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N950JW, AIA Arista International Airlines, Douglas DC-8-63CF, April 1984, JT3D-7, JT3D
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N950JW, AIA Arista International Airlines, Douglas DC-8-63CF, April 1984, JT3D-7, JT3D
CN: 46058
LN: 433
Engines: 4x JT3D-7
Built: 1969
Total airframe hours: 50861
written off
Accident Report:
Status: Final
Date: 12/12/1985
Time: 06:46
Operator: Arrow Air
Crew: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers: Fatalities: 248 / Occupants: 248
Total: Fatalities: 256 / Occupants: 256
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 1 km (0.6 mls) SW of Gander Airport, NF (YQX) (Canada)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature: Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Gander Airport, Newfoundland (YQX/CYQX), Canada
Destination airport: Hopkinsville-Fort Campbell AAF, KY (HOP/KHOP), USA
Flight number: 1285R
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Canadian Aviation Safety Board was unable to determine the exact sequence of events which led to this accident. The Board believes, however, that the weight of evidence supports the conclusion that, shortly after lift-off, the jet aircraft experienced an increase in drag and reduction in lift which resulted in a stall at low altitude from which recovery was not possible. The most probable cause of the stall was determined to be ice contamination on the leading edge and upper surface of the wing. Other possible factors such as a loss of thrust from the number four engine and inappropriate take-off reference speeds may have compounded the effects of the contamination."
Four members of the CASB filed a dissenting opinion with a different probable cause: "An in-flight fire that may have resulted from detonations of undetermined origin brought about catastrophic system failures."
Sources:
Aviation Week & Space Technology 19.12.88 (107), 20.3.89 (267), 27.3.89 (33)3.4.89 (67), 3.7.89 (66-67), 31.7.1989 (29), 1.7.1991 (29)
Flight International 21-28.12.1985 (2)
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/1989 (29)
Gander: the untold story
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Code Number:
TAFV23P08_10
Title:
N950JW, AIA Arista International Airlines, Douglas DC-8-63CF, April 1984, JT3D-7, JT3D
CN: 46058
LN: 433
Engines: 4x JT3D-7
Built: 1969
Total airframe hours: 50861
written off
Accident Report:
Status: Final
Date: 12/12/1985
Time: 06:46
Operator: Arrow Air
Crew: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers: Fatalities: 248 / Occupants: 248
Total: Fatalities: 256 / Occupants: 256
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 1 km (0.6 mls) SW of Gander Airport, NF (YQX) (Canada)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature: Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Gander Airport, Newfoundland (YQX/CYQX), Canada
Destination airport: Hopkinsville-Fort Campbell AAF, KY (HOP/KHOP), USA
Flight number: 1285R
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Canadian Aviation Safety Board was unable to determine the exact sequence of events which led to this accident. The Board believes, however, that the weight of evidence supports the conclusion that, shortly after lift-off, the jet aircraft experienced an increase in drag and reduction in lift which resulted in a stall at low altitude from which recovery was not possible. The most probable cause of the stall was determined to be ice contamination on the leading edge and upper surface of the wing. Other possible factors such as a loss of thrust from the number four engine and inappropriate take-off reference speeds may have compounded the effects of the contamination."
Four members of the CASB filed a dissenting opinion with a different probable cause: "An in-flight fire that may have resulted from detonations of undetermined origin brought about catastrophic system failures."
Sources:
Aviation Week & Space Technology 19.12.88 (107), 20.3.89 (267), 27.3.89 (33)3.4.89 (67), 3.7.89 (66-67), 31.7.1989 (29), 1.7.1991 (29)
Flight International 21-28.12.1985 (2)
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/1989 (29)
Gander: the untold story
Keywords:
Douglas, DC-8, Four Engine, Jet, Single Aisle, Narrowbody, Narrow Body, Long Range, Fixed Wing Multi Engine, Turbojet, multi-engine, Jetliner, Arista International Airlines, Plane, Avion, History, Technology, Fleet, Livery, Equipment, hull, Public, Airframe, Transport, Fixed-Wing, Commerce, Travel, Airplane, Archive, Airline, Aerospace, Civil Transportation, Passenger Aircraft, Commercial Aviation, Airliner
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