Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 3 October 1959
Aircraft Type: Vickers 757 Viscount
Owner/operator: Trans-Canada Air Lines – TCAL
Registration Number: CF-TGY
Location: 1 km E of Toronto-Malton Airport, ON (YYZ) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A Vickers Viscount aircraft experienced a ground impact during an ILS backbeam approach at Toronto-Malton Airport on a night with poor visibility due to heavy rain. The aircraft descended below Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) and struck the ground approximately 3400 feet short of the runway threshold.A Vickers Viscount aircraft experienced a ground impact during an ILS backbeam approach at Toronto-Malton Airport on a night with poor visibility due to heavy rain. The aircraft descended below Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) and struck the ground approximately 3400 feet short of the runway threshold.
Description
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: “Misjudged distance.”
Primary Cause
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