19851212077879A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Doug DC-8-63 · Gander, CN · December 12, 1985

Date
December 12, 1985 · 06:45 local
Place
Gander, CN
Airport
Gander International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ARWA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N950JW
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA86RA010
Reported as
Doug DC863
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT3D7
People aboard
253
Fatal injuries
253
Pilot’s flight hours
7,001 total1,081 in this make and model231 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Stalled during takeoff,with ice on wing. Wrong vref, possible loss of engine thrust. Casb dissenting opinion on file

As the FAA filed it

STALLED DURING TAKEOFF,WITH ICE ON WING.WRONG VREF, POSSIBLE LOSS OF ENGINE THRUST. CASB DISSENTING OPINION ON FILE

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.