Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 OCT 1959 |
| Type: | Vickers 757 Viscount |
| Operator: | Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCAL |
| Registration: | CF-TGY |
| C/n / msn: | 143 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Toronto, ON (Canada) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Toronto-Malton Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ), Canada |
The crew of the Vickers Viscount were carrying out an ILS backbeam approach at night to Toronto-Malton Airport. Visibility was poor due to heavy rain. The aircraft descended below MDA and struck the ground more than 3400 feet short of the runway threshold.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Misjudged distance." Sources:
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
