Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 JAN 1983 |
| Type: | Rockwell Sabreliner 65 |
| Operator: | Sun Oil Co |
| Registration: | N99S |
| C/n / msn: | 465-64 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-3R-1D |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 13 km (8.1 mls) NE of Toronto International Airport, ON (YYZ) (Canada)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL), United States of America |
| Toronto International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ), Canada |
Rolled inverted while on an ILS approach after engine failure in icing conditions. Crashed into a field and burned. Wing anti-icing was not operating.
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Distance from Philadelphia International Airport, PA to Toronto International Airport, ON as the crow flies is 554 km (346 miles).
Distance from Philadelphia International Airport, PA to Toronto International Airport, ON as the crow flies is 554 km (346 miles).
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.
