Détails:
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
» NTSB
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | dimanche 28 juillet 1968 |
| Heure: | 10:43 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Dassault Falcon 20C |
| Compagnie: | Executive Jet Aviation |
| Immatriculation: | N367EJ |
| Numéro de série: | 028 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1966 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Repaired |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH (BKL) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En montée initiale (ICL) |
| Nature: | Affaires |
| Aéroport de départ: | Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH (BKL/KBKL), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Portland International Jetport, ME (PWM/KPWM), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
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 Cause:
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
Sources:
» Fatalities and Destroyed Civil Aircraft Due To Bird Strikes 1912-2002 / John Thorpe (International Bird Strike Committee ISBC26/WP-SA1)» NTSB
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH et Portland International Jetport, ME est de 953 km (596 miles).
La distance entre Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH et Portland International Jetport, ME est de 953 km (596 miles).
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