Date: | Sunday 28 July 1968 |
Time: | 10:43 |
Type: | Dassault Falcon 20C |
Owner/operator: | Executive Jet Aviation |
Registration: | N367EJ |
MSN: | 028 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH (BKL) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH (BKL/KBKL) |
Destination airport: | Portland International Jetport, ME (PWM/KPWM) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: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
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI69A0011 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Fatalities and Destroyed Civil Aircraft Due To Bird Strikes 1912-2002 / John Thorpe (International Bird Strike Committee ISBC26/WP-SA1)
NTSB
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