Avro 748 crash, Dec 3, 1998, Iqaluit
Avro 748 accident on December 3, 1998 near Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: Rejected takeoff initiated above V1 with insufficient...
- Date: December 3, 1998
- Aircraft: Avro 748
- Location: Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Rejected takeoff initiated above V1 with insufficient runway remaining, with the aircraft under-rotated because of a forward centre of gravity and overweight loading
First Air flight 802, an HS-748 on a scheduled flight from Iqaluit to Igloolik, was not airborne at rotation speed. The captain rejected the takeoff about seven seconds later with too little runway left, and the aircraft ran off the end, its nose gear collapsing in soft ground. Only the flight attendant was slightly injured. The TSB found the aircraft was overweight, the centre of gravity was too far forward, and the snow on the runway slowed acceleration.