Narrative:
The Super Constellation was on a Toronto-Malton runway 10 instrument approach when it crash-landed in a field. The aircraft skidded for 2000 feet and caught fire. The captain survived this accident, but was killed in the crash of DC-4 CF-MCF August 11, 1957.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Negligence on the part of the captain."
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (188-196)
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Friday 17 December 1954 |
| Time: | 21:32 EST |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation |
| Operator: | Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCAL |
| Registration: | CF-TGG |
| MSN: | 4564 |
| First flight: | 1954 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 763 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Brampton, ON ( Canada)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tampa International Airport, FL (TPA/KTPA), United States of America |
| Toronto-Malton Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ), Canada |
The Super Constellation was on a Toronto-Malton runway 10 instrument approach when it crash-landed in a field. The aircraft skidded for 2000 feet and caught fire. The captain survived this accident, but was killed in the crash of DC-4 CF-MCF August 11, 1957.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Negligence on the part of the captain."
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 62)» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (188-196)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tampa International Airport, FL to Toronto-Malton Airport, ON as the crow flies is 1754 km (1096 miles).
Distance from Tampa International Airport, FL to Toronto-Malton Airport, ON as the crow flies is 1754 km (1096 miles).
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