Westjet B738 at Calgary on Nov 5th 2019, runway excursion on vacating the runway
Last Update: November 6, 2019 / 22:02:42 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 5, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Westjet Airlines
Flight number
WS-2289
Departure
San Jose Cabo, Mexico
Destination
Calgary, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GWSX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
Airport ICAO Code
CYYC
The passengers disembarked onto the runway and were bussed to the terminal. The runway was closed until the aircraft was towed to the apron.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Calgary about 20 hours later.
Related NOTAM:
C0787/19 NOTAMN
Q) CZEG/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/5107N11401W005
A) CYYC B) 1911060509 C) 1911060900
E) RWY 17L/35R CLSD.
Metars:
CYYC 060400Z 36006KT 1 1/4SM -SN OVC011 M11/M13 A3047 RMK SC8 SLP388=
CYYC 060325Z 01008KT 1SM R35L/P6000FT/D R29/P6000FT/D R35R/P6000FT/D -SN DRSN OVC005 M11/M13 A3046 RMK SC8 VIS VRB 3/4 - 11/4 / CIG VRB 4 - 6 SLP383=
CYYC 060307Z 01009KT 1 1/2SM -SN OVC012 M10/M13 A3046 RMK SC8 VIS VRB 1-2 / CIG VRB 9-15 SLP384=
CYYC 060300Z 01007KT 2 1/2SM -SN OVC018 M10/M13 A3046 RMK SC8 PRESRR / /S02/ SLP384=
CYYC 060232Z 02010KT 3SM -SN BKN014 OVC084 M10/M13 A3045 RMK SC6AC2 SLP377=
CYYC 060200Z 02009KT 1 1/2SM -SN VV007 M10/M12 A3042 RMK SN8 SLP369=
CYYC 060150Z 01010KT 1 1/2SM -SN VV009 M10/M12 A3042 RMK SN8 SLP368=
CYYC 060110Z 02009KT 1 1/4SM -SN VV008 M10/M12 A3041 RMK SN8 SLP362=
CYYC 060100Z 03013KT 1 1/2SM -SN VV011 M10/M12 A3040 RMK SN8 /S01/ SLP360=
CYYC 060053Z 02013KT 1 1/2SM -SN VV011 M10/M12 A3040 RMK SN8 SLP361=
CYYC 060030Z 01012KT 1 1/2SM -SN VV009 M10/M12 A3039 RMK SN8 SLP356=
CYYC 060023Z 02013KT 1SM R35L/P6000FT/D R29/P6000FT/D R35R/P6000FT/D -SN VV006 M09/M12 A3038 RMK SN8 SLP354=
CYYC 060000Z CCA 03010KT 1/4SM R35L/6000FT/D R29/6000FT/D R35R/6000FT/U SN VV006 M09/M11 A3037 RMK SN8 /S01/ SLP349=
CYYC 052354Z 03012KT 1SM R35L/P6000FT/U R29/6000FT/U R35R/P6000FT/U -SN VV009 M09/M11 A3037 RMK SN8 SLP352=
CYYC 052345Z 03013KT 5/8SM R35L/P6000FT/D R29/P6000FT/D R35R/P6000FT/N SN VV008 M09/M12 A3037 RMK SN8 SLP351=
CYYC 052329Z 03013G18KT 3/4SM R35L/P6000FT/U R29/P6000FT/D R35R/P6000FT/N -SN VV010 M09/M12 A3036 RMK SN8 SLP348=
CYYC 052319Z 03014G19KT 1SM R35L/P6000FT/U R29/P6000FT/U R35R/P6000FT/N -SN FEW010 VV016 M09/M11 A3036 RMK SF2SN6 SLP346=
CYYC 052305Z 01015KT 1 1/2SM -SN SCT012 VV019 M09/M11 A3035 RMK SF3SN5 SLP343=
CYYC 052300Z 02015KT 5SM -SN SCT012 BKN046 OVC075 M09/M11 A3035 RMK SN2SF1SC3AC2 SLP343=
Aircraft Registration Data
Aircraft registration data reproduced and distributed with the permission of the Government of Canada.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 5, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Westjet Airlines
Flight number
WS-2289
Departure
San Jose Cabo, Mexico
Destination
Calgary, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GWSX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
Airport ICAO Code
CYYC
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