Incident Overview

Date: Sunday 20 July 1986
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-296
Owner/operator: Quebecair
Registration Number: C-GQBH
Location: Wabush Airport, NL (YWK) – ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Unknown, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 64
Component Affected: Left engineLeft engine
Category: Accident
Flight 461 experienced an engine failure during takeoff due to an ingested bird on the runway. The bird’s ingestion caused a loss of power, leading to an aborted takeoff and subsequent bogging down.Flight 461 experienced an engine failure during takeoff due to an ingested bird on the runway. The bird’s ingestion caused a loss of power, leading to an aborted takeoff and subsequent bogging down.

Description

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.

Primary Cause

Ingested bird on the runway during takeoff.Ingested bird on the runway during takeoff.

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