Runway incursion, NAV CANADA, Calgary control tower, Calgary International Airport, Alberta, 02 December 2016 .: TU3-5/16-0170E-PDF

"An Air Canada Airbus A320-200 aircraft (registration C-FDQV, serial number 068) operating as flight 221 (ACA221) was conducting a flight from Calgary International Airport, Alberta, to Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, and had been cleared for takeoff on Runway 29. At 1649 Mountain Standard Time, as twilight was approaching darkness, the Airbus was accelerating through 100 knots indicated airspeed when the flight crew observed a Sunwest Aviation Swearingen SA226-TC aircraft (registration C-FGEW, serial number TC347) crossing Runway 29 from south to north at the intersection of Taxiway A. C-FGEW had been cleared to cross Runway 29 by the ground controller. Because C-FGEW was more than halfway across Runway 29 when the ACA221 flight crew made visual contact, they elected to continue the takeoff, which was completed without further incident"--Summary.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Title Runway incursion, NAV CANADA, Calgary control tower, Calgary International Airport, Alberta, 02 December 2016 .
Series title Aviation investigation report ; A16W0170
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, NAV CANADA, tour de contrôle de Calgary, Aéroport international de Calgary (Alberta), 2 décembre 2016.
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information Gatineau, QC : Transportation Safety Board of Canada, c2018.
Description 21 p. : ill., maps
ISBN 978-0-660-24689-5
Catalogue number
  • TU3-5/16-0170E-PDF
Subject terms Aircraft accidents
Investigations
Transportation safety
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