Canadian North B733 at Fort Mackay on Sep 29th 2020, engine vibrations

Last Update: October 7, 2020 / 21:41:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 29, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
5T-1729

Destination
Edmonton, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GCNK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300

ICAO Type Designator
B733

A Canadian North Boeing 737-300, registration C-GCNK performing flight 5T-1729 from Fort Mackay,AB to Edmonton,AB (Canada) with 25 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing through 3000 feet out of Fort Mackay's runway 35 in night conditions, accelerating to 250 KIAS, when the crew felt vibrations from the #1 engine (CFM56, left hand), reduced the engine to idle thrust, declared emergency and decided to divert to Fort McMurray,AB located 34nm south of Fort Mackay. The aircraft landed safely in Fort McMurray about 20 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service on Oct 3rd 2020.

The Canadian TSB reported maintenance found several fan blades damaged consistent with hitting a large bird.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 29, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
5T-1729

Destination
Edmonton, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GCNK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300

ICAO Type Designator
B733

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