Air Canada
Also recorded as: AIR CANADA, Air Canada
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
28 records, spanning 1979–2026.
Operated by Air Canada (per NTSB report)
Not yet finalized — may be revised.Operated by Air Canada (per NTSB report)
Unidentified burned debris in an aft galley oven, which generated smoke and odor in the cabin and led to an air turnback and subsequent evacuation, during which a serious injury occurred.
Operated by Air Canada (per NTSB report)
The flight crew's misidentification of taxiway C as the intended landing runway, which resulted from the crewmembers' lack of awareness of the parallel runway closure due to their ineffective review of notice to airmen (NOTAM) information before the flight and during the approach briefing. Contributing to the incident were (1) the flight crew's failure to tune the instrument landing system frequency for backup lateral guidance, expectation bias, fatigue due to circadian disruption and length of continued wakefulness, and breakdowns in crew resource management and (2) Air Canada's ineffective presentation of approach procedure and NOTAM information.
Operated by AIR CANADA (per NTSB report)
The infiltration of moisture into the windshield heating layer that induced arcing in the heating system that subsequently cracked the windshield.
Operated by Air Canada (per NTSB report)
The driver of the operation vehicle's misidentification of the runway for an adjacent taxiway, resulting in a runway incursion with an aircraft in position for takeoff.
Operated by AIR CANADA (per NTSB report)
The Airbus first officer's misjudged clearance from the EMB-170. Also causal was the ground controller's decision to issue a taxi clearance for the Airbus to pass behind the EMB-170. A factor to the accident was the light condition.
Operated by AIR CANADA (per NTSB report)
A FROZEN AILERON CONTROL BEARING AFTER IT HAD BECOME WORN, CORRODED AND EXPOSED TO WATER, AND THE MANUFACTURER'S INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE/INSPECTION REQUIRMENT OF THE BEARING(S).
Operated by Air Canada (per NTSB report)
a fatigue fracture of the aft cabin pressure bulkhead which resulted in a rapid decompression of the aircraft's cabin area. This fracture initiated from a crack below the aft bulkhead access door which was discernible on the X-rays taken during the aircraft's last maintenance inspection but was not detected by the inspectors.
FAA enforcement actions
13 actions, spanning 1997–2000.
Sanction: $6,000 · case closed 2001-02-01
Sanction: $6,500 · case closed 2000-05-15
Sanction: $10,000 · case closed 2001-01-04
Sanction: $4,000 · case closed 2000-10-13
Sanction: $7,500 · case closed 2001-01-09
Sanction: $4,500 · case closed 2001-01-09
Sanction: $8,500 · case closed 2000-10-13
Sanction: $8,500 · case closed 2000-10-13
Sanction: $8,500 · case closed 2000-10-13
Sanction: $18,000 · case closed 2000-10-13
Sanction: $7,000 · case closed 2000-04-11
Sanction: $1,500 · case closed 2000-10-13
Sanction: $500 · case closed 2000-08-04
Maintenance disclosure history
No maintenance difficulty reports on file. Note: SDR filing is largely voluntary, so absence is not evidence of a clean maintenance history.
Linked aircraft
| N-number | Make / model | Year | Status | Link basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCFGYL | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFHKA | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFHOS | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFIVM | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFKCK | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFNNU | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFRAM | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFSKI | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFTCA | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFTJP | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFTJR | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFTLU | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFTNF | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFTNJ | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCFYKR | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCGAAA | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCGAGM | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCGAUP | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCGBHZ | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCGEKZ | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCGFAF | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCGHLQ | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCGHLV | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCGJTA | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCGJYI | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| NCGYLQ | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report |
Aircraft with earlier records under this certificate
Maintenance and accident records on this page also cover aircraft that are not in this operator's current FAA fleet list. Charter and management fleets change — owners switch management companies, sell, or export aircraft. Where the registry shows what became of a tail, it is noted below.
2 aircraft filed records under this certificate within the last two years but are not in the fleet list we hold — fleet lists can lag actual operations.
- NCFNNU — records 2022 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCGEKZ — records 2022 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCGFAF — records 2021 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFTCA — records 2019 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFTJR — records 2018 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCGHLV — records 2018 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFKCK — records 2017 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFHOS — records 2016 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFRAM — records 2015 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFTJP — records 2015 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFGYL — records 2011 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFIVM — records 2011 · no longer on the FAA registry
12 more aircraft
- NCGHLQ — records 2011 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFHKA — records 2010 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCGBHZ — records 2008 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCGJTA — records 2006 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFYKR — records 2006 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFSKI — records 1997 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCGAGM — records 1997 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCGAUP — records 1993 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFTNJ — records 1983 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFTLU — records 1979–1983 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCGAAA — records 1982 · no longer on the FAA registry
- NCFTNF — records 1980 · no longer on the FAA registry