Date: | Saturday 13 June 1964 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers 757 Viscount |
Owner/operator: | Air Canada |
Registration: | CF-THT |
MSN: | 302 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Toronto International Airport, ON (YYZ) -
Canada
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL) |
Destination airport: | Toronto International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Flight 3277 was approaching Toronto when the no. 1 and no. 2 engines failed. The asymmetrical power condition caused the Viscount to swing to the left, losing altitude. The aircraft struck the ground just within the airport boundaries.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Loss of control on final approach due to improper emergency procedure and misuse of engine controls."
Sources:
ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.16 - Volume III, Circular 82-AN/69 (29-33)
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