Status: | |
Datum: | Samstag 3 Oktober 1959 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers 757 Viscount |
Fluggesellschaft: | Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCAL |
Kennzeichen: | CF-TGY |
Werknummer: | 143 |
Baujahr: | 1956 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 4 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 34 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 38 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | 1 km (0.6 Meilen) E of Toronto-Malton Airport, ON (YYZ) ( Kanada)
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Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
Flug von: | Winnipeg-Stevenson Aerodrome, MB (YWG/CYWG), Kanada |
Flug nach: | Toronto-Malton Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ), Kanada |
Unfallbericht:The crew of the Vickers Viscount were carrying out an ILS backbeam approach at night to runway 23 at 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:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Misjudged distance."
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
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Distance from Winnipeg-Stevenson Aerodrome, MB to Toronto-Malton Airport, ON as the crow flies is 1493 km (933 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.