Canadair CL-415 crash, Mar 8, 2004 (2 killed), Les Salles...
Canadair CL-415 accident on March 8, 2004 near Les Salles-sur-Verdon, Var, France with 2 fatalities. Cause: High nose attitude on the approach during a...
- Date: March 8, 2004
- Aircraft: Canadair CL-415
- Location: Les Salles-sur-Verdon, Var, France
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: High nose attitude on the approach during a new scooping procedure, leading to disintegration on water contact. The official BEAD-air report was not reviewed.
A French civil security CL-415 water bomber on a training flight practised scooping on Lake Sainte-Croix on 8 March 2004. During a new scooping procedure it approached with a high nose attitude and disintegrated on touchdown on the water, and the main wreckage sank about 31 m. One pilot survived with serious hypothermia, while the other two crew were killed.