneventful landing with no further damage to the aircraft and no injuries to the crew.

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is conducting an internal investigation into the occurrence and has advised the Regional Office of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. This investigation will likely take several weeks to determine the contributing factors and until this process is completed, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum will have no further comment on this occurrence.

[Mudge]

UHH...would you be kind enough to expand on "compromised"?

Mudge the curious

[Stephan Wilkinson]

I would assume it either came off or came loose...CWH might not want to say, having been so circumspect in this initial report.

[TAdan]

Great to hear that everyone made it down safely.

[C VEICH]

Possible mid air or collision with terrain?

[Stephan Wilkinson]

You're joking, right?

[C VEICH]

You're joking, right?

Who me? No joke, just a simple question. But it appears to not be the case that either was what happened. Here is a link to a description of the damage by someone who appears to have been an eye witness.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_11046019/tm.htm

[ArtS]

Just like IKEA furniture, they had a few screws left over when they put her back together at the end of maintenance (or they lost the allen key and weren't able to torque them down)

Regards,

Art S.

[51fixer]

Airplane is safe, People are safe.
It will get looked over and the pertinent info will get be presented to us in time.
Whether it was a failure of structure or a human error it is a time to reflect on what can I do to be safe in what I do.
Nothing gained in throwing mud but everyone of us does things that can go wrong. Whether it is working on Aircraft, driving a car or walking to school. We all make decisions and do things that can cause an accident. That also means we can make decisions and do things that don't cause any problems and we all get to NOT hear about them. This should be our normal life.
Hear's to hoping I don't get to hear about what you do

[Vital Spark]

Airplane is safe, People are safe.

In the end this is all that matters. The whys and wherefores will play out in their proper course. I am just happy that the Mynarski Lanc and her crew are both home to aid in the inquiries.

[JohnB]

"Compromised"....Odd word choice.
And as someone with 20+ years in aviation PR and journalism, I'd suggest that appearing to be secretive about what happened (not why it happened...there is a huge difference) isn't a great move for a charity-funded group...since it will likely come out in an official report (I'm assuming its a reportable incident).
So why not be open now to supporters?

Last edited by JohnB on Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[tulsaboy]

Kudos to the flight crew for getting the airplane and everyone aboard back safely! Pure speculation on my part, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say experience, training, and good adherence to well-established procedures played a role in helping the flight crew return to base without further incident. Well done, folks. And good luck with your investigation.

kevin

[Thomas_Mac]

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/17/hi ... oon-flight

[WallyB]

"Compromised"....Odd word choice.
And as someone with 20+ years in aviation PR and journalism, I'd suggest that appearing to be secretive about what happened (not why it happened...there is a huge difference) isn't a great move for a charity-funded group...since it will likely come out in an official report (I'm assuming its a reportable incident).

Yes, already in CADORS:

The privately-operated Canadian Warplane Heritage Victory Aircraft Avro Lancaster Mk. X bomber aircraft (C-GVRA) was on a local VFR flight from Hamilton (JCMIA) (CYHM). The aircraft was approximately 20NM southwest of Hamilton (JCMIA) when the flight crew declared a MAYDAY emergency (following a wing tip failure). The flight crew's intention was to return to Hamilton (JCMIA) for landing. ARFF services were requested and stood by for the uneventful landing at 1553Z. Ops. impact -- none.

[goshikisen]

Another write up on the incident.

http://www.hamiltonnews.com/news/emergency-landing-for-cwh-lancaster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emergency-landing-for-cwh-lancaster