Pacific Western Airlines Flight 501 was a regularly scheduled flight from Calgary to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Boeing 737-200 caught fire during takeoff on March 22, 1984. All 119 passengers and crew members survived, but five people suffered serious injuries while 22 others suffered minor injuries.
Background
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a 3 year old Boeing 737-275 registered as C-GQPW. It had 7,447 flight hours with the manufacturing number 22265/775. The aircraft was also equipped with two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A engines.