Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 JAN 1987 |
| Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander |
| Operator: | Trillium Air |
| Registration: | C-GIRH |
| C/n / msn: | 404 |
| First flight: | 1974-08-28 (12 years 5 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 8,5 km (5.3 mls) off Toronto Island Airport, ON (YTZ) (Canada) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed in Lake Ontario following engine failure. Both occupants were rescued by a helicopter after about one hour. The pilot survived, but died later due to the effects of hypothermia.
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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.
