Accidents And Incidents

Air Safety Week, Sept 15, 2003

DATE/SITE: 15 Aug. 2301Z Churchill Manitoba
AIRCRAFT & REGN: Convair 580 of Conair
CIRCUMSTANCES: CRC542 returned  (shutdown of stbd eng for oil loss) after
dept for Iqualit.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Incorrect
starter installation resulted in the depletion of oil in redn gear box.

DATE/SITE: 20 Aug. 0000Z Regina Saskatch
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-700 of WestJet
CIRCUMSTANCES: C-FKWS carried out 2 unflapped go-rounds after clearing an
asymm light.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Unable to get
flap despite clearing asymm light (unable to duplicate o/g).

DATE/SITE: 23 Aug.  1857L Vernon A/P BC
AIRCRAFT & REGN: A319 of Air Canada
CIRCUMSTANCES: ACA183 made appch to the wrong airport (3300ft GA strip) in
fire-haze
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Bound for
Kelowna British Columbia. Broke it off at 700m with opposing tfc.

DATE/SITE: 24 Aug. 0115Z Toronto Ontario
AIRCRAFT & REGN: Beech 1900D of Air Georgian
CIRCUMSTANCES: GGN7458 lost flight insts 70nm SE, reptd smoke & divtd
back to Toronto.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: C-VGVA enrt
Syracuse Hancock Intl A/P. AC Voltmeter had shorted out.

DATE/SITE: 28 Aug. Hilton Head, S.C.
AIRCRAFT & REGN: Gulfstream GIII
CIRCUMSTANCES: Tower flyby confirmed one of 4 MLG tires had blown on t/off.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Uneventful
landing at Savannah Hilton Head Intl (after 30mins of circling).

DATE/SITE: 29 Aug. 0137Z Vancouver, BC
AIRCRAFT & REGN: A320-211 of Air Canada
CIRCUMSTANCES: ACA1097 reptd hydraulic failure emergency enrt from Anchorage.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: A/c towed in
from runway.

DATE/SITE: 30 Aug. 1326Z Anchorage, Alaska
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 747-100 of UPS Flt: UPS6991
CIRCUMSTANCES: #1 eng flamed out at FL370 40nm W of Edmonton and could not
be restarted.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Maint.
unable to determine or dupli-cate cause so a/c returned to service.

DATE/SITE: 01 Sept. 2354L St Louis, Mo.
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-700
CIRCUMSTANCES: Empty a/c parked at gate A2 was hit by push-back tug.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Damage to
radome.

DATE/SITE: 02 Sept. 0020L Baltimore Md.
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 757 of Delta Flt: DAL954
CIRCUMSTANCES: Jet Bridge punched hole in fuselage fwd of L2 door during
a/c positioning .
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Aircraft was
empty of pax at the time.

DATE/SITE: 03 Sept. 1941L Chicago, Ill.
AIRCRAFT & REGN: CL-600 of Atlantic Coast
CIRCUMSTANCES: N665BR collided with tug on pushback gate F2BM.
DEATH & INJURY: 1 inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Tug driver
injured (Chicago-Saginaw flight).

DATE/SITE: 03 Sept. 1730L Boston Logan Intl.
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 757 of ATA Flt: TZ152
CIRCUMSTANCES: Chicago-Boston flt landed uneventfully after reporting rt MLG
problems.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 180 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: No further
details.

DATE/SITE: 03 Sept. 1831Z Vancouver BC
AIRCRAFT & REGN: A320-211 of Air Canada
CIRCUMSTANCES: ACA6072 reported smoke in the cockpit on departure &
landed back
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Enroute
Toronto (declared emergency 1831Z & landed 1833Z).

DATE/SITE: 04 Sept. 0040L Atlanta, Ga.
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737 of Delta Flt: DAL637
CIRCUMSTANCES: Nose-gear damaged while tow-bar being connected.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Relevant to AA
MD-82 flt AAL1048 nose-gear stuck up landing JFK 02 Sep

DATE/SITE: 04 Sept. 1700L Cayey Puerto Rico
AIRCRAFT & REGN: BN-2P Islander  Reg: N630VC
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c lost power to both engines in descent and crash-landed
in a field.
DEATH & INJURY: 1inj / 6 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Minor
injuries to 2 persons on ground. A/c destroyed. Isla de Culebra - Ponce

DATE/SITE: 04 Sept. Baltimore, Md.
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737 of SWA
CIRCUMSTANCES: Enrt Orlando to Albany, diverted after a pax died from
apparent heart attack.
DEATH & INJURY: 1 fatal
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Heart attack
confirmed.

