Descripción del Accidente ASN 28 JUL 1968 Dassault Falcon 20C N367EJ - Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH (BKL)
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Estado:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Fecha:domingo 28 julio 1968
Hora:10:43
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic FA20 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Dassault Falcon 20C
Operador:Executive Jet Aviation
Registración: N367EJ
Numéro de série: 028
Año de Construcción: 1966
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 3
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0
Total:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 3
Daños en la Aeronave: Considerable
Consecuencias: Repaired
Ubicación:Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH (BKL) (   Estados Unidos de América)
Fase: Ascenso Inicial (ICL)
Naturaleza:Ejecutivo
Aeropuerto de Salida:Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH (BKL/KBKL), Estados Unidos de América
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Portland International Jetport, ME (PWM/KPWM), Estados Unidos de América
Descripción:
On departure from Cleveland the airplane's engines ingested a large number of gulls. Both engines flamed out and the crew attempted to carry out a forced landing. The Falcon collided with a fence and crash-landed in Lake Erie. The crew members were rescued by a boat. A total of 315 birds were found dead. The no. 1 engine compressor unit was 20% filled with the remains of birds, the no. 2 compressor was 17% filled.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSES:
powerplant - miscellaneous: bird ingestion
personnel - traffic control personnel: failure to advise of unsafe airport conditions
FACTOR:
personnel - airport supervisory personnel: failure to notify of unsafe cond/and or failure to mark obstruction

Fuentes:
» Fatalities and Destroyed Civil Aircraft Due To Bird Strikes 1912-2002 / John Thorpe (International Bird Strike Committee ISBC26/WP-SA1)
» NTSB


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Distance from Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH to Portland International Jetport, ME as the crow flies is 953 km (596 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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