C-GQPW — routes, history & safety record

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Safety history

March 22, 1984AccidentHull loss
Pacific Western Airlines scheduled early morning flight 501 to Edmonton was pushed-back from the gate at 07:35. After engine start the aircraft taxied to runway 34 for departure. Takeoff was begun at 07:42 from the intersection of runway 34 and taxiway C-1.
Boeing 737-200
The accident was the consequence of the combination of the following factors: - An uncontained rupture of the left engine thirteenth stage compressor disc occurred approximately 1,300 feet into the take-off roll, - Failure of the disc was the result of fatigue cracking at three main locations in the rear snap and adjacent to 6 of the 12 tie-bolt holes, -… Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (March 22, 1984).

March 22, 1984Accidentdestroyed
Boeing 737-200 · Calgary Int'l A/p · A84H0003
A84h0003: during the take-off roll, the flight crew heard a loud bang which was accompanied by a slight veer to the left. The take-off was rejected, and all 119 persons successfully evacuated the aircraft when a severe fuel-fed fire developed. The canadian aviation safety board (casb) determined that an uncontained…

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).