Accident Summary
Wasaya Airways Ltd. Flight 804, a Hawker Siddeley 748-2A (serial number 1750), was conducting a freight flight from Pickle Lake, Ontario, to Kasabonika, Ontario. During the landing roll, the aircraft could not be stopped and overran the runway by approximately 450 feet. The captain, first officer, and one freight handler sustained minor injuries; the other freight handler was uninjured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Investigation Findings
The official investigation determined the probable cause as: "The aircraft was landed at a point from which it could not be stopped under the prevailing conditions." Contributing factors included the lack of immediate propeller ground fine pitch and the choice of runway 03 as the landing runway. A possible contributing factor was inappropriate information in the then-current runway analysis manual.