| Date: | Friday 29 November 1991 |
| Time: | 11:14 |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley HS-748-272 Srs. 2A |
| Owner/operator: | Air Creebec |
| Registration: | C-GGOO |
| MSN: | 1692 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rivière-au-Saumon, QC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rivière-au-Saumon, QC |
| Quebec Airport, QC (YQB/CYQB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The no. 2 engine exploded on takeoff. A fire erupted and the takeoff was aborted.
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.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 6/94 (#109)
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Johannesburg International Airport (JNB); December 1976
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