Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 28 July 1968
Aircraft Type: Dassault Falcon 20C
Owner/operator: Executive Jet Aviation
Registration Number: N367EJ
Location: Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH (BKL) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: No specific aircraft component is identified in the description.No specific aircraft component is identified in the description.
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
On departure from Cleveland, an airplane experienced a catastrophic engine failure due to a large influx of birds ingested into the engines. This resulted in both engines flammaging out, forcing a forced landing, and subsequent crash-landing in Lake Erie. A significant number of birds (315) were found dead, with a substantial amount (20%) of the compressor units filled with their remains. The incident was attributed to a failure to adequately warn of unsafe airport conditions and insufficient notification of potential obstructions.On departure from Cleveland, an airplane experienced a catastrophic engine failure due to a large influx of birds ingested into the engines. This resulted in both engines flammaging out, forcing a forced landing, and subsequent crash-landing in Lake Erie. A significant number of birds (315) were found dead, with a substantial amount (20%) of the compressor units filled with their remains. The incident was attributed to a failure to adequately warn of unsafe airport conditions and insufficient notification of potential obstructions.
Description
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 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
Primary Cause
Powerplant – miscellaneous: bird ingestion personnelPowerplant – miscellaneous: bird ingestion personnelShare on:
