Runway incursion and risk of collision : 7506406 Canada Inc., Agusta AW139 (helicopter), C-GYNM and Federal Express Airbus 300B4-622R N748FD, Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario,...: TU3-5/14-0002E-PDF

"The 7506406 Canada Inc. Agusta AW139 (registration C-GYNM, serial number 41245), operating as Life Flight 4 Medevac (LF 4 Medevac), was on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan from the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ontario, to Pembroke, Ontario, on 05 June 2014. LF 4 Medevac received taxi instructions and was instructed to contact the tower when holding short of Runway 25. A correct read back was obtained by the ground controller, and at 0848 Eastern Daylight Time, LF 4 Medevac contacted the tower when holding short of Runway 25. The airport controller acknowledged, amended LF 4 Medevac’s IFR clearance, and then observed LF 4 Medevac taxiing across the hold short line while a Federal Express Corp. Airbus 300B4-622R (registration N748FD, serial number 633), operating as Federal Express Flight 152 Heavy (FDX152 Heavy), was landing on Runway 25. The airport controller instructed LF4 Medevac to stop. When LF 4 Medevac stopped taxiing, FDX152 Heavy was decelerating through a ground speed of 110 knots, approximately 2600 feet from the intersection of Runway 25 and Taxiway Echo"--Summary.

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Department/Agency Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Title Runway incursion and risk of collision : 7506406 Canada Inc., Agusta AW139 (helicopter), C-GYNM and Federal Express Airbus 300B4-622R N748FD, Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, 05 June 2014.
Series title Aviation investigation report ; A14H0002
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Incursion sur piste et risque de collision : 7506406 Canada Inc., Agusta AW139 (hélicoptère), C-GYN Met Federal Express Airbus 300B4-622R N748FD, Aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier d’Ottawa, Ottawa (Ontario), 5 juin 2014.
Publishing information [Gatineau, QC] : Transportation Safety Board of Canada, 2016.
Description 12 p. : figures, photos.
Catalogue number
  • TU3-5/14-0002E-PDF
Subject terms Aircraft accidents
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