Neptune crash in Colorado, no injuries.

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Just to update your old news see this more recent info.= Sorry but this site last night showed videos of the 146 during dives down the mountainside. Today it is being updated!!! http://www.tronosjet.com

Just found this on google. BAe 146 fits the bill.

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I doubt it was designed for repeated flights at <200’AGL @ 8,000’+, nor for the wing-stresses of fast pull-ups combined with a sudden off-load of payload.

It was during that exact maneuver (drop retardant & pull-up to clear terrain) that the C-130 & PB4Y had their wings break off in 2002.

I may be wrong, but that is a major concern here in Colorado, where there are over 50 peaks that exceed 14,000′.

The Neptune was designed for low-altitude flight and sudden maneuvers, being an ASW plane designed during the era of low-altitude weapons deployment.

Neptune air tanker replacement!

[ATTACH]186188[/ATTACH][ATTACH]186186[/ATTACH] Just found this on google. BAe 146 fits the bill! This 146/ 200, tanker 40 belongs to Neptune Aviation. It has a drop speed of 138 mph at 150 feet, cruises at 380 mph and can carry 3000 USG. Turnround 8 minutes

Doesn’t really look bad at all… the nose-gear collapsed, a little nose damage (mainly to the plexiglass… might get an aluminum-covered nose) and an engine to replace.

It seems the hydraulics went while taxying, and with no brakes it went off the tarmac, through a fence, and down a slight embankment.

The aircraft, which was being used to drop fire retardant on two wildfires in northern Colorado, experienced hydraulic problems and the pilot had difficulty stopping the plane, Segin said.

“It was a rolling crash,” he said. “It rolled through a fence and came to stop on a highway. The crew is fine.”

The cause of the crash is under investigation, he said.

An airport firefighting crew quickly extinguished a small fire in the engine, Segin said.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15384952

The pilot reported a “hydraulic failure” onboard, Forbes said. He attempted to apply the brakes on the bomber, but to no avail. The left engine on the plane caught fire, she said, but was quickly put out.

The P2 Neptune air tanker at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport Saturday that crashed Saturday afternoon was moved off of 120th St. back through the hole in the fence into the tanker area.
For a video of the tanker being moved, go to http://www.dailycamera.com.
Cliff Grassmick / June 27, 2010

http://www.dailycamera.com/broomfield-news/ci_15382320

Shame, really like the Neptune. Suspect the chances of it getting repaired are small?

Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune, N1386C Tanker #44 was built for the U. S. Navy as BuNo 128422 in 1951. It is operated by Neptune Aviation Services of Missoula, Montana.

Here is N1386C in my home-town (Grand Junction, Colorado) exactly 3 years ago:
Neptune-Aviation-Services/Lockheed-P-2E-Neptune

Neptune-P2-N1386C

The FAA says it’s N1386C. Being a P-2V5….I would think was rather rare in fire service.
All the Neptunes I’ve seen flying are -7s.