DATE/SITE: 04 Sept. evening LAX
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 767 of Air NZ Flt: NZ53
CIRCUMSTANCES: Cockpit window cracked 3 hrs into flt to Auckland and a/c
returned to LAX
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: ETOPS rules?

DATE/SITE: 04 Sept. 0214Z Toronto Ontario
AIRCRAFT & REGN: A320-211 of JazzAir
CIRCUMSTANCES: JZA7833 departed 24R behind an A320 & reptd to Departure
that the aircraft "almost went inverted."
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Radar data
analysis playback indicated that JZA7833 was approx 3nm behind. Wind was
160/3.

DATE/SITE: 04 Sept. 1720Z Winnipeg Canada
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-201 of WestJet
CIRCUMSTANCES: WJA72 reptd severe eng vibn when 20nm W (and landed at 1733Z).
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 100 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Inbound from
Calgary. Engine change required.

DATE/SITE: 04 Sept. Flushing N.Y. (landed JFK?)
AIRCRAFT & REGN: F28-100 of AA Reg: N1450A
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt549 hit geese-flock after t/off and shutdown rt eng with
fire-handle due fuel cut-off failure & heavy vibration.
DEATH & INJURY: 38 uninj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: One blade
missing from RRTay650-15 penetrated fuselage and a/c had extensive wing
& cowl damage.

DATE/SITE: 04 Sept. 2138L Dallas Ft Worth Tx
AIRCRAFT & REGN: Canadair CRJ200 Flt: SKW3732
CIRCUMSTANCES: SkyWest airplane's nosegear failed after extending for
ldg r/way 18R.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 24 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Colorado
Springs to Dallas - minor damage to N448SW (see imagery).

DATE/SITE: 05 Sept. 0400L Paris-Beijing
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 747 of Air China Flt: CA933
CIRCUMSTANCES: 26yo man attempted suicide with scissors during return flt to
China.
DEATH & INJURY: 1 inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Sri Lankan
rejected in Paris (CDG) for visa problems. Deplaned in Shanghai

DATE/SITE: 05 Sept. 2017Z Gander FIR
AIRCRAFT & REGN: Concorde of BA G-BOAG
CIRCUMSTANCES: BAW1 decl emerg with eng shutdown desc to FL310 and divtd
Bangor Maine
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: 4916N 40W
(Gander Oceanic).  Olympus 593 Mk 610-14-28

DATE/SITE: 06 Sept. Minsk Belarus
AIRCRAFT & REGN: TU-154 of Iran's Kish Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: Tehran-Copenhagen flt desc below min desc altitude, hit
trees & overshot
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 42 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Landed after
fog cleared  (with extensive fuselage and wing damage).

DATE/SITE: 06 Sept. 2200Z Calgary Alberta
AIRCRAFT & REGN: DHC8-301 of JazzAir
CIRCUMSTANCES: C-GETA was issued taxi instructions to cross Runways 10
& 25. N650DF, a Citation 650, was issued t/off clearance on Runway 10 at
the same time.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: C-GETA was
instructed to stop and  N650DF aborted after t/off clearance canx. DHC-8
stopped beyond the hold short line - but short of runway.

DATE/SITE: 07 Sept. 1904BST Gatwick UK
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 757 of BA
CIRCUMSTANCES: Heathrow-Paris flt divtd Gatwick with smoke in cockpit (emerg
declared).
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 70 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Landed just
after another BA 757 divtd Gatwick with a vibrating engine.

DATE/SITE: 08 Sept.
AIRCRAFT & REGN: CRJ
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c divtd Syracuse with cockpit smoke.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Albany-Chicago
flight. 50 o/b.

DATE/SITE: 07 Sept. 0520L Christchurch NZ
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737 of QANTAS Flt: QF036
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c returned to Christchurch after an hour with an engine
unserviceable.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 108 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: Engine change
required.

DATE/SITE: 08 Sept. 1341L Chicago Midway (ex Ft Lauderdale)
AIRCRAFT & REGN: 757-300 of American Trans Air Flt: TZ647
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c landed well in with a mild tailwind & overran
6521ft r/way 31C, crashing thru blast barrier 250ft from street.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 107 pax & 7 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/150903.htm: 6 month old
aircraft substantially damaged. Midway is within a total conurbation
district (see imagery).

1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or
fatal injuries. 2 DISCLAIMER: The information is preliminary, possibly
incomplete, and may be supplemented by new findings of fact as inquiries
progress. These assessments, based on initial reports, are not intended to
assert probable cause or liability, but rather are intended to provide
insight pending publication of a final report of investigation.
3A/P=Airport. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson, director of aircraft,
engineering & technical operations, International Aviation Safety
Association (IASA).