Aircraft Photo of C-GTXW | Curtiss C-46A Commando | Buffalo Airways | AirHistory.net #568087
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:C-GTXW
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46A Commando
C/n (msn):26946
Operator Titles:Buffalo Airways
Location
City / Airport:YellowknifeMap
Region / Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: CYZF   IATA: YZF   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:7 August 2012
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 568087
Photo Comment

With an orange Buffalo logo on its fin, catching the early morning sun outside the Buffalo Airways hangar at Yellowknife Airport. Later sustained substantial damage , in November 2012, due to a left main gear collapse on landing at Yellowknife. Then in September 2015 suffered engine failure some way short of its flight destination, Norman Wells. Unable to maintain altitude, a forced belly landing had to be made on the gravel airstrip at Déline in very poor weather conditions. The aircraft considerably overran the runway. The crew evacuated safely. The aircraft was a write-off.

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