Flair Airline Flight 1523

Flair Airline Flight 1523 was a Domestic Passenger Flight from Vancouver YVR International Airport in Greater Vancouver British Columbia to Toronto YYZ International Airport in Mississauga Ontario, The Boeing 737-86J operating the flight was delivered to Flair Airlines in June 2011, C-FFLJ had a flight time of around 14,000 hours. Captain Jacop Pickering and First Officer James Harold both board.

Both pilots flying the flight in from Montreal to Vancouver reported no problem flying the aircraft, but later when the investigator interviewed the passenger on flight 8124, half of the passengers said that the when the plane landed, the aircraft braked way faster then usual, a ground crew standing from a far distance said that the aircraft looked like it was about to fly. On the day of the accident. The 737 was supposed to fly to Calgary but due to a problem with the aircraft 2 engine, the plane was delayed for 5 hours before Flair canceled the Calgary flight and changed it to the Toronto flight

## Accident

### Place

Vancouver Intl Airport, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Flight

### Flight Origin

Vancouver International Airport, Greater Vancouver British Columbia. Canada

### Flight Destination

Toronto Pearson International Airport, Mississaugua Ontario, Canada

### Survivors

127

At around 2:06 AM, the 737 began boarding with 121 passengers and 6 crew member. Pickering began the Taxiing checklist but as listened on the Cockpit voice recorder. Both pilots missed 1 very important part, the parking brakes. The parking brakes was left on for the whole entire taxiing progress which means that the aircraft was slower than usual. As later reported by a bystander of the accident. She said that she saw smoke coming from the front tires and the tires looked like it was about to pop.
At the time of 2:18. The aircraft lines up onto runway 08 Right, the parking brakes were still left on but both pilots didn't notice a thing. At 2;19 AM, the aircraft traffic controller tells the pilots that they are ready for take-off. Harold sets the flaps to 35 and Pickering pulls the throttle all the way up to 100. The plane began running down the runway with the brakes on, but just 7 seconds after the throttle set, the plane tires began bursting up into flames. The parking brakes were reaching temperatures up to 70 degrees! The time was now 2:20. The plane is still running down the runway at a speed of only 70 knots but the aircraft is already used half of the runway. Pickering tries his best to climb the aircraft but not surprisingly, the plane didn't climb, the aircraft only had a quarter of the runway left and now both pilots are fighting for they're aircraft. 6 seconds before the plane crashed, the 737 overran the runway at a insane speed of only 79 knots, the plane then barely climb before dropping back to the ground before crashing into some trees at the end of the runway. The plane cockpit was completely destroyed with the result of both pilots dying and 11 minor injuries with 1 serious.

## CVR

ATC: aircraft traffic controller

CT: Captain

FO: First Officer

GPWS: warnings

ATC: 1523, your cleared for take-off

FO: Flair 1523 thank you

CT: flaps 35

FO: Power 100

ATC: flair 1523, climb to 1000 heading 080

CT 1523, climb to 1000 and heading 080

FO: lift c'mon baby lift

CT: S\*\*t

CT: LIFT C'MON LIFT

FO: f\*\*k

ATC: 1523, you got smoke coming from your front tires

CT: ROGER, THANK YOU

GWPS: landing gear landing gear

CT: MAYDAY MAYDAY, 1523 WE LOST OUR FRONT TIRES, WE NEED TO RETURN BACK TO RUNWAY 08 R NOW!

ATC: 1523, uhhh can you climb?

CT: NO, WE CAN'T CLIMB

FO: F\*\*K

CT: F\*\*K WE'RE GONNA CRASH F\*\*K, WE'RE GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEE.

\*first impact\*

\*final impact into a tree\*

### INVESTAGATON

A later investagation showed that both pilots were tired and forgot about they're parking brakes leading to the crash