Statuts:	Enquête Officielle
Date:	06 NOV 1963
Heure:	21:15 UTC
Type/Sous-type:	Douglas DC-8-54F
Compagnie:	Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCAL
Immatriculation:	CF-TJM
Numéro de série:	45653/178
Année de Fabrication:	1963
Heures de vol:	1958
Moteurs:	4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3
Equipage:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 7
Passagers:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 90
Total:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 97
Dégats de l'appareil:	Substantiels
Conséquences:	Repaired
Lieu de l'accident:	London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) (Royaume Uni)
Phase de vol:	Au décollage (TOF)
Nature:	Transport de Passagers Intern.
Aéroport de départ:	London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), Royaume Uni
Aéroport de destination:	Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL), Canada
Numéro de vol:	861

Détails:
Following a failed attempt to take-off from runway 28L, the captain decided to try runway 28R because the runway visual range (RVR) was reported 500 yards, whereas the RVR of 28L was 150 yards. While speeding through 132 knots the captain moved the control column back, but felt no response. Because the controls felt as though they were not connected, he decided to abort the takeoff. The DC-8 overran the runway at high speed and came to rest in a cabbage field, 800 yards past the end of the runway.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain in the mistaken belief that the elevator control system was defective, abandoned the take-off at a speed and position on the runway which precluded the possibility of bringing the aircraft to a halt in the runway length remaining."

Sources:
» ICAO Circular 78-AN/66 (p.47-54)