Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Friday 29 November 1991 |
Time: | 11:14 |
Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-748-272 Srs. 2A |
Operator: | Air Creebec |
Registration: | C-GGOO |
MSN: | 1692 |
First flight: | 1971 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Rivière-au-Saumon, QC ( Canada)
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Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Rivière-au-Saumon, QC, Canada |
Destination airport: | Quebec Airport, QC (YQB/CYQB), Canada |
Narrative:The no. 2 engine exploded on takeoff. A fire erupted and the takeoff was aborted.
Probable Cause:
It was subsequently determined that the aircraft's water/methanol system had been serviced from a drum containing contaminated fluid. The drum had not been appropriately labelled.
Classification:
Rejected takeoff
Runway mishap
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 6/94 (#109)
Photos
accident date:
29-11-1991type: Hawker Siddeley HS-748-272 Srs. 2A
registration: ZS-SBV
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.