ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349943
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| Date: | Monday 15 January 2024 |
| Time: | c. 20:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M |
| Owner/operator: | Island Air Flight School & Charters |
| Registration: | C-GFDH |
| MSN: | 15078174 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ajax, ON -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Oshawa Municipal Airport, ON (YOO/CYOO) |
| Toronto City-Billy Bishop Airport, ON (YTZ/CYTZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Cessna 150M experienced an engine failure while on a VFR, round robin flight from Billy Bishop Toronto City Center Airport (CYTZ), ON. After having departed from the Oshawa Executive Airport (CYOO), ON control zone, and on the return leg to CYTZ, the pilot noticed a drop in oil pressure which was shortly followed by the engine failure. The pilot declared a MAYDAY and conducted a forced landing on a Bayly Street in Ajax, ON, approximately 6NM southwest of CYOO. The pilot was uninjured; during the landing roll the aircraft's left wing sustained substantial damage as the aircraft collided with a street pole.
Sources:
https://globalnews.ca/news/10228379/plane-emergency-landing-ajax-street/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/small-plane-emergency-landing-ajax-1.7084856
Location
Media:
Engine failure forces plane to make emergency landing on street in Ajax https://t.co/h6eQISe3cg pic.twitter.com/MilNtR05u8
— Global National (@GlobalNational) January 16, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2024 11:23 | harro | Added |
| 16-Jan-2024 11:25 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Embed code] |
| 16-Jan-2024 11:25 | harro | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Embed code] |
| 26-Jan-2024 17:43 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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