Canadair CL-415 crash, Aug 16, 2003, Esine
Canadair CL-415 accident on August 16, 2003 near Esine, Lombardy, Italy with no fatalities. Cause: The crew made an inadequate escape maneuver uphill...
- Date: August 16, 2003
- Aircraft: Canadair CL-415
- Location: Esine, Lombardy, Italy
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The crew made an inadequate escape maneuver uphill in an unstabilized attack, with poor cockpit communication and locally significant turbulence as contributing factors.
A Canadair CL-415 firefighting tanker, call sign Tanker 9, was attacking a forest fire on a mountain slope in the Val Camonica. On an unstabilized approach, it made an escape turn uphill and struck trees. Both pilots were injured, one seriously, and the aircraft was destroyed.