Rod Ridley's CADORS...too funny!

[mnemosyne]

I have gotten into the habit of reading the daily Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reports, or CADORS, issued by Transport Canada, and I can’t help but notice some pure gems written up by a gentleman named Rod Ridley, reporting for the Prairies and Northern Office. They just absolutely crack me up.

I’ll let a few of them speak for themselves:

CADORS 2009C2091:

User Name: Ridley, Rod
Date: 2009/08/04
Further Action Required: Yes
O.P.I.: Aerodrome Safety
Narrative: The crew of PLR 599, a Northwestern Air Lease BAe 32, reported a bird strike during landing on Runway 11 at Fort Smith. There was no reported damage to the aircraft.

User Name: Ridley, Rod
Date: 2009/08/12
Further Action Required: No
O.P.I.: System Safety
Narrative: UPDATE Aerodrome Safety reported that airside operations personnel recovered and removed the remains of one Night Hawk. This event did not cause any interruption of air traffic nor did the Robin sized Hawk cause any aircraft damage.

CADORS 2009C1508

User Name: Ridley, Rod
Date: 2009/06/18
Further Action Required: Yes
O.P.I.: Aerodrome Safety
Narrative: The pilot of an aircraft departing Norway House advised Kenora FSS that there were people swimming at a watering hole right at the end of the runway. FSS called YNE airport staff and a vehicle went out and later confirmed that all people had left the watering hole.

User Name: Ridley, Rod
Date: 2009/06/25
Further Action Required: No
O.P.I.: System Safety
Narrative: UPDATE Aerodrome Safety reported that the 17th of June in Norway House was hot dusty and humid. Warm air a few days previous had finally moved in . Since the ice on Play Green Lake/The Nelson River system at the top end of Lake Winnipeg had only been out a week, it made swimming next to impossible because of the cold. Some of the children elected to chance swimming in the relatively warmer waters of a little pond which is located at the extreme south end of the airport. The slue watering hole is accessed through the bush (woods). When told that people were swimming airside, operations personnel drove to the site, however when the youngsters saw the airport vehicle bearing down on them they, like some Coyotes and Foxes we’ve dealt with in the past, headed for the trees. This event had no operational impact. It did however end a great day at a swimming hole.

CADORS 2009C1111

User Name: Ridley, Rod
Date: 2009/05/11
Further Action Required: Yes
O.P.I.: Aerodrome Safety
Narrative: Whitehorse FIC reported that the drivers of two Air North vehicles positioned a HS 748 onto Taxiway Echo without contacting Whitehorse Radio for authorization.

User Name: Ridley, Rod
Date: 2009/05/13
Further Action Required: No
O.P.I.: System Safety
Narrative: UPDATE Aerodrome Safety reported that Whitehorse airside personnel have had a number of conversations/meetings with the Air North group regarding Air North and their continuing penchant for getting their names up on the CADORS. Both individuals received verbal briefings from the airside /security management. This event had no operational impact

CADORS 2009C1642

User Name: Ridley, Rod
Date: 2009/06/30
Further Action Required: No
O.P.I.: Aerodrome Safety
Narrative: The crew of WJA 551 reported a dead bird on Runway 16 after landing at Calgary. Airport staff carried out a runway inspection and found a dead perch, not a bird. This is the first recorded fish incursion in the history of Calgary International Airport.

User Name: Ridley, Rod
Date: 2009/07/06
Further Action Required: No
O.P.I.: System Safety
Narrative: UPDATE Aerodrome Safety reported that the initial report of a dead perch about a pound and half (perfect eating size) found on runway 16 at Calgary was unfounded. Further reports that the fish was picked up by a daredevil CL215-flight crew who were conducting water pickups on the Bow River inside city limits and then dropping the water on unsuspecting patrons at the Cecil and the St. Regis hotels is without substance. However airside operations personnel did locate and remove the remains of a fish identity/type/size unknown although a common sucker is suspected and bird feathers from an Osprey were located and removed. The Bird and Wildlife biologist at Calgary reports that this event was a bird strike and that Osprey are known to fish in streams east and north of the city. There have been no reported of a bird strikes regarding this occurrence.

He also refers to foxes as “foxy ladies” and coyotes as “wily varmints”.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Ok, I gotta tell you that you have just about the geekiest habit in the whole frikkin’ world .

But to be fair, I laughed pretty hard at the perch story, and actually guffawed at the line about ruining a good day at the swimming hole.

[JimmyFlair]

I knew exactly what you were talking about, those are often read out loud in the Flair household! There’s another one that made me laugh a few weeks ago, I’ll see if I can find what it was…

foxy ladies! tee hee!

[trupa]

Well, that cost me an hour of sleep last night. I tried to read just the ones for my Airport (Calgary - YYC) for 2009. There are over 214 of them.

I had no idea there were so many declared medical emergencies, even a couple for flight attendants.

And, it seems, the local police helicopter, HAWC 1, has a bad habit of intruding into the landing pattern.

I liked the one where a guy was caught smoking. They notified the RCMP, but the mounties let him go on to London Ont. because there were a bunch of outstanding warrants on him in Ontario. They just arranged a welcoming committee for him over there.

Air Canada Embraer 190s seem to have a problems getting their flaps down on a disconcertingly frequent basis.

There was also a family of mallards who went on a “Royal Progress” about the airfield.

This really gives you a feel for the day to day events at an airport. Thanks, mnemosyne.

[mnemosyne]

{sorry, busy weekend}

I has become a very geeky habit, but it actually started off as a job-related task. I had to find the CADORS for a couple of events from a while back, and just kind became addicted to them.

I can see one of the Montreal airport runways from my work, and once in a while I see a rejected takeoff, or, last week, a plane stuck on the taxiway for an hour. It’s always fun to read the reports afterwards, though of course, we never get the whole story!

I also read the NTSB/TSB/AAIB/ATSB/BEA/BFU/[insert accident investigation branch name here] reports for fun.

Although not nearly as professional, if you thought the CADORS were interesting, have a gander at the Aviation Herald (www.avherald.com). Loads of accident reports there, from around the world!