C-GJDX — routes, history & safety record

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Safety history

February 11, 1988Accident
The crew departed Toronto-Lester Bowles Pearson Airport on a short night cargo flight to Hamilton. While descending in good weather conditions, the airplane went out of control and crashed into Lake Ontario, few km off Hamilton. Both pilots were killed. Crew: Peter Saykin, Mark Kostiuk.
Swearingen SA226 Metro II · 2 fatalities
The following findings were identified: - Both engines were running when the plane hit the water. It did not simply fall out of the sky. It was in a spiral dive with full power when it hit the lake surface. - Both electrical systems were working when the plane crashed. There is also nothing to suggest a failure in the control system. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (February 11, 1988).

February 11, 1988Accidentdestroyed
Swearingen METRO II · Lake Ontario · 2 fatalities · A88O0046
Aircraft disappeared from radar while over lake ontario. Small wreckage pieces located on lake surface.

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).