Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 10 October 1962
Aircraft Type: Vickers 757 Viscount
Owner/operator: Trans-Canada Air Lines – TCAL
Registration Number: CF-THA
Location: Bagotville Airport, QC (YBG) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 19
Component Affected: The Voodoo aircraft.The Voodoo aircraft.
Category: Accident
A RCAF CF-101B Voodoo fighter plane collided with a Viscount aircraft, resulting in the deaths of a stewardess and one passenger. The Voodoo was cleared for takeoff before the Viscount landed, leading to a collision.A RCAF CF-101B Voodoo fighter plane collided with a Viscount aircraft, resulting in the deaths of a stewardess and one passenger. The Voodoo was cleared for takeoff before the Viscount landed, leading to a collision.
Description
An RCAF CF-101B Voodoo fighter plane (serial 17452) was holding short of runway 11, preparing for an air intercept mission. Viscount CF-THA touched down some 1000 feet past the runway 11 threshold and while the airplane was still on the runway, the Voodoo was cleared for takeoff. Some 20 seconds later the Voodoo collided with the tail of the Viscount, killing a stewardess and one passenger. The Voodoo caught fire but continued flight. It climbed to 1200 feet asl where both crew members ejected. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The controller having assumed in error that the Viscount was turning off at the high speed taxi strip, cleared the Voodoo aircraft for takeoff before the Viscount was clear of the active runway.”
Primary Cause
The controller assumed the Viscount was turning off at the high speed taxi strip, clearing the Voodoo aircraft for takeoff before the Viscount was clear of the active runway.The controller assumed the Viscount was turning off at the high speed taxi strip, clearing the Voodoo aircraft for takeoff before the Viscount was clear of the active runway.Share on:
