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Aviation accident on 11 February 1978
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314
A Pacific Western Boeing 737-200 similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date
11 February 1978 (1978-02-11)
Summary
Thrust reverser deployment during go-around following runway incursion
Site
Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada 49°36′41″N115°46′56″W / 49.6114°N 115.78225°W / 49.6114; -115.78225
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-275
Operator
Pacific Western Airlines
IATA flight No.
PW314
ICAO flight No.
PWA314
Call sign
PACIFIC WESTERN 314
Registration
C-FPWC
Flight origin
Fort McMurray International Airport
1st stopover
Edmonton International Airport
2nd stopover
Calgary International Airport
Last stopover
Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport
Destination
Castlegar Airport
Occupants
49
Passengers
44
Crew
5
Fatalities
43 (42 initially)
Injuries
At least 5
Survivors
6 (7 initially)
On 11 February 1978, Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314, a Boeing 737-200, crashed at Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport, near Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, killing 43 of the 49 people on board.[1]
The scheduled flight from Fort McMurray International Airport to Castlegar Airport via Edmonton, Alberta, Calgary, Alberta and Cranbrook, British Columbia crashed after its thrust reversers did not fully stow following an aborted landing to avoid a snowplow on the runway. Calgary air traffic control was in major error in its calculation of the flight's arrival time at Cranbrook, and the flight crew did not report while passing a beacon on final approach.[2][3]
^Ranter, Harro. "Accident description". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^Ranter, Harro. "ATC transcript Pacific Western Flight 314 – 11 Feb 1978". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^"February 11, 1978 : Cranbrook, BC, Canada : Pacific Western Airlines, Flight 314 : Boeing B-737-275 [sic] : C-FPWC". www.planecrashinfo.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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