# Incident 20080328831549I: Cndair CL2151A10, Belews Lake, NC, March 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Belews Lake, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: RSDG
- Aircraft: N215NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N215NC-2011-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadair CL215 1A10 (registry code 1900320, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadair-cl215-1a10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL2151A10
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 4,200 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080328831549I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) DURING FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS, AIRCRAFT WAS PICKING UP WATER FROM BELEWS LAKE AS AN IN-FLIGHT OPERATION. ON 13TH WATER PICKUP, WIND SHIFTED TO CROSSWIND THEN GUSTY QUARTERING TAILWIND, INCREASING THE DISTANCE REQUIRED TO CLIMB FROM THE LAKE AND CLEAR OBSTACLES. AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT WHILE CLIMB WAS INITIATED, RESULTING IN A MINOR TREE STRIKE. DAMAGE NOT NOTICED BY FLIGHT CREW UNTIL VISUALLY SCANNING, WHILE ENROUTE TO FIRE DROP ZONE. DAMAGE LIMITED TO AMPHIBIOUS LANDING GEAR PONTOON WITH SMALL DENTS IN WING LEADING EDGE. MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AT HICKORY, NC WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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