Narrative:
Flight 461 was cleared for a runway 19 departure, bound for Sept-Iles Airport. During the takeoff roll, the first officer sighted a bird on the runway. Accelerating through 114 knots this seagull was ingested into the left engine. At 126 knots (V1 was calculated to be 127 kts) the engine began to lose power. The takeoff was aborted, reversers selected, speedbrakes deployed and maximum wheel braking applied. The aircraft left the runway about 175 feet before the runway's end. It came to rest in a bog 200 feet beyond the end of the runway. Because the runway was wet, the distance required to stop the aircraft exceeded that which was available. Pre-flight takeoff performance calculations did not take into account the effects of the wet runway, nor was such a calculation required by regulation.
Rejected takeoff
Runway excursion
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Sunday 20 July 1986 |
| Time: | 14:48 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-296 |
| Operator: | Quebecair |
| Registration: | C-GQBH |
| MSN: | 22516/759 |
| First flight: | 1981-04-14 (5 years 3 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12210 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 58 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 64 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Wabush Airport, NL (YWK) ( Canada)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Wabush Airport, NL (YWK/CYWK), Canada |
| Sept-Îles Airport, QC (YZV/CYZV), Canada | |
| Flightnumber: | 461 |
Flight 461 was cleared for a runway 19 departure, bound for Sept-Iles Airport. During the takeoff roll, the first officer sighted a bird on the runway. Accelerating through 114 knots this seagull was ingested into the left engine. At 126 knots (V1 was calculated to be 127 kts) the engine began to lose power. The takeoff was aborted, reversers selected, speedbrakes deployed and maximum wheel braking applied. The aircraft left the runway about 175 feet before the runway's end. It came to rest in a bog 200 feet beyond the end of the runway. Because the runway was wet, the distance required to stop the aircraft exceeded that which was available. Pre-flight takeoff performance calculations did not take into account the effects of the wet runway, nor was such a calculation required by regulation.
Classification:
Bird strike Rejected takeoff
Runway excursion
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 145-AN/147 (70-85)Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Wabush Airport, NL to Sept-Îles Airport, QC as the crow flies is 301 km (188 miles).
Distance from Wabush Airport, NL to Sept-Îles Airport, QC as the crow flies is 301 km (188 miles).
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