Canadian North B732 at Cambridge Bay on May 12th 2012, thrust reverser contacted snow windrow on runway

Last Update: May 23, 2012 / 22:17:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2012

Airline
Canadian North

Flight number
5T-446

Departure
Kuglutuk Coppermine, Canada

Destination
Cambridge Bay, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GFPW

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-200

ICAO Type Designator
B732

A Canadian North Boeing 737-200, registration C-GFPW performing flight 5T-446 from Kuglutuk Coppermine,NU to Cambridge Bay,NU (Canada) with 31 people on board, landed on Cambridge Bay's runway 13T with winds from 60 degrees at 25 knots gusting 30 knots. Following touchdown at 13:04L (19:04Z) the crew had difficulty to maintain the runway center line and drifted to the right prompting the crew to cancel reverse thrust believing the reverse thrust added to the control difficulties. The crew stopped the aircraft safely within the runway boundaries using brakes only and taxied to the apron.

The Canadian TSB reported that a post flight examination revealed the right hand thrust reverser had received damage from contacting a snow windrow along the south side of the runway. The windrow was about 3 feet high and 15 feet inside the runway lights. The runway conditions were reported to the crew as covered with 1/4 inch of slush, braking coefficient 0.38, post landing examination however showed 1 or 2 or more inches of slush and a braking coefficient below 0.38 in the first third of the runway.

Metars:
CYCB 122100Z 06025G31KT 4SM BLSN BKN009 BKN020 BKN120 M01/M02 A2987 RMK CF2SC3AC1 SLP118
CYCB 122035Z 06024G31KT 4SM BLSN BKN009 BKN020 BKN120 RMK CF2SC2AC1
CYCB 122000Z 07023G29KT 2SM BLSN BKN009 BKN020 BKN120 M01/M02 A2986 RMK BLSN1CF2SC2AC1 VIS VRB 1-3 SLP114
CYCB 121900Z 06024G30KT 2SM BLSN BKN009 BKN020 M01/M03 A2984 RMK BLSN1CF2SC2 VIS VRB 1-3 SLP107
CYCB 121800Z 07025G30KT 2 1/2SM BLSN SCT009 BKN020 BKN120 M02/M03 A2981 RMK BLSN1CF2SC2AC1 VIS N-NE 11/2 SLP098
CYCB 121700Z 06026G31KT 2SM BLSN BKN009 BKN120 M02/M03 A2979 RMK BLSN1CF2AC1 SLP090
CYCB 121634Z 06026KT 2SM BLSN BKN008 BKN100 RMK BLSN1CF2AC0
CYCB 121600Z 07025G30KT 1 1/2SM -SN BLSN BKN008 BKN100 M02/M03 A2977 RMK BLSN1CF2AC1 -SN INTMT VIS VRB 1-2 SLP085
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2012

Airline
Canadian North

Flight number
5T-446

Departure
Kuglutuk Coppermine, Canada

Destination
Cambridge Bay, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GFPW

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-200

ICAO Type Designator
B732

